The battle royale genre took the world by storm thanks to games like Player Unknown Battlegrounds. However, the genre grew stale, with other battle royales offering no changes — with the exception of Fortnite, which brought the building mechanic and helped mainstream the genre. When Apex Legends dropped, it came with a slew of new features: a ping system, a hero system with abilities like Overwatch, and more. It is also the easiest to play out of all battle royales.