Hello everyone, today I think it’s finally time to address the biggest problem with Apex’s new legend, Axle. She feels like the most out-of-place legend I’ve seen since this game launched.

Okay, let’s start with her design. She’s supposed to be from Salvo, which means you’d expect a more Mad Max style look or military look, similar to Maggie or Fuse. But instead, we get more of a high-tech design, which feels weird because it makes her seem like she’s from a large, futuristic city. The closest comparison that comes to mind is Solace specifically, a place like the city of Comma. It also reminds me a bit of Rhapsody from the mobile game, especially with all the purple in her design.

I guess that’s the problem when you ignore the lore for so long you make it harder for people to believe that a character belongs to a certain world or location. When we see little to no reference tying her back to Salvo, it ends up feeling out of place. I don’t remember Fuse or Maggie ever talking about underground racing in the Redline of Salvo.

What this makes me think just like with Sparrow, is that the character’s abilities and design have little to no lore significance until the last couple of months, where it feels like the writers were told, “Here you go, make up some lore.” So now we suddenly have underground racing in Salvo for some reason.

I don’t want to argue more about her design anymore because, in my opinion, it’s probably one of the laziest we’ve seen from Respawn. It feels like a mix of Maggie, Alter, and Valk, and it just doesn’t land for me.

But the thing that confuses me the most is her reason for joining the Games...why? Every legend has some kind of motivation, whether it’s something serious or dumb like ragebating Horizon, saving money for years to return to Gridiron, or seeking revenge for the death of their parents (only for that plotline to get sidetracked for a lesbian love triangle).

The point is, Axle’s reasoning feels off. Her rival is dead, her mom doesn’t want her racing let alone competing in a blood sport and her story ends up feeling like she just joined for fun. It feels like a character where no one had a clear, unified vision, and instead everyone just played it safe, making something that feels familiar but ultimately uninspired.

I hope I’m wrong, but right now, it’s not looking good.

is AXEL Is this the most out of place legend ever?