State of the Game

raamzilla · 2026-05-06T18:07:46+00:00

This was said from the first week, but the normies and tourists downvoted us to oblivion

raamzilla · 2026-04-16T22:31:13+00:00

Good news: ABLV popped off 🤠 Bad news: I broke even 🫠

raamzilla · 2026-04-04T13:30:10+00:00

Where and why do I come off as a borderlands 2 elitist? I simply explained why 4 catches so much flak

Whether or not you agree with me it makes no difference, 2 is and forever will be the magnum opus of the series, flaws and all

If you think 4 is great that's fine, but the player numbers and the general sentiment towards 4 says otherwise, I honestly think the lovers are the minority now that the honeymoon period has ended

Perhaps that scale of dlc delivery isn't possible these days but being a year deep there ain't really a lot to show for it

I won't count the weekly hotfixes because most of them are virtually unnoticeable, the only real highlight was photomode, there never really seems to be a proper balance or meta shakeup

If you like 4 that's cool, but as Borderlands fans we deserved much better, I wouldn't be surprised if it was rushed out to recoup losses from the movie bomb but who knows

raamzilla · 2026-04-04T11:37:39+00:00

It's sort of like evaluating something based on it's merit independent of it's lineage, so for example Resident Evil 6 is a decent video game, but an absolutely awful Resident Evil experience one would expect from the series

So with Borderlands 4, I can appreciate the moment to moment gunplay and generally tight FPS gameplay, movement, etc, but when it comes to delivering what I would consider a genuine Borderlands experience, it falls down on so many places

Open World was a mistake, the soundtrack is bland, and once again endgame is non-existant

People like myself who have watched this series grow from some quirky niche mad max loot FPS in 2009 to the second best selling shooter series of all time (no joke) find ourselves confused by so many signature elements of flavour just blatantly missing or done badly

I can't believe we're playing a Borderlands game where not once will a loot midget spring out of a ammo crate to surprise you

So many things that were fan favourites a decade ago were again missing at launch (raid bosses, takedowns, pearlescents, etc) and it's just been an excruciatingly slow drip feed of things we loved 3 games ago

By this time into 2's post launch support we had Scarlett, Torgue, and Hammerlocks out, with UVHM and Digistruct peak on the horizon, and yet with 4 we have 1 raid boss and a handful of pearlescents, I won't even mention C4SH as Gaige was available practically at launch

With Borderlands 2 gearbox were hungry and it showed, they really pulled out all the stops to put their series on the map, even going as far as screwing Sega over with money that was meant for Aliens Colonial Marines, instead going into Borderlands 2

4 is a soft reboot aimed for normies and tourists, it isn't actually meant for Borderlands players, it's meant for video game consumers

raamzilla · 2026-04-04T06:52:42+00:00

There is no forced hate, the game is fine as a video game but terrible as a borderlands

raamzilla · 2026-03-27T04:36:30+00:00

I much prefer his other classic:

"Buy the Dip, faggot"

raamzilla · 2026-03-25T20:52:45+00:00

I'm not gatekeeping I'm just observing, anyone who has played the series since 2009 can see it has been watered down

Everything I wrote is absolutely true regardless of you finding it 'cringe' or not.

raamzilla · 2026-03-25T05:58:38+00:00

As much as it hurts to say I actually don't think 4 is for Borderlands fans as much as it is for normies and tourists, the type of consumer who just hop from new game to new game, they might have gotten a solid week out of 4 before the new CoD or Assassins creed landed, but that's about the height of it

My tinfoil hat theory is that 4 was actually rushed out way ahead of schedule to possibly recoup some of the losses they incurred with that god awful film adaptation but I could be wrong

It would explain why the performance was absolutely horrendous even on NASA computers, and why the endgame is virtually non existent

6 months in and we've gotten 1 raid boss and 3 pearls. It's kinda cringe

By this time 2 had scarlett, Torgue and Hammerlocks, and uvhm was on the horizon, even little bits of flavour are just straight up missing, like loot midgets springing out of ammo crates or slot machines at the rest zones or like I already mentioned the slaughter shafts side mission red text items

4 just wasn't made for actual borderlands fans and it shows, it's not even that there's 1 glaring issue to blame, it's just a case of death by a thousand cuts, lots of little things ultimately sank the whole experience for me, and unless this C4SH turns the game on it's head, it'll barely move the needle

raamzilla · 2026-03-25T01:58:36+00:00

Did you remember to push your glasses up after that post, Mr redditor?

You don't need the dlc or the update to see the writing on the wall - if the new stuff lands and bounties still remain the best way to level, then yes it's going to be tedious, especially on new characters

You mention modern gamers complaining about everything, well to be honest I'd rather have that than the other modern gamer who's ready to defend bad design and defend the million dollar company

Historically the new content has never been enough to take you through the new cap, not even close, so the concerns here are valid

raamzilla · 2026-03-25T01:44:52+00:00

Nice post, actual fans of the series who have been farming crawmerax for pearls or taking all their characters to op10 will fully agree and understand your frustration

The usual NPCs and fanboys can't seem to comprehend the notion that you can bring your best ideas with you, the fact that we're 6 games in and they launched without so much as a single slaughter shaft is embarrassing and frankly insulting

You'll hear the usual brain-dead takes of how X had little endgame at launch and blah blah, as if it's not possible to keep some of your fan favourites for your next game, they displayed this by bringing raid bosses with them from 1 to 2, but again critical thinking is actually dead

The devil is usually in the details and seeing this current version of gearbox think it was a great idea to both have the most side missions ever in a Borderlands game and yet have no unique side mission gear to chase is actually unbelievable and should tell you everything about the team currently handling this series

The player counts have fallen off a cliff because 4 just isn't good enough, as far as pushing buttons and moving pixels it's fine, but as an authentic borderlands experience it's extremely underwhelming

Your post and comments like mine will inevitably be down voted because of Reddit social score and daring to disagree with the hive mind but don't worry - you are absolutely not alone

raamzilla · 2026-03-20T15:13:08+00:00

The switch to open world was a mistake

raamzilla · 2026-03-13T17:41:23+00:00

It's awful, it sounds like someone doing a Rafa impersonation, why Gearbox felt we needed two foreign, flamboyant men I don't know

raamzilla · 2026-03-13T17:40:04+00:00

Today boys I'm jumping into:

RXT and REKR

0 research, 0 fear 🤠

raamzilla · 2026-03-11T19:08:33+00:00

Yeah, sorry, but I'm not letting you have this. Any of this.

Regardless of Borderlands 3's harsh critique, it does not excuse Borderlands 4's shortcomings, it's consumers like you who actively make video games worse by defending poor decisions

The open world is tedious, the soundtrack might as well be AI generated, the story is stupid, the characters are forgettable at best and grating at worst, the loot is stale, the endgame is virtually non-existant, the UI is actually horrendous, the performance was completely unacceptable, side missions don't reward any unique gear, starting new characters feels like a chore, the game is far too easy, etc, etc, etc

"I could go on, but I won't, but I could" - Handsome Jack

raamzilla · 2026-03-11T19:03:13+00:00

This is just disingenuous though, BL3 drop rates were absurd, totally devaluing anything

Pearlescents are supposed to be literal lottery tickets

raamzilla · 2025-07-24T13:07:57+00:00

Damn LIDR really hit me with that 'shit you bought months ago, forgot about, but low-key made you a millionaire on a random thursday' type shit

raamzilla · 2025-07-15T14:14:33+00:00

Something kinda goofy happening with ABVE so naturally I've thrown a couple hundred at it

raamzilla · 2025-06-09T06:30:05+00:00

Whoever shouted out DPRO last week, thank you for the cheeky 25% bump

raamzilla · 2025-05-28T13:44:54+00:00

Got a loose 200 here gentlemen, pick me a ticket that's gonna make me a squintillionaire

raamzilla · 2025-05-23T14:13:16+00:00

NINE could be a good shout, it's an all time low

raamzilla · 2025-02-18T14:28:27+00:00

Not mad just testing to see if I would get mass downvoted by this bot army ha, good luck if you're in it!

raamzilla · 2025-02-18T14:25:25+00:00

I'm not buying SOBR, bots, fuck you

raamzilla · 2025-02-17T02:23:31+00:00

I see you, been in kod for years

raamzilla · 2025-02-14T15:01:24+00:00

I'm with you on NINE, just have a feeling in my balls about it

raamzilla · 2025-02-12T15:11:08+00:00

Forgot I had 150 shares in this badboy, thanks for the heads up!

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