Apex Legends players question removal of gendered voice lines \u2018for no reason\u2019 RespawnA number of Apex Legends players have questioned the alteration of voice lines that feature gendered language such as \u201cladies\u201d, \u201cbrothers\u201d, and more, claiming it has been done by Respawn \u201cwithout any reason\u201d. Any Apex Legends player will agree that the game\u2019s diverse and personable Legend pool is one of the reasons Respawn\u2019s battle royale works so well. Each character brings their own personality, charm and charisma to the Apex Games, often poking fun at other Legends and defending their own skills vehemently. However, in the ongoing Season 15, plenty of players have clocked changes to voice lines in-game which, in general, have removed any gendered terms from Legend vocabularies. Apex Legends voice lines changed to remove gendered terms Specifically, Bangalore\u2019s jumpmaster voice line has been changed from \u201csounding reveille, ladies. I\u2019m the jumpmaster\u201d to \u201cSounding reveille. I\u2019m the jumpmaster\u201d. Another example includes the now missing line \u201cOscar Mike, ladies.\u201d On a similar note, Octane\u2019s voice lines no longer include the word \u201cbrother\u201d, while Rampart says \u201cdonuts\u201d instead of \u201cguys\u201d. Plenty of players picked up on the changes, with one saying: \u201cI don\u2019t know why this was changed or if new lines were just added on top, but it feels really weird having all these characters from different backgrounds speak in the same non-gendered kind of language? Really strange change to prioritize if that\u2019s what\u2019s going on.\u201d Another commented that it hurts the personality of the affected characters, arguing: \u201cThis is rather sad to remove voice lines that actually gave personality to legends and censor them without any reason.\u201d Others described the change as \u201ceasy\u201d and \u201cunobtrusive\u201d, stating that it won\u2019t affect the game\u2019s quality and any change designed to make it more inclusive should be welcomed. Many also pointed out that it follows the implementation of Catalyst, the game\u2019s first openly transgender Legend. She was, in the words of voice actor Meli Grant, designed to be \u201cinescapably trans.\u201d It\u2019s possible that Respawn have made the changes to promote inclusivity and avoid alienating players based on gendered language. They have previously collaborated with and consulted GLAAD, a NGO that specialises in LBGT+ inclusion and protection in popular culture. At the time of writing, Respawn have not commented publicly on the changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends players question removal of gendered voice lines \u2018for no reason\u2019 RespawnA number of Apex Legends players have questioned the alteration of voice lines that feature gendered language such as \u201cladies\u201d, \u201cbrothers\u201d, and more, claiming it has been done by Respawn \u201cwithout any reason\u201d. Any Apex Legends player will agree that the game\u2019s diverse […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}