Apex Legends dev explains why they won\u2019t add killcams or final kill replays Respawn\/EAApex Legends devs have responded to calls for them to add a kill cam to the battle royale, and also explained why it probably won\u2019t happen. Many multiplayer games use a kill cam so that players can see exactly how their death looked from the point of view of their opponent. Apex Legends, while having a death recap screen that shows how much damage you took and who dealt the final blow, doesn\u2019t have a kill cam system, but it is something players have been calling for. They even got a hint it could happen after a bug gave some players a replay option for kills. Well, Respawn have given an answer on why they probably won\u2019t add kill cams for each individual elimination, but a final overall killcam is something they\u2019ve considered. Jason McCord, Design Director at Respawn, responded to a fan who asked if it would ever be possible to add the killcam system. \u201cWell, we won\u2019t show you how you died until your whole squad is dead (otherwise you\u2019ll have cheaty info), at which point it\u2019s often not useful anymore,\u201d McCord replied, asking where else would the cam be useful. After clarifying, the fan asked for a final killcam, so that the winning team could get a quick playback on the moment that sealed their win. \u201cAh yeah, it\u2019s been talked about for final kill,\u201d the dev added. \u201cIt\u2019s just one of those things that costs memory on the server so we need to make sure it\u2019s worth it.\u201d Well, we won’t show you how you died until your whole squad is dead (otherwise you’ll have cheaty info), at which point it’s often not useful anymore. In what case would you find it useful? \u2014 Jason McCord (@Monsterclip_JM) May 24, 2021 Ah yeah, it’s been talked about for final kill. It’s just one of those things that costs memory on the server so we need to make sure it’s worth it. I think it’s rare enough that you win + need a killcam to know what happened that it hasn’t been a priority. \u2014 Jason McCord (@Monsterclip_JM) May 24, 2021 McCord noted that he believes that it hasn\u2019t been a priority of Respawn, given that it\u2019s \u201crare\u201d that players took home the victory and also need a replay of their kill. Given that it seemingly has been considered by Respawn, it could happen in the future, but we\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev explains why they won\u2019t add killcams or final kill replays Respawn\/EAApex Legends devs have responded to calls for them to add a kill cam to the battle royale, and also explained why it probably won\u2019t happen. Many multiplayer games use a kill cam so that players can see exactly how their death […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}