The only thing I hate about DOOM: The Dark Ages is the fact you need to buy physical items for some in-game skins. I am wanting the Executioner skin but it’s locked behind a limited-edition Xbox controller that is probably already sold out by now.
The fact that you need to buy physical, real-world items for a fucking in-game skin is just fucking absurd. Like, come on, are you actually fucking serious?! You have to buy a fucking TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR GPU BUNDLE for the Legionary skin? That is just absolutely ridiculous. And then there’s that Ranger skin. You’re telling me that I have to buy a LIMITED-EDITION PIZZA from a specific pizza parlor to get the skin? I am nowhere near a Prince St. Pizza location! So, I have to fly across the US just to order the Hellfire Pizza? That is crazy and it is absolute fucking insanity. I cannot afford plane tickets to travel across the fucking nation.
The fact the skin I want, the Executioner skin, is locked behind a physical controller purchase is nuts. The controller is probably already sold out, so I am probably just not going to get this skin at all unless I buy a DOOM Xbox controller for an inflated price from a scalper. And now, my only options to get the Executioner skin are to either buy the controller from a scalper, buy a code from a reseller, or go in the corner and cry. It is just like someone dangling an object or prize in front of your face and laughing at you just to fucking tease you. “Haha, I have this exclusive in-game item and you don’t, go cry about it!”.
This FOMO bullshit is exactly why I quit playing Fortnite. “Do you want this skin or emote? Well, you better hope you have enough VBucks for it before it is removed from the Shop forever!”. It’s the ‘fear of missing out’ on exclusive items and it is absolute BULLSHIT. It’s exactly why I HATE limited-edition items and bundles. It creates a sense of FOMO for not wanting to miss out on exclusive items, which will make people do stupid and dumb purchases for in-game items. This is about as dumb as paying $80 to have Vader locked in Battlefront II and having to spend real-world money just to unlock him.
Limited-time items are fucking stupid and they should be in the goddamn game to begin with. It’s like when EA said it “creates a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes”, basically telling people the more you spend, the more you’ll feel superior. I don’t have money falling outta my ass. Just put all the damn skins in the base version of the game and make them unlockables for completing certain missions and challenges. I come from an age when we earned EVERYTHING through just playing the fucking game. Rewarding Gameplay. Paying for skins is NOT rewarding, it’s fucking tedious.
It’s the ONE goddamn thing I hate about DOOM: The Dark Ages. I do NOT wanna spend eighty fucking dollars on the limited-edition controller just to have the Executioner skin!
Make it make sense and just put them in the fucking game to begin with! It’s fucking stupid, Bethesda.