Apex Legends' Season 15 start date is almost upon us and there's a lot to look forward to when it comes to this battle royale's Eclipse update. We know the fact that Apex Legends' Catalyst might have abilities like Valorant's Viper is exciting, but we really need to talk about how amazing Broken Moon looks - this shooter's new map. As something of an amalgamation of all the lessons Respawn Entertainment has learnt, when it comes to map design, throughout this battle royale's lifetime, this is sure to be a fantastic environment to fight in. Interestingly, though, the developers aren't just looking at Apex Legends' battle royale for information when it comes to designing a new map and its POIs - they use the LTMs to influence decisions too.
Discussing the development of Season 15's Broken Moon with Apex Legends' lead level designer Jeff Shaw, we found out that Respawn Entertainment is starting to think about POIs "in the inverse", thanks to the popularity of LTMs - like Control.
Now, that's all well and good, but what does this actually mean? Well, it means that Respawn Entertainment are actively considering LTMs when they're designing new maps and POIs - asking questions like "if we were to put Control on this map, hypothetically, where could we put it?"
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