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[–] tio_bira@lemmy.world 1 points 39 minutes ago

Considering i didn't bother to buy anything borderlands related since Borderlands 2, it will keep preety muchbthe same for me

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Countdown to him getting fired in 3…2…3…4…8…49…

Because companies ultimately seem to love leaders that are toxic these days.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

Guys who wear bowties are not smart, but desperately need people to think they are.

[–] OmegaMan@lemmings.world 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Bowties are fine for formal (social) occasions like weddings and parties. Wearing them around every day is weird. Wearing them to work is (generally) weird.

Committing to wearing them everywhere and STILL buying pre-tied ones and not learning how to tie them yourself all while being a mega douche is cringe af.

Yeah, learn to tie them if you're going to make it part of your personality.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I present to you bill nye as a counter argument

Honestly, I think he might actually fall into the category of cares more about appearing smart than being smart. Not to say he's dumb, but I do get the sense the reputation is very important to him

[–] abcdqfr@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago

What french fuckin year is it where ANYONE feels the NEED to wear a bowtie?! You can just wear your boxers as a neckerchief if you like...

[–] Greddan@feddit.org 7 points 5 hours ago

They're using a poorly made graphics engine and got scammed into implementing malware into their game.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Never bought any of the Borderlands games and probably never will.

[–] FarmTaco@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 28 minutes ago

That’s okay, I love being weird.

[–] philosloppy@lemmy.world 82 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

...or Do Not Play

way ahead of you there, guy

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 4 points 4 hours ago

Their games are so bad now that it would be better to not play them.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Couldn't have been less interested. Borderlands hasn't been remotely interesting since 2 and everything since then has been a soulless cash grab.

[–] massi1008@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Hard disagree.

Pre-Sequel, 3 and Wonderlands have all been great games that I had lots of fun with. I also know I'm going to have upwards of 100 hours of fun with 4. That's what makes this whole story even more frustrating...

But I'm a patient gamer. I played the previous BL games years after they came out. I'll do the same for this one - not because I can't afford a 60€ price tag but because articles like this. Sad.

[–] philosloppy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I played an hour of the first game and that was enough for me, so I'm not exactly their target demo anyways.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

First game was just Diablo 2 but FPS with guns. But I can totally respect anyone that didn't jive with that. The humor was very hit and miss and definitely made but a group of people who insisted they were hilarious.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 30 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The reality is you made a game that few will play for several years. You could have made a game that could be playable on most contemporary machines. You didn't and will now have to suffer from shitty sales due to your inability to understand that the majority of us don't have the money to spend like you do you out of touch clueless ballsack.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Anyone that remembers Aliens: Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem Forever knows that Randy Pitchford is garbage. He also ran off most of the talent behind BL1 and BL2, which is why BL3 writing was shitty.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago

The game is grossly overpriced and infected Denuvo malware. Those things are all symptoms of Randy Pitchford being involved. I’ll pass.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Of course the borderlands guy would look like that

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[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 13 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

I haven't played 4, but I played 1, 2, and a bit of the presequel or whatever it was called. They were essentially all the same game. Run, shoot, run, shoot, hear vaguely off-color joke, run, shoot. Is there any particular reason to bother with an overpriced remake of the same old game? Is there a reason for worrying about 4KUHD textures on a game where the aesthetic is cartoony? If you're a 9 year old who's never played, and it's all on mom's dime, I could see being tricked into buying it by the advertisers, but why is anyone else excited about it?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 10 hours ago

Any interest I had in the game, which was already fairly minimal, was completely obliterated when the price was announced.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I played the hell out of the first Borderlands (including New Game+ across all expansions), but promptly bounced off 2 & Pre-Sequel because it literally just felt like more of the same and I was already sated.

BL3 and now BL4 are literally just more of the same, but with ever increasingly more egregious monetisation.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

2 was good because of the Handsome Hack commentary.

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 hour ago

I think that was the one that started in an ice zone, if I remember correctly? I literally couldn’t get past it because I find that aesthetic quite boring…

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[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

He can deep-throat my dad's days-dead dog's decaying dong.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

It's the year of the wealthy personalities who dont keep their mouth shut because they believe they are right and everyone will agree with their points and love them.

Happening right now with Mark Cuban on the NBA side.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

For a long time he was told by everyone in public and in private that he was awesome and perfect, and the greatest game developer, which made him a ton of money and very famous. Now his latest game is failing and his overinflated ego is panicking.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 10 hours ago

Was he?

Personally I've always thought of him as a bit of a prick.

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[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 20 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry I can't hear you Randy. I am playing silksong and after that, I am doing another BG3 playthrough.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

Or an Expedition 33 new game+ This is truly a great year for games, current post aside

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 101 points 19 hours ago (12 children)

I accepted and just didn’t buy it to begin with.

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