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'Skins' have ruined online games

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I'm completely taken out of a game when I see someone running around in a cartoon character costume or in a military setting looking like a rapper.
Somehow this was meant to be a ""good"" alternative to real DLC. No paid content DLC has caused as much displeasure to me as this.

Every online game has been ruined by 'silly' skins.
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You have now ruined your game for me. I have no way to disable seeing this stupid ****.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: July 5th, 2024, 12:32
You have now ruined your game for me. I have no way to disable seeing this stupid ****.
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What game is this so that I may avoid it?
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CSM-101 wrote: July 5th, 2024, 12:42
What game is this so that I may avoid it?
The Last Descendant
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CSM-101 wrote: July 5th, 2024, 12:42
rusty_shackleford wrote: July 5th, 2024, 12:32
You have now ruined your game for me. I have no way to disable seeing this stupid ****.
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What game is this so that I may avoid it?
every game
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My character WILL dress like Spider-Man and you WILL appreciate it!.
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Could not agree more with this threat, *literally unplayable*. The only thing annoying me more than people using trashy skins (even "fitting" ones that still look ****, because people have no taste), is no option to disable skins from being shown on your end in almost any game that has them.

(CoH2 is the only game coming to mind that has this option)
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Reichspepe wrote: July 5th, 2024, 13:39
Could not agree more with this threat, *literally unplayable*. The only thing annoying me more than people using trashy skins (even "fitting" ones that still look ****, because people have no taste), is no option to disable skins from being shown on your end in almost any game that has them.

(CoH2 is the only game coming to mind that has this option)
Agree there should be an option to disable them. Know there never will be since other people seeing the dumb purchase is a driver of sales.

All of these cosmetic options are also a framerate tax.
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J1M wrote: July 5th, 2024, 14:11
Know there never will be since other people seeing the dumb purchase is a driver of sales
Yes, forgot to mention that. Funnyly enough seeing skins makes me want to purchase them and play the game over all even less.
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rusty_shackleford wrote: July 5th, 2024, 12:32
You have now ruined your game for me. I have no way to disable seeing this stupid ****.
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i mean its third person shooter so this outfit seems to be right up their target audience
u can have better "luck" with like first person mil sims to keep serious tone but who knows these days

they added crip vaginas to battlefield. btw they shutting down bf3 and bf4 lmaof i want my 10 usd back
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furries need their suits guys
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stop playing games made for kids
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It's not even just the wacky ****** skins for me, it's the garish ugly-as-sin **** that looks like it was designed by a Korean-Indian nightmare hybrid. Helldivers 2 has such a beautiful default set of armor and they REFUSE to release anything that uses the same color palette, let alone a piece that looks like it was created in the same universe.

And does this look like something John Halo would wear?

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rusty_shackleford wrote: July 5th, 2024, 12:28
I'm completely taken out of a game when I see someone running around in a cartoon character costume or in a military setting looking like a rapper.
Somehow this was meant to be a ""good"" alternative to real DLC. No paid content DLC has caused as much displeasure to me as this.

Every online game has been ruined by 'silly' skins.
I recently have seen ******* Billie Eilish and Cheech and Chong skins for Fortnite/CoD/some other slopshit.

Why do people think this is cool to do? Or pay money for? Why?
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Oyster Sauce wrote: July 5th, 2024, 15:47
It's not even just the wacky ****** skins for me, it's the garish ugly-as-sin **** that looks like it was designed by a Korean-Indian nightmare hybrid. Helldivers 2 has such a beautiful default set of armor and they REFUSE to release anything that uses the same color palette, let alone a piece that looks like it was created in the same universe.

And does this look like something John Halo would wear?

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Oyster Sauce wrote: July 5th, 2024, 15:47
And does this look like something John Halo would wear?

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I just looked it up and First Descendant is a ******* Nexon f2p game. Why the **** would you play anything from Nexon? Shits going to be a Korean grind fest unless you pay to skip it all.
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CSM-101 wrote: July 6th, 2024, 08:42
I just looked it up and First Descendant is a ******* Nexon f2p game. Why the **** would you play anything from Nexon? Shits going to be a Korean grind fest unless you pay to skip it all.
I'd rather play a predatory pay2win game than a western pozzslop
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Rusty has to eat feces no matter what
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Gunnar wrote: July 6th, 2024, 12:06
Rusty has to eat feces no matter what
"did… did you just try out a new game for the purpose of having fun instead of waiting to get other people's opinions?!"

yea
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rusty_shackleford wrote: July 5th, 2024, 12:32
You have now ruined your game for me. I have no way to disable seeing this stupid ****.
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I don't think any games selling those skins were good to begin with. Just a nice way to let any non-****** know to avoid that "game".
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