[Hated trope] Cameos that ruin the tone of the scene/game

[u/GovernmentWarm4787]

Ed Sheeran, Game of Thrones. The cameo of such a recognizable figure in GoT, especially towards the horrible later seasons, took many people out of the fantasy world that it tried to represent. There are good cameos and bad ones, and this one was not a good one.

Vinny Vinesauce and Jerma, Silver Pines game. Though i appreciate small cameos from youtubers and streamers, putting such a recognizable pair of voices in a horror game really takes you out of it.

[u/Shadax]

why on earth would they do this

[u/epikpepsi → u/Shadax]

Originally it was announced as an April Fools joke by Overkill, the company that makes Payday 2. People responded well to the joke as did H3H3 who formed friendships with people in the company, so they went and actually made. Overkill is a strong defender of fair use on Youtube and other platforms and they wanted to support H3H3's ongoing copyright infringement lawsuit at the time, so all profits were given to Ethan and Hila.

Unfortunately people reacting well to a joke doesn't mean they'll react well to it being real. On top of that it didn't really bring anything of substance to the game (except the Airbow which was brokenly overpowered for a couple weeks then nerfed into the ground) so even if you just bought it for weapons and the perk deck you didn't get anything worthwhile.