Apex Legends is one of the best battle royale games out there right now and the recently released Beast of Prey collection event and Gun Run LTM are a testament to that. Once again, Apex Legends players are treated to a fantastic event full of wonderful cosmetics and an unnecessarily addictive limited-time game mode. If you're a fan of Apex Legends' Gun Run LTM, you might be interested to know that the developers originally wanted to end things with a one-hit lethal melee kill - not throwing knives.
During a Reddit AMA on Apex Legends' LTMs and more specifically the brand new Gun Run mode, lead game designer Robert West revealed that Respawn Entertainment actually wanted to wrap up Gun Run rounds with a hard-hitting melee hit - rather than the throwing knives that lend themselves to comparisons between Apex Legends' Gun Run LTM and Call of Duty's Gun Game mode.
When asked specifically about the reasoning behind the introduction of a "throwing knife to kill" mechanic by Redditor 'Peanutbutterpython', West responded with the following comments:
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