With style, flying across Fragment
If there’s one question that’s dogged Apex Legends ever since it surprise-dropped in 2019, it’s probably: where’s the wallrunning? Over two and a half years later, a modded build of the game has finally given us a glimpse of the Titanfall battle royale we never quite got.
And bloody hell, it’s quite beautiful.
Recently, a number of Apex content creators have begun accessing an unofficial, moddable build of the game, letting them play old event maps, tweak legend abilities, or even bring back guns like the EPG Rocket Launcher from Titanfall 2. Although it is not known who distributed the build or what EA’s position on third-party Apex clients (which most likely does not hold well), it has given us an amazing look at Apex as it was meant to be. Titanfall movement legend MokeySniper posted footage of Octane, an Apex speed lad, effortlessly gliding across World’s Edge. Getting across World’s Edge’s enduring urban pain-point usually takes minutes of hard-fought skirmishing, but Mokey glides and bounces from wall to building in a matter of seconds.
It’s also why Apex did not go the wallrunning route while watching this. It’s a nightmare to watch 60 players race across the map at the same time. This is not to mention the difficulty of creating maps large enough to support this level of speed during a battle royale. Apex managed to strike a good balance between keeping Titanfall’s movements interesting and making it easy to manage.
Respawn has not yet written vertical sprinting for Apex. Last year’s Shadow Royale Halloween mode gave undead players access to limited wallrunning. Respawn should revisit Apex wallrunning, as it is now fully featured.
