Apex Legendsis celebrating two major milestones this month: Its 20th season, and its 5th birthday.
“Especially this one, it’s a big anniversary!
But no new Legend doesn’t mean no plot development.
“You get a little hint that something’s going on with Horizon [in the launch trailer].
It may be worth looking at that shot again from the end of the trailer.”
“They’re usually a bit longer [than vignettes].”
“[Vignettes are] gonna be in-game, fully voiced with animated bits to them.”
We’re pushing that even further this year.”
“Duardo is big dead,” Reed confirmed with a chuckle.
“I guess that’s how you know if someone is [permanently] dead: DidRevenantdo it?”
I put forth Lifeline’s mother Cherisse Che as my guess.
“That is what I’ll say about that.”
“Our director said, ‘Oh, let’s name her Ashleigh Reid!’
“I was like, ‘Do I really want to be associated with someone so mean?’
Let’s do it!'
I had not envisioned a future where I was the lead writer,” Reed explained.
“But after [becoming lead writer], it looked like I named her after myself!”
“I love writing Ash–she’s so mean, even when she’s saying something nice!”
Reed said of her in-game namesake.
But character design isn’t all sunshine and roses.
“The most challenging characters to write are the most well-adjusted ones,” she told me, laughing.
“You have to invent problems for them to have!”
That was something unheard of in the battle royale space at the time.
“I think what I’m most proud of is the tighter connection we have to the design.
[Plot points] are coming more into the game,” Reed answered.
“There are challenges to it,” she admitted.
“But we’re solving the puzzle.”
Apex Legends Season 20: Breakout launches on Tuesday, February 13.
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