General Discussion, Opinions and Reviews

[Zeokage]

This is a thread where you can give your opinions of the game, ask others whether the game in general is worth buying, and discuss reviews of others, such as the Steam review scores. Other threads created on these topics are liable to be merged into this one.

If you have a technical issue with the game, please search the forum for an answer first. If one cannot be found, please create a new thread.

[Owl Boy]

Publicado originalmente por Bankai9212:

Publicado originalmente por Pup Ash_:

I absolutely refuse to play this game. I might have given it a chance when it went on sale, but the moment they forced ads for it in their previous games I decided I wanted nothing to do with it.

They did this with other releases somehow this is different?

At no point in any of my previous Borderlands playthroughs did I get a full screen ad, a smaller ad in the corner, and a new submenu in the main menu. Dont even pretend like this has happened like this before.

[Bankai9212]

https://i.redd.it/9ckntyi4cjj41.png odd because this shows it for bl3. You sure that you recall correctly. Regardless it’s only in the menu not while you are playing. That said it causing issues with the games is unacceptable.

[jvjd]

Never liked the legendaries, chaos chamber scaling is annoying, hate crowbows. The 4 weapons I use on my character got me to Chaos lvl 35 very easily, guess what? I hate all 4 weapons

I just stopped playing and uninstalled it after hitting CC lvl 35 and no , I don't have the DLCS

[Eelectrica]

Gameplay and base game are pretty good. Post release support is abominable

DLC's are very much overpriced. Still no TVHM.

Chaos chambers thenselves are a great idea, but their needs to be something to do with the new gear.
The game needs a digistruct peak style content or a Maliwan takedown map. It needs something like that.

[CptnSpandex]

Publicado originalmente por Yeetman:

Season pass was a scam. 4 DLCs can be beat in 60 minutes. Not 60 minutes each, all 4 DLC can be beat in 60 minutes total.

Yes mate i totally agree because all the dlc's are is a mirror portal with a different version of the chaos chamber with an extra boss, no new areas or anything, takes the proper monkey.

[Daheadsmiter]

because people dont like Randy Pitchford and buying the game fuels his sex addiction.

[sajet1]

Cause is boring, oponents are ♥♥♥♥♥♥, had more fun with B3, encounters and killrooms are design poorly.

[Rattay]

Personal taste is just that 'personal' For me this is fantastic game because I enjoy the story but then I like the Dungeons and Dragons tropes much more than I care about the borderlands lore to be fair.

So because I'm the sort of person who will move on after finishing the story this is honestly GOTY so far for me (Steam version) with a fair amount of side quests to do. I can fully see why people who want to end game raid hate it though. If you're a hardcore loot goblin especially I can see why the rage. The loot dice are fun for me, but probably not if you want the best asap.

Like most of these things it depends on what you're looking for in the experience. I am hand on heart am in love with the base game, but I'm still not paying money to run about the same few chambers over and over again. The DLC (IMO) is as bad as the base game is brilliant (not including endgame)

[Wurm65]

Publicado originalmente por dam:

Honestly I'm confused, I have like 350~h on Borderlands 3 and I find this one more interesting and fun to play, plus sidequests are actually interesting. So why all the hate? This is my view, it's far better than the 3, a lot of jokes actually made me chuckle (looking at you Broomfield lol), maybe coz I'm into dnd/rpgs?! I really don't understand what's wrong with the game

I don't hate it but its a weak entry into the BL world.

1) You run around forever looking for things to shoot - mobs taking cover is NOT conclusive to BL game play, Whats next? Mobs taking cover in Serious Sam? Sounds as stupid as it would be.

2) End game is meh - When you are ready stomped a mud-hole in the laughly short DLC content and are already bored, running around in what amounts to random encounters (see my point 1) isn't fun.

3) Loot is great but some items just stop dropping at all - For example I had a spell drop at level 1 that put up a bubble that healed you and increased your damage. I loved it. Haven't seen another drop and I'm max level and have finished the game including all side missions. And the last pixie gun I had drop was at level 20.

4) Trash loot to Good loot ratio is horrible. 99% of the loot that drops is vendor trash.

5) The DLCs are too short and add nothing to the story. - And I am of the opinion that BL3's DLCs saved the game.

I went into the game loving BL1 and BL2 and really liking BL3 and Pre-Sequel . I also love Tales from the Borderlands. TTWL barely scratches the BL itch.

*edit* And them once again not including a colorblind mode makes it hard as hell for me to play.

[Zylon]

Publicado originalmente por Bowerick:

BL2 was lightning in a bottle. It never was the benchmark some people wanted it to be. It was a glorious peak. Its all downhill from there.

Of course BL2 is the benchmark. Until something better comes along.
The least people expect is it to be on par with BL2. But preferably better.

If the game does not meet that, then they should go back to the drawing board,
Booo to average games.

[muchdebate]

I will say that those who don't get the profound differences between the Tiny Tina DLC from B2 and this game are missing out - but I also suspect they really aren't interested. I love the weaving of the complaints of the Dragon Lord with the later reveals - and same for the "note taker" (makes me weepy to think about it), and on later playthroughs (not done exploring different characters) noted some cool (and relevant) lines that I had missed.

Yes I really wished that the DLCs were longer/more involved and I think at this point the character of Vesper totally needs to be explored and expanded.

[muchdebate]

Publicado originalmente por Wurm65:

Publicado originalmente por dam:

Honestly I'm confused, I have like 350~h on Borderlands 3 and I find this one more interesting and fun to play, plus sidequests are actually interesting. So why all the hate? This is my view, it's far better than the 3, a lot of jokes actually made me chuckle (looking at you Broomfield lol), maybe coz I'm into dnd/rpgs?! I really don't understand what's wrong with the game

I don't hate it but its a weak entry into the BL world.

1) You run around forever looking for things to shoot - mobs taking cover is NOT conclusive to BL game play, Whats next? Mobs taking cover in Serious Sam? Sounds as stupid as it would be.

2) End game is meh - When you are ready stomped a mud-hole in the laughly short DLC content and are already bored, running around in what amounts to random encounters (see my point 1) isn't fun.

3) Loot is great but some items just stop dropping at all - For example I had a spell drop at level 1 that put up a bubble that healed you and increased your damage. I loved it. Haven't seen another drop and I'm max level and have finished the game including all side missions. And the last pixie gun I had drop was at level 20.

4) Trash loot to Good loot ratio is horrible. 99% of the loot that drops is vendor trash.

5) The DLCs are too short and add nothing to the story. - And I am of the opinion that BL3's DLCs saved the game.

I went into the game loving BL1 and BL2 and really liking BL3 and Pre-Sequel . I also love Tales from the Borderlands. TTWL barely scratches the BL itch.

*edit* And them once again not including a colorblind mode makes it hard as hell for me to play.

You raise some issues, and I have mixed feelings about them.

1-Mobs taking cover - yeah it's annoying (especially if the sub-quest is to kill everything faster) but I also like that they aren't stupid.

2-I play with friends, so for me "end game" isn't much different from "the journey" as it's "about" us laughing, trying out different combos and role playing our characters.

3-Loot is RNG. I know the heal/increase damage bubble you mentioned - and I save pretty much any that drop (side note: my bank is always full and it's not all golds). I save Pixie/hydra guns and staves, and for a ridiculously long time no calamities would drop for any of my characters past about level 10 which drove me buggy.

4-99% of all the loot in all the B games is trash. However NOW I can enchant the trash! This goes back to your earlier complaints about pixie guns. They do drop in white y'know.

5-I loathed B3 and never bothered with the DLC's; I adored B2 and the DLCs were longer and more "story-esque" than here. As I mentioned above, I would like to see more done with Vesper - and I think there is potential.

6-Sorry to hear about the lack of a color blind mode. That would be annoying

7-Character customization is so much better in this game. Gotta figure out a way to post some screenshots of my peeps. I LOVE that you would never mistake one for the other, and on that note the lack of a "vault hunter" is an improvement in my book; I hate "pre-rolled characters" no matter their skill tree (in past games in my head cannon I re-named everyone I played). Hmm..this may speak to me being one of the "pen and paper roleplayers" who tend to like this game

[Rabid Urko]

Publicado originalmente por Blue Eye Bandit:

couldn't stand BL3 but like the look of this one, guess ill keep looking at reviews n stuff lol

Check out the positive reviews on here , together with Youtube videos and writeups and you will see for the many its a fun game , not perfect, but i never really see a perfect game that has everything i agree with or like in it (for me all the woke stuff makes me cringe, but ill overlook it for the generally good game that it is in the main)

[White Rabbit Alice]

Becuase, some people played it on Epic, Beat it there, seen it was a janky, unbalanced mess.

noticed all the mechanics pretty much destroyed farming on any level for a looter-shooter...

the DLC is a Scam...

The Wokeness... is a generality in any game you'll play these days, here however, its a bit unbearable.

But hey. you guys got that discount. for a game... that is generally unfun to play.

when you realize that the industry, is gonna sell you... ♥♥♥♥... and youll keep buying.... ♥♥♥♥...

they will just sell you more ♥♥♥♥...especially for a promise of content thats not out, to judge, or cosmetics...

if any of you paid for the "Deluxe" versions or pre-ordered..(Including myself on epic)...

i feel sorry. at some point,a "Modern" Gamer has to realize, that their buying habits is what gets them generally ♥♥♥♥ games. why care when youve already been paid...

probably beat the campaign and DLC in the time i took to write this. quite sad.

[Rattay]

Publicado originalmente por White Rabbit Alice:

noticed all the mechanics pretty much destroyed farming on any level for a looter-shooter...

the DLC is a Scam...

The Wokeness... is a generality in any game you'll play these days, here however, its a bit unbearable.

The DLC is indeed terrible, and the Chaos chamber was probably a bad idea to start with. They'd be better off not selling any at this stage because it's just poisoning a good base game (for a lot of people, mostly the story D&D crowd to be fair)

As for the second: well I too am shocked that a game a based on a DLC with a main character called 'Butt-Stallion' features that kind of humour....

Give it a rest, please...