I got to about level 5 in borderlands 3 and just gave up… It felt like a slap in the face after the great stories of borderlands and borderlands 2. The third attempt seemed like it was written by 13 year old boys…
Complaining that Borderlands 3 has a juvenile tone, while praising the first two games great stories, feels disingenuous. Or, at the very least, it reads as excessively nostalgic.
Borderlands 2 was written by Anthony Burch, and featured a lot of HAWP style humor. It had plenty of material that didn’t land but plenty that hit the mark.
The main issue with any borderlands title is that they aren’t worth buying on day one… Or even year 1. I quit buying after 2, and waited for a goty edition for 3. Ended up with the Pandora box which was more than I had planned on getting. Even when 4 releases, I’ll be waiting for the day it goes on sale with all dlc before I even bother looking at it. So probably just 2027 at this point.
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I got to about level 5 in borderlands 3 and just gave up… It felt like a slap in the face after the great stories of borderlands and borderlands 2. The third attempt seemed like it was written by 13 year old boys…
Complaining that Borderlands 3 has a juvenile tone, while praising the first two games great stories, feels disingenuous. Or, at the very least, it reads as excessively nostalgic.
Yeah, but borderlands 2 feels like it was written by a funnier 13 year old that’s kind of self aware. 3 has a more “hello fellow children” vibe to it.
Borderlands 2 was written by Anthony Burch, and featured a lot of HAWP style humor. It had plenty of material that didn’t land but plenty that hit the mark.
Burch also set a bar that 3 failed abysmally.
The main issue with any borderlands title is that they aren’t worth buying on day one… Or even year 1. I quit buying after 2, and waited for a goty edition for 3. Ended up with the Pandora box which was more than I had planned on getting. Even when 4 releases, I’ll be waiting for the day it goes on sale with all dlc before I even bother looking at it. So probably just 2027 at this point.