Borderlands 4 Official Character Short/Overview Amon (Demons)
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I like this guy. I'm feeling cautiously optimistic about this game.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
They call it a soft reboot. I'm hopeful all the cringe, ruined original series characters aren't making a return. Please, no more Claptrap, Girlboss Lillith, Ellie, and especially no Tiny Tina. And stop with the preachy left-wing-driven propaganda.
BL1 didn't shy away from making fun of everyone and everything and wasn't particularly beholden to progressive humor. They had a whole section poking fun at prison homosexuality. Another good one was the bandits spray painting obscene messages about Moxxie, including one saying, "Moxxie likes it skaggystyle". Bring back that type of humor, not the cringe millennial/zoomer trash from BL3.
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
I sure hope so. Either that shit is gone or they're doing a good job of hiding it in the trailers so far.
Maybe after the failures of Forspoken, Concord, Veilguard, The Marvels, etc they've finally got the message that people are tired of retarded snarky dialog and girlbosses.
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Lokaum D+
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I think Scooter gone for good. A peace offering is just make Ava a farmable boss just like they did Aurelia.
Kuranghi
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I'm almost certain they're definitely hiding the cringe humor, but I'll be happy as long as the gameplay loop is as fun as BL2 was for me.
I don't gaf about having to reload to do boss runs, just go back to that and make the runs really fun and varied. This whole focus on trying to make it so you don't have to do that barely ever works, Adventure Mode in D3 was good imo.
Put in skill-based shortcuts that lower the run time and its fun af, like that geyser in BL2 that would launch you up to the boss that had Infinity in its drop table, getting perfect consecutive runs on that boss was so bloody satisfying for me.
Other runs were annoying af, I never bothered to get Volcano in BL2 for example, but thats what could be improved in the runs, make them have multiple paths, shortcuts or just more varied spawns and its fun to run them over and over.
I get the thinking that having a bunch of random events that you can run all day is better than reloading the world but it never works ime, its just too random.
I prefer structure in my games, I want order and predictable repeatability. That's a hallmark of every game I love and hold the gameplay of up there, MGS V and Hitman 2016 are prime examples: They are amazing games because of the world/checkpoint timers and predictable AI behavior.
Obviously you need some suprise, but absolutely fuck large scale unpredictability in games.
I don't gaf about having to reload to do boss runs, just go back to that and make the runs really fun and varied. This whole focus on trying to make it so you don't have to do that barely ever works, Adventure Mode in D3 was good imo.
Put in skill-based shortcuts that lower the run time and its fun af, like that geyser in BL2 that would launch you up to the boss that had Infinity in its drop table, getting perfect consecutive runs on that boss was so bloody satisfying for me.
Other runs were annoying af, I never bothered to get Volcano in BL2 for example, but thats what could be improved in the runs, make them have multiple paths, shortcuts or just more varied spawns and its fun to run them over and over.
I get the thinking that having a bunch of random events that you can run all day is better than reloading the world but it never works ime, its just too random.
I prefer structure in my games, I want order and predictable repeatability. That's a hallmark of every game I love and hold the gameplay of up there, MGS V and Hitman 2016 are prime examples: They are amazing games because of the world/checkpoint timers and predictable AI behavior.
Obviously you need some suprise, but absolutely fuck large scale unpredictability in games.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
They fucking killed Scooter? What's with those dumbass "writers" killing off beloved characters for cheap emotional reactions? They did the same shit in God of War when they killed Brok, the funniest character everyone liked, so they sacrificed him to have an emotional impact.
They could have just killed Atreus or Ava, but they knew no one would have shed a tear for those piece of crap characters.
March Climber
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
They killed Scoots, Maya, Aurelia(character assassination) and BL3 IMO was a massive L. With tons of Zoomer cringe humor.
Though I agree with
March Climber
you should watch the Deep Dive. They are introducing mobility mechanics and several QoL that IMO elevates the game a lot and I have optimism towards the game to at least be better then BL3. As well as options to replay missions/quests for rewards as well as the ability to respawn bosses on the spot for a fee using your currency ingame. Lots of good things and not too much bad. If they can nail more grounded humor, have the atmosphere of BL1 and everything that made BL2 great we could have something special. And thus far gameplay wise I like all of the Vault Hunters and I'm probably leaning heavily in Vex's or Harlowes direction especially since I expect Harlowe to be super Megaman oriented with all the high tech themes.
Ashamam
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On the topic of Amon the character short delighted me, and given what a cynic I am, thats an achievement. Pure over the top Borderlands. So far enjoyed all the reveals.
BL3 didn't hit for me, and more than just the story, although that was bad enough. BL4 though looks very promising imho.
I think it might take a bit to erase the dip in the franchise but I predict BL4 will be a big win and I'm 100% on board.
BL3 didn't hit for me, and more than just the story, although that was bad enough. BL4 though looks very promising imho.
I think it might take a bit to erase the dip in the franchise but I predict BL4 will be a big win and I'm 100% on board.
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March Climber
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The more takes I see in regards to what people want or don't want with the new game across the internet, the more it makes sense why they released that deep dive.Though I agree with
The problem is getting those people who are voicing these complaints and concerns to actually watch the video.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
The problem is threefold. One they worship BL2 to the degree that nothing will surpass it. Secondly a lot of trust was destroyed with BL3 with multiple factors(killing off characters, writing, bad humor) at play. And lastly many hate Randy Pitchford more then they love Borderlands. And for some you aren't going to convince these people to give it a chance. Just the way it is.
Thus far it looks like they are taking what worked with BL1-3, Wonderlands(?) and Presequel and trying to make a better game out of it.
And a more Open World BL game on a different Planet that isn't Pandora is something I've always wanted so I'm super happy.
And one with multiple Vaults and their own bosses? Such hype!
Nydius
Member
It's even worse than you think. They didn't kill him off in a mainline Borderlands game - they let Telltale Games kill him off in Tales From The Borderlands. Then didn't explain shit about Scooter's absence in Borderlands 3. He was just gone and replaced with Ellie full time, no in universe explanation given.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's rather pathetic. Especially if you don't care enough to play TftB at all. So many will wonder what happened. Lots of dumb stuff happened in Tales. I think the only thing I remembered that was substantial is the Rhys and Handsome Jack dynamic.
Lokaum D+
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IAmRei
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I wish so, so far I replay mostly BL1.
more I know Moxxie more i hate her, especially ugly edgy face of her. and don't talk about tina, i wish i can mod her into mute and erase her granny child face : |