For most competitive FPS games, the nightmare that has lasted for years is nothing more than the problem of hacking and cheating.
From long-standing games like Counter-Strike to blockbusters that once dominated the world gaming scene like PUBG, all have been severely damaged by hacks and cheats. Both Valve and PUBG Corp have tried very hard, implementing countless measures but the results have been insignificant. And now, another name is about to appear, “following” PUBG, facing the prospect of complete collapse just because of this hack and cheat problem.
That game is called Apex Legends. Appearing a little after PUBG, Apex Legends quickly created a big buzz thanks to its varied, interesting and equally attractive gameplay style.
There was a time when this game was almost absolute in the survival shooter genre on both PC and mobile platforms. However, now, the future of Apex Legends is very dark, just because of the uncontrollable hacking and cheating problem. Although the developer Respawn Entertainment tried to minimize this problem as much as possible, relying on Easy Anti-Cheat to counter the efforts of rule breakers, things only got worse.
According to the announcement from Respawn Entertainment, in the past month, they have regularly “scanned” more than 100,000 accounts with bans and penalties of different levels. To date, more than 6 million accounts have been “disappeared” and the moderation team is even working 24/7. However, according to gamers of the game, those numbers are only symbolic. Specifically, according to gamers' assessments, the number of hackers and cheaters in the game must be many times higher than the number that Respawn Entertainment “scanned”, and the situation has not improved. The problem of aimbots, radar hacks and wallhacks in Apex Legends matches still happens too often.
And it has been proven that the number of Apex Legends players has been witnessing large-scale declines in recent times. If the problem cannot be improved, this one-time blockbuster can completely follow in the footsteps of PUBG and soon become a “thing of the past” for gamers.
