DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Definitely. I had low expectations after BL3 and Wonderlands and I'm pleasantly surprised. The writing/dialog isn't a masterpiece but it's like freaking Citizen Kane compared to BL3
Lokaum D+
Member
both games shouldn't even be pronounced in the same sentence
Zimmy68
Member
It's really more of a condemnation of Wonderlands being a full priced game.
As a Borderlands super fan (who loved the Pre Sequel), I couldn't play more than a few hours of Wonderlands. Just terrible.
I can't stop playing BL4. Its magnificent.
Lokaum D+
Member
the problem with Wonderlands was Borderlands 3
imo Borderlands 3 burned everyone out and made a major hit on the franchise , i m like you, i played every Borderlands for 100+ hours but i could not pass Wonderlands tutorial, i was just too burned out by 3.
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Lokaum D+
Member
its your first Borderlands ?
zeroluck
Member
I played all of them, I don't know the missions so far are all glorified fetch quests, loots spam everywhere I stopped caring except picking up higher level weapon after leveling up. The game design didn't seem to evolve at all, I don't remember it being this bland.
Pancakes and Sausage
Member
There is a learning curve but once you have mastered the new movement mechanics, it really is outstanding.
Graphics look flat and colourless
Playing performance mode on Series X and frame rate is mostly stable with hitches and pauses.
Gameplay is fun but the tone and style of combat is very different than previous borderlands.
Menus are a pain to use and the lag when in menus sucks.
I think there is a good game here that needs some polish and QOL updates
Graphics look flat and colourless
Playing performance mode on Series X and frame rate is mostly stable with hitches and pauses.
Gameplay is fun but the tone and style of combat is very different than previous borderlands.
Menus are a pain to use and the lag when in menus sucks.
I think there is a good game here that needs some polish and QOL updates
Lokaum D+
Member
yep, its Borderlands
Lokaum D+
Member
not that i know
Ogbert
Member
Still really enjoying it, but performance remains sketchy on PS5.
The horde missions, where you activate the propaganda tower and have to defend the little robot dude are noticeably poor.
Frames dropping into the 30s, if not below.
I also think there's something odd doing on with variable frame rates at different distances. Mobs far away look like they're animated in slow motion.
The horde missions, where you activate the propaganda tower and have to defend the little robot dude are noticeably poor.
Frames dropping into the 30s, if not below.
I also think there's something odd doing on with variable frame rates at different distances. Mobs far away look like they're animated in slow motion.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
The melee one seems only useful for slow big enemies. They miss so easily and have no auto lock function.
Stafford
Member
Halo 5 had that as well. But more games have that.
SunnySideGuy
Member
This shit is crashing CONSTANTLY on my 5090FE/9800X3D at 4k setup. Like, I'm lucky if I get 10 min of consistent playtime before Unreal crashes the game. I have no idea what else I can do to minimize the crashing. The game maxed out at 4k/DLSS on Quality hits 60ish fps outdoors. I'm using Frame gen x2 to get it up to 90fps and it feels and looks the exact same. Is there anything else I can try to do to minimize these crashes so I can actually play the game for more than 20 minutes? Did anyone have similar problems and fix it?
Celcius
°Temp. member
Just crashed for me (9800X3D/3090 at 4K). They just need to patch this.
SunnySideGuy
Member
Ugh, I'm so exhausted of PC releases of games. Such half assed optimization where devs rely on dlss/frame gen to even get consistently good fps instead of just working on making sure the game runs well enough on its own. They need to put out a patch this week asap this shit is unbearable.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I got the bank! I can finally store my 2 legendries. Level 11 finally getting the hang of the open world, I stopped using the tracking option so much and just use the compass to head out into the wild and see what there is to see.
I saw a drill machine pop up out of the ground and spit out some enemies to fight.
edit-I've not had any performance issues or crashes. I have a RTX 4070 and a 13700F. I've also not yet played online. offline only, I wonder if staying offline is why I've not had any crashes yet.
I saw a drill machine pop up out of the ground and spit out some enemies to fight.
edit-I've not had any performance issues or crashes. I have a RTX 4070 and a 13700F. I've also not yet played online. offline only, I wonder if staying offline is why I've not had any crashes yet.
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Luipadre
Member
17 hours played so far and i crashed 0 times so dunno whats up with your game
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Yeah based on early reports I was expecting a stuttering mess no matter what hardware you had. But on my (admittedly very high end) PC it has been quite smooth with everything maxed.
On my 5090 (set to 90% power limit) + 9800X3D 4K ultra settings, with DLSS Quality + 2X frame gen, it mostly stays at 120 FPS with some dips to ~90 when there's lots going on.
Also tried DLSS Performance + 4x frame gen just for shits and giggles. It still looks + plays surprisingly well and my GPU stays around 50 degrees.
Luipadre
Member
It was a stuttering mess on streams pre release even in combat so the early reports were right. Somehow they managed to fix it with the day 1 update
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
That's where I'm at. Tried 3 different classes and I'm just not feeling it.
Like a post above said it's all just bad generic quest design, loot feels awful in this, and the games performance doesn't help.
The combat feels good, but the game seems to get in the way of the player being able to enjoy it with various design elements.
I've got one more session in me then I'm looking to play something in my back log until silent hill f.
Jayjayhd34
Gold Member
The side quest do get better just in middle really good one from shift I think he is called. level 14 really enjoying the game and story does seem semi decent.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Is the intro to this game really long or something?
I swear I played quite a long time last night and still have yet to come across any sort of "hub" where there are NPC's or vending machines. Maybe I'm on the cusp or something, I'm doing shit for Claptrap and just killed some boss guy and got my ability to glide or whatever.
I swear I played quite a long time last night and still have yet to come across any sort of "hub" where there are NPC's or vending machines. Maybe I'm on the cusp or something, I'm doing shit for Claptrap and just killed some boss guy and got my ability to glide or whatever.
Lokaum D+
Member
i dying to play the game and some of you guys are already bailing out, have to wait till September 20 to join the party back.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
lol wait so you've been arguing in defense of this game and haven't even fucking played it?i dying to play the game and some of you guys are already bailing out, have to wait till September 20 to join the party
Bro kindly STFU. Christ.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
First of all, UE5 unification was, maybe, the biggest single mistake in the history of AAA industry. This engine never ceases to amaze me of how broken things can be on every platform possible. Despite the fact that it was tackled by different devs with different level of expertise and art-style, traversal stutters, temporal artifacts and choppy FPS are almost always a solid trademarks of UE5 launches.
In BL4 specifically for me it's mostly FPS pacing and stability that are in the toilet (RTX 4080, Ryzen 7700x) though the game itslef is stable even with alt-tabbing. I guess crashes are driver-related because I usually use 1 or 2 versions behind the update curve for stability's sake.
That being said, the game is legit fun with stupendous amount of content and very fun and impactful shooting. Co-op is silky-smooth, including the cross-play. To huge surpruse. Openworld is enormous, interconnected and well thought-out, with enough fun arenas to shoot around and spaces large enough to use vehicles.
The game itself is more Destiny than Destiny, especially in traversal department, and I think it's a good thing. There's also a much darker tone in the overall plot and presentation, though cringe jokes are still there in side content. And I don't think that I'm against them in small portions.
For now, If you don't have an urge to spend 400 hours in co-op with your mates, you should realy put your purchase decision on hold and wait for a month or two for Gearbox to sort out typical UE5 mess of a spaghetti code. Otherwise, it's more (a lot more) Borderlands refined in all the right places with all the right lessons learned from BL3.
In BL4 specifically for me it's mostly FPS pacing and stability that are in the toilet (RTX 4080, Ryzen 7700x) though the game itslef is stable even with alt-tabbing. I guess crashes are driver-related because I usually use 1 or 2 versions behind the update curve for stability's sake.
That being said, the game is legit fun with stupendous amount of content and very fun and impactful shooting. Co-op is silky-smooth, including the cross-play. To huge surpruse. Openworld is enormous, interconnected and well thought-out, with enough fun arenas to shoot around and spaces large enough to use vehicles.
The game itself is more Destiny than Destiny, especially in traversal department, and I think it's a good thing. There's also a much darker tone in the overall plot and presentation, though cringe jokes are still there in side content. And I don't think that I'm against them in small portions.
For now, If you don't have an urge to spend 400 hours in co-op with your mates, you should realy put your purchase decision on hold and wait for a month or two for Gearbox to sort out typical UE5 mess of a spaghetti code. Otherwise, it's more (a lot more) Borderlands refined in all the right places with all the right lessons learned from BL3.
Lokaum D+
Member
lol what ? i don't have time to play the game cause of work, i did play the game since launch but i m traveling right now and ll get back only September 20, all this cause i forgot to put "join party back", english is not my main language, sometimes i just think on the sentence but i miss some words when i m writing, also kindly fuck you.
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Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
<3 my bad. I thought you had not played it at all and had formed an opinion.
My mistake. I'm a retard.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Just finished the Breeding Daisy side mission. Inuendo city all the way through that one.
The Hump Hut got me to Level 12.
The Hump Hut got me to Level 12.
ryantetric
Neo Member
You are close to the first safehouse type area. Keep going.
Lokaum D+
Member
all fine, my mistake lead you to your assumption, i always read at least 2x to see if i didn't misspelled something, but once in a while I let something slip by.
Stafford
Member
At the start of the console generation with that UE5 trailer it looked so promising. But I do recall DF back then saying this engine would be very taxing on console hardware, but it seems not only the consoles.
I really wonder how something like Witcher 4 will turn out. I honestly wish that dev had stuck with the engine they had, but alas. Hopefully it all works out, but.....
Thebonehead
Gold Member
Same as me - Counted about 18 crashlogs for it
Full reboot normally gets me a long session - once it crashes though it's pretty constant as if its holding a handle or process which a full reboot seems to release.
Looking at the logs it looks like a driver issue ( I'm on the latest )
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
I hate to say it but you have to play this on quality mode on ps5.
Without it the game is just too hard to identify things on screen.
Is there no pro uplifts? I'd settle for a 40fps mode if possible with pssr on my 120hz tv.
I also think this game desperately needs an option to red highlight enemies. With the low resolution blurry mess it's just too hard to identify enemies or their heads from anything that isn't close distance.
Without it the game is just too hard to identify things on screen.
Is there no pro uplifts? I'd settle for a 40fps mode if possible with pssr on my 120hz tv.
I also think this game desperately needs an option to red highlight enemies. With the low resolution blurry mess it's just too hard to identify enemies or their heads from anything that isn't close distance.
struggler_guts
Member
Yeahh these games are made for coop if you're playing solo it's gonnah be boring.
Also though I can't go 5 minutes without someone getting kicked back to main menu
Also though I can't go 5 minutes without someone getting kicked back to main menu
Lokaum D+
Member
Nah, played every Borderlands solo and Coop, Coop is fun, but solo is the way to play at least the first time.Yeahh these games are made for coop if you're playing solo it's gonnah be boring.
Also though I can't go 5 minutes without someone getting kicked back to main menu
Luipadre
Member
no way im cooping on my first playthrough until the endgame. I like to play it on my own paceYeahh these games are made for coop if you're playing solo it's gonnah be boring.
Also though I can't go 5 minutes without someone getting kicked back to main menu
I have the same setup, except I'm using ultrawide, and have the same issue. Game crashes constantly. I did a clean install of the latest Nvidia driver and was able to play for a couple hours without a crash. Give that a try. Game is a technical mess.
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
I do hope they clean up the UI, the inventory gets irritating when I want to replace a gun, I have to always recheck weapon type filter. It needs to stop resetting the filters every time I go in.
Also, the compare window will often be OVER the thing I'm trying to compare. Just put them side by side. Geesh.
I went into the map and selected legend. It alows you to turn off things. I turned off all the green completed marks, it helped clean up the map a bit. Points of interest however are still marked point of interest even after I visit them.
Still no crashes or performance issues at the 10-hour mark of paying.
Also, the compare window will often be OVER the thing I'm trying to compare. Just put them side by side. Geesh.
I went into the map and selected legend. It alows you to turn off things. I turned off all the green completed marks, it helped clean up the map a bit. Points of interest however are still marked point of interest even after I visit them.
Still no crashes or performance issues at the 10-hour mark of paying.