When we’re talking about somewhat arbitrary but satisfying rewards for random tasks in video games, cosmetics are king. While getting a random color swap is boring, some developers know how to spice things up.
Going for cool rewards for completion is outdated. The real ones think of the strangest stuff possible and then throw it onto your character for you to laugh at for a solid 15 minutes straight.
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People have beaten Dark Souls with half of these wacky controllers.
I can always appreciate the strangest stuff I can make my character wear, even if it’s something completely useless I have to go out of my way to obtain—and especially when the game usually takes itself seriously.
Whether it’s something purposefully silly, or an idea that could be a normal cosmetic done in such a janky and strange way that it circles around to being weird, these cosmetics always make a game more entertaining.
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Mask of the Father
Dark Souls
While the Sack Head is another great option, I went with the Mask of the Father for Dark Souls, as everything about it is kinda weird. It drops from one of the easiest bosses in the game, and it looks supremely stupid.
The facial expression on the mask looks like bro just dropped his food on the floor, and it’s hilariously out of place no matter what you pair it with, on top of having pitiful stats that barely help anyone.
Given you barely have to put in the effort to get this thing, I don’t find it as funny as other cosmetics that only dish out the stupid mask when you’ve done something difficult, but it’s a pretty iconic thing.
The Dark Souls community has been making fun of the Mask of the Father for years now, and since it has next to no utility as an actual piece of armor, you can only really wear it for the bit and nothing else.
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Pizza Axel
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
While all the casual gear available in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days can be considered weird, especially the Umbrella Keyblade and a Tennis Racket sitar, Axel using two Pizzas as Chakrams easily takes the cake.
If you aren’t aware, Axel is already one of the most unserious characters in the entire series, so it feels incredibly appropriate for him to swing around two pizza pies as deadly weapons.
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The casual gear is all pretty easy to obtain, and is especially funny to pull out in multiplayer, flexing on your friends by demolishing them with a rather underpowered, cheesy choice of weapon.
It’s such a weird choice for what is easily the most depressing Kingdom Hearts game to give you a bunch of goofy, casual weaponry that doesn’t make any sense, but I’m all here for it.
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Wiggler Head
Monster Hunter World
I’m a massive fan of the unnecessary application of jigglebones to things that never needed to move, and the Wiggler Head in Monster Hunter World is the definition of that idea, looking rather silly.
The journey to get it was an event quest that never really went away, making it freely accessible to anyone who feels like going out of their way to have a massive neck that wobbles around everywhere.
Most armor in most Monster Hunter games is pretty sick and fierce-looking sets of metal or scales of a slain beast, then you get the goofy, wobbly, sewn-together head of a weird creature.
It perfectly complements whatever look you’re going for, is universally applicable in every build, and there’s no reason to have anything else as Head Armor. Trust me, it’s exactly what you need.
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???
Stardew Valley
I absolutely love weird, very unimportant 100% completion rewards to acknowledge the player’s achievement and make them happy, all without making 100% feel like a requirement, and Stardew Valley nails this assignment.
Getting
Perfection is a massive undertaking
that requires mastering every aspect of the game and wading through a hundred hours worth of work. Aside from the credits, your reward for this is a silly hat.
It bears a striking resemblance to ConcernedApe’s icon, and it looks a little bit awesome as a result, while also being a very strange 100% reward that I think everyone can appreciate.
I also love the fact it’s named ???, as if you’ve just acquired some ancient indescribable artifact only to tote it around while wearing it atop your head. Peak addition, zero notes with this one.
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The Giant Chicken
Fortnite
For some reason, despite Skins being called Skins and the general idea of every item not giving a combat advantage, Fortnite’s cosmetics all change your hurtbox, making you easier or harder to hit.
This means the skinsuits and smaller skins will give you a very distinct advantage and make it far more difficult to land shots on you, while the bigger, bulkier skins make you a prime target and easy to eliminate.
When the Family Guy crossover dropped, this was the exact reason why Peter Griffin was made supremely buff and thinned down, but for some reason, the weird Chicken he fights was not given that same luxury.
This thing is bulky, and has one of the biggest hurtboxes in the entire game. I think it’s very funny that the Chicken is massive, and still somehow made it into the game over most other Family Guy characters.
3
Geoff Keighly Mask
Among Us
Every year when the Game Awards rolls around, Among Us decides it would be a great time to ditch the usual style of cosmetics for a limited-time event, where Geoff Keighly’s face gets plastered on a mask.
It’s just a realistic screenshot of the actual real-life person that hosts the Game Awards and Summer Games Fest, and I think that’s hilarious, since the JPEG of his face looks so incredibly out of place.
Everything in this game is hand-drawn, so you’d think a Game Awards event would entail an event with giveaways and a new cosmetic unrelated to Geoff, but now you can have
his face atop the Sans hoodie
.
The best part is that everyone who managed to nab it during the event can wear it at any time, and the image will get stretched and morphed to fit every crewmate animation, which just looks even goofier.
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8-Bit Mario
Super Mario Odyssey
While the Mario Maker Amiibo that looked like a blown-up 3D render of the classic Super Mario Bros. sprite looked quite nice, I had absolutely zero desire to see it float around a 3D space. Nintendo decided otherwise.
In Super Mario Odyssey, this 8-bit model looks nice when completely still, but as soon as you move while wearing the outfit, the problem becomes apparent. There are zero animations for this thing, and it looks genuinely unfinished.
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Given it’s a random optional cosmetic, I find that absolutely hilarious, as it looks completely out of place no matter what you’re doing. Though honestly, if they did add animations, it might look terrifying.
Seeing this blocky, plasticky thing rolling around and rotating to match Mario’s position all while not changing from the static jumping pose is genuinely hilarious, even if it’s an incredibly weird thing for Nintendo to do.
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Undies
Marvel’s Spider-Man
A ton of games have an outfit that is just the main character mostly naked, but I think Spider-Man is the funniest of them all. Firstly, Spider-Man’s entire thing is concealing his identity, so swinging out in his underwear is especially funny.
The funnier part is that this is
the hardest outfit to get
in the entire game, requiring you to complete every single mission before it’s unlocked, with Peter Parker stripping down to his underwear and mask as your ultimate reward.
Most other suits in this game are distinctly awesome references to Spider-Man movies, comics, and TV shows, all faithfully recreating fan-favorite suit designs, but then you just get underwear at the very end.
I love this decision, especially since the bonus ability for this outfit is being able to one-shot every enemy at the expense of dying instantly to every attack, and that’s the funniest possible outcome.
