Randy Pitchford has continued his social media push to address complaints about the performance of the PC version of Borderlands 4, telling some disgruntled players they can get a Steam refund if they’re unhappy with the game.
I’ve never understood the massive success of this game franchise. I understand the appeal and that many people find it fun, but it’s just never been all that great, IMO. There are so many much better titles out there. I’m guessing it’s early success plus huge advertising budget and/or paid-for reviews.
I like them, personally, and there’s absolutely nothing else that scratches the “I want to play Borderlands” itch. The quality varies a lot by the game, though.
I’m in the same boat. And borderlands is way better than destiny 2 in my opinion. I really love the gameplay of 3 and 4. I can see myself easily getting my money’s worth out of it.
I’ve never really understood the comparisons between Destiny 2 and Borderlands, honestly. I like both but my brain puts them in very different boxes. Same thing with Warframe.
It’s very easy to mess up imo, or people are pickier with them (or both). Warframe clicked with me, but playing BL2 I just wanted to complete the story as fast as possible and get out. Hard to pinpoint without playing both side by side.
You know, I specifically remember the first having an awful port and they made an advertising campaign about how the second would be better for PC. Guess that’s done.
According to Randy, Borderlands 3 is apparently Schrödinger’s “Premium Game” - so demanding because it is only supposed to be for “Premium Gamers”, but also, we are supposed to excuse having to run it in lower resolutions and with higher input lag because it’s not on the level of presumably more premium competitive shooters that do optimize better.
It’s almost like this hasn’t happened for the last several Borderlands releases. Like people just keep forgetting the company lies and produces sub-optimal trash at launch.
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not to play? lol, not to buy. I’ll pick it up in a few years when it’s on sale for a few bucks like all the other gearbox games.
Don’t make things the public consumes if you can’t take criticism
This Randy fellow is sure good at public relations.
Sure, I won’t play.
That’s… a bold stance
I’ve never understood the massive success of this game franchise. I understand the appeal and that many people find it fun, but it’s just never been all that great, IMO. There are so many much better titles out there. I’m guessing it’s early success plus huge advertising budget and/or paid-for reviews.
I like them, personally, and there’s absolutely nothing else that scratches the “I want to play Borderlands” itch. The quality varies a lot by the game, though.
I’m in the same boat. And borderlands is way better than destiny 2 in my opinion. I really love the gameplay of 3 and 4. I can see myself easily getting my money’s worth out of it.
I’ve never really understood the comparisons between Destiny 2 and Borderlands, honestly. I like both but my brain puts them in very different boxes. Same thing with Warframe.
Yeah, I mean the graphics, story, and characters are nice.
But the gameplay is so boring when just about every enemy is a bullet sponge and they keep respawning every time you walk between 2 places.
Yup. The rapid respawn stinks of lazy level designs. Respawning can be OK when done right.
I kinda think there might just not be a lot of good looter-shooters out there. I remember looking for others to play and not having much success.
It’s very easy to mess up imo, or people are pickier with them (or both). Warframe clicked with me, but playing BL2 I just wanted to complete the story as fast as possible and get out. Hard to pinpoint without playing both side by side.
Today, the gremlin told console players to quit and restart the game, as a fix for the performance drop the longer you play.
You know, I specifically remember the first having an awful port and they made an advertising campaign about how the second would be better for PC. Guess that’s done.
Don’t play you say? Sure.
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It’s a tossup between him and Tim Sweeney
Nah, Sweeney at least has good takes every now and then, can’t remember any from this guy
Tim Sweeney, the guy who has his studios go out of their way to break Linux support?
The guy whose lawsuits with Apple and Google are likely why Android is going to require developer registration in a couple years?
The guy whose storefront couldn’t be bothered to add a shopping cart for 2 years despite throwing millions of dollars at publishers for exclusivity?
Yeah, that one. If you look through his posts he will occasionally show good takes. Not necessarily for the best reasons, but still. More than 0
According to Randy, Borderlands 3 is apparently Schrödinger’s “Premium Game” - so demanding because it is only supposed to be for “Premium Gamers”, but also, we are supposed to excuse having to run it in lower resolutions and with higher input lag because it’s not on the level of presumably more premium competitive shooters that do optimize better.
It’s almost like this hasn’t happened for the last several Borderlands releases. Like people just keep forgetting the company lies and produces sub-optimal trash at launch.
Has he accepted what was on his USB that was found?