I love Catalyst a lot, and it very well could be the recency bias talking, but she’s my favorite of the new playable characters added to Apex Legends during the battle royale’s fourth year. The ferrofluid-wielding defender isn’t a force to be reckoned with–Catalyst won’t be breaking the competitive meta anytime soon–and her story hasn’t posed any groundbreaking lore ramifications yet. But none of that matters when Catalyst plays a lot like the legends added in Year 3, all of whom celebrate the best part of Titanfall 2’s legacy: A first-person shooter doesn’t have to make practical sense to be a whole lot of chaotic and joyful fun.
