Apex Legends Community to Protest Game With No Apex August
“Apex Legends” may be among the most popular games, whether it be due to the game being free-to-play, a battle royale, or just as an FPS, Respawn has certainly provided something unique, as showcased with their recently wrapped-up ALGS event that dished out $2 million to players. That sort of popularity doesn’t come often, not without some sort of growth, displacement, and a mix of good and bad feedback over the course of its existence, and of course, “Apex Legends” has been no different. Below, we’ve gone into detail on “Apex Legends” and the issues with the game that have gotten so far out of hand that a portion of the “Apex Legends” community plans to protest the game with No Apex August.
Apex Legends
As stated above, “Apex Legends” is a battle royale title, but it also merged itself with the hero shooter and FPS genres to create something truly unique that combined elements of all three genres, and some additional elements that make “Apex Legends” standout. While “Apex Legends” has an entirely unique feel to it, the general art concepts have been pulled from Respawn’s first release, since founding the development group after leaving Infinity Ward, “Titanfall”. “Apex Legends” may be heavily inspired by events, characters, overall worlds, and more from “Titanfall”, but the battle royale title has done a lot to build upon that universe created through the “Titanfall” franchise and helped grow it decades later with The Apex Games, thus creating “Apex Legends”. However, as a free-to-play game that has reached its third year anniversary, and is coming up on its fourth in February, “Apex Legends” has had its own share of issues, some persistent for a season, others minor and fixed within a week. Lately, however, there have been so many issues with “Apex Legends” gameplay 0verall that players of the “Apex Legends” community are attempting to protest “Apex Legends” with No Apex August.
No Apex August
As seen with games such as “Cyberpunk 2077”, regardless of support, funds, or even names attached to the project, disappointment could still be made with a finished, final, or even as-is release of a new product. The developers of “Cyberpunk 2077”, Projekt Red, have taken several steps since its release to ensure a smoother experience for players, which has seen some return, some leave forever, and even some that were entirely unphased by the issues present within the game. With the differences between “Cyberpunk 2077” and “Apex Legends” being cut down to simply “Apex Legends” being free-to-play, versus being a $60 gamble, fans have still put money into “Apex Legends” time and time again and think No Apex August may be the only rally call possible. Issues that have remained through “Apex Legends” beyond their stay include overall audio issues such as console players’ voice chat not working and misplaced train sounds, as well as others. Non-audio issues include invisible loot, until a very recent update, a popular Legend’s ability wasn’t working most of the times players attempted to use it, and several other issues.
What No Apex August Could Do
What started on Reddit from a user wishing to address these issues, the only way that would speak towards EA, slowly became a somewhat strongly growing idea of players in the “Apex Legends” community to protest the developers’ lack of addressing such a massive amount of issues by boycotting “Apex Legends” for the entirety of August, and creating No Apex August. While the idea of such a movement may gather much attention on social media, few players that are truly dedicated to “Apex Legends”, or have made a career out of it, may not be able to risk a protest on “Apex Legends” for No Apex August. The overall outcry from fans, and the potential for a boycott of “Apex Legends” for No Apex August, should be enough to convince EA and Respawn to treat such issues with more haste and priority, especially when a competitor in the game’s largest esports competition addresses the issues. There’s also certainly a likelihood that Respawn has their own internal discussions about the topics at hand, and may even be attempting to address the bugs and issues, however without a true statement or progress, players remain doubtful. The movement of No Apex August has moved from Reddit to Twitter and beyond and most if not all of the active Apex community has at least been made aware of the “Apex Legends” protest. While many say they will participate, I personally believe that the biggest names won’t be abandoning the game, and trust the devs to fix the game before the next season launch.
