New Apex Legends and Final Fantasy Crossover Event Stuns Fans With $290 Microtransactions, Ugly Aerith

[John Elden Ring]

A new Apex Legends and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth crossover event launched January 9th — a first for EA's free-to-download battle royale — and it’s been a big source of criticism from players due to the high price of its microtransactions.


Respawn recently launch a new collaboration with Square Enix as part of the run-up to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The event brings with it a new category of cosmetics, and it has the potential to cost players hundreds of dollars.

Previously, each Event Pack cost 700 Apex Coins, or around seven dollars. In this event, the price for one event pack is 1,000 Apex Coins, or about $10. With that change alone, this is the most expensive event to date for Apex Legends, with Milestone Rewards like the event’s Death Box skin costing as much as $290.

Previously, each Event Pack cost 700 Apex Coins, or around seven dollars. In this event, the price for one event pack is 1,000 Apex Coins, or about $10. With that change alone, this is the most expensive event to date for Apex Legends, with Milestone Rewards like the event’s Death Box skin costing as much as $290.





What’s more, the pricing isn’t as straightforward as it was in previous events. When players load up the Seasonal Event tab, they’re greeted with a free event box and a new Milestone Reward track that shows the “free” reward for that tier. The two most controversial items are the brand-new Death Box skin and the Heirloom Buster Sword R5 cosmetics, the expensive items guaranteed at the end of the Milestone Rewards.

There are two options for purchasing packs: individual and bundled. When players look at the options before hitting the first milestone, the packs cost a discounted 100 Apex Coins individually, or 1,600 for the four. However, this pricing changes the more packs you purchase.





I discovered this after attempting to see how many Apex Coins the full 36 items would cost with that initial discounted price. I saw that after my first four pack bundle purchase, the pricing jumped from 100 Apex Coins to 500, pushing it to 2,400 Apex Coins. The pricing slowly crept upward, and I wasn’t even halfway through the Milestones when the pack prices were back to 1,000 Apex Coins.





I found myself with 21 items left to unlock before getting the final controversial Death Box skin for “free.” I would have had to spend an additional 21,000 Apex Coins ($210) on top of the previous 8,000 ($80) I already spent in order to obtain it. In total, with all deals applied, the 36 items — 35 not counting the free pack on login — would have cost me 29,000 Apex Coins, or $290 USD.

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[KiryuRealty]

A new Apex Legends and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth crossover event launched January 9th — a first for EA's free-to-download battle royale — and it’s been a big source of criticism from players due to the high price of its microtransactions.


Respawn recently launch a new collaboration with Square Enix as part of the run-up to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The event brings with it a new category of cosmetics, and it has the potential to cost players hundreds of dollars.

Previously, each Event Pack cost 700 Apex Coins, or around seven dollars. In this event, the price for one event pack is 1,000 Apex Coins, or about $10. With that change alone, this is the most expensive event to date for Apex Legends, with Milestone Rewards like the event’s Death Box skin costing as much as $290.

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I’m sure the crowd at Reeeee LOVE xer new look!

 

[Gediminas]

A new Apex Legends and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth crossover event launched January 9th — a first for EA's free-to-download battle royale — and it’s been a big source of criticism from players due to the high price of its microtransactions.


Respawn recently launch a new collaboration with Square Enix as part of the run-up to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The event brings with it a new category of cosmetics, and it has the potential to cost players hundreds of dollars.

Previously, each Event Pack cost 700 Apex Coins, or around seven dollars. In this event, the price for one event pack is 1,000 Apex Coins, or about $10. With that change alone, this is the most expensive event to date for Apex Legends, with Milestone Rewards like the event’s Death Box skin costing as much as $290.

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WTF?
Neil Drunkman would be proud..

 

[Sircaw]

lol, what the fuck did they do to her

Are they trying to take on Starfield levels of character design?

 

[Gamernyc78]

WTF!!!! Omg the reee ninjas must have organized and made this happen!

 

[peter42O]

Aerith looks bad but doesn't all of Apex Legends look like that art style? Is Apex Legends realistic visually? If not, well then, there you go.

 

[Vertigo]

WTF!!!! Omg the reee ninjas must have organized and made this happen!

It’s totally intentional. They aren’t trying to hide it.

I’m just waiting for fat Lara Croft.

Lard Raider

 

[Gamernyc78]

It’s totally intentional. They aren’t trying to hide it.

I’m just waiting for fat Lara Croft.

Lard Raider

"lard raider" I'm dead lol

 

[KiryuRealty]

It’s totally intentional. They aren’t trying to hide it.

I’m just waiting for fat Lara Croft.

Lard Raider

Fridge Raider

 

[Gamernyc78]

Fridge Raider

I got a good one guys!!!

Lara Kraft

 

[Vertigo]

Lard Raider: shadow of the misgender


(That was fun ; thanks guys)

 

[Sircaw]

Just hot off the press, new pictures of Sexy Tifa in Apex Legends just announced.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Just hot off the press, new pictures of Sexy Tifa in Apex Legends just announced.

I'm dead  Hey I like chunky girls so if she got a nice derriere I'm all in.

 

[anonpuffs]

Fridge Raider

Damn, Lard Croft and Fridge Raider sound like great names for a spinoff parody game

 

[Gamernyc78]

Alright let's get back on track lol don't want to get all idealogical and start talking about diff groups progressive influences. Let's just talk gaming.

But yeah the greed in mtx is just crazy. It Star Citizen setting the precedence!

 

[KiryuRealty]

I'm dead  Hey I like chunky girls so if she got a nice derriere I'm all in.

Pretty sure she’s got the contours of a potato.

 

[Systemshock2023]

Barrett and Irvine would make sense in this game but Aerith?

 

[Zzero]

Just hot off the press, new pictures of Sexy Tifa in Apex Legends just announced.

Lol, you heard what happened to "him" right?

Anyways, that Aerith looks like she got a lot of facial surgery in the 90s and now she's 50 years old and a human cat.

 

[Sircaw]

Lol, you heard what happened to "him" right?

Anyways, that Aerith looks like she got a lot of facial surgery in the 90s and now she's 50 years old and a human cat.

i thought it was just some dude having a laugh with some terrible cosplay,

 

[Batzy]

I think we should ban collabs with games that have heroes. This is Overwatch Onepunchman ugly.