Borderlands thread for Vault Hunters and Badasses alike

... Gotta say no for EGS. I can wait a bit longer for Steam version if it means I can have entire collection on one platform.

I like that reddit post, it summarizes things very well. It's a no brainer, 100% of your PC playerbase is on Steam, why do you have to force them to change all of a sudden? does that change benefits them? You know, having lots of money thrown your way as a publisher/developer is nice and all, but what about the consumers who buy your products and by extension pay your salaries? Do they see a benefit in any of this? No, all the fucking opposite actually. What an awesome way to give your consumers the middle finger. Just another day in this industry.

This will be the year of the disappointments for the PC community I feel.

The thing I love about gaming is the chance to start a series I've never touched.



Plenty of time to play 3 games before Borderlands 3.

Downloaded the handsome collection on Xbone having completed Borderlands 2 multiple times on 360. Bit of a pain having to import each character 1 ata time from 360 to Xbone.

But after that was done I have been pleasantly surprised how much better the game looks on Xbone, maybe it's the 60FPS but the game feels fresh and new again.

I already have BL3 pre-ordered 👍 best loot shooter anyways and maybe it'll show everyone else why it's the king for a reason.

I've played BL1 and BL2 though never finished either. Played as Lilith and Gaige. BL3 holds no interest for me.

So yeah, yesterday was the big gameplay reveal thing. Lots of streamers got their hands on about 3 to 4 hours of the initial part of the game.

Really you can just look at youtube for any gameplay you want, but I'll toss some raw gameplay here just for the sake of it. All of the gameplay videos are in the same area, so you wont find much difference between one guy or another. Obviously there're minor spoilers. But GBX themselves edited what people could see in the build so there're not many cutscenes or much that actually spoils the story in the bigger picture.



As for the game itself. Quite honestly if you liked previous games there's no reason you wont like this one. It's basically Borderlands but better. If you never liked the games then obviously you probably wont like it, however make sure to give it a look on Twitch after it launches, you might change your mind. Heck, I really didn't like BL1 the first time I saw it, I thought it was weird AF, but eventually I tried it and loved it.
Just gonna nerd out and point some things because reasons:

*Character movement is more on par of what you expect of a shooter in 2019. Sliding, grabbing ledges and jump over walls, better movement. No need for praising, it is expected.
*Lots of QoL improvements. Better minimap (3D), better looking UI. When you inspect a gun now you can see which parts it has, they built in an extended UI for it. If you played previous games you know guns are made of "parts" (barrels, stocks, grips, scopes, underbarrel, etc) you can have 2 guns of the same brand with different parts and each part gives different bonuses, the only way of knowing which part was which was to look at the gun and recognize the parts by eye ball usually with the help of a chart you downloaded from the internet. Now you have an UI telling you exactly what you have.
*Maps are better designed of what to expect of a 2019 game, more verticality, bigger, and more interesting to look at.
*There's some sort of destruction for certain objects, like cover for instance. Nothing major though.
*"Brand loyalty" I already knew this, but it's basically each manufacturer differentiates from each other not only by looks but for how their guns work. For the most part this is some sort of alternative firing mode or function. For instance Vladof guns have underbarrel something (like grenade launchers) so you can switch between using that or firing the gun normally. Maliwan allows you to change between two element types in your gun. Etc.
*Gore is back. In BL1 gore was quite present in the game, you could pop heads, saw legs and arms by shooting npcs, in BL2 they dialed that down quite dramatically. In BL3 they went back to the way it was, which makes combat more fun.
*Gunplay feels really good, just by looking at someone play you can already tell, which is a good indicator. Sound department is for the first time ever, on top.
*All kinds of different guns that look and feel very different from each other. The "part" system they use to create guns is way more expanded this time around. Really this is what you expect of a game that calls itself a looter shooter.

Yeah that's the way the game works, in 2 also. Kinda standard for a looter shooter I guess, can't tell, outside BL I haven't played any other looter shooter. I think BL1 is more annoying in that regard because enemies respawn even when you're still in the same instance (map/level).
In BL2 things don't respawn unless you leave that instance and go somewhere else, if you go back they'll respawn.

It's done on purpose so people can farm enemies for loot or XP.

If you're looking forward to 3, it's the best bet. Otherwise it's gonna take forever.
Nox's DLC in BL1 has a well known exploit if you just want to get tons of loot or at least take a look at some higher level items, although it's the final part of the DLC and it can be a bit grindy to get there (mainly for the lack of fast travel in BL1 which is quite obnoxious).

2 with all of the DLC is quite long too, but just for the main story is truly worth playing also.

Hey any news if it has multiple ending and possible romance options?

Submitted for your consideration...