New Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Skins Leave Fans Outraged and Disgusted

A recently announced pack of skins for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 has left some players utterly disgusted. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is set to launch its fourth season on May 29, and the four skins contained in its Tracer Pack: Emoting are eliciting anger from a large portion of the game's fan base.

There are more than 100 rewards coming to Modern Warfare 3 in Season 4, many of them purchasable, including new skins, weapons, and blueprints. These unique items include six different Tracer Packs, three of which are based on the classic mecha combat anime Mobile Suit Gundam. However, it is the four unsettling emoji skins that are drawing the most attention.

The four operator skins in Tracer Pack: Emoting all resemble versions of classic yellow-faced emojis but with grotesque twists. The Cursed skin features a toothy smile and dead-eyed stare, the Dead Inside and Out skin has fleshy X-shaped marks over its closed eyelids, the Tongue Out, Guns Out skin features a thick, fleshy tongue and one winking red eye, and the Seeing Stars skin has a similar smile to the others with cut-out wooden star shapes over its eyes. The vast majority of fans on Reddit seem unamused by these skins, citing various reasons for their dislike, from the sickening appearance to Modern Warfare 3's further departure from realistic military combat.

Fans are Disgusted by Modern Warfare Emoting Skins

Microtransactions have long been a sore point for Call of Duty fans, and the new season hasn't changed that. Aside from the payment structure for acquiring new skins and the repugnant feelings evoked by the grotesque emoji visuals, some players accuse the developers of ignoring the game's core player base. They believe these "goofy" skins are aimed at attracting younger players. One commenter even suggested that developer Sledgehammer may be introducing such skins to gradually ruin the game and push players to purchase the next release in the series.

Other players, who appreciate the franchise for its realistic military combat scenarios, expressed their displeasure with Call of Duty Tracer Packs, which have been adding non-traditional elements to the game long before the 2023 version of Modern Warfare 3 was released. One fan received many likes for calling the existence of the Emoting pack "The Fortnite effect," while others opined that the developers are moving the game away from what the majority of its core fan base seems to want. "They're slowly moving toward having wall running and jetpacks again, which is why everyone stopped playing Call of Duty the first time."