Battlefield Skins Revealed

[J4MES OX4D 9,794]

This is tragic🤣

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-02-battlefield-2042-is-getting-a-santa-claus-skin-and-players-hate-it

 

 

[phil bottle 9,585]

It's not tragic for the shareholders I imagine lol the whales will buy this kind of thing in droves😁

[J4MES OX4D 9,794]

Following backlash, EA puts Battlefield 2042 Santa skin back in the sack | PC Gamer

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Santa Clause ain't coming to town.

 

[GazzaGarratt 10,881]

IMHO, I thought the Santa skin looked hilarious and not bad at all. I wouldn't have bought it, but I can see why they've pulled it if there are still bugs as it puts across the sentiment they're more bothered about bucks than fixes...but its pretty clear these skins are usually made by a different team to bug fixers but that gets dismissed because of the way they handle their broad communications - which is barely available anyway.

 

Where do people stand on skins? Is the main reason why people hate them is because it feels an easy money grab or the fact they don't fit into the game environment? If its the latter, I kind of think to myself its not really something I give two shits about as it adds an element of fun to a game. Warzone introduced Rambo and John McClane which worked quite well I thought. Makes you want them more tbh! lolz

 

I just think if they communicate better that can manage expectations better in an industry that is quite lethal when things go wrong.

[The3rdWalker 1,263]

Better not be on the naughty list.

 

My thought on skins? If it's cool and I want one I'll buy it, if it's not cool or I don't want one I won't buy it. They are cosmetic and an easy way to keep revenue flowing into the game. Benefits everyone, hurts no one. (Thanks Biden, lol)

 

It makes my blood boil in R6 when someone says, "this pizza helmet is ruining my immersion." Bitch, you pull a 10x5 piece of steel out of your pocket and a drill. Shush.

[techno 3,476]

Where do I stand on skins, first of all make sure your game works, second, if fools want to waste their money on shit that's upto them, especially skins in an FPS. What I don't like is when you make fundamental design decisions just to integrate them, even more so when those design decisions changed is one of the core things that make battlefield, battlefield the class system.

[J4MES OX4D 9,794]

4 hours ago, GazzaGarratt said:

Where do people stand on skins? Is the main reason why people hate them is because it feels an easy money grab or the fact they don't fit into the game environment? If its the latter, I kind of think to myself its not really something I give two shits about as it adds an element of fun to a game. Warzone introduced Rambo and John McClane which worked quite well I thought. Makes you want them more tbh! lolz

I don't mind skins as long as the core game works and they don't make the game/brand look like an embarrassment. Some of the skins in games over the years have been absolutely pathetic quality yet others have given people something to work towards or purchase. The specialists in Battlefield which are the basis of the skins themselves are absolutely flawed and it seems the designs just make them look worse. Maybe if they hired some competent game designers who didn't resign in the first week and then some visual artists to competent their creations with expansive skin designs then it would be great. Sadly these devs just seem to roll in-house, get someone to knock something up without thought and then they try and monetise it.

 

Fortnite is a great example of quality through collaborations and marketing. Warzone is making similar strides. 2042 is about 6 years out of date with generic and embarrassing material. 

[GazzaGarratt 10,881]

Thanks for the responses @The3rdWalker  @techno  and @J4MES OX4D . I was trying to understand both sides because I do agree that priority should be sorting out the crappy parts of the game first, and i'd also go along with that you want the general themes to at least stay within the realms of what the game is about, to an extent. I suppose my initial reaction was it was just bad marketing timing rather than a huge issue for me.

 

I think all the games that have an element of realism to them e.g. using humans, war based games, etc, will always get criticism of wacky skins. Whereas games that are more about fiction e.g. Overwatch, Destiny, Fortnite, etc, can get away with having pretty much any skin they want because it doesn't mess with the mind of the consumer as much.

 

I hope they fix the game in the coming weeks and months so we can actually see if they can put some decent skins together like Warzone actually has of late.