It’s been a little over five years since the launch of Apex Legends and today el Battle Royale de Respawn Entertainment It continues to be one of the most popular games out there. A good way to motivate players to keep coming back is by constantly adding new content, which usually arrives mainly with the seasons that take place from time to time.
However, with the next one a crucial decision has been made which will affect the gaming experience and that has not left anyone indifferent. What’s more, it has generated the most anger and rage among users, who have not hesitated for a moment to go to Steam to leave more than a thousand negative comments in the last few hours as a symbol of protest. But what exactly has happened?
The quick summary is that Battle passes have been completely modified which are enabled with each new season. According to Electronic Arts, all of this is in order to establish a new experience that will improve value, reduce the time needed to unlock high-level items, and much more. However, users do not share the same opinion at all.
Rewards, prices and all the details of the new battle passes
The main change that will take place will be the fact that there will no longer be a single battle pass. Now they will be available to all users. two different passes, one for each split rather than per season, which will also be shorter and with renewed rewards. All of this, according to the team, will make them more accessible and valuable compared to everything seen before.
However, this is where the problems begin. It turns out that until now the battle passes could be obtained with the game’s internal currencies and, in turn, these gave enough so that you didn’t have to pay for them. Well, that’s over, because since Season 22 All battle passes will now cost 9.99 dollars and there will be no other alternative payment method. It will be mandatory to go through the checkout.
Furthermore, this will only be for a single pass, while those who want to get the second one, who It is the premium+ versionwill have to shell out a total of 19.99 dollars. Even so, the company’s statement assures that the rewards will always be worth it depending on the time players invest in playing one game after another.
At least the first one can be obtained this season with just log in and complete a series of challenges
You just have to take a look at The following graph shows the changes better Comparing the details of the free, premium and premium+ versions. In some cases, there is a significant change in rewards, while others will remain exactly the same.
Therefore, those who do not spend a penny will receive in return 200 coins for each split and 400 coins for each seasonalong with double the number of Apex Packs, an Epic Legend skin, an Epic Legend weapon skin, and an Epic Legend emote skin. Those who purchase the Premium version, on the other hand, will get double the amount of crafting materials, more Apex Packs, and other rewards.
The Premium+ Pass, meanwhile, includes an instant 10-tier boost, 20 exotic fragments, a couple of legendary skin variants, and a handful of skins of all kinds.
The very negative reaction from the community
Given such a significant change to the battle passes, it was to be expected that the community would not remain passive. In fact, as we have previously indicated, there are not a few who have decided to go to Steam to express their discontent, hence the fact that in the last couple of days there have been published Nearly 2,000 negative reviews.
To go into detail, the review bombing that has fallen squarely on Apex Legends These are not just complaints from users who have only played a few hours or two or three games. These are complaints from people who have spent hundreds or even thousands of hours on this Battle Royale, so they are users who are sufficiently seasoned in the battles of the Outlands.
Here we leave you with some of them with which It is quite clear what has gone down so badly:
In short, between those who have threatened to stop playing, those who have taken the opportunity to complain about other detected bugs and those who are upset by the new battle passes, It doesn’t look like Apex Legends has a very promising near future ahead of it.especially since it would be surprising if EA and Respawn Entertainment were to change their minds about such a radical decision that has been taken.
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