Comment on Borderlands 2 improved on everything I liked from B1

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Nima@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i disagree. i think people come down way too hard on BL3. it does suffer in a few writing areas, but the game is an absolute blast.

  i am a huge fan of borderlands and BL3 is a good game. at least try it.

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  • A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m a very big fan.

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    • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Username checks out.

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    • Nima@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      rock on, dude. 🤘

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hey, if you enjoy it, more power to you. I played through once, and have never had an urge to go back.

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  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    BL3 is good gameplay-wise, but the awful writing just kept pulling me out of it. If I wanted a meaningless looter-shooter I would go play Destiny.

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    • Nima@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i am sorry that was your experience, but mine wasn’t quite that terrible. i had a lot of fun with the goofiness. I hate some characters, but i love others.

      I had such a fun time with the single player campaign and i absolutely love DLC. and multiplayer is always amazing.

      just two different experiences.

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    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t even need mediocre (let alone good) writing in games, for the most part. I can ignore it and not care.

      But Borderlands 3 is just sniffing their own farts so bad I can’t stomach it. Kind of liked Tiny Tina though.

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• Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can you explain what’s wrong with bl3 without spoiling anything?

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  • fjordbasa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Personally, I found the villains to be obnoxious. Handsome Jack had that great “love to hate” quality, whereas BL3’s villains are just annoying. Overall I just found the story and writing in general to be not nearly as entertaining.

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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think they recovered from this a bit in the new Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands game. Will Arnett does a great job as the BBEG. Who would have thought a disgraced member of the magician’s alliance would make such a good dark wizard?

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dang, That’s exactly what I liked about BL2 and didn’t like about BL1. Handsome Jack, definitely nailed it, like I cannot imagine the writing, characterization, anything being better than that specific plot in the game it was in.

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    • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • moreeni@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The writing is very mediocre. It’s a decent game with better graphics and more gun variety, but dialogues are so bad they annoy people to the point of losing any desire to play further.

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh dinger, The writing is probably the most improved aspect of BL2, it elevates every other part of the game.

      Okay, thanks.

      I might still check it out, but it’s good to have realistic expectations.

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. Bad, unfunny, annoying writing. Gun options are WAY WAY overcomplicated, and yet the affects do not often feel terribly varied. Stupid plot.

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Man, I remember hearing about borderlands 3 bragging about how many guns they had when the game was coming out, and I was like oh man what a bad idea.

      So it’s gratifying to know that it was a terrible idea, because they already had too many guns with too little differentiation.

      And the writing is so good into, and the delivery is so good into, that. If you are not matching that, then you shouldn’t try to make a sequel.

      That’s sad. Not having played BL3 yet, it’ll be hilarious if I play it and disagree with everybody, although obviously I doubt it.

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  • Shialac@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    To me BL3 was waaaaaay overbloated with content, but lacking in writing. There is so much to do, but I didnt care about most of it. Some of the DLCs are decent

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    • Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dang. Thanks the writing on 2 really changed m mind on the whole series, I was going to give it a 15-minute check, but then it hooked me and then I started paying attention and realized the writing was phenomenal.

      I don’t think too much blame can be attributed to the production team for writing. Specifically, I think that’s a very mercurial recipe

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      • SacralPlexus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        In my experience BL2 is the peak of the series because the writing is so good. Pre-Sequel, BL3 have some improved gameplay mechanics but the writing is so bad in comparison that they are forgettable. BL2 is top tier.

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• Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good to know, Im pretty surprised I want to replay Borderlands 2 at all since I almost never do replays, but I’m definitely going to give it a whirl.

  The only other sort of recent game I replayed was outer worlds

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