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I wonder why the games lately have such bad sales. Could it be increasing the price while providing less and less non-filler content? Nah, probably just not enough lootboxes.
The fucking greediness of these people is amazing. Record profits are not enough, they gotta milk every last cent out of people.
And before someone comes at me with inflation, have you noticed that the user base is much larger than in the 80s? And that many of the companies are having record profits?
Who asked Gearbox to spend twice the budget on it? Also, many AAA games are way too long these days.
Usually the length is just filler content to pad it out.
Don't forget to collect all 2 million pieces of something spread out throughout the game in order to unlock the next chapter!
if it's all unskippable dialogues and cutscenes this will be another pass from me
For real. If I have to sit through hours of nonstop self aware ironic sarcasm again I'm going to uninstall and refund
Who asked Gearbox to spend twice the budget on it?
Randy, obviously.
In a world where a lot of triple A games are not even worth $60, I'll wait for the reviews.
And the sales!
Maybe a cheap bundle
I recently reinstalled BL3 for a bit and I think I spent more time downloading it (like 100gb for unknown reasons) than I did playing it.
The pacing is bad. Too much walking around or listening to people talk, not enough doing stuff.
The itemization is kind of bad. Like yeah there's millions of guns but most of them are trash, and looking through a dozen to compare [damage, clip size, reload speed, etc] in that fucking awful UI is tedious.
The gameplay is kind of bad. Most things don't really react to being shot. It's just shield and HP sponges.
They haven't really changed much since like the first game launched in like 2009. That's like 15 years. Still basically the same game.
It'll probably sell a bunch of copies because of the brand, and a lot of people are low information, but I don't think it'll be good.
Gearbox is stepping into AAAA territory here. Gotta compete with Ubis*ft.
Such CEO bravery
Oof.. Sounds like it's gonna flop massively then.
In my opinion, the only good thing that's come out of that franchise was the Telltale games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WzX_bEUQRQ
Wow, that's one of a take. I'm curious, what makes you think that way?
Which part? That Telltale made the best Borderlands game? Or that Borderlands 4 is going to flop?
I visited "Tales from the Borderlands" steam page 1½ hour ago, around the time I wrote that comment, and I saw some reviews that highlighted Gearbox horrible new EULA which is very privacy invasive. Combined with the franchise's recent flop, the movie, I'm not certain many people are willing to to pay $80 for practically spyware.
Oh yeah, sorry, the Telltale part. The flop chances are clearly increasing, im with you on this one.
It's obviously subjective, and since I have a love for adventure games, which are better at conveying a story than a shooter in my opinion, or at least a lot better than what the Gearbox Borderlands games managed to do, I just feel like Telltale told the possible version of a story from that universe. Lots of comedy, amazing characters and great voice acting. Of Telltales best games, I'd say it's in the Top 3 with The Walking Dead. Not sure what I'd put as number 3 though.. "Either Back to the Future: The Game" or "The Wolf Among Us".
There are dozens of us! I also really love Tales from the Borderlands. So much, that I'll name my firstborn Loader Bot!
Makes perfect sense, thx for explaining!