Borderlands (1, 2, 3, The Pre-Sequel, TftB)

As long as the annoying British FTM tranny who was Paladin Mike in Wonderlands and that annoying cunt on the one planet in B3 isn't in B4, I will pick it up when the complete edition goes below $30 CDN, as is tradition.
 
GeorgeFloydFentanylStash said:
I enjoyed the gunplay of BL3 and the planets. But the villains were so insufferable. But i feel they were designed that way to mock social media influencers.
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The problem is that the execution is so Reddit-inspired that it's totally unfunny and makes the villains, who are actually a universal extinction-level threat come off as just being an annoying pair of douchebags instead of a real threat.

It's like they were a cargo-cult Handsome Jack written by someone who totally missed how dangerous Jack came off when the humor is peeled back and just doubled down on the obnoxiousness. When Jack would laugh about how he had everyone in a town executed because he was annoyed by them, it was actually a bit chilling. When the Calypso Twins blather about torturing someone, it is just more annoying babble.
 
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Yeah what made Jack great was he was pretty balanced in being both comedic and threatening, and had memorable dialogue. Calypsos had none of that, and were written by speds who think "shit farming" is the apex of comedy.

It's interesting how Jack was just a normal guy while the Calypsos were Sirens, yet they felt so much less threatening.

Also doesn't help that the Calypsos had entire plotlines cut. IIRC the whole ending was mangled from what they originally planned. And then there was the Troy getting fed up with Tyreen thing which was literally just dropped immediately.
 
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Yeah what made Jack great was he was pretty balanced in being both comedic and threatening, and had memorable dialogue. Calypsos had none of that, and were written by speds who think "shit farming" is the apex of comedy.

It's interesting how Jack was just a normal guy while the Calypsos were Sirens, yet they felt so much less threatening.

Also doesn't help that the Calypsos had entire plotlines cut. IIRC the whole ending was mangled from what they originally planned. And then there was the Troy getting fed up with Tyreen thing which was literally just dropped immediately.
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Thinking further, the biggest issue with the Calypsos is that they are ALWAYS "ON". They never drop their public persona or have the mask crack like Jack did. Having their direct communications to you be more like real people and their broadcast stuff being in-character for their audience would have improved things a lot.

When Jack would show annoyance and anger, it came off as genuinely disturbed and contrasted well with his "Aw, fuck it all, life is a joke" front.
 
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I always tuned out (that can be said about most of the game) everytime the Calypsos showed up. Yelling at a camera and being full blown obnoxious is not how you write a character(s)

I dont even remember most of the side quests either. The only one i liked was the one with Moderci going to the birthday party of his apprentice only to find out she died a few days ago.
that one was actually rather dark and sad. SINCERITY? IN MY BORDERLANDS GAME!?
 
Gravityqueen4life said:
I always tuned out (that can be said about most of the game) everytime the Calypsos showed up. Yelling at a camera and being full blown obnoxious is not how you write a character(s)

I dont even remember most of the side quests either. The only one i liked was the one with Moderci going to the birthday party of his apprentice only to find out she died a few days ago.
that one was actually rather dark and sad. SINCERITY? IN MY BORDERLANDS GAME!?
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After having to do so to get through Wonderlands, I tuned out all the story and character stuff in B3 as much as possible, but the Calypsos are so fucking loud and excessively verbose that it is not easily done.

At least, unlike Paladin Mike, their faces didn't actually make me nauseous when they came on-screen.
 
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