Thanks for the review. I'm waiting for it to go on-sale. $70 on the PS5 is a hard pass for me, this isn't a next gem game, so selling it for $70 is bs imo.
@@jodyboles8208 Sony kinda did for PS by bringing the price hike in with the PS5. They are correct though, this isn't a next gen game seeing as next gen doesn't exist at the moment. ;-)
Borderlands is like the tv show that has said everything it had to say by season 2 and now you are in season 12 and you are wondering why you are still watching.
One video I (and I'm sure many others) would love to see, is a video of your writing process going into editing your and/or compiling footage. That is one aspect or your reviews that I think truly rises above most/all other content producers out there. Just saying...
Yea that would be awesome. I'm trying to learn more about editing too. Also I pre-ordered this, picking it up Tom night. Can't wait to play and maybe stream
It feels like this game should’ve came out back before Borderlands 3, I feel like the hype from how good the DLC in BL2 was has kinda died down; at least for me it has. This just looks like a medieval borderlands game. Gonna be a wait for sale for me.
I kind of understand, but I have to disagree: right now, Gearbox is shifting the focus away from Ava and towards Tina, which is a strong move, because nostalgically speaking, I have fond memories when thinking about playing Borderlands 2...maybe Borderlands 3 would have been better if this game got out first, but that's speculation unfortunately
This game definitely sounds better than I thought it would... I was a little bummed after 3 but this one makes me want to try it... Maybe after EldenRing I will actually try this one. Thanks for the recommendation Karak
I'll problem wait for a sale. I bought 3 (whatever the most expensive edition was until they added more dlc for next gen) it was under $30 and I STILL felt cheated with how bad that story was. I'll probably wait for a good sale to pick this up.
I've been playing Wonderlands now for maybe 30hrs and I enjoy this game a great deal. This game is certainly a Borderlands game and, in my opinion, it very much succeeds at being a fun and highly repayable experience for fans of the franchise. Recommended! 😁👍
@@maxbile121 it’s better than three by far , its closer to two than any of the rest of the borderlands if we talking about fun but it’s tiny Tina story so if she not ya thing she not ya thing. I play everyday lol
@@maxbile121 gameplay is amazing but everything else is meh at best. Guns weren’t as interesting as 3’s, jokes fell flat almost all the time much like 3, and the story was short and also pretty meh. It’s also riddled with so many bugs that you don’t even know which class skills and perks actually work. Searching for dice to increase your loot luck is a drag. It’s a good game to play with friends but on your own it’s a real let down. I really don’t understand the overwhelmingly positive reviews it gets. It’s not worth the $70 price tag imo
Borderlands is always forced into the "wait for sale" category as that's how long I have to wait for a steam release. Sure, a PC storefront is a PC storefront and they will all play the same, but I prefer to have all my games on Steam for the time being, simple as. Plus it gives them time to work out the bugs, get some DLC out and release a full game.
At $70 it literally pays to be a patient gamer nowadays. I didn't get BL3 until it was on sale for $40 w/all dlc. FOMO (aka fear of missing out) has become too prevalent. Wait a few months, let the bugs get squashed, let dlc and the price drop ;)
@@Doc_Valparaiso Yup, also most people have such a backlog of games, that they don't need to get new games day one anyway. I only do day one with a few games a year that I'm extra pumped about.
@@KEVBOYMUSIC I'll admit that I'll probably get the new God of War day one. That's only because the last one was the best game of the PS4's generation, imo. No pre-ordering though (Curiously enough as I write this I remember pre-ordering GoW 2 on the PS2. I was in my twenties though lol). I've learned that nowadays you can never underestimate a developer's ability to fudge up what looks to be a dynamite game. TLOU 2's mangled story is a lesson in waiting for the lifting of review embargos and general pre-release discussion.
I'm not bothered about the exclusivity but I think I'll also wait until it's on a good sale. There's a game launching in less than two weeks to sink my teeth into, so I don't need another before then.
Thanks for the review! The biggest problem for the dumpster fire story of BL3 will be this game's biggest issue, Anthony Burch did not have a hand in writing it. His Tina Tina DLC was epic and him DM'ing the podcast Dungeons and Daddies shows he knows how to do D&D! I am going to wait for a sale on this one, since I was burned on BL3! Thanks again for the always fantastic review!
Given what happened to BL3, this is a title that deserves a follow-up review once some DLC and patches are out. BL3 became the most busted, unbalanced mess I've seen apart from Warframe due to a long string of terrible decisions and rampant power creep post-release. Even raving BL fans like myself gave up on it en masse. Definitely holding off till I see if they've learned any lessons from that.
That's smart. I'm afraid I just don't trust them at this point. BL3 story was garbage and cringe inducing (welcome to woke writing) and the 2nd season pass is one of the biggest scams I have witnessed when it comes to DLC in gaming. And that's not even delving into what you mentioned as far as general gameplay is concerned. Once the complete-complete edition comes out, and it's 50% off, I might jump in. Assuming there isn't something more interesting out by then.
Yeah I completely stopped playing when they implemented mayhem 2.0 The modifiers they included were so fucking obnoxious. They really did ruin the already pretty anemic end game. I played hundreds of hours of BL3 but they just totally lost me with the lack of understanding of how to make a compelling end game. I got my money worth out of bl3 and then some, but they kept making changes that made it worse and worse.
Issue with bl3 the annointments where the main source of a lot of damage on weapons. So that messed up the game from the start I hope they learned and the enchantments aren’t broken
It's a shame it doesn't seem to embrace D&D parody as much as Tiny Tina's Borderlands 2's DLC. I love me some Borderlands but I'll probably wait for a sale on the maxed out bundle. I still have B3's DLCs to play in the meantime anyway.
@@jodyboles8208 Because the DLC was a part of the BL2 game, and they could go crazy with it with no fears of cost and lose as the season pass covers the cost good or bad. This is a stand alone game, and they did not trust that a high focus on DnD would be good sell, instead the main focus should be Borderlands rather then Borderlands DnD. Hence this is less focused on DnD then the DLC for BL2. They lost touch with what fans wanted from Borderlands. BL3 was the worst story (even worse then 1 and that had barebone story), has terrible characters, and destroys much of the lore and universe of BL. BL3 ruined the series in many many ways. Rather then fix it or try to resolve it they instead decided to focus on one the last major selling items for BL and milk that (Hence Tiny Tina game). BUT again the lack of understanding the fans, resulted in them pulling away from what most fans wanted or expected.
@@BreezingThrou haha what? First off fans had no idea what so ever that such a game like this would happen. Of course it would be more borderlands than D&D. The core of it is still borderlands which isnt a bad thing. Also it doesnt make any sense to say this is less D&D than the dlc when this game easily has WAY more features and themes from D&D than the dlc ever had. You can literally make your own character, add different stats, multi class, travel on a D&D map and loads of other things like spells. So I dont see the problem here. Lastly bl3 didnt ruin the series at all. Sure the story wasnt great but all borderlands games story have been average at best. The lore is far from destroyed. In fact we actually got a ton of interesting lore that will be great to see played out in bl4.
If anyone sees this, the game is amazing. I love the character class and customization selections you have, the concept is rad, and it’s an enjoyable experience.
@@carpathianhermit7228 innovate: make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products. Hmm so you mean innovation like having a new concept for a game based on d&d? Or how about new classes unrelated to previous borderlands games? Or how about new weapons like melee that have individual looks and perks or crossbow styled weapons? Or how about having various spells you can cast? Or how about an interactive map players can move their character piece through to find different locations and puzzles? Or how about being able to combine and take perks from two different classes? Or how about customizable character body/faces? Or how about different armor selections for your character?
Very very interesting, it seems that they went back to the roots of BL 1 as far as the loot goes and I'm incredibly excited about that. End game dungeons are very well thought out in terms of structure, particularly from a loot perspective but I wonder if there's the equivalent of mayhem levels in already? Borderlands always has been about the insanity taking place after the story and they went out of their way with this one which you kind of glossed over
if a raider is shooting you with a shock smg in bl1, he'll drop that gun if he drops it. the other bl games don't do that. so you are saying this does that or not?
They announced that there will be 20 chaos levels and you unlock higher and higher tiers by clearing the randomly generated dungeons they have for endgame. They also said scaling won’t be as steep as previous so you can reliably use items for multiple chaos levels without constantly reframing every tier.
agreed. BL1 is still my favorite BL to replay. i love the slower pace, the not so crazy weapons and the more classic RPG feel. hoping this one gives more of that feeling.
Always appreciate your reviews they are always informative. I am a huge Borderlands fan and am looking forward to it. Always play the multiplayer with a friend.
Its quite short compared to normal Borderlands games, but its 100% worth it imo, especily since these days every new releases are just broken incomplete games, this one is refreshing
Especially since farming for weapons will be completely worthless on a couple months to a year because they'll constantly nerf and buff weapons. Plus probably increase level caps. Bl3 was absolutely terrible with those things
@@carpathianhermit7228 bl2 was an amazing game, but instead of getting better they went backwards in a real way. There's a way of keeping games the same and improving (Uncharted, AC for example). Gearbox failed. I'll still buy this game, but I'll wait until they work out the issues. They have a habit of releasing games and then working on them instead of releasing a functioning game.
Borderlands 3 was the most disappointing game game of the last generation for me. I think I’ll wait for a sale of this one. Though I am happy Tiny Tina is back as a kid.
If borderlands 3 was disappointing to you then you did that to yourself making a better game than borderlands 2 is a near impossible task how do you make a better villain than jack when he’s considered to this day as one of the best video game villains in history it’s gotta be hard to do that twice in a row …borderlands 3 had a disappointing story but the gameplay was simply awesome Infact the gameplay loop is the best it’s ever been and thinking about to borderlands has always been about the gameplay loop
The story sucked but honestly other than the Telltale one I've never really cared for the writing in Borderlands games. BL3 on a pure gameplay level was fine.
I hoped in something more different myself, but if it's more Borderlands I'm in anyway. I mean, personally, I'm not tired of this series, yet. Thanks for your videos!
honestly I wish they focussed more on melee combat here to diversify it from the borderlands main series. Was expecting it to be more of like a vermintide, than just another average borderland game with the same kind of guns
@@freedom6868 how is it cutting corners? I wish they focused more on melee too but it’s not cutting corners to go for guns which the series is known for.
Really excited for this one, Borderlands was always great to play with my buddies. Although I'm not a fan of Gearbox's DLC policy and stuff, will probably get it on sale at some point.
I’m always so scared to watch your reviews because your opinion means a lot to me, and I trust the words you say, and I’m always afraid you won’t like a game I’ve been looking forward to! But you have the best reviews around, there’s no doubt about that!
@@Beatnik2290 That's why you find a reviewer with similar tastes as you, that way you're pretty aligned with their takes. I agree with the OP here in that I look forward and hope ACG likes the game because I know if he doesn't, 9 times out of 10, I won't either - even if it is a franchise or genre I like. Case in point, this review, I love Borderlands and it sounds like he had some fun here, and if you're a fan, you'll like it. Great, that's right up my alley. Of course I'm going to use my own common sense here too. And after seeing how quickly BL3 went down to $10 at some retailers, I'll be waiting for a deep inevitable sale on this.
@@brooklynbornn9488 it was the writing in certain parts of the game. Felt like they let their children at a bring your child to work day write it, it was very jarring and inconsistent.
I usually appreciate your honest reviews, but this one seemed more like an introduction to the game than an actual review of it. I'm still just as much on the fence.
Besides wanting the story to be good. I hope we can actually run around with melee only? If gearbox doesn't allow that, and melee is only 3 seconds action skills that's going to be a real stupid miss opportunity.
Don't know if melee only is viable for endgame but do know they added a 5th weapon slot for melee weapons so you have melee weapon loot so definitely more than melee magic your talking about
Honestly the melee is very lacking compared to the wealth of good options these days. They really were a bit lazy with it. A little more inspiration from vermintide 2 or something would have gone a long way. Having said that I think pure melee builds where you alternate between normal melee swings and your action skill nukes will be very possible and there will be a good amount of dual class possibilities for it.
If one of your bigger critiques is wishing they would have embraced D&D themes more, I can life with that. I definitely want another borderlands game. From what I’ve seen, I’m more than pleased with the deviation from borderlands that it’s going to feel mostly fresh, but I’m kinda glad they didn’t go too far and make it completely unfamiliar
True...but It's clear they only do the bare minimum for this franchise with each iteration. Disappointment is baked into their games at this point. At least sell it for $50 since they will no doubt sell us $100 worth of content down the road.
The joke that happens pretty early (you'll know it when it happens) had me cracking up and in complete awe when I experienced it for the first time. Also Spellshot is pretty op with duel spells and high spell damage.
Kind reminder to anyone struggling out there. You may think you're a failure or that you're going nowhere and such, just remember that even after all this, it could be worse, at least you're not Anthony Burch.
Biggest fumble for me is not releasing on Steam day one, which means since they are making me wait 6 month, I will make them wait an additional 6 months before they get my money, if at all.
I loved Tiny Tina when BL2 came out, but I also loved Gearbox's humour back then. Nowadays not so much, so I'd probably have a hard time getting through this as well.
As someone who has a couple thousand hours into borderlands 1, 2 and 3, this Is definitely my personal favorite in the series for a multitude of reasons and I absolutely love the direction they took this game. Honestly, if we don't get a Wonderlands 2 I'll be hella disappointed. The change to a fantasy aesthetic affects A LOT more than you'd think and the writing in my opinion is close to Borderlands 2 in terms of quality, I honestly think it being bumped down to T for teen did the game a lot of good in multiple way, specifically the writing. it's a actually LESS cringey and less juvenile than previous games. I do miss the gore a little though but all the crazy magic particle effects more than make up for it.
Thanks for writing this! I've been on the fence, mostly due to not hearing about it much and being slightly disappointed with 3, but I think I'll get it. One thing I'm curious about, if you don't mind giving some input...how's the replayability?
I’ve been playing splitscreen with my brother on latest gen Xbox and it’s been really fun. Only a a couple of issuses, a few areas did cause stuttering/frame drops and a few times pop ups wouldnt go away like the death save and trade
So i understand ACG to say, buy if you are a fan, and unspoken, wait for sale if not? Is this the same interpretation others are getting from the review? I have done very well for the most part in purchasing games recommended on this channel and strongly consider the Buy recommended games.
it will be on sale with Dying Light 2 and Elden Ring during the Spring/Summer annual sale on Xbox. just wait like a month people and get those games then. stop paying full price
As long as the combat feels as good as 3, I'm in. It's the only reason I enjoyed every minute of that game even though the story left much to be desired.
@@TheMakAbideth Plus the build variety in this game is the best in the series IMO, giving you access to 6 skill trees you can use any 2 of instead of the standard same 3 for every character.
What you all came for: 13:29 Worth a BUY at full price IF you're already a fan of the Borderlands Franchise. If you haven't played it before, be advised that the Borderlands Franchise is not for everyone.
Yeah, I thought she would be able to change the level up as your playing in real time or maybe you see her looking down from above and she can roll dice and they are gigantic rolling through your level smashing into things then she could call in different enemies from rolling certain numbers and you can shoot the dice to stop the new enemies from spawning in? I'm saying to mix the board game aspects into the live action parts more but to feel like that is what's going on, like that would be the uniqueness to the game, almost like what they are doing at the table is reflecting what's going on and what your seeing as your in fp running around the level, so all of a sudden here come big dice flying in bc someone is rolling at the table, maybe someone spills a drink then a flood comes raging in things that really change up the level. It's hard to fully explain it but you get the idea, that would be cool to me. Lol
Looks fun, really wish they had stepped out just a liiiittle bit more from Borderlands and really put in that fantasy/dnd element. I'll wait till the GOTY is on Steam.
Played Borderlands 1, 2, The Pre-Squel, and a bit of 3. Bought it for 35 dollars (base + season pass). I feel good about that unlike other games I bought that have a similar price. I really like the writing. I actually listen to the dialogue and enjoy it. "Babies will cry! More than usual." That caught me off guard and I had a good feeling about the writing. Combat is also really good. Using Spore Warden and the spells and action skills feel really smooth even in early game because the cooldowns blend well. I'm playing on the highest difficulty, but BL2 is harder. Although it may be because there's more options now and there's a faster build up to your kit and dmg unlike previous games. Looting is alright. I haven't seen a lot of unique weapons yet, but it's funny how they implemented fantasy into the weapons. I found a gun that flies and shoots enemies when you reload it. The enemy diversity is kinda meh. Skeletons, Goblins, Orcs, Cyclops, Humans, and Coiled. The bosses are plenty though. Overall, I like it better than 1, The Pre-Sequel, and 3. The pacing is better than 2 in terms of story and combat difficulty, but 2 is still really strong in other aspects.
This looks cool, but having melee focused classes when you only get the "click right stick fps gun butt smash" animation as the extent of melee is pretty disappointing.
This is really a shooter game more than anything else. That's why its melee combat is so basic. If you wanted more melee features, there are plenty of melee-focused games around.
@@XiLock_Alotx some people just aren't assed and keep doing it, they must love bugs and being robbed at overpriced 50% finished repetitive and soulless games delivered with 0 passion.
This might be a wait for me, especially if it takes a minute to fix the slow textures. I will wait to see how good Tina is as the DM, think that will be the biggest factor for me and I won't get any info on if I will like that till I can watch a stream or part of a play through.
It's saying the video is unavailable and private! On another note love your videos and appreciate how into-the-weeds you get on the topics you discuss, keep doing what you're doing!
They shouldve done more, there is less gun variety about 10 or so spells, classes with only 1 tree (i get that you can mix and match but its worse than the tailored 4 classes. They even had such a great opportunity to create amazing classes based on D&D but fumbled imo) and i just feel like the tone of the series is changing maybe aiming more for 14-16yr
To be fair to the spells,they take the grenade spot right, there were less types in grendaes, the only reason they felt so varied was all the different effects taking place on base variants(base variants being how they were delivered and how there damage was dealt, homing,mirv,bouncy better,lobbed,teleport and wether it was a burst of damage, dot, or elemental) the spells are the same way with honestly with a few more base variants, but same as grenades where parts and rarity greatly vary there effect, for example, a sigil spell can be stuck the character in a small area mostly reducing damage you, or some are creating an aoe with a singularity, some create an aoe with hydra turrets, others still heal and increase your outgoing damage, and some just create a damaging/slowing field, and that’s just what I have found for sigil spells alone, in both the other borderlands games and this one the only exceptions to base variant types are legendaries and uniques which are allowed to break the standard rules of Grenades and spells
The tress is a bit of a letdown but with multi classing and hero points it does help bridge the gap a bit, in the future they are adding more classes to (I know dlc) but that should help further the variety of gameplay, with any luck they may add new trees to the existing classes like they did with bl3 which would solve a lot of that particular problem
I ended up liking B3 a lot more than expected, but it's a little sad they aren't leaning full-blast into TT D'n'D DM craziness... which was what made the DLC so much fun. Still, potentially a great game. Eventually.
The biggest problem I had with BL3 was that legendary weapons dropped wayy too much & there wasnt another rarety above them. Made the game really boring, so Im hoping we get a new rarety above legendary in this game.
yeah Borderlands 2 had more rarities and made the game last much longer i felt. BL3 had the anointments which were rare to get but essentially that just came the norm anyway to have anointments. Hopefully there is more to it here a bit. if not, i guess that's why they have so many classes and abilities to make that replayable.
that, and only maybe 10 out of like 50 or something were actually worth using. The focus also changed from gun rarity to finding the one with the proper anointment which is just another layer of rng. I think you can reroll the anointment now, but still.
Great analysis man, loving the content! I can't stop playing Elden ring so this one will have to wait for myself. I really like how you took a major deep dive into Elden rings review. My love for the game grows even deeper
I've beaten all three Borderlands games, but I'm not interested in paying $80 (Canadian) for it. The thing is, by the time this goes on sale, I likely won't won't want to play it. Hell, I still have season pass episodes for Borderlands 3 that I haven't even tried and can't bring myself to play.
Windmill high five after sex hahaha! Thanks for your honest opinion man. I am so looking forward to this, it I think it’s a bummer they didn’t embrace D&D more.
Im sooo hyped for this. I love the Borderlands series. Cant wait to spends a few weeks running around with my friend killing things and laughing at the silliness.
Gearbox has never been known for their optimization. They definitely spend most of their resources on design and presentation. At least this game has far less visual pollution than BL3 based on what streamers noticed while playing the limited demo a few weeks ago. I'd imagine you'll want a next gen system to play it on. BL3 ran like hot garbage on my PS4 but on PS5, it's flawless. Hope Wonderlands is the same.
Hmm i dunno, the forced LGBT and the instanced based small areas make it hard for me to like it. Im used to big, open maps with hubs, and switching from small area to arena, and to the overworld just seems very slow and redundant to me. Also i can't farm bosses, so that sucks big time
Okay...so here is something that worries me. How is the comical presentation in this game? I ask because too me many of the jokes in the new trailer either fell flat or were almost expected in a way.
@John Taylor I think that's a great recommendation; unfortunately I haven't taken the plunge into XBOX since the original console (regularly tempted!) and don't have a gaming PC. 99% of my gaming is on PlayStation and Switch.
Yea honestly I was hoping for the choice between magic,guns,and melee. Magic is mostly elemental,guns/bows is pure damage,and melee would be a mix of both
As always you give another fantastic review. Refreshing, honest, and LOADED with humor that keeps us coming back for more. Thank for all the hard work you continue to put in.
Toggling between borderless full screen and full screen seems to fix all the issues that will pop up like stutter, random low fps, and low red textures
What happened to buy wait or never touch......
Thanks for the review. I'm waiting for it to go on-sale. $70 on the PS5 is a hard pass for me, this isn't a next gem game, so selling it for $70 is bs imo.
who said 70$ is only for "next gen" games? lol
@@jodyboles8208 Sony kinda did for PS by bringing the price hike in with the PS5. They are correct though, this isn't a next gen game seeing as next gen doesn't exist at the moment. ;-)
aren't all games that price
I agree with that.
its 60
After seeing this I wait for a sale. Once again ACG thanks for the review. You always give the honest opinions and I appreciate that.
Got it for 20$ today at Walmart. Still marked at 49.99 and 59.99$ everywhere else.
Borderlands is like the tv show that has said everything it had to say by season 2 and now you are in season 12 and you are wondering why you are still watching.
What assassins creed is then?
@@PureFuckingMetal6632 yeah compared to a franchise like AC or CoD, 3 main games and 2 spin-offs is nothing.
@@PureFuckingMetal6632 The equivalent of Supernatural if it had continued for another 10 seasons.
@@Level30Commoner - Your analogy definitely rings true for me as I was burnt out on Borderlands about 10 years ago.
It could’ve said more afterwards but I don’t think the creators even know why people liked it so much even though it’s kinda obvious
One video I (and I'm sure many others) would love to see, is a video of your writing process going into editing your and/or compiling footage. That is one aspect or your reviews that I think truly rises above most/all other content producers out there. Just saying...
Yea that would be awesome. I'm trying to learn more about editing too. Also I pre-ordered this, picking it up Tom night. Can't wait to play and maybe stream
It feels like this game should’ve came out back before Borderlands 3, I feel like the hype from how good the DLC in BL2 was has kinda died down; at least for me it has. This just looks like a medieval borderlands game. Gonna be a wait for sale for me.
Always wait for a sale on PC as it's locked to EGS for a year.
I kind of understand, but I have to disagree: right now, Gearbox is shifting the focus away from Ava and towards Tina, which is a strong move, because nostalgically speaking, I have fond memories when thinking about playing Borderlands 2...maybe Borderlands 3 would have been better if this game got out first, but that's speculation unfortunately
They had tiny Tina for ps plus and that made me want to get this one
@@thomasboone39 wasn't this suppose to be bl3 dlc though? That's what I thought I heard awhile back
They dropped the ball on BL3, this game is going to be a wait until all DLC get released and goes on sale before buying
Is it me or did he never actually say it was a Buy, Wait for Sale or Never Touch directly?
Same, I didn't hear any verdict :c
He doesn't do that sometimes. He leaves it up to YOU, to figure out.
The 2k monolith is hard to criticize
Toward the end he basically says if you're a fan of the series, full price is worth it. Otherwise wait for a sale.
You can tell by what he is saying its a wait fir a sale. Skllup recommends it so once again I'm stuck lol.
Kind of crazy that Ashley birch plays both Tina and aloy. That's definitely some range right there.
The girl from horizon is tiny Tina?
@@elconquistador6413 played by the same actress, yes.
This game definitely sounds better than I thought it would... I was a little bummed after 3 but this one makes me want to try it... Maybe after EldenRing I will actually try this one. Thanks for the recommendation Karak
Just wait for the Steam release. F*ck EGS.
I do not recommend this game. It was such a let down. Poor graphics, weapons feel the same, worse skill trees. Just an all around disappointment.
I'll problem wait for a sale. I bought 3 (whatever the most expensive edition was until they added more dlc for next gen) it was under $30 and I STILL felt cheated with how bad that story was. I'll probably wait for a good sale to pick this up.
Being narrated by tiny tina already makes the writing 1000× better
@@TheCleverJoker i dont think its the best game ever but nothing of what you said is true lol.
I've been playing Wonderlands now for maybe 30hrs and I enjoy this game a great deal. This game is certainly a Borderlands game and, in my opinion, it very much succeeds at being a fun and highly repayable experience for fans of the franchise.
Recommended! 😁👍
hey, just wanted to know do you think its better than 2? or does it come close to 2? i hated 3, im deciding if i should buy or not.
@@maxbile121 it’s better than three by far , its closer to two than any of the rest of the borderlands if we talking about fun but it’s tiny Tina story so if she not ya thing she not ya thing. I play everyday lol
@@maxbile121 gameplay is amazing but everything else is meh at best. Guns weren’t as interesting as 3’s, jokes fell flat almost all the time much like 3, and the story was short and also pretty meh. It’s also riddled with so many bugs that you don’t even know which class skills and perks actually work. Searching for dice to increase your loot luck is a drag. It’s a good game to play with friends but on your own it’s a real let down. I really don’t understand the overwhelmingly positive reviews it gets. It’s not worth the $70 price tag imo
@@RoflCannon6 id esit for the Goty edition then if they ever release one with all the dlc plus fixes
Borderlands is always forced into the "wait for sale" category as that's how long I have to wait for a steam release. Sure, a PC storefront is a PC storefront and they will all play the same, but I prefer to have all my games on Steam for the time being, simple as. Plus it gives them time to work out the bugs, get some DLC out and release a full game.
Yep the game doesnt look 70$ for me, in comparaison of a recent game for exemple
At $70 it literally pays to be a patient gamer nowadays. I didn't get BL3 until it was on sale for $40 w/all dlc. FOMO (aka fear of missing out) has become too prevalent.
Wait a few months, let the bugs get squashed, let dlc and the price drop ;)
@@Doc_Valparaiso Yup, also most people have such a backlog of games, that they don't need to get new games day one anyway. I only do day one with a few games a year that I'm extra pumped about.
@@KEVBOYMUSIC I'll admit that I'll probably get the new God of War day one. That's only because the last one was the best game of the PS4's generation, imo. No pre-ordering though (Curiously enough as I write this I remember pre-ordering GoW 2 on the PS2. I was in my twenties though lol). I've learned that nowadays you can never underestimate a developer's ability to fudge up what looks to be a dynamite game. TLOU 2's mangled story is a lesson in waiting for the lifting of review embargos and general pre-release discussion.
@@Doc_Valparaiso its $60 not $70 for the standard edition
"Video unavailable, this video is private," RUclips is the one who recommended it XD
I'll wait for the EGS exclusivity to end before picking this one up. Should be on sale hopefully by then. Thanks for the review, Karak
Didn't they charge for BL3 full price on Steam or am I thinking about Hitman 3...
Its on steam too
I'm not bothered about the exclusivity but I think I'll also wait until it's on a good sale. There's a game launching in less than two weeks to sink my teeth into, so I don't need another before then.
Should be 6 mo exclusivity like BL3
@@jfd4706 shows on steam but just a placeholder for future release. Notice no release date
Thanks for the review! The biggest problem for the dumpster fire story of BL3 will be this game's biggest issue, Anthony Burch did not have a hand in writing it. His Tina Tina DLC was epic and him DM'ing the podcast Dungeons and Daddies shows he knows how to do D&D! I am going to wait for a sale on this one, since I was burned on BL3! Thanks again for the always fantastic review!
Not everything that Anthony Burch wrote in BL2 was good imo
@@masterknife8423 Sure, but even his not so great stuff in BL2 is better than the dumpster fire story of BL3.
Borderlands fans constantly wanking Anthony Burch is always a great reminder of why I can't vibe with them.
Nothing will ever touch Handsome Jack again
@@TabletopJunk How was this "wanking"?
It’s tradition me and my best friend play every piece of borderlands content the day of release. Hype for this one.
Some traditions are meant to be broken...
@@Label07 bro just let him enjoy it lmao
I wish I had friends
Given what happened to BL3, this is a title that deserves a follow-up review once some DLC and patches are out. BL3 became the most busted, unbalanced mess I've seen apart from Warframe due to a long string of terrible decisions and rampant power creep post-release. Even raving BL fans like myself gave up on it en masse.
Definitely holding off till I see if they've learned any lessons from that.
That's smart. I'm afraid I just don't trust them at this point. BL3 story was garbage and cringe inducing (welcome to woke writing) and the 2nd season pass is one of the biggest scams I have witnessed when it comes to DLC in gaming. And that's not even delving into what you mentioned as far as general gameplay is concerned. Once the complete-complete edition comes out, and it's 50% off, I might jump in. Assuming there isn't something more interesting out by then.
Yeah I completely stopped playing when they implemented mayhem 2.0
The modifiers they included were so fucking obnoxious. They really did ruin the already pretty anemic end game. I played hundreds of hours of BL3 but they just totally lost me with the lack of understanding of how to make a compelling end game. I got my money worth out of bl3 and then some, but they kept making changes that made it worse and worse.
at this point, I am over Randy Pitchford's shenanigans, and Gearbox being a one-trick-pony
I agree, this really looks like a copy and paste of BL3 but with a fantasy twist
Issue with bl3 the annointments where the main source of a lot of damage on weapons. So that messed up the game from the start
I hope they learned and the enchantments aren’t broken
It's a shame it doesn't seem to embrace D&D parody as much as Tiny Tina's Borderlands 2's DLC.
I love me some Borderlands but I'll probably wait for a sale on the maxed out bundle. I still have B3's DLCs to play in the meantime anyway.
how does it embrace it even less than the dlc did??
i really enjoyed the BL2 Tiny Tina DLC, i was hoping for more of that with this one, probably just wait for sale
@@jodyboles8208 Because the DLC was a part of the BL2 game, and they could go crazy with it with no fears of cost and lose as the season pass covers the cost good or bad.
This is a stand alone game, and they did not trust that a high focus on DnD would be good sell, instead the main focus should be Borderlands rather then Borderlands DnD. Hence this is less focused on DnD then the DLC for BL2.
They lost touch with what fans wanted from Borderlands. BL3 was the worst story (even worse then 1 and that had barebone story), has terrible characters, and destroys much of the lore and universe of BL. BL3 ruined the series in many many ways. Rather then fix it or try to resolve it they instead decided to focus on one the last major selling items for BL and milk that (Hence Tiny Tina game). BUT again the lack of understanding the fans, resulted in them pulling away from what most fans wanted or expected.
@@BreezingThrou haha what? First off fans had no idea what so ever that such a game like this would happen. Of course it would be more borderlands than D&D. The core of it is still borderlands which isnt a bad thing.
Also it doesnt make any sense to say this is less D&D than the dlc when this game easily has WAY more features and themes from D&D than the dlc ever had. You can literally make your own character, add different stats, multi class, travel on a D&D map and loads of other things like spells. So I dont see the problem here.
Lastly bl3 didnt ruin the series at all. Sure the story wasnt great but all borderlands games story have been average at best. The lore is far from destroyed. In fact we actually got a ton of interesting lore that will be great to see played out in bl4.
I'm not sure you understand the type of game this or borderlands actually is...
If anyone sees this, the game is amazing. I love the character class and customization selections you have, the concept is rad, and it’s an enjoyable experience.
Borderlands 3 was Borderlands 2.5, and this seems to be Borderlands 2.75. stagnation of Innovation is real
@@carpathianhermit7228 innovate: make changes in something established, especially by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
Hmm so you mean innovation like having a new concept for a game based on d&d? Or how about new classes unrelated to previous borderlands games? Or how about new weapons like melee that have individual looks and perks or crossbow styled weapons? Or how about having various spells you can cast? Or how about an interactive map players can move their character piece through to find different locations and puzzles? Or how about being able to combine and take perks from two different classes? Or how about customizable character body/faces? Or how about different armor selections for your character?
@@carpathianhermit7228 what exactly new do you want?
this game is a gift for true vault hunters
@@RackSimons I don't know, maybe start with ACTUAL melee combat? Instead of just making shooty with three stages of melee speed? Very boring.
Very very interesting, it seems that they went back to the roots of BL 1 as far as the loot goes and I'm incredibly excited about that. End game dungeons are very well thought out in terms of structure, particularly from a loot perspective but I wonder if there's the equivalent of mayhem levels in already? Borderlands always has been about the insanity taking place after the story and they went out of their way with this one which you kind of glossed over
if a raider is shooting you with a shock smg in bl1, he'll drop that gun if he drops it. the other bl games don't do that. so you are saying this does that or not?
@@jex-the-notebook-guy1002 chill
@@LukeFromNY wasn't angry just disappointed if it wasn't the case
They announced that there will be 20 chaos levels and you unlock higher and higher tiers by clearing the randomly generated dungeons they have for endgame. They also said scaling won’t be as steep as previous so you can reliably use items for multiple chaos levels without constantly reframing every tier.
agreed. BL1 is still my favorite BL to replay. i love the slower pace, the not so crazy weapons and the more classic RPG feel. hoping this one gives more of that feeling.
13:30 Is it a buy, wait for sale, rent or never touch it again? Did I miss something?
I agree with you. He didn't actually give the final rating, but from what he said, it SOUNDS to me like he gave it a "wait for sale" rating?
Always appreciate your reviews they are always informative. I am a huge Borderlands fan and am looking forward to it. Always play the multiplayer with a friend.
Its quite short compared to normal Borderlands games, but its 100% worth it imo, especily since these days every new releases are just broken incomplete games, this one is refreshing
So wait for sale, then? How about explicitly saying which rating you give?
Great review. These games always come into their own with the DLC. I’ll wait for the complete edition whenever that inevitably happens.
Especially since farming for weapons will be completely worthless on a couple months to a year because they'll constantly nerf and buff weapons. Plus probably increase level caps. Bl3 was absolutely terrible with those things
Borderlands 3 was Borderlands 2.5, and this seems to be Borderlands 2.75. stagnation of Innovation is real
@@carpathianhermit7228 bl2 was an amazing game, but instead of getting better they went backwards in a real way. There's a way of keeping games the same and improving (Uncharted, AC for example). Gearbox failed. I'll still buy this game, but I'll wait until they work out the issues. They have a habit of releasing games and then working on them instead of releasing a functioning game.
Out right now for only $22.49 the chaotic great edition
Borderlands 3 was the most disappointing game game of the last generation for me. I think I’ll wait for a sale of this one. Though I am happy Tiny Tina is back as a kid.
If borderlands 3 was disappointing to you then you did that to yourself making a better game than borderlands 2 is a near impossible task how do you make a better villain than jack when he’s considered to this day as one of the best video game villains in history it’s gotta be hard to do that twice in a row …borderlands 3 had a disappointing story but the gameplay was simply awesome Infact the gameplay loop is the best it’s ever been and thinking about to borderlands has always been about the gameplay loop
The story was annoying but think the game good outside of that
The story sucked but honestly other than the Telltale one I've never really cared for the writing in Borderlands games. BL3 on a pure gameplay level was fine.
bl3 gameplay was very good apart from the story
@@commandershepard7110 the story was bad but gameplay was good
I hoped in something more different myself,
but if it's more Borderlands I'm in anyway.
I mean, personally, I'm not tired of this series, yet.
Thanks for your videos!
honestly I wish they focussed more on melee combat here to diversify it from the borderlands main series. Was expecting it to be more of like a vermintide, than just another average borderland game with the same kind of guns
Cutting corners as they say.
This is a 70$ game too lol
@@freedom6868 how is it cutting corners? I wish they focused more on melee too but it’s not cutting corners to go for guns which the series is known for.
@@freedom6868 talking out of your arse, as they say
Borderlands 3 was Borderlands 2.5, and this seems to be Borderlands 2.75. stagnation of Innovation is real
Really excited for this one, Borderlands was always great to play with my buddies. Although I'm not a fan of Gearbox's DLC policy and stuff, will probably get it on sale at some point.
I’m always so scared to watch your reviews because your opinion means a lot to me, and I trust the words you say, and I’m always afraid you won’t like a game I’ve been looking forward to! But you have the best reviews around, there’s no doubt about that!
ACG can be unique, but let’s not stake our decision making in any reviewer. Only you will know if you like a game.
@@Beatnik2290 Facts!
All of this
@@Beatnik2290 That's why you find a reviewer with similar tastes as you, that way you're pretty aligned with their takes. I agree with the OP here in that I look forward and hope ACG likes the game because I know if he doesn't, 9 times out of 10, I won't either - even if it is a franchise or genre I like.
Case in point, this review, I love Borderlands and it sounds like he had some fun here, and if you're a fan, you'll like it. Great, that's right up my alley. Of course I'm going to use my own common sense here too. And after seeing how quickly BL3 went down to $10 at some retailers, I'll be waiting for a deep inevitable sale on this.
Make your own decisions.
So many people complain about borderlands 3 story. But they are all meh. The quips are great but this is a series built on gameplay.
Hot take: Tales from the Borderlands is the only game in this series with good writing.
@@battlep0t I've only played the first episode then something else took my attention. One day I'll go back.
Meh is better then annoying,I found bl3 more annoying then anything else
Been waiting for your review for this one! I loved 3 but hated the story. Hoping I'll enjoy this one too.
This was my issue. The writing quality was such a sharp drop-off after 2 and Pre-Sequel.
Loved 3 story it was dope . Nothing was wrong with it . ( in my opinion ) played all the dlc too . Fantastic game
None of the stories were good in my opinion. 🤷🏾♂️
@@NotCharAznable yeah you aren’t fun at parties
@@brooklynbornn9488 it was the writing in certain parts of the game. Felt like they let their children at a bring your child to work day write it, it was very jarring and inconsistent.
I usually appreciate your honest reviews, but this one seemed more like an introduction to the game than an actual review of it. I'm still just as much on the fence.
Besides wanting the story to be good. I hope we can actually run around with melee only? If gearbox doesn't allow that, and melee is only 3 seconds action skills that's going to be a real stupid miss opportunity.
Don't know if melee only is viable for endgame but do know they added a 5th weapon slot for melee weapons so you have melee weapon loot so definitely more than melee magic your talking about
Honestly the melee is very lacking compared to the wealth of good options these days. They really were a bit lazy with it. A little more inspiration from vermintide 2 or something would have gone a long way.
Having said that I think pure melee builds where you alternate between normal melee swings and your action skill nukes will be very possible and there will be a good amount of dual class possibilities for it.
Your reviews are always the first ones I go to. Keep up the great work! Thanks
Meh, it’s a “Wait for a Steam Release with a Discount” for me.
If one of your bigger critiques is wishing they would have embraced D&D themes more, I can life with that. I definitely want another borderlands game. From what I’ve seen, I’m more than pleased with the deviation from borderlands that it’s going to feel mostly fresh, but I’m kinda glad they didn’t go too far and make it completely unfamiliar
True...but It's clear they only do the bare minimum for this franchise with each iteration. Disappointment is baked into their games at this point. At least sell it for $50 since they will no doubt sell us $100 worth of content down the road.
@@lilFougie just wait for a sale with Dlcs included
@@lilFougie Yeah, 2 was the peak of the series imo.
@@isthatyougordon7719 As a fan since BL1 I still want to experience it right away..but Epic? C'mon.
"For budding meteorologists, you can call down meteorites." Had me rolling hahahaha.
Yea.......real funny
Karak is so good at funny turn of phrases 🤣
Yeah. Hilarious. Real classy comedy... "like a farmer. You can farm" Ha. Ha. Ha.
The joke that happens pretty early (you'll know it when it happens) had me cracking up and in complete awe when I experienced it for the first time. Also Spellshot is pretty op with duel spells and high spell damage.
Kind reminder to anyone struggling out there. You may think you're a failure or that you're going nowhere and such, just remember that even after all this, it could be worse, at least you're not Anthony Burch.
All I know is that Anthony Burch wrote the stories for BL2. Is he really worse off now? Why put him down?
~It could be woooorse...at least you're not Anthony Buuuuurch!
@@melodyseverything6999 you ever watch hey ash watcha playing
This looks like a solid game, but I can wait until it's half price in 6 months
And on Steam.
Biggest fumble for me is not releasing on Steam day one, which means since they are making me wait 6 month, I will make them wait an additional 6 months before they get my money, if at all.
Steam takes a larger portion of what you pay compared to epic. So because of that i actually prefer epic now.
I loved Tiny Tina when BL2 came out, but I also loved Gearbox's humour back then. Nowadays not so much, so I'd probably have a hard time getting through this as well.
Never laughed even once in any of the games, no matter how enjoyable they were. Always found it rampantly UNFUNNY and lame.
That feel when you're so early the video isn't even listed as an upload.
Good review as always! Can’t wait to get this when it goes on sale
This is the first borderlands that I didn't pre-order. It didn't grab me as much as the first three did
Got the premium edition for 30$ which I think is a good deal. Original price was 90$ like damn. It def a 20-30$ game
I picked this up with all DLC for 18 bucks. I’m excited now.
I was hoping for bows and melee weapons as actual weapons slots but I'm super satisfied with the game so far.
As someone who dropped $90 on BL3 and regretted it.
Wait till TTW is $8 or less.
Put almost 500 hours into BL3 definitely a buy for me
As someone who has a couple thousand hours into borderlands 1, 2 and 3, this Is definitely my personal favorite in the series for a multitude of reasons and I absolutely love the direction they took this game. Honestly, if we don't get a Wonderlands 2 I'll be hella disappointed. The change to a fantasy aesthetic affects A LOT more than you'd think and the writing in my opinion is close to Borderlands 2 in terms of quality, I honestly think it being bumped down to T for teen did the game a lot of good in multiple way, specifically the writing. it's a actually LESS cringey and less juvenile than previous games. I do miss the gore a little though but all the crazy magic particle effects more than make up for it.
Thanks for writing this! I've been on the fence, mostly due to not hearing about it much and being slightly disappointed with 3, but I think I'll get it. One thing I'm curious about, if you don't mind giving some input...how's the replayability?
ive played it for 12 hours already and im addicted and i absolutely love it
Man Borderlands is REALLY starting to feel like Farcry with these full priced spin offs.
I’ve been playing splitscreen with my brother on latest gen Xbox and it’s been really fun. Only a a couple of issuses, a few areas did cause stuttering/frame drops and a few times pop ups wouldnt go away like the death save and trade
Dangit I should’ve watched it when the notification came up.
Still miniscule text with no proper UI scaling?
So i understand ACG to say, buy if you are a fan, and unspoken, wait for sale if not? Is this the same interpretation others are getting from the review? I have done very well for the most part in purchasing games recommended on this channel and strongly consider the Buy recommended games.
Yes.
If it plays as good as borderlands 3 but has a much better story it's gna be a very good game.
it will be on sale with Dying Light 2 and Elden Ring during the Spring/Summer annual sale on Xbox. just wait like a month people and get those games then. stop paying full price
As long as the combat feels as good as 3, I'm in. It's the only reason I enjoyed every minute of that game even though the story left much to be desired.
So you will just basically the same game over. Re-skin. You are creative.
@@Kensterrrrr If that's what he wants, then let him enjoy you gatekeeping andy. I didn't like BL3 either but if someone's enjoying it, let them.
@@TheMakAbideth Plus the build variety in this game is the best in the series IMO, giving you access to 6 skill trees you can use any 2 of instead of the standard same 3 for every character.
What you all came for:
13:29
Worth a BUY at full price IF you're already a fan of the Borderlands Franchise. If you haven't played it before, be advised that the Borderlands Franchise is not for everyone.
Tiny Tina sounds like Angelica from Rugrats.
You’re right, she does! She is voiced by Aloy.
Annoying you mean.
Yeah, I thought she would be able to change the level up as your playing in real time or maybe you see her looking down from above and she can roll dice and they are gigantic rolling through your level smashing into things then she could call in different enemies from rolling certain numbers and you can shoot the dice to stop the new enemies from spawning in? I'm saying to mix the board game aspects into the live action parts more but to feel like that is what's going on, like that would be the uniqueness to the game, almost like what they are doing at the table is reflecting what's going on and what your seeing as your in fp running around the level, so all of a sudden here come big dice flying in bc someone is rolling at the table, maybe someone spills a drink then a flood comes raging in things that really change up the level. It's hard to fully explain it but you get the idea, that would be cool to me. Lol
Missed opportunity there
Sounds like a more interesting experience.
I understand exactly what you are trying to convey and honestly thought that was going to be a part of the game. Sad to see it isn't.
Looks fun, really wish they had stepped out just a liiiittle bit more from Borderlands and really put in that fantasy/dnd element. I'll wait till the GOTY is on Steam.
Same here. Have resisted buying anything from the Epic store that has large Chinese ownership. Plenty of other games to play while waiting.
Played Borderlands 1, 2, The Pre-Squel, and a bit of 3. Bought it for 35 dollars (base + season pass). I feel good about that unlike other games I bought that have a similar price.
I really like the writing. I actually listen to the dialogue and enjoy it. "Babies will cry! More than usual." That caught me off guard and I had a good feeling about the writing.
Combat is also really good. Using Spore Warden and the spells and action skills feel really smooth even in early game because the cooldowns blend well. I'm playing on the highest difficulty, but BL2 is harder. Although it may be because there's more options now and there's a faster build up to your kit and dmg unlike previous games.
Looting is alright. I haven't seen a lot of unique weapons yet, but it's funny how they implemented fantasy into the weapons. I found a gun that flies and shoots enemies when you reload it.
The enemy diversity is kinda meh. Skeletons, Goblins, Orcs, Cyclops, Humans, and Coiled. The bosses are plenty though.
Overall, I like it better than 1, The Pre-Sequel, and 3. The pacing is better than 2 in terms of story and combat difficulty, but 2 is still really strong in other aspects.
This looks cool, but having melee focused classes when you only get the "click right stick fps gun butt smash" animation as the extent of melee is pretty disappointing.
This is really a shooter game more than anything else. That's why its melee combat is so basic. If you wanted more melee features, there are plenty of melee-focused games around.
Oh really? I had no idea. Thanks! 🙄
Not bad but not super good either. You getting this? What are you getting thisd month or next in games?
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Sounds like a pass for me
Already pre ordered can't wait to play it!
@@MrFoolD never preorder
@@XiLock_Alotx some people just aren't assed and keep doing it, they must love bugs and being robbed at overpriced 50% finished repetitive and soulless games delivered with 0 passion.
@@Lievan what on earth are you talking about you freak of nature hahah where did that evenn come.from
This might be a wait for me, especially if it takes a minute to fix the slow textures. I will wait to see how good Tina is as the DM, think that will be the biggest factor for me and I won't get any info on if I will like that till I can watch a stream or part of a play through.
and the timed epic exclusive which may turn people off
It's saying the video is unavailable and private! On another note love your videos and appreciate how into-the-weeds you get on the topics you discuss, keep doing what you're doing!
so is it a deep sale?
ok, i did not understand the end result. buy or wait?
You had me at more Borderlands
No respawning bosses can't change your characters name what next loot boxes??
I’ve been looking for this game to come out, will definitely pick it up! Great review ACG
They shouldve done more, there is less gun variety about 10 or so spells, classes with only 1 tree (i get that you can mix and match but its worse than the tailored 4 classes. They even had such a great opportunity to create amazing classes based on D&D but fumbled imo) and i just feel like the tone of the series is changing maybe aiming more for 14-16yr
To be fair to the spells,they take the grenade spot right, there were less types in grendaes, the only reason they felt so varied was all the different effects taking place on base variants(base variants being how they were delivered and how there damage was dealt, homing,mirv,bouncy better,lobbed,teleport and wether it was a burst of damage, dot, or elemental) the spells are the same way with honestly with a few more base variants, but same as grenades where parts and rarity greatly vary there effect, for example, a sigil spell can be stuck the character in a small area mostly reducing damage you, or some are creating an aoe with a singularity, some create an aoe with hydra turrets, others still heal and increase your outgoing damage, and some just create a damaging/slowing field, and that’s just what I have found for sigil spells alone, in both the other borderlands games and this one the only exceptions to base variant types are legendaries and uniques which are allowed to break the standard rules of Grenades and spells
The tress is a bit of a letdown but with multi classing and hero points it does help bridge the gap a bit, in the future they are adding more classes to (I know dlc) but that should help further the variety of gameplay, with any luck they may add new trees to the existing classes like they did with bl3 which would solve a lot of that particular problem
I ended up liking B3 a lot more than expected, but it's a little sad they aren't leaning full-blast into TT D'n'D DM craziness... which was what made the DLC so much fun.
Still, potentially a great game. Eventually.
B3 still has game breaking bugs and bad UI. They never fixed that game so why would they polish this one?
They are the with already a season pass coming out and a year 2 season pass.... seems like they will be adding more slowly in time...
@@lilFougie to be fair, this release isnt as bad
Most of my game choices lately directly reflect ACG’s fun factor thoughts.
Fun > Everything else
The biggest problem I had with BL3 was that legendary weapons dropped wayy too much & there wasnt another rarety above them. Made the game really boring, so Im hoping we get a new rarety above legendary in this game.
yeah Borderlands 2 had more rarities and made the game last much longer i felt. BL3 had the anointments which were rare to get but essentially that just came the norm anyway to have anointments. Hopefully there is more to it here a bit. if not, i guess that's why they have so many classes and abilities to make that replayable.
We needed pearlescent and rainbows
that, and only maybe 10 out of like 50 or something were actually worth using. The focus also changed from gun rarity to finding the one with the proper anointment which is just another layer of rng. I think you can reroll the anointment now, but still.
The annoinment system will ruin this game so legendarys will be falling like crazy because the annoint you want will be super rare so bad
Ill wait for the goty edition to come to steam next year with all the DLC I think. Looks like alot of fun though!
Great analysis man, loving the content! I can't stop playing Elden ring so this one will have to wait for myself. I really like how you took a major deep dive into Elden rings review. My love for the game grows even deeper
Elden ring is so addictive
“I like to windmill high five, but I know that’s not for everybody.” 😂😂😂
Really appreciate this review, been going back and forth on this one. I think I'll wait for a sale.
I've beaten all three Borderlands games, but I'm not interested in paying $80 (Canadian) for it.
The thing is, by the time this goes on sale, I likely won't won't want to play it.
Hell, I still have season pass episodes for Borderlands 3 that I haven't even tried and can't bring myself to play.
Windmill high five after sex hahaha! Thanks for your honest opinion man. I am so looking forward to this, it I think it’s a bummer they didn’t embrace D&D more.
A definite buy, my only concern in all the footage is gameplay looks a little slow.
Im sooo hyped for this. I love the Borderlands series. Cant wait to spends a few weeks running around with my friend killing things and laughing at the silliness.
Huge miss for me, should have really leaned into the D&D aspect, like you mentioned at the end.
So is this buy, wait or sale?
This game is 70 USD on newer gen consoles for no reason other than greed, for that alone I'm waiting for a deep sale.
This sounds right up my alley. Definitely buying it
I’ll pick it up when it’s 99p
I'm a Borderlands 3 junkie....
So I'll definitely get this.... just maybe not right away
i still cant comprehend how poorly all the Borderlands games are optimized. Like how? It's 2022. They've had this problem for 13 years lol
Its crazy aint it, totally agree.
Gearbox has never been known for their optimization. They definitely spend most of their resources on design and presentation. At least this game has far less visual pollution than BL3 based on what streamers noticed while playing the limited demo a few weeks ago. I'd imagine you'll want a next gen system to play it on. BL3 ran like hot garbage on my PS4 but on PS5, it's flawless. Hope Wonderlands is the same.
Hmm i dunno, the forced LGBT and the instanced based small areas make it hard for me to like it. Im used to big, open maps with hubs, and switching from small area to arena, and to the overworld just seems very slow and redundant to me. Also i can't farm bosses, so that sucks big time
Been waiting this review. Thank you for your work.
fantastic review, thanks. i come to ACG first and you never let me down
Okay...so here is something that worries me. How is the comical presentation in this game? I ask because too me many of the jokes in the new trailer either fell flat or were almost expected in a way.
Some are funny some are not. I would rate it right around 50%
You've been saving me so much money this week... Tiny Tina, Ghostwire, Stranger of Paradise.... my wallet thanks you!
So....you didnt buy those games I'm assuming?
@@crimphanto3229 Yup, that's right. They've all dropped into 'wait for sale' for me.
@John Taylor I think that's a great recommendation; unfortunately I haven't taken the plunge into XBOX since the original console (regularly tempted!) and don't have a gaming PC. 99% of my gaming is on PlayStation and Switch.
@John Taylor We're on the same wavelength! I was thinking the same. :) I could always go back to the backlog if needed of course.
They should have made you roll a dice to see if you're saved when you down.
I was thinking it would be more about magic than guns like every other bl pretty upsetting
Yea honestly I was hoping for the choice between magic,guns,and melee.
Magic is mostly elemental,guns/bows is pure damage,and melee would be a mix of both
I'm still a little hesitant after borderlands 3
As always you give another fantastic review. Refreshing, honest, and LOADED with humor that keeps us coming back for more. Thank for all the hard work you continue to put in.
Toggling between borderless full screen and full screen seems to fix all the issues that will pop up like stutter, random low fps, and low red textures