The last five years has seen a plethora of Battle Royale games release, with a wave of half-baked, cash-grab titles, and only a handful of genuine attempts to make a worthwhile experience. Thankfully, in the last year or so, developers have started to wind down their frantic attempts to cash-in on the latest gaming trend and have left the genre to those titles that know what they're doing. Now, Call of Duty: Warzone, Apex Legends, and Fortnite are left at the top of the heap.
With years' worth of experience in the genre, these three games battle it out among themselves over who can keep a player invested for the longest time. Warzone offers classic Call of Duty mechanics, but has its fair share of bugs, Apex Legends has a unique hero-based system, but is a bit more complex to get into, and Fortnite is renowned for being the most accessible battle royale, but lacks the complexity of its competition. In a world where players only have limited time to sink into games, there may only be room for one battle royale title.
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For fans of the Call of Duty shooting mechanics, Warzone should be an obvious pick for the battle royale to play in 2022. However, it's not as simple as that, Warzone has had a bit of a fall from grace recently. While it started out well, Warzone has failed to really embrace the live-service model it's using, focusing mainly on selling Call of Duty players more cosmetic skins. In its almost 2-year lifespan, Warzone has only had a handful of live events, each one being more lackluster than the last.
This trend looks like it might continue throughout 2022, as with the developers focused on fixing the new Caldera map, the chance of players seeing many fun live events or
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