it's face camouflage, which has somewhat fallen out of fashion for western militaries since the Cold War. Not really sure of the point in an urban enviroment though, it's more typical for forests
I'm guessing it's also lacking the green stripes (since those don't make sense for an urban enviroment), and so with just the black ones it ends up coming off as more blackface-y, while the regular one is more clearly meant to make you look like a plant
it's face camouflage, which has somewhat fallen out of fashion for western militaries since the Cold War. Not really sure of the point in an urban enviroment though, it's more typical for forests
it does not photograph well, so that might be a reason right there
I'm guessing it's also lacking the green stripes (since those don't make sense for an urban enviroment), and so with just the black ones it ends up coming off as more blackface-y, while the regular one is more clearly meant to make you look like a plant