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[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 minutes ago

I've found a way to play every Borderlands game, 2 is my fave, and not pay more than 12 usd, for the 3rd one which I didn't even get halfway through 'cause it's boring AF - I love Steam sales and don't have FOMO

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 minutes ago

Guess I'm not a real fan. Fuck you Randy. He's such a cunt.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 hour ago

Oh I'll find a way alright.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

I've been a big Borderlands fan for 10+ years. I played through the first one multiple times and loved it. My wife and I bonded over BL1 when we first started dating.

Was super excited for BL2, and have played it many times throughout the years.

But the pre-sequel was a let down, and BL3 felt soulless and lacked the same spark as BL2.

Tiny Tina Wonderlands was great, and felt like a return to what made BL2 so fun.

All that to say, I don't have high hopes for BL4, nor will I be paying $80 for it. It just feels like they're coasting off the brand name at this point and trying to exploit longtime BL players like myself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

It's like they don't understand how piracy works.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Give us guaranteed emploment of the staff that built it, and you get guaranteed pre orders?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Wait, how do you guarantee employment to a team after their work and contract is complete?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

put it on my wish list

buy it for $15 in a year

yawn

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I feel like if it drops that much in one year, it's probably a pretty shit game anyway right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 45 minutes ago

If it being Borderlands 4 wasn't enough of a tip considering the stellar writing we had on pre-sequel and 3.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

TIL real Borderlands fans are pirates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 38 minutes ago

They become pirates if necessary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm absolutely ready to pay 80$ for a game. But then I don't want to see scummy shit like lootboxes or advanced access in it. If I pay 80$ I expect to see a game release that isn't half-baked and has to get fixed with hotfixes and patches over the next two months but that just works out of the box and that doesn't try to get me to spend even more money on it. That also includes no content that they've already produced being held back for DLCs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

This has always been my counterpoint for the Nintendo haters when they complain about price. (Although they are a shit company in several other ways) Because when my daughter wants a new switch game if its a top tier Nintendo title its going to be a finished game with zero bugs and zero concern about problematic content for me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I got bored with Borderlands 3 in one hour. Copy pasta gameplay and I’m tired of the art style and humor. I only paid a fiver but I wish I had bought a burger instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 29 minutes ago

I thought Borderlands was lots of fun, but not four games (for now) and a movie (for now) worth of fun. Even two games was pushing it a bit. You can only stretch things out so much.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

Weeps in Canadian

I’ve been paying $80 the whole time! Now I have to pay even more!

Either way I won’t be buying Borderlands 4 for like $100 I can tell you that much.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago

Guess I'm not a real fan 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Can't wait to play it...in 2035 summer sale. Maybe I'll even get bored in under 2 hours and get the instant refund.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Randy actually needs to see this. It’s reality.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, I'll fucking pirate it LMAO

[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Aw, he’s telling people to pirate it. What a thoughtful guy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

That's legitimately how I read what he was saying at first.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

You wouldn't download a shit to give.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Well, new Doom is 90€ I aint buying that garbage. 80+ € or bucks for a AAA always online slop is just a NO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

I didn't want borderlands even when it was cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, the way to make it happen is adding it to my wishlist and waiting for the price to drop to at least $40.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

You'd think he'd be better media trained by now. But no, here goes the foot in the mouth.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago

He got the horrible Hand, Foot in Mouth Disease.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Borderlands isn't that good, Randy. Is anyone that much of a fan of a genetic shooter who's only distinguishing feature was the art style and the number of guns? (which I found got tiresome pretty quickly.) I played and enjoyed the first one, but from what I've played of 2 and the Pre-sequel, it was just more of the same so I haven't bothered since.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 hours ago

Real fans "Find a Way" Yarr.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Randy pitchford?

THAT Randy Pitchford? The Randy Pitchford that, because he loves magic tricks, downloaded himself some squirt porn (sfw youtube link to moistcritical) on the same thumb drive as company secrets, and then left it at a Medieval Times? The same Randy that grabbed the Claptrap VA by the junk because he was tired of voicing Claptrap for free and had the audacity to ask to be paid so Pitchford tried to intimidate him? The same Randy Pitchford that somehow "lost" millions dollars of Segas money causing Colonial marines to bomb so that they could fund Borderlands 2 and Duke Nukem Forever

Fuck that guy. Fuck anything he says.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

No, no, you don't understand, the girl was doing a magic trick! He only consumed that just barely legal content with professional interest in mind.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 13 hours ago

I can make it happen? Okeydokey! 🏴‍☠️

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

More like 80 plus gamers not supporting the NintenoDONT greed trend.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I guess me and my several thousand borderlands hours are not a real fan then? The games weren't worth $80 even when they came with goodies. They're not worth $80 without the goodies. I'll just wait for a sale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

I'll just leave this skull and bones flag right here FOR NO REAL REASON!!!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Too much games to play on the market to justify the urgency to buy it at release for 80 bucks. they now compete with free to play, gamepass, Indy games, piracy, and tons of past games with lower cost.

The fomo of newly released games is low when most games are released in shitty state and need 1/2 months of patches/fixes and that's not even taking in consideration that the best experience is when all the dlcs are released and make the game finally complete.

The AAA industry is fucked. In a world where quality games are released each weeks they are often but even the best way to have fun with our limited time, like tepid Ubisoft games...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Honestly, in my opinion, there's too many games to justify buying it at all. I enjoyed one and two when I was a kid, and there wasn't competition for the genre. Three I think was free on Epic or something, so I played and it was fine, but not great. I don't expect much from four, and there's companies I'd actually like to support instead.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If Randy Pitchford was a real CEO he would find a way to make $60 games

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

Borderlands 3 was the first game I didnt even bother finishing, just super boring lol

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