The final time Apex Legends popped up within the information it was associated to an try to transform the sport’s battle go system. Sadly, that backfired with followers assessment bombing the sport on Steam as a consequence of the unpopular adjustments. Now, we’re within the hitherto-unforeseen space of a second backfiring occasion, with a U-turn on the battle go replace being met not with reduction however additional adverse opinions.
Developer Respawn aimed to present the Apex Legends battle go a revamp with higher rewards, offsetting this with a change to how gamers gained entry to them. Earlier than, gamers may use Apex Cash to seize every new go, incomes sufficient from earlier passes to fund their subsequent buy. The brand new system for the battle royale sport would require actual cash transactions along with doubling what number of battle passes can be launched per season. You possibly can see how this may not go down nicely with followers of the sport – and if by clockwork, Apex Legends’ Steam assessment rating started to plummet.
Final week, nonetheless, the developer introduced that it could let gamers use Apex Cash to buy battle passes in the identical manner as in earlier seasons. On the face of it this could have ameliorated the neighborhood’s anger in the direction of the sport however the reverse seems to have occurred, with Apex Legends now struggling not solely with Steam opinions but in addition starting to expertise a downturn in participant numbers.
At present on Steam Apex Legends is sitting on an ‘Overwhelmingly Adverse’ assessment rating, with solely 7% of opinions within the final 30 days being constructive. This isn’t simply the work of some individuals both, as on the time of writing the sport has been reviewed 85,929 instances because the begin of July. The vast majority of these adopted the announcement of the battle go adjustments, however even within the days following the U-turn these poor scores have continued to pour in. Now citing issues with cheaters, matchmaking, and the sport’s anti-cheat system as the first causes for negatively reviewing Apex Legends – it appears neighborhood sentiment has firmly turned in opposition to the title.
Participant numbers have additionally been hit by this souring, with a decline over latest weeks probably pointing at issues forward. Whereas the variety of gamers concurrently in-game on Steam remains to be extraordinarily respectable, they’re the bottom Apex Legends has seen since January of 2022. Although this may occasionally nonetheless be arrested pending future updates, it does point out the sport’s troubles are removed from over and the developer faces an extended battle to win again the viewers it as soon as had.
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