![]() ![]() When Ellie forlornly mentions the fact that she just had to eject the grappling hooks and jet packs into outer space, I’m just left thinking they could have broken up the pacing and made traversing the huge open spaces more enjoyable. We’ve had a lot of cool innovations since 2 came out, and seeing some more of them adopted into this game would have been nice, even if just to spice things up a little. The core gameplay loop is one that will hook you, but it’s hard not to want a little more from Borderlands 3. That being said, the inventory system is abhorrent, and the limits to your carrying capacity are far more annoying than they were before, probably because other games have done it better. If you want gun feel, then Borderlands 3 has it in spades. The nigh on endless guns are a highlight of the game’s combat, with many of them having useful modes to switch between and an incredibly enjoyable feel. While it’s cool that that’s Zane’s thing, it’s irksome that other characters don’t get it too. ![]() Why don’t the other characters also have two action skills at once? That would genuinely change how the game plays, it’s such a small thing, but it makes such a big difference. He’s a god damn revolution, and playing as him will immediately fill you with regret. The new Action Skill system – with its wealth of upgrades and tweaks – is genuinely excellent, but even here there is a tinge of sadness as most characters get one action skill from a choice of three. Then you’ve got how different the Vault Hunters feel from one another. ![]() The addition of both mantling and sliding is a nice one both make movement feel much better and improve the game no end. After all, chatting with your mates is a sure-fire way to ignore the assault of stupid jokes and clichés (and terrible Rick and Morty jokes), letting you just soak in the series’ shooty looty action that we all love. The good news is that this is rarely an issue when playing co-op with friends, which has always been by far and away the best way to play Borderlands. It’s not game-ruining stuff, but the fact that it happens constantly definitely kills your buzz. I got impatient once and had to backtrack to grab an item from the body of a Bandit I’d just killed, which wasn’t there before. ![]() Monologues take far too long, and you have to wait until they’re done before you get the next quest or mission marker. I mention this all upfront because while gameplay is usually the thing that takes centre stage, the writing here is so overwhelming obnoxiously in your face that it feels like the main focus of the game. Sure some memes were outdated, but the characters had a little more nuance to them than being called Tumourhead because they have a tumour in their head. I don’t remember this being the case previously I feel like the humour was better, more interesting. If you’re looking for toilet humour, then here it is. Then you have the weird family dynamic of Moxxi, Scooter, and Ellie, and the confidence that all three radiate, or the weirdly touching story from Borderlands 2’s DLC of Mr Torgue getting upset when the other geeks tried to gatekeep him out of the game because he was hench. The jokes were almost always self-deprecating and a little knowing, and while it was loud and brash, it felt like it had a lot of heart.īorderlands 3 opens with a bandit stepping in some poop and then sniffing it it follows that up with a bandit wanting to use Claptrap’s head as a toilet. I’ve got a soft spot for the way Hammerlock talks about being impossibly cruel to puppies in a former life, as a way of explaining how he’s ended up dealing with Claptrap. It’s always been a bit crass, but the humour always felt like it was layered on in an entertaining way. That’s especially true as the remaster of the first game only came out a few months ago and helped reignite the hype for this latest entry. It’s hard not to look back at the joy of meeting Mr Torgue or the heart-wrenching sorrow of hearing Tiny Tina’s back story without rose-tinted glasses. Borderlands 3 has been a game that many of us, myself included, have wanted for years. ![]()
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