A Quick Look at Gears of War 3's Paid Weapons Skins

I really don't mind spending a buck or two on some cosmetic DLC, but the majority of those skins are really quite terrible. They kinda remind of Windows 95 background tiles. Give me some cool/garish artwork on the side of my gun or something.

Even the season pass doesn't seem like a good offer. Oh Epic, you've gone down in my estimation a great deal.

Anyone who buys this should be put in a fucking rainbow prison.

These skins are lazy. They don't look cool.

They should look cool.

Make them look cool.

Video games are dumb.

They should've at least made it possible to earn through grind

Jeff just spent some guy's yearly subscription on a rainbow skin, that didn't even cover the entire gun.

YOU'RE WELCOME

I'm of the opinion that if it doesn't impact the game balance in any way then go ahead. Take money for it, how ever much you want.

This is the horse armor all over again. And i dont mean it that Epic are dick by asking for alot of money for cosmetic content but the internet reaction. Every argument, even Patric's is stupid. Your not entitled to anything and if a developer/publisher has in-game cosmetic paid content you are not in the right by complaning and saying it should be free. You get access to the whole game by just buying it. Your not locked out from a mode or mp gametype if you didn't pay for a weapon skin. Having a different skin on your Lancer doesn't make it any better so its not like anyone in GOW3 will have an advantage if they put more money in it.

If thats the case then fuck you! Your an idiot for complaning. If its a new weapon or something else that has an impact on the game balance then you can complane and I will be right there with you. But when its cosmetic then just shut the fuck up. If you don't like it then don't buy it(you can't beat that argument). You can still enjoy the game on equal foting with everyone else.

And if you do buy cosmetic content then you shouldn't be called an idiot or looked down on. If you pay for content like that means that you really like the game and more power to you. I happy that you found a game you enjoy so much that you are willing to put more money in it.

19:20 just made this video great

Boo to Epic.

We come out and support a great series over 3 releases. Epic comes back and offers their biggest fans a 3600 point kick in the balls.

I think it's hilarious and that it's right to separate fools from their money.

I'm also unemployed.

Epic can contact me for a job interview at the following address:

Thank you giantbomb for making this. I wanted to know what these looked.

Buying stupid stuff so we don't have to!

@Shuborno said:

Boo to Epic.

We come out and support a great series over 3 releases. Epic comes back and offers their biggest fans a 3600 point kick in the balls.

How is it a kick in the balls? They are not forcing you to buy any of these skins, nor are they putting content that used to be free behind a pay wall. If you don't want these skins, don't buy them. You won't be missing out on anything. I think paying for weapon skins is totally dumb, but I can't blame Epic for wanting to make money off of them.

@WilliamHenry said:

@Shuborno said:

Boo to Epic.

We come out and support a great series over 3 releases. Epic comes back and offers their biggest fans a 3600 point kick in the balls.

How is it a kick in the balls? They are not forcing you to buy any of these skins, nor are they putting content that used to be free behind a pay wall. If you don't want these skins, don't buy them. You won't be missing out on anything. I think paying for weapon skins is totally dumb, but I can't blame Epic for wanting to make money off of them.

It's a kick in the balls because the target market for a full skin pack is the most obsessed of Gears fans. Instead of recognizing their $60-$150 investment in an Epic product, Epic is happy to nickel and dime those same customers day one with overpriced content of negligible value.

I find it insulting to buy a game only to have an interface on day 1 to show me how much content is missing from the product I bought.

everyone donate a dollar now for the sacrifices GiantBomb makes

Thank you Jeff for spending your money so we, the Giant Bomb community, don't have to.

Except for @OleMarthin who bought the rainbow skin.

I actually like the idea of a season pass if it saves you money versus buying all DLC individually in the long run, but yeah, this is just stupid. Thanks for doing this, Jeff and Patrick.

Personally, it's not a problem with paying for extra fluffy items. As far as I'm aware, games developers earn more money through those then actual game sales. There's a good graph on the internet...I can't find it at the moment, but the game developer, in this case EPIC games only receive a small cut from the profit.

Naturally though, it seems there isn't much in the of QA testing for this items, as quintessentially it's something an artist, heck - anyone with a copy of paint can produce in thirty minutes or less. They are little bits and pieces of extra stuff for players who enjoy the game, and want to get something new out of it.

Also, in my opinion these kind of fluff should never outnumber the amount of in-game fluff. I mean, take what we have in GOW3. There is about 8 or so skins available (I'm not counting on different guns, it's the same thing). There's about 20 or so DLC skins. To me, I feel a bit cheated because of this. It's money grabbing at it's finest. I mean...here's a fantastic idea to bump up unpaid skins. Flat colours. How many colours can you think of? There, loads more added with next to no effort to do so.

All in all, the pricing is all wrong. 3200 Points is silly. That's basically £32 over here in the UK. That's the price of the game again. By all means, have DLC vanity items. But work on the pricing to reflect this fact, and make it feel like an extra - rather than the robbery it seems.

Thanks for this. I may pick up one or two but wouldn't even consider buying them all. I do like the liquid metal which comes with the season pass though.

How much better would the rainbow skin in #Gears3 be if Griffin said "Taste the rainbow bitch!" when you killed someone with it?

I am a fan of the Gears series, but damn this entire situation makes me frustrated. This is how you treat your fans? Do you think they're stupid? Well, maybe most of them are, because a lot of people I now bought at least 1 skin pack.

Weapons skins vs a year of whiskey media premium. I think we all know which is the better value.

This is nothing! You need to check out the crap they got for Gotham City Imposters.
 
Over 100 pointless add ons......FOR OVER 17000 POINTS!!!!

All the content on the disc should be included in the price of the disc, charging people for unlocks to things already in the game is gross.

Why you are selling it? Just let us unlock it somehow.