Just when I thought I was out, Apex Legends Mobile pulls me back in

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I’m old enough and self-aware enough to know that I probably shouldn’t play competitive online shooters anymore. And it’s not because they can be insidious with their FOMO skins and seasons. I shouldn’t play them anymore because I have an addictive personality when it comes to the genre. If any of these types of games find their way onto my consoles — be it Fortnite or Overwatch or Splatoon — I risk losing myself and my free time to feed the insatiable obsession that arises after just one match. I will seriously spend an entire weekend planted in front of my television playing these games like I’m a zombie who feeds on headshots if left to my own devices.

The only place I should experience these types of games is on mobile. Because while mobile shooters can be excellent in their design and execution, I generally don’t have it in me to devote more than an hour at a time to any one of them. My phone gets hot, my hands get cramped, and I really start to long for the 4K clarity of my big screen after staring at my phone for an inordinate amount of time. If anything, mobile shooters have been something of a nicotine patch for my competitive shooter addiction, something to feed the need without pulling me back into a wholly unhealthy habit.

Unfortunately, Apex Legends Mobile is not a nicotine patch. Nor is it nicotine gum, a lozenge, or that spray that I occasionally see at drug stores. Nope, this is the good shit my body craves, and if I don’t delete it off my phone soon, I’m going to fall right back into my pack-a-day habit.

Apex Legends Mobile is the work of Respawn and Lightspeed Studios, a Chinese outfit under the Tencent umbrella that struck gold when it developed PUBG Mobile, the most played mobile game ever. The