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CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

BL2 is lightning, and all the others are potato batteries. The 1st game didn’t know what it wanted to be. PreSeq did a decent job of walking in the shadow, and it might even be considered underrated by some, but didn’t push any envelopes. Nothing it did really stood out. Tina’s Assault… exists? I guess? And then there’s 3.

BL3 spit in the face of anyone who ever alleviated anything about BL2 (again, the standard all others in the franchise are measured against); you liked the story set up by 2? This game ignores every single one of those plot hooks and delivers a flaccid mimicry of 2 instead. You liked the playable characters? How about we kill one, and turn two others into talking heads that spit out throwaway dialog in a dlc gamemode. You like the humor? Have a mission that makes you collect poop. You liked the villain? Have obnoxious streaming siblings. You like exploring the world? Sucks to suck, this world is empty.

This big wild rant just to say we all want to forget BL3 happened.

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vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I really enjoyed BL3, I also really enjoyed BL2. Different strokes for different folks

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thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That’s what I am saying (and what I get): fans of Borderlands 2 who love the game, are those who hate the sequel Borderlands 3. I compare this kind of to what Disney did to Star Wars… but I digress. What if one never played a Borderlands game before?

To be fair, the villains seem to be annoying; they are just like regular teens today with social media attachment trying to be “cool”. Maybe those who never played the games before, and are young and identify themselves with the villains… those could like it? Humor is subjective, so if you don’t like it, others may. This wouldn’t be the first game “fans hate it, but everyone else don’t care and even like it”-game in the series.

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