Payday 2 DLC with a Couple of Blogger-Robbers Gets Slammed on Steam Due to Real-Life Infidelity

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Translated with AI from the Russian original.

Some fear it will soon be removed from sale.

After 11 years, the h3h3 Character Pack DLC for the cooperative shooter Payday 2 is back in the spotlight. Over the past few days, it has received a flood of negative reviews — recent reviews are 'overwhelmingly negative'.

Player dissatisfaction is not related to a game update or statements from Starbreeze Studio representatives — the problem lies in real-life infidelity.

The h3h3 Character Pack includes a rapid-fire bow, explosive and poisoned arrows, masks, as well as a pair of playable characters: Ethan and Hila.

Ethan and Hila Klein are a real-life blogging couple, and Hila recently reported her husband's infidelity:

The person I loved and trusted for 20 years disappeared overnight. He was my partner in marriage, parenting, and business. [...] I don't know what will happen next; I've never been in this situation before. I'm in survival mode, trying to cope with separation, co-parenting, and unimaginable heartbreak.

Now players are buying the h3h3 Character Pack DLC for their collection — fearing it will soon be removed, and also leaving negative reviews, playing on the term 'cheating' (the word can be used to mean both 'cheating' in games and 'infidelity'):

Tried playing online as Ethan and I was labeled a 'cheater' — Suparockr

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