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Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 5 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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This is why we need to have 90 dollar games! /s

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[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 7 points 4 days ago

Had over a thousand hours in Apex, while I quit way back because of different reasons, their actions definitely are not going to bring me back

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Apex has a story?

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

No, they have "lore": a bunch of inconclusive and loosely connected animation shorts, vague plot points, and character bios that give just enough of a reason for their seasonal events to occur and for fans to drool over. Just like every other live service.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

While I feel sorry for her as a worker, I do not feel sorry for her as a writer.

Live Service writing for AAA studios has got to be the most disposable form of fiction. I can find old short stories from magazines that closed close to a century ago, but I can't play the Destiny series from start to finish today?

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[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I was gonna get snooty about being an indie game buyer, then I remembered that I bought a Larian game developed in partnership with Hasbro, so my snootiness will have to wait for another day.

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[–] tagoth@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This is why we need to have 90 dollar games! /s

Apex is literally free to play

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't be pedantic you know what they meant.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl -4 points 4 days ago

The exact opposite of what they said?

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Apex legends? The fully online battle Royale style competitive shooter? Can anyone tell me why a game like this needs a "character writer" anyway? I've never played it so maybe there's some grand story I don't know about, but to me this sounds like writing a character for Counter Strike which I think we all agree would be completely pointless.

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