Warzone Pacific developers added an anime bundle called “Bitrate Banger” in Season 4 Reloaded, and players have openly criticized this new addition.
There have been a few notable crossovers in Warzone that brought new content for players to unlock, including the Attack on Titan anime crossover featuring the Captain Levi operator skin.
This anime bundle has been criticized by players with comparisons to Fortnite’s collaborations. Now the new anime bundle Bitrate Banger is also being ostracized by the Warzone community.
The Bitrate Banger Bundle includes the High Bitrate Operator skin, new weapon blueprints, charms, emblems, and other cosmetic items. The H4 Blixen Lovedrunk Melody weapon blueprint lets you play music for your operator to dance to.
While the developers added these with the intention of giving players a little more fun, they were not well-received with many criticizing the fact that these cosmetics are anime-inspired.
A Twitter user responded with a picture of old Modern Warfare 2 weapon camouflages, explaining that they miss their simplicity. They tweeted, “Missing this. No silly looking anime guns. Camos only.”
I miss that. No anime, stupid looking guns. camouflage only pic.twitter.com/10xA8qnDb1
— Ralph (@ZeusRS_) August 10, 2022
A few other Twitter users felt that an anime aesthetic didn’t fit Warzone’s tone, with one gamer sarcastically saying, “Oh I remember my grandpa using one of these in Normandy during WWII.”
Oh I remember my grandfather using one of these in Normandy during WW2
— .ۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗۗstinger 🧣 (@stinnnn) August 10, 2022
Reddit user ‘DefunctHunk_COD’ started a thread on the Warzone Pacific subreddit asking players for their opinion on the new High Bitrate Operator skin included in the Bitrate Banger Bundle.
One of the commenters described it as “terrible,” before adding that the developers aren’t targeting Fortnite players, but rather the fanbase that grew up watching Call of Duty titles. They closed by saying, “That’s what sells.”
While many players were extremely critical of the Bitrate Banger Bundle, not all slammed it. A few users defended it in the thread, showing their appreciation for the addition of the anime-inspired camos.
One user thought they were refreshingly different from the other camos in the game: “What’s wrong with anime camos? Everyone doesn’t want to see and play with boring camos every day.”
What’s wrong with anime camos, everyone doesn’t want to watch and play with boring camos every day
— J (@Jeremiah_04) August 11, 2022
This cosmetic pack has generated a variety of differing opinions from the Warzone Pacific community and it remains to be seen exactly how the developers intend to respond to this feedback.
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