The Call of Duty community’s outcry against outlandish and silly operator skins has been heard loud and clear, according to Activision.
The publisher has announced changes to the operator skins coming as part of Black Ops 7’s $100 Vault Edition in response to player outcry about the skins and how they looked, for a variety of reasons. The new skins can be seen below.
“As part of our commitment to the authentic look and feel of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, and after receiving community feedback specifically related to the Black Ops 7 Vault Edition offering, we’ve decided to implement some visual changes to three of the four Vault Edition Operators in the Operator Collection and deliver a bonus Operator Skin for T.E.D.D.,” Activision said in a new blog post today.
Karma has had her “holographic plates and visor” adjusted, Harper’s “armor has been streamlined and recolored,” and T.E.D.D.’s “face has been decomposed to match his original look from Black Ops 2” while the original Vault Edition skin will also be additionally included. Reaper EWR-3’s Mind and Metal skin has been untouched. The previous appearances for all four skins can be seen below.
Frankly, though? I do not care. As aggravating as it can be to die to Nicki Minaj or Beavis or Silent Bob, I just hope BO7 is fun to play. I appreciate how Activision is responding to feedback for BO7, but if the game isn’t enjoyable, then the skins don’t matter.
I would like if, after a high kill game in BO7, I’m not immediately matched up against OpTic and FaZe tryout members. I would like for the game to run well on PC, and I would like fun post-launch content along with timely bug fixes. Skins? Leave ’em. While it’s nice that these $100-exclusive skins are being tweaked thanks to player outcry, I have hopes for more.
My love of CoD has fallen off greatly over the past few years. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend an event last month to play BO7 with other press and content creators. I’m grateful for the opportunity either way, but I wish I knew how BO7 felt so I could form a better opinion or offer feedback.
We’ll know more about BO7 when Call of Duty Next broadcasts on Sept. 20, followed by the game’s beta test on Oct. 2. For now, I’m feeling hopeful and positive that Activision’s feedback response will carry over to some of the more important facets of the game.
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