Apex Legends continues to face significant backlash from its community, despite developer Respawn Entertainment’s decision to revert the controversial battle pass changes that sparked the negative feedback.
The battle pass clearly isn’t the only thing fans are unhappy with. For a long time, players have been complaining about Apex Legends’ anti-cheat and servers, and now they’re unhappy with its lackluster new content, too.
The game currently sits at an “Overwhelmingly Negative” review score on steam, with only six percent of recent reviews being positive. This discontent led to one of the largest drops in player count the game has seen, pushing Apex Legends down to the ninth spot on Steam Charts.
The controversy began with the release of Season 22, which introduced a new dual battle pass system that many players found unsatisfactory. The battle pass, a key feature for many players seeking to enhance their cosmetics collection, had a Premium Plus tier. Initially, this new tier could only be purchased using real-world money and not the in-game premium currency, Apex Coins.
Following massive backlash and a community-led boycott, Respawn issued an apology and reverted the battle pass changes, now letting players use Apex Coins to purchase both battle passes like in the past.
But this backflip wasn’t enough to reverse the drop in the game’s review score. One disgruntled player wrote: “They continue to add new ways to spend money on the game but wont upgrade the anti cheat system or the servers,” and said it’s about time the developer looks at fixing the long-standing issues with the game. “They are at an all time low player count and decide to rework the battle pass instead of fixing their game. Shame on you Respawn.”
As Respawn works to resolve these concerns, it looks like the future of Apex Legends hangs in the balance. The community is eagerly awaiting swift improvements and we’re hoping some positive changes are coming soon.
