• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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    19 minutes ago

    I can’t decide if the explanation that “our shitty game is made for premium gamers” is more or less absurd than EA charging 80 bucks for a game with most of its characters still locked would “provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment”.

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    5 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.

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    8 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.

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      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”.

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      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.

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    10 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.

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    12 hours ago

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

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    12 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.

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    12 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!

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    11 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.

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    13 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.