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[semiconscious]

Just got around to watching the Borderlands 4 Clueless Gamer. That was brutal. Wasn't even Conan sucking while being funny. It was flat out making the game look lame, enemies didn't move, called claptrap annoying, the game crashed on them. etc.

the good news: he's supposed to be
the bad news: he is...

 

[SunnySideGuy]

Does this game have HDR do we know? Also, when are reviews dropping?

 

[II_JumPeR_I]

Looks like 2K paid a lot of streamers to hype this up lol
And still no reviews...
But a new german gamestar pre-review mentioned shitty ubisoft like open world Design

 

[Lokaum D+]

Looks like 2K paid a lot of streamers to hype this up lol
And still no reviews...
But a new german gamestar pre-review mentioned shitty ubisoft like open world Design

But that is standard open world game design by now, game ll only lose points If its actualy worse than Ubislop,
also, most conversation ll be around how good or bad optimization and writing is.

 

[Fabieter]

Looks like 2K paid a lot of streamers to hype this up lol
And still no reviews...
But a new german gamestar pre-review mentioned shitty ubisoft like open world Design

Oh boy thats a big nono for me.

 

[cash_longfellow]

looks like there's a decent amount of content locked behind the $100 edition? four areas, missions, bosses? No way to access without the $100??

It's all purchasable separate once it releases.

 

[kevboard]

But that is standard open world game design by now.

that doesn't make it acceptable tho lol

 

[cash_longfellow]

We'll likely hear that it's just more Borderlands, but with new traversal options. Honestly, that's what I'm expecting anyway. Hopefully with the addition of interesting characters, story and humor. I have to say that those CG character trailers were quite cool, so there's that.

Not sure if we can trust most reviewers about characters, story and humor though. We still live in a world where folks are just too easily offended, that and humor is subjective.

More Borderlands with extra traversal options is perfect!

 

[cash_longfellow]

I've cancelled my PS5 preorder, reviews only dropping on release day is often a bad sign. I'll wait to see how the game runs on the PS5 Pro and hear players impressions first.

Maybe don't preorder games then?

 

[cash_longfellow]

So top end gpus are barely getting 60fps with no frame gen or dlss but somehow the base PS5 is having no issues

Sure. So what is it, 30fps on consoles?

No, it will be 60…PC clearly still sucks to develop for. The varying components and quickly updated components are always going to make PC a crapshoot, especially when using the engine they did to make it.

 

[rm082e]

Looks like 2K paid a lot of streamers to hype this up lol
And still no reviews...

Yeah, I started looking and ran across a video with Shroud playing with some friends that seemed real cringe. Get paid I guess. I don't know who likes that stuff.

I'm expecting a low 80s game - "morderlands". It does sound like they've dialed back their terrible attempts at humor which were too far over the line with BL3. The twins were annoying as hell in that game.

 

[GreyHand23]

I wonder when games will start to release with Unreal Engine 5.6 because that's where all the big performance improvements are supposed to be. I'm guessing it just came out way too late for all the games releasing this year to make the switch.

 

[Haint]

So top end gpus are barely getting 60fps with no frame gen or dlss but somehow the base PS5 is having no issues

Sure. So what is it, 30fps on consoles?

Could be "Ultimate/Max" settings bloat on PC that's halving frame rate for something that's not even noticeable in an 800% zoom side by side. UE5 is particularly egregious about that.

 

[Zathalus]

So top end gpus are barely getting 60fps with no frame gen or dlss but somehow the base PS5 is having no issues

Sure. So what is it, 30fps on consoles?

A combination of sub 1080p rendering resolution and dropping to medium settings while keeping things like Lumen reflections off.

 

[Stafford]

Was this posted?

 

[amigastar]

Was this posted?

Graphically it looks good, much better than i've thought.
As for the game still i have to watch more footage to decide (i haven't played very much of the Borderlands franchise)

 

[balls of snow]

Claptrap is such a deterent for me enjoying any Borderlands game. I just cant. On paper, this would be exactly what I want, looter shooter fully playable solo. If this scores good I might just play it in one of the european languages.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Hopefully claptrap is the character that gets killed off in this one.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Claptrap is such a deterent for me enjoying any Borderlands game. I just cant. On paper, this would be exactly what I want, looter shooter fully playable solo. If this scores good I might just play it in one of the european languages.

They actually added a Claptrap volume slider in the settings so you can mute that little fucker

 

[R3TRO]

Had zero interest in this but saw a Steam key for 34 bucks so decided why not. I'm sure I'll hate it just like the last one but eh.

 

[Thebonehead]

Still no reviews and it unlocks in 9 hours.

Their set In stone review embargo for yesterday seems extremely suspext now.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

I really liked borderlands 1-3 but I absolutely HATE claptrap. Such a fucking stupid character.

 

[Sokka]

Which edition should you get if you want the base game + the 4 story DLC that they usually do? I'm considering just getting the base game now and then seeing how the DLC turns out later on...

Also, do you guys think this will be much harder to run than BL3? I know they upgraded the engine from UE4 to UE5 and that the recommended specs list a 3080 which isn't far off from my 3090. I'm planning to play at 4K and assuming I'll need to use DLSS...

So they are doing things a bit different this time.. paid DLCs seem to be sorted into "Bounty Packs" and "Story Packs"
Bounty Packs are smaller in size, I guess maybe think it in terms of the Headhunter Packs from Borderlands 2.

Deluxe Edition gives you only Bounty Packs.
Super Deluxe gives you Bounty Packs + Story Packs

If you want the big story stuff you have to go with Super Deluxe edition.

 

[Sokka]

I really liked borderlands 1-3 but I absolutely HATE claptrap. Such a fucking stupid character.

Then the Claptrap volume slider in BL4 is your friend, just turn him down all the way to zero.

 

[Stafford]

Graphically it looks good, much better than i've thought.
As for the game still i have to watch more footage to decide (i haven't played very much of the Borderlands franchise)

Yep. And I also just saw a ad of the game , quite long too and those locations look quite great! Visually absolutely fine and I thought that since the first reveal, but especially during that first real gameplay footage with the snow and everything.