'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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  • Rose@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    54 minutes ago

    There aren’t that many Premium™ Gamers®, and trying to pretend that that is, like, a legitimate target demographic to pander to is just sad, folks.

    (The funniest gamer influencer backlash I’ve seen lately was against some YouTuber who blew ~$2K on gaming desk and a chair and called it a “minimalist” setup. People at large rightfully went “are you shitting me”.)

  • Taldan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    34 minutes ago

    There aren’t enough monster truck owners to support his game. If he gets his wish, Gearbox is going to lose a whole lot of money

    The reality is that it is a mass market game. It needs mass market adoption. Currently much of the market is locked out due to performance issues

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    3 hours 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”.

  • Surp@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    Unfortunately it doesn’t matter what any of us say…the damage is done. I saw something like 200k online on steam. Unless most of them refund the negative reviews are meaningless. Pretend it was only 200k on steam and they bought just the “shitty” $70 version. …who knows how many bought on other platforms as well. They made a lot of money already is all I’m saying and I wish they didn’t. Games junk.

  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    3 hours ago

    It’s more akin to trying to drive a semi truck with a semi truck motor but then something drops and there’s a ton of friction like an unintentional tractor pull. Even the best chips on the market display subpar performance.

  • chrislowles@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    3 hours ago

    Randy looks at Borderlands 4 actually performing somewhat well critically and says NOT IF I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT

  • zebidiah@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    3 hours ago

    …is he trying to promote the game by acting like one of its shitty characters?

  • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    2 hours ago

    Anyone who bought this game, is a moron. No ifs, no ands, no buts. Randy is a fucking prick, and made no secret of his feelings towards gamers right before the game came out. No one should have spent a single penny on this dogshit.

  • MrJ199414@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    8 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
    20·
    11 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
      3·
      5 hours 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
      7·
      11 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.

  • kuribo@aussie.zoneEnglish
    51·
    15 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.