3 was the best out of all of them from a gameplay perspective. People don’t like the story but I never cared for any of the borderlands stories personally.
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kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That franchise hasn’t been good since BL2
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 1 month ago
derpgon@programming.dev 1 month ago
Let’s be honest, the only story missions we ever cared about were those starring Handsome Jack.
dvlsg@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The Tiny Tina DLC was pretty good.
derpgon@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
True, TT’s B&B was great. Shame the TT standalone game lacked that charm and any meaningful engame.
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Such a great big douchey motivator!
Quazatron@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Honest question: if the story doesn’t matter that much to you, what do you value in a game?
Skipcast@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m not OP but varied gameplay and interesting mechanics is way more important for me unless it’s a very story rich game that’s done well (the last of us or death stranding for example)
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Depends on the game. In a looter shooter like Borderlands, it’s the looting and shooting
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Story matters in a lot of games to me. But not in borderlands. I play borderlands for the looting and shooting basically. And 3’s the best at that. Though I’ve heard 4 is even better still in that regard.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Borderlands 3 was significantly better, in my opinion.
forrgott@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
The gameplay was much improved; the writing was…not good.
But I played the hell out of 3 anyway, so…
JetpackJackson@feddit.org 1 month ago
I liked the slide mechanic but hated the fact that enemies would see me when invisible as FL4K… story was meh. Haven’t even done a full replay iirc, unless I did finish my Zane playthrough… whereas I’ve played BL2, TPS, and BL1 multiple times.
forrgott@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I couldn’t resist the rakk build for my FL4K - and that particular action skill was crazy for triggering anointments. Only ever maxed his level though. Got close with Zane (he stays slow, but gets pretty overpowered by the end - but only if you avoided the bugged out non-functional skills). Next highest level I got was on Amara. I loved Moze’s power armor, by that’s the char my girlfriend mained, so I never got mine leveled very far.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I definitely wasn’t playing Borderlands at any point for the story. I like that it has one, but if they wrote some terrible villains, it doesn’t affect how much fun I had with my build synergies in those boss fights.
Flatfire@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
BL3 had some fantastic DLC though. Loved that.
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
I think that’s the one I played. It was such a fun game.
I’m not a big gamer but all the hype/marketing for the borderlands universe turned me off.
JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Well most review sites give it high scores with the negatives being primarily the performance so at least this time there might be a good game in there somewhere underneath all those shader compilation stutters
CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 1 month ago
So, BL3 wasn’t great. the pre-sequel was out of house and doesn’t really count. It was made in an entirely other culture. It’s not like there have been a lot of games since BL2.
I honestly don’t understand the hate.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you’re going to dismiss the criticism of BL3 or the Presequel then yeah, it makes you don’t get the hate.
CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 5 weeks ago
I’m not dismissing the criticism of BL3, I honestly don’t know what it is beyond my personal experience. I wasn’t a big fan of the antagonists or the weapon changes, but It didn’t ruin the game for me. I really didn’t know that the game was so widely disliked - I never even looked into it. It came out, I played it, lost interest, and moved on with my life.
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
No hate, just unmet expectations.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
BL2 was great. Some of its DLC was even better. Assault on Dragon Keep is one of the best looter shooters ever made. The gameplay was a blast. The jokes were funny…And out of left field it broke your fucking heart by secretly being about a young, traumatized girl’s grief.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It wasn’t out of left field. They telegraphed it frequently.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes. The out of left field had more to do with what was expected going in. We all expected silly D&D and fart jokes. We didn’t expect a legitimately touching examination of grief and denial to bring depth to a silly character.
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
…and then they turned it into spinoff game with Wanda Sykes’ voice constantly grating your brain into shredded cheese
ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Have you tried Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands? It’s basically an entire spinoff game from Dragon Keep DLC with its own unique systems. Personally I think it’s the most creative game in the genre.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I haven’t, and I really should. Like, REALLY should. I was college roommates with and took part in the wedding of someone high enough at Gearbox that I can’t say their role without doxxing myself, and we’ve stayed really close.