Borderlands 3

[Metro]

Come on , Epic-shill, it's common knowledge everything makes more money on EPICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCZZZZZZZZ!

 

[LESS T_T]

 

[DalekFlay]

Can't wait to buy it for $10 with all the DLC included and then never play it, just like the last two!

 

[Orma]

 

[Gerrard]

The question everyone wants answered is how Borderlands 3's first 6 months as an Epic exclusive compare to Borderlands 2's first 6 months as a Steamworks only game (didn't say exclusive so I don't trigger you guys).

You can get this turd for 40-50% off already and it hasn't even been 3 months.
So much for that best selling title.

 

[Metro]

Still has denuvo? El oh el.

 

[LESS T_T]

This game is out on Steam, if anyone cares.

247k concurrent players would make it the #5 biggest singleplayer launch in PC history.



No doubt it would have sold better on Steam, but for a fledgling storefront it's incredible.

We just got the launch weekend peak player number for delayed Steam release, 93,820.

(Another fun number: Borderlands 3 has only 37,852 followers on Steam, lower than the Ori game (60,483) and Outer Worlds (118,762). I suppose this is largely because they opened Steam page only few weeks before the release though.)

 

[DemonKing]

Pitchford's gonna Pitchford:

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/04/s...-3-developers-are-getting-stiffed-on-bonuses/

"if you don't like it you can quit."

Always a great way to get your team enthusiastic and motivated.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

He is not wrong. What do these people complain about? The profits were smaller so the bonuses are smaller too.

 

[Fedora Master]

Pitchford's gonna Pitchford:

https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/04/s...-3-developers-are-getting-stiffed-on-bonuses/

"if you don't like it you can quit."

Always a great way to get your team enthusiastic and motivated.

Gearbox should take the hint a quit making games indeed.

 

[Volrath]

Already 50% off on steam

 

[aweigh]

They released patch for that. And yeah it was issue with texture streaming, when you looked through scope textures would reload in distance often causing stutter.

Overall it is Unreal Engine 4 game. You can create indies on that engine but anything more compex and it shits the bed.
X-com 2 is another example of that.

Don't know why you're being attacked for this, it's true. Every single big UE4 game has texture-streaming and related stutter issues.

 

[Perkel]

They added skip button for cutscenes ! So you can skip horrid story and just focus on shooting.
Probably will play it again in few days when my new internet will be set up. Can't wait for 1Gbit/s.

Will be trying it in VR with VorpX i heard it has great support.

 

[Kruno]

https://www.change.org/p/gearbox-software-save-maya-borderlands-3

Save Maya.

We want GearBox to ret-con their god damned shit story.

 

[DeepOcean]

https://www.change.org/p/gearbox-software-save-maya-borderlands-3

Save Maya.

We want GearBox to ret-con their god damned shit story.

Man, I got curious when I saw some video on youtube about how the Borderlands 3 story was awful, my God, how a human being could write that humongous pile of shiet? It is so bad that on the youtube comments, even Gearbox fanboys were having orgasms of imagining murdering the new characters Gearbox made.

 

[DalekFlay]

Couldn't give less of a shit about Borderlands story, but a petition to change another peerson's writing and story is lame as fuck.

 

[Kruno]

Couldn't give less of a shit about Borderlands story, but a petition to change another peerson's writing and story is lame as fuck.

Maya is my waifu!

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Couldn't give less of a shit about Borderlands story,

Handsome Jack(TPS+2) is fairly well written to be honest. He has a nice character progression arc(nobody -> Hero, if a bit insane -> Jack "dies", becoming Handsome Jack)
Pretty much everything else is shit, I'll agree.

 

[BrotherFrank]

One comment from a borderlands 3 review that stuck with me and I wish I screencrapped it, had the journo gushing over ava, how she was a strong female character full of likeability who the player will feel invested in and is destined to become the new fan favorite.

I remember at the time thinking if game journos like this character so much, it must be the most annoying brat of a character, and it turned out to a safe prediction, with everyone who isnt a journo hating the fuck outta her. If anyone can remember which mainstream review site that was i’d appreciate it.

But yeah I feel you kruno, no one’s waifu deserves to die because of such a character.

 

[Gregz]

Can't wait to buy it for $10 with all the DLC included and then never play it, just like the last two!

Borderlands 1 is actually quite good.

 

[DalekFlay]

Handsome Jack(TPS+2) is fairly well written to be honest. He has a nice character progression arc(nobody -> Hero, if a bit insane -> Jack "dies", becoming Handsome Jack)
Pretty much everything else is shit, I'll agree.

I only played the first one, looter shooters aren't my thing. I remember thinking it was sometimes a bit amusing but that's it. My point is just that no matter what you think of it, an online petition for them to change their story is a huge "I'm lame and have whacked out life priorities" sign around your neck.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Couldn't give less of a shit about Borderlands story,

Handsome Jack(TPS+2) is fairly well written to be honest. He has a nice character progression arc(nobody -> Hero, if a bit insane -> Jack "dies", becoming Handsome Jack)
Pretty much everything else is shit, I'll agree.

Eh, I still maintain that Handsome Jack's dialogue wouldn't have been that well received if it weren't for Damian Clark's performance. If you read his lines they're actually kind of shit, and the TPS lore dump about him feels like a retcon to make him more of a character due to his popularity, which is why the main cast in that game are basically nobodies. Well, even bigger nobodies than borderlands 2 anyway.

Also, Tiny Tina is overrated cancer that appeals to the man-child / woman-child demographic.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Can't wait to buy it for $10 with all the DLC included and then never play it, just like the last two!

Borderlands 1 is actually quite good.

Borderlands 1 is pretty chill. Its not as obnoxious and in your face as the later games, and some of the jokes are actually pretty good.
The mechanics are a bit clunky, but at least the loot and leveling system is good, with enemies dropping what they wield and weapons still being viable even if they are 10 levels or so underleveled, as opposed to Borderlands 2 where everything is a random drop and weapons quickly become useless after like 2 levels.

 

[flyingjohn]

Can't wait to buy it for $10 with all the DLC included and then never play it, just like the last two!

Borderlands 1 is actually quite good.

Borderlands 1 is pretty chill. Its not as obnoxious and in your face as the later games, and some of the jokes are actually pretty good.
The mechanics are a bit clunky, but at least the loot and leveling system is good, with enemies dropping what they wield and weapons still being viable even if they are 10 levels or so underleveled, as opposed to Borderlands 2 where everything is a random drop and weapons quickly become useless after like 2 levels.

Plus no slag,never forgive gearbox for that abomination.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Yeah, slag was stupid, and they made the balance complete nonsense because if it. Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode in Borderlands 2 is basically unplayable because you need slag if you actually want to deal some damage, and having to switch to a shitty pistol to apply slag and switch to another gun every few seconds is annoying as hell.

TPS balanced it better. TPS isn't actually bad in terms of mechanics, its just there's no content and the humor is somehow worse.
Its basically the Dark Souls 2 of the Borderlands series in terms of reception, except Dark Souls 2 actually has a respectable amount of content and an endgame.