Crytek has responded to complaints about a new paid cosmetic in Hunt: Showdown 1896, saying that, actually, the mask from the Scream movies does fit into a supernatural monster-hunting game set in the 1890s.
As Morgan observed last year after being executed by Diablo 4's Lilith in Call of Duty, every successful multiplayer shooter these days eventually compromises its style and theme for the sake of wacky crossover cosmetics. The process took longer than usual for Hunt: Showdown, but to my eye it began this week with the Ghost Face Rampage DLC, which adds the iconic mask from 1996 slasher flick Scream to the supernatural, historical extraction shooter.
