The long-awaited second season of Fortnite Chapter 2 dropped this week, and, as expected, players have been checking out the sizable influx of new content that has been added to the game, from new spy-themed locations to character skins that come in two different versions. But amid all of that, players of Apex Legends have spotted a few distinct features of that game now being utilized in Epic Games’ battle royale shooter.
This is far from the first time this has happened. In fact, this has basically been going on since Apex’s surprise launch a year ago. Once word got out about the game’s innovative ping system, which made for stronger non-verbal communication between players, it only took a few weeks for Fortnite to implement a ping system of its own. This was soon followed by the game copying Apex’s also-innovative respawn system in the form of respawn vans, and now Fortnite has done it again, introducing what’s clearly its own take on Apex’s loot vaults.
With Season 2, Fortnite added a number of sealed vaults that contain high-tier weapons and items for players to collect, provided they have the keycard needed to unlock the vaults in their inventory. This is pretty much exactly how it’s been done in Apex Legends since it introduced vaults back in October, and it’s not the only Apex-ish feature that’s now in Fortnite. In addition to the vaults, players have also taken notice of the game’s new Decoy Grenade, which deploys a clone that can move around and distract opponents, not unlike the Apex character Mirage.
Given how blatant the copying is with these “new” features, the Apex community was quick to notice and welcomed the latest installment of this ongoing saga by poking fun at Epic. All across the Apex Legends subreddit, players have shared a fair number of memes jokingly calling out the developer and accusing it of being unoriginal.
Obviously, though, that’s hardly the case. After all, Fortnite has brought its own share of innovation to the fold. Besides its building/resource-gathering mechanics, the game is responsible for popularizing the seasonal models and battle passes more and more games are employing for their post-launch content these days. Sure, Apex may have arguably introduced more substantial gameplay innovations, but that doesn’t change the fact that Apex Legends could stand to copy some of Fortnite’s newer features.
Fortnite is available for Mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. Apex Legends is available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Source: Dexerto
