Borderlands 3

[Tehdagah]

Fortnite is another galactically shit bottom of the barrel flavor of the time just like league of faggots and overwatch, and it will die into irrelevancy just like them in a few years. There is no staying power for it, because it has no redeemable qualities that could elevate it to being considered a classic or even good. Now taking that into account, it's actually insane that a company decided to bet on themselves and make the current meme game the lynchpin behind creating a digital store. Like if CDPR would have created GOG right after Witcher 3 was released.

It's a good game.

 

[YldriE]

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Whether that was the original intention, now Fortnite is a kids' game, and it does its job well. Get over it.

We are the same people who made fun of our elders for calling D&D satanic or DOOM a murderer training program. Now it's our turn to shit on what kids like, with zero self-awareness that we are just the next batch of balding fucks trying to shame kids out of having fun.

 

[Fedora Master]

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Whether that was the original intention, now Fortnite is a kids' game, and it does its job well. Get over it.

We are the same people who made fun of our elders for calling D&D satanic or DOOM a murderer training program. Now it's our turn to shit on what kids like, with zero self-awareness that we are just the next batch of balding fucks trying to shame kids out of having fun.

There's a difference between calling D&D a TOOL OF THE DEVIL and calling a shit game for babies shit.

 

[cw8]

Except their "fun" is tied to our "fun". Fuck their fun playing shitty decline games. They should play more turn-based RPGs and the like so we actually get more incline choices to choose from and not bend down to the majority.

 

[Tehdagah]

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Whether that was the original intention, now Fortnite is a kids' game, and it does its job well. Get over it.

We are the same people who made fun of our elders for calling D&D satanic or DOOM a murderer training program. Now it's our turn to shit on what kids like, with zero self-awareness that we are just the next batch of balding fucks trying to shame kids out of having fun.

There's a difference between calling D&D a TOOL OF THE DEVIL and calling a shit game for babies shit.

Fortnite is better than D&D.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

https://wccftech.com/borderlands-3-...-5-million-units-sold-in-the-first-five-days/

Shit taste still a money printer.

 

[cw8]

So much for boycotting the Epic Store. I wonder if the spineless shits actually stick to what they say. Though I'm not sure how much of that is true since Epic didn't disclose any sales numbers.

 

[Gerrard]

Basically you are dead within 3-4 shots from badass while you need to drop 2 containers of ammo on badass. Now get 3-4 badasses at the same time and voila shit gameplay.

It doesn't help that you can't see shit with those effects everywhere and often you have trouble to even see where you are in map. Without minimap i wouldn't be able to figure out from where i get shot.

BL2 was pretty much like that, no? To the point everyone was running Bee Shield and guns that have multiple or spread shots to deal with the hp bloat. Either that or it was OP legendary guns that pawned.

Yes, that's one of the main reasons why BL2 was shit.

 

[sullynathan]

https://ir.take2games.com/news-rele...e-billion?field_nir_news_date_value[min]=2019

Billion dollar franchise now. Best selling 2K game. Fastest selling 2K game on PC.

Borderlands® 3 Redefines Mayhem; Establishes Franchise as Billion Dollar Global Brand


Latest installment in genre-defining, shooter-looter series sold-in more than 5 million units within first five days of launch, making Borderlands 3 the fastest-selling title in 2K history and highest-selling title for the label on PC


Today, 2K announced that Borderlands® 3, the latest entry to the renowned shooter-looter franchise, has unleashed further mayhem by achieving multiple record-setting milestones for both the series and label following its worldwide release on Friday, September 13. Within its first five days of launch, 50 percent more consumers purchased Borderlands 3 versus sales of its predecessor – Borderlands 2 – making the title the fastest-selling in 2K’s history, as well as the highest-selling title for the label on PC in a five-day window. In addition, Borderlands 3 has sold-in more than 5 million units in its first five days, leading the Borderlands franchise to generate more than $1 billion in Net Bookings and becoming the second franchise in 2K history to achieve this milestone. (Photo: Business Wire)

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September 23, 2019 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, 2K announced that Borderlands® 3, the latest entry to the renowned shooter-looter franchise, has unleashed further mayhem by achieving multiple record-setting milestones for both the series and label following its worldwide release on Friday, September 13. Within its first five days of launch, 50 percent more consumers purchased Borderlands 3 versus sales of its predecessor – Borderlands 2 – making the title the fastest-selling in 2K’s history, as well as the highest-selling title for the label on PC in a five-day window. In addition, Borderlands 3 has sold-in more than 5 million units in its first five days, leading the Borderlands franchise to generate more than $1 billion in Net Bookings and becoming the second franchise in 2K history to achieve this milestone.

“The once and future king – 9/10”

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Borderlands 3 marks 2K’s highest percentage of digital sales for a cross-platform, cross-distribution title, with more than 70 percent of consumers purchasing the game digitally in its first five days of release. In addition, Borderlands 3 delivered the highest pre-order sales figures to date for a 2K title, as well as broke pre-order records with the Epic Games Store. Initial sales of Borderlands 3 have exceeded the label’s expectations and, in particular, PC sales of the title through the Epic Games Store have been incredibly strong.

Borderlands 3 claimed the top position on Twitch for Most-Watched Game on its launch day and has maintained its position as a Top Five Most-Watched Game since launch. In addition, Borderlands 3 has already generated more than 14 million hours of content viewed on Twitch – more than half the viewership that Borderlands 2 generated in its seven-year lifetime.

“Borderlands 3’s incredibly successful launch is a result of the hard work and longstanding partnership between Gearbox Software and 2K,” said David Ismailer, President of 2K. “We are immensely grateful to everyone who played a role in making the Borderlands series the global, pop culture phenomenon that it is today, including hundreds of developers at Gearbox and many who have made this their life’s work. We also want to thank the Borderlands community. Mayhem does not happen by itself, and their passion for the series is what drives us to make each game an amazing experience.”

Borderlands 3 has earned resoundingly positive critical acclaim since its launch, including:

• “The once and future king – 9/10” – Forbes;
• “Its arsenal of fun is unmatched – 9/10” – IGN;
• “An absolute masterpiece – 9/10” – Shacknews;
• “A hallmark of excellence – 9/10” – Destructoid;
• “Destined to become a classic – 9/10” – Meristation;
• “An absolute blast – 4/5” – USGamer.

Developed by Gearbox Software, Borderlands 3 is rated “M for Mature” by the ESRB and available worldwide for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One family of devices, including the Xbox One X, as well as PC via the Epic Games Store. In addition, Borderlands 3 is currently scheduled for release in November 2019 on Google Stadia. For more information, please visit borderlands.com or follow the game on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube.

 

[abija]

So much info provided yet somehow carefully avoided PC sales numbers.

 

[TheHeroOfTime]

They nerfed Moxxi's breasts and now she does have a tranny face

That's an improvement.

Spoiler

 

[Filthy Sauce]

Story is better than B2. Main villains are not scary enough. They look like crazy, angry teens.

As an old paranoid man, that sounds scary to me.

 

[vortex]

As an old paranoid man, that sounds scary to me.

Exactly, there are plenty of crazy, angry teens in real life. You don't want them to see in the game.

 

[Perkel]

Never been a big fan of these so asking for curiosity... is the story tone really that different? Because I see all the gaming media types talking about how horrible the jokes and story are, and I swear they were all praising them before. So is it really a big change?

Story is better than B2. Main villains are not scary enough. They look like crazy, angry teens.

Nah main villains are just annoying twats. Not only they are badly written but even supporting cast around player is badly written when it comes to contact with those twats. Like 5 year old first comic.

Handsome Jack from 2 was interesting because it starts as trope of evil corporation guy so from get go you understand he is stereotypical bad guy. But with every quest he gets more and more maniacal evil. Like every time you think this is it he can't top it then he tops it and goes even more evil. By the end of game you feel like you fight satan himself in human skin. I don't think i saw any character like that in writting or game or movie. Usually his kind of characters starts good or mediacore and then gradually descent but here they play on player vision of stereotype.

BL3 has two twats that you wish would shut up.

Either way it is BL. Who cares.

 

[orcinator]

Handsome Jack was just a (more) evil Awesome X/Archer and his writing went from mediocre to absolute shit when that situation with his daughter happened and you had a character reminding you that the guy who kills people for fun might be lying to you.

 

[Perkel]

Handsome Jack was just a (more) evil Awesome X/Archer and his writing went from mediocre to absolute shit when that situation with his daughter happened and you had a character reminding you that the guy who kills people for fun might be lying to you.

Never said he was amazing. Just interesting. Yeah that daughter back story was bad.
The point is that he is better written than calypso twats.

 

[DalekFlay]

So much info provided yet somehow carefully avoided PC sales numbers.

Keep living in that dreamland, bro.

 

[Valky]

It's a good game.

Fortnite is better than D&D.

An up and coming dumbfuck in the making, I see. Best of luck to your quest for the tag.

 

[Jezal_k23]

Turns out it did fine, and there are a lot of Borderlands fans, even on PC! What a surprise! It's almost as if this was a huge franchise!

 

[orcinator]

Handsome Jack was just a (more) evil Awesome X/Archer and his writing went from mediocre to absolute shit when that situation with his daughter happened and you had a character reminding you that the guy who kills people for fun might be lying to you.

Never said he was amazing. Just interesting. Yeah that daughter back story was bad.
The point is that he is better written than calypso twats.

"Interesting" implies he's more than mediocre, which he isn't, and his escalation basically peaks around the first third of the game and then the writing just goes full retard later on.

 

[you know what time it is]

BL writing always sucked, but when the first game came out it was kinda 'fresh' in a sense that shooters were never really that silly and juvenile. Tone-wise it's very much surface level punk, but coupled with Snatch-like introductions of the characters it was a nice change of pace at the time.

But in the sequel they pumped the retardation way up and it only got worse from that point on, turning into some weird normiecore full of facebook grade jokes and dead memes.

 

[YldriE]

That's what puzzles me. Why are humor games always so lame and tame? I have yet to play a single game that doesn't feel like grandpa trying to play the kool kid.

The "midget" change is really a textbook case: when you get trashtalk as a comedian, you double down, and if you must change, do it in a way that doesn't show you cowering. They... just changed it. Because it was offensive. In Borderlands.

What a real non-faggot comedian would have done:
- Have an NPC complain in-game that "midget" is an offensive term
- Like that Borderlands 2 quest, have the player kill a number of them to try out a new name
- The first half of the quest should be something overly long and retarded, like "person of short stature exhibiting signs of unfriendly behavior". Bonus point as a metajoke if the name fucks up the interface
- Second half is the new name, quest done when you return
- Both sides satisfied

Few things break the spell as much as a comedian backpedaling and apologizing.

 

[Tehdagah]

It's a good game.

Fortnite is better than D&D.

An up and coming dumbfuck in the making, I see. Best of luck to your quest for the tag.

Did you even play it?

 

[MajorMace]

Handsome Jack was just a (more) evil Awesome X/Archer and his writing went from mediocre to absolute shit when that situation with his daughter happened and you had a character reminding you that the guy who kills people for fun might be lying to you.

Jack is another case of a character perceived as well-written when he's actually just well delivered.
Opposite works too, we sometimes see poorly delivered stuff deemed as poorly conceived as a result.

On another note : they really improved the gunplay in this one. I really like the guns. Some remind me of he excellent weapon set of Resistance, an obscure fps on consoles that I really liked (specifically for its guns).

 

[Agame]

That's what puzzles me. Why are humor games always so lame and tame? I have yet to play a single game that doesn't feel like grandpa trying to play the kool kid.

The "midget" change is really a textbook case: when you get trashtalk as a comedian, you double down, and if you must change, do it in a way that doesn't show you cowering. They... just changed it. Because it was offensive. In Borderlands.

What a real non-faggot comedian would have done:
- Have an NPC complain in-game that "midget" is an offensive term
- Like that Borderlands 2 quest, have the player kill a number of them to try out a new name
- The first half of the quest should be something overly long and retarded, like "person of short stature exhibiting signs of unfriendly behavior". Bonus point as a metajoke if the name fucks up the interface
- Second half is the new name, quest done when you return
- Both sides satisfied

Few things break the spell as much as a comedian backpedaling and apologizing.

Nice idea, if you have to change it, but it requires way more effort than just changing the name and scoring those cheap 'WOKE' points.

Really pathetic anyway, they should have just kept calling them midgets.