'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'
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  • MrJ199414@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 hours ago

    They toned down the humor, which imo wasn’t the problem they needed to write better jokes, and write better villains.

    The entire plot feels like an extra long side mission which is basically, “Go Rescue Lilith.” They have been teasing something “big” is coming and that they need to prepare for war since the pre sequel. We have gotten now two new main installments, two “tales”, and a fucking spin-off since then. Yet they still keep teasing this “big” thing. I wish they’d move the narrative along already.

  • normalexit@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    7 hours ago

    I played lots of borderlands 2 with my friends back in the day it was pretty fun.

    Three came out, played it for a bit, but it was just more of the same and somehow worse. Then I watched that God awful movie.

    I think I’m over the franchise, but maybe here in a few years I’ll pick it up for $5 in a summer sale.

    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      19 minutes ago

      I found 1 and 2 were games I could both replay at least once. With 2 the only bad bit to replay is bricks area where the devs just spammed a ton of very spongy enemies in a big map. 3 had more fun vault hunters mechanically but even during the first playthrough so much of it feels like filler content (like literally ALL of Hammerlocks area) and the final boss is somehow even more dissapointing than BL1, trying to play through a second time is at least 2/3 “Oh god not this bit again”.

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      I adored the presequel, did so many interesting things. The verticality, stomp attacks and oxygen masks were awesome. Also the low grav meant the maps could be way more varied and interesting.

      Waited for the reviews for the third (never pre-order, always wait for reviews!) and it just seemed so… mid. Definitely happy I dropped out of that franchise when I did.

  • stringere@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    8 hours ago

    Bought it to try n Linux. I don’t have the greatest video card but I can play Dune: Awakening, Helldivers 2, Monster Hunter Wikds, Avowed, Black Myth: Wukong…

    Borderlands 4 was stuttering on the barely animated character select. I lowered settings all as low as possible and it was still unplayable with delayed/missed input and stuttering.

  • kuribo@aussie.zoneEnglish
    19·
    10 hours ago

    Dude really felt the need to insult his customers. He could have said it’s a premium game for premium machines, but instead he decided he wanted to insult people who can’t play it and suggest they are less than the premium people who can.

    2K needs to get this nut away from the mic.

  • xep@discuss.onlineEnglish
    19·
    10 hours ago

    A game that looks like BL4 shouldn’t run like Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing turned on.

  • fuzzywombat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    10 hours ago

    I was planning on picking up B4 when the GOTY edition goes on sale for $20-30 couple years from now. I figured performance issues will be solved by then. Now I think I’ll pass.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    10 hours ago

    Sucker game made for sucker gamers.

    Are you inclined to blame yourself for the obvious failings of a gaming corporation? Smash that buy button now!

  • Soapbox@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    11 hours ago

    I haven’t played more than about 30 minutes of a Borderlands game. But from clips I have seen of all of them over the years, they all look exactly the same. Sounds to me like it’s just a poorly optimized game, as is standard for new AAA slop releases.

  • trslim@pawb.socialEnglish
    451·
    15 hours ago

    Hot take, Borderlands was never really a good franchise. Yeah I played through the second game, but i did so once, and never wanted to return to it afterwards.

    • proper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 hours ago

      there was something special about playing through 1 for the first time knowing nothing about what to expect. Then when 2 came out I liked it alright but already felt like it was a big tonal departure. funny to see the discussion shift over time to 2 being the benchmark and 3(+) going too far.

      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Well to me, borderlands 2 was the most fun I’ve had with a shooter since half-life 2 or CoD4. It’s one of the funniest games I’ve ever played as well. I think the writing in general is really top notch (props to Anthony Birch), the characters are memorable, the weapons and abilities are fun. All and all, BL2 really hit the mark in a lot of ways for me.

        Borderlands 3 on the other hand, just wasn’t as good. It had a ton of great quality of life improvements, so that was nice. The player abilities were also largely really good, I liked most of the classes. But it had a ton of weaknesses… The level design was pretty awful, the much bigger maps really spread out the action absolutely killed the pacing. The story was pretty dumb, and while the villains were detestable, it was only in the way that all obnoxious teenagers are detestable. And the greatest sin, the loot was a mess. They actually threw way too many guns at you, so many that you never really get a chance to enjoy any of them. And way too many of them were uniques (with mysterious effects they never bother to explain).