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Enough With The Skull Masks, Already
Ghost looked pretty lame even from the first time you saw him in Modern
Warfare 2. He was kind of that cliche, forced "ooh, check out this
mysterious ***" character that really didn't add anything to a story
that was convoluted and sub-par to begin with. Then Rios and Salem had
to come back in a sequel no one wanted, and there they are, right on
the cover with stupid skull masks. Enter Halo: Reach, with Emile
bringing the skull mask look to space. It's like the video game version
of an Affliction or Ed Hardy shirt...they look stupid but you still see
them everywhere.
We all know the video game industry loves to
beat things into the ground (see: zombies), so let's end this trend now
before every shooter looks like this: