It wasn’t out of left field. They telegraphed it frequently.
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chiliedogg@lemmy.world 17 hours agoBL2 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 16 hours ago
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 hours 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 16 hours ago
…and then they turned it into spinoff game with Wanda Sykes’ voice constantly grating your brain into shredded cheese
ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 1 hour 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.