Apex Legends: After almost five years since the game’s release, an Apex Legends player stumbled upon a hidden reload animation for the R-99. Players have been able to find easter eggs hidden throughout the maps of Apex Legends, but reload animations like this one don’t appear to be expected.
In 2019, a player discovered secret reloaded animations in Apex Legends when they witnessed a rare G7 Scout reload in which the magazine was ejected from the top. It has been noted that the animation resembled that of Titanfall 2, a first-person shooter set in the same universe as Apex Legends.
While zipping through Kings Canyon, another player discovered, alongside the G7 Scout, a previously unknown one-handed reload animation for the Peacekeeper. As a result, players began debating whether or not the game features any hidden reload animations.
Jemaniema posted a new reload animation for the R-99 on Reddit, and it has quickly become a favorite among Apex Legends players.
After watching the clip, the player realizes that the Wraith in question has just finished reloading and discarding the magazine for their R-99 in the lava pool at World’s Edge, an animation they had never seen before and found rather peculiar.
They tried it out with other guns by reloading them while walking near the lava pool and eventually narrowed it down to the R-99, though they had no idea how unique the reload animation was.
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Players in the comments section expressed similar shock at the existence of this hidden R-99 reload animation, saying they had never seen it in action despite playing Apex Legends for hundreds or thousands of hours.
Legends frequently throw away the R-99 magazine when reloading, but it often wasn’t noticeable, leading many to speculate that this could be a visual bug caused by specific movements.
Since Apex Legends has had a similar problem with reloading before, it would not be surprising to some players if the secret R-99 reload animation was not a visual bug, which the developers have not acknowledged as of this writing.
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Many players seem to be more interested in finding other secrets that could help them win, such as a hidden cave in Kings Canyon or game-breaking exploits using some Legends’ abilities, than in discovering how many rare reload animations, there are in Apex Legends.
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