Borderlands 4

Mr Creed

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What's the FOH verdict on this?

Anything else I looked at says it is great, but that's basically social media sources, i.e. worthless. I liked BL1 and BL2, never got BL3 or the other stuff they put out after BL2. I did not expect to give this a second thought, but I guess I am.

I could use some opinions. Performance issues are probably irrelevant (got a new pc for MH Wilds). I wonder if it still plays like BL2, feels like BL2, if the story is good fun or "progressive", that kinda stuff.
 

krismunich

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my 2 cents: I had zero performance issues (Intel 14900, Gforce 4090, W11 24H2), zero crashes and stuff. Some minor glitches like an arena fight not finishing because some npcs spawned inside solid ground or underneath the world. Everything I could easily resolve myself by leaving/restarting. *Edit: I read that people with capture software like OBS have a terrible time getting it to run stable also AMD frame generation isn't in the best shape for 4k players right now.*

First thing you will notice it is a bit more difficult than the previous titles they want you to feel the weight of the lootshooting idk, they explained it during some talks. You can outgear/outlevel and overcome this but lvl 45+ it will be quite noticeable. Also legos are far more rare as far as my experience went. I had 3 legs - all pistols - during my 10 hours "pure campaign" run (I did two sidequests and there were meh. I heard they vary in quality). The gameplay addition is the grapple + the "glider" and they make some nice zooming around possible but also let them create some annoying jump/grapple environment puzzles. Some where okay, later ones I felt could have been left out.
The first 2/3 of the game was very enjoyable if you like Borderlands/lootshooter and there is a lot to do if you are the "need to collect/do everything" type of player. Worth the box at least.
The last third the game felt they ran out of time is very linear and sterile. Endboss/story outcome was terrible (imho). But who cares about that bethesda style, right?
The 4 classes are hit or miss. Comments are "tame", e.g.playing Rafa you feel they could have made much better jokes/comments but woke and no-offence-attitude prevented it? Idk just feels like. The tuned down the joke density to have a more serious vibe going on, e.g. you loose some NPCs on the way in a melodramatic way and stuff. Claptrap feels strapped on and lame. Endgame is the usual arena+grind specilization points to get better gear to do it all over again. If you liked that loop in BL2/3 you'll find the same in 4.
Not sure about DLCs from what I read so far. Ending was super lame the whole set up was ... well cheap and unorignal.

All in all it's okay but I felt it a bit lacking after 3, really. Maybe too spoiled and after Destiny went downhill there is not much going on in the lootshooter department anyway.