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I'm calling for an end to smooth-faced dystopias

I realize it's poor form of me, but I can't mind my own business, and I'm about to yuck some of y'all's yum. Why does every game need a series of mods turning their respective worlds into smooth-faced dystopias? It's like there's an unwritten rule somewhere that the first batch of fanmade downloads in every game's modd...

I'm calling for an end to smooth-faced dystopias

I realize it's poor form of me, but I can't mind my own business, and I'm about to yuck some of y'all's yum. Why does every game need a series of mods turning their respective worlds into smooth-faced dystopias? It's like there's an unwritten rule somewhere that the first batch of fanmade downloads in every game's modding scene must include 'fixes' for no pores, no freckles, no scars, and no wrinkles. I'm sending some of y'all to gamer jail.

I ran him through several beauty filters and the Photoshop smoothing tool until I got the one on the right. It's obviously not an actual mod, but I swear it could be. (Image credit: Rebel Wolves / PC Gamer Edit)

Where is the flavor? Where is the character? Give me your most haggard old men and women who look like they haven't slept in years. I'm downloading eye bags, more scars, and forehead wrinkles.

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