Apex Legends’ Bangalore Finale Shows That Battle Royales Can Be Emotional, Too

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Bangalore has been at the centre of the maelstrom that is Apex Legends’ main story for the past three seasons. Her love triangle involving Loba and Valkyrie started back in Season 9, but that has evolved into a quest to find her brother, Jackson, an IMC fighter who was recently reported missing.

Her story has come to a head in Season 12, culminating with challenges in the Firing Range that are not only fun to play, but hit some deep emotional beats, too. I played through them all in one sitting to fully appreciate the story that Respawn is trying to tell, and nothing prepared me for how it ended.

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I've been a big Loba fan since embarking on the Broken Ghost questline with her back in Season 5. Her fight for vengeance against the murder robot Revenant who killed her parents was one of the best stories to be woven into the battle royale, but I had no particular affinity for Bangalore. Until now. Spoilers for the Season 12 Bangalore story below. You've been warned.

Thinking about it, until Season 8 Bangalore had been somewhat neglected. She was one of the day one characters, and yet we’d never really explored her back story. She was just a generic soldier with annoying voice lines. She still has the annoying voice lines, but at least we know more about her these days.

We’ve seen Bangalore and Loba’s relationship flourish and flounder across the past three seasons, and it always looked like this would be an endless will-they-won’t-they to annoy players for all eternity like Ross and Rachel with guns. Friends would have been much better if they gave everyone an R301, but I digress. However, as Bangalore has sought closure regarding her missing brother over the course