Borderlands 4

[phil bottle 10,172]

I've not really bothered watching this games promos as I got bored with the series and don't like mandy prickford who makes it.

 

Looks much the same other than it seems to need some optimisation, pretty standard these days lol

 

 

 

[J4MES OX4D 10,388]

I didn't even bother picking up Borderlands 3 when it was £2.99 so I doubt I'll pick this up. Apparently it's plagued with performance issues and invisible walls that completely restrict the playing space. I'm sure the story is better than the last game but that isn't much of a feat really. The first two were great games but this is something I can't really be bothered with now. 

[phil bottle 10,172]

Yep, first two were excellent and had a certain charm to them, I enjoyed them a lot.

 

If I want a Borderlands experience I can always go back to them, 2 still holds up really well. 

[J4MES OX4D 10,388]

Randy Pitchfork making a complete tit of himself as usual. He stated to expect performance issues and when people start complaining having bought the game about the woeful problems that were far worse than he remotely suggested, he takes it out on the customers. There's people reportedly getting under 60fps on 5090's. 

'Code Your Own Engine and Show Us How It's Done' — Randy Pitchford Goes on the Offensive as Borderlands 4 PC Performance Row Intensifies - IGN

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Randy Pitchford is on the offensive when it comes to Borderlands 4 PC performance, responding directly to complaints on social media to Claptrap back at disgruntled fans.

 

[Sennex 2,033]

I still prefer 1, but 2 wasn't bad. Tiny Tina ruined it for me. That and the constant need to have weapons do things other than shoot straight was just way to much. 

 

 

[phil bottle 10,172]

Apparently the game itself is actually quite decent this time around, just ruined by the shoddy optimisation.

[Sennex 2,033]

3 hours ago, phil bottle said:

Apparently the game itself is actually quite decent this time around, just ruined by the shoddy optimisation.

Compared to what though? Does my shotgun shoot in waves? does my pistol turn into a grenade? Do I have to listen to Villains talk like drunk white frat boys attempting to sound like hip hop artists? 

 

BL1 had a solid balance IMO of gimmicky weapons, and dialogue that was funny. 

 

IDK man, these games are clearly not for me, I'm going to go yell at kids on my lawn

[phil bottle 10,172]

9 minutes ago, Sennex said:

Compared to what though? Does my shotgun shoot in waves? does my pistol turn into a grenade? Do I have to listen to Villains talk like drunk white frat boys attempting to sound like hip hop artists? 

 

BL1 had a solid balance IMO of gimmicky weapons, and dialogue that was funny. 

 

IDK man, these games are clearly not for me, I'm going to go yell at kids on my lawn

 

Ha ha yeah must agree on that, the 'humour' wore thin very quickly for me. They took the first game and went ham with it in it's follow up games and it just became annoying.

[MrBiron 1,504]

 

You can't play for more than 30 minutes without the framerate taking a nosedive on consoles. The solution? Restart your game 🤣 There is absolutely no way in hell that Gearbox didn't know this was an issue before release. Unless they didn't play test their own game.

[Sennex 2,033]

Sadly, until people stop pre-ordering, and buying during the first week, this sort of behavior from studios will continue

[J4MES OX4D 10,388]

On 9/20/2025 at 8:43 AM, MrBiron said:

 

You can't play for more than 30 minutes without the framerate taking a nosedive on consoles. The solution? Restart your game 🤣 There is absolutely no way in hell that Gearbox didn't know this was an issue before release. Unless they didn't play test their own game.

Totally the gamers fault according to Randy. 

[GazzaGarratt 11,263]

I've heard its been a better game than BL3, but it hasn't been enough pull for me to go and try it just yet. Not sure I can get with the game to replay through it continuously over and over. For a looter shooter I used to struggle with the combat in BL3 and also the sheer amount of drops the game gives you. I know many that play this genre love drops, and I do....but not absolute shed tons that I've seen on recent videos because I then end up playing Borderlands Administration Simulator.

 

Shame it can't really ever be an evolving live service game. That may have got me into it.

[phil bottle 10,172]

Its a shame people like Prickford exist, but there's so many good games out there it's easy to boycott the wankers these days 🫠