When you throw yourself from the dropship in Apex Legends, the camera defaults to a third-person perspective while you and your squad rocket towards the ground. I really hope it makes a return to Respawn's shooter at some point, because it was nothing short of a spectacular surprise. 28, and Third-Person Mode was active for two days, and two days only.

New modes cycle in every 48 hours until it comes to a halt on Jan. Third-person was introduced for Apex Legends' art deco-inspired Grand Soiree event. But Apex Legends somehow pulls it off, putting an amazingly refreshing spin on a battle royale game that has already introduced new hero shooter-based aspects to the battle royale genre. On the surface it sounds game-breaking: a speedy twitch-based first-person shooter transferring to a third-person perspective.