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May 10, 2021 5:16 PM
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Shake-N-BakeMay 10, 2021 5:16 PM
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Quote from Rajmachawal22 View quoted comment :
Is this a decent game? I've heard from people here that's a let down?
The thing is Borderlands 2 is not some amazing game. I beat it, but I still, for the life of me, can't see what was so great about it. It was fun enough to play through, but these games are all the same. Borderlands 3 felt exactly like 2, to me. So, I thought 3 was just fine. You can't go wrong for $10.
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May 10, 2021 5:24 PM
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mase88May 10, 2021 5:24 PM
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Quote from MrSalty View quoted comment :
Does the Xbox version also work on PC? I've heard that some games linked to the same account can be played on both.
No Xbox disc version can work on PC as well, it has to be digital and has to be a Microsoft exclusive. If you type in "Gears of War 5 digital" on google you can see an example of a game where you get Xbox version and PC version as it will say "Xbox and Windows 10" at the top.
May 10, 2021 5:27 PM
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pr1nyc1May 10, 2021 5:27 PM
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Borderlands 4 with cross platform support is at the top of my wish list
May 10, 2021 5:32 PM
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Its_The_GuyMay 10, 2021 5:32 PM
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Quote from EagerHeat5942 View quoted comment :
Or maybe the story just sucked. I have 100% on Borderlands 1, 2, PreSequel. Never had an issue with female characters nor "wokeness" (whatever that means). It's miles ahead of any Borderlands game in terms of gameplay but completely missed the mark for the charm the series is known for. To dismiss and project non-issues for why someone might dislike the game like that; is completely moronic. Keep your twitter politics out of this app, please and thank you.
Yeah thumbs me down for speaking the truth. That's the only power you have.
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May 10, 2021 5:49 PM
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WingolfMay 10, 2021 5:49 PM
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Gameplay is IMO better than 2 overall, but not by a massive margin(I liked the characters/skills of 2 better, but 3's movement is way better") and the writing doesnt hold up IF you go in expecting it to be 100% as good as 2, but its still alright.

Long story short for $10 i'd grab it to try it, and invest more in the season passes IF you like it after clearing the base game.
May 10, 2021 7:03 PM
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feldman011teenMay 10, 2021 7:03 PM
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Should note this is next gen free upgrade. Ps5 version is a gamr changer absolute must buy for $10 and use the rest for dlc mainly season 2.
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May 10, 2021 7:05 PM
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feldman011teenMay 10, 2021 7:05 PM
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Quote from mase88 View quoted comment :
No Xbox disc version can work on PC as well, it has to be digital and has to be a Microsoft exclusive. If you type in "Gears of War 5 digital" on google you can see an example of a game where you get Xbox version and PC version as it will say "Xbox and Windows 10" at the top.
Who tf has a cd/dvd/bluray on their pc still
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justsomeguy500May 10, 2021 7:08 PM
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Quote from EagerHeat5942 View quoted comment :
Or maybe the story just sucked. I have 100% on Borderlands 1, 2, PreSequel. Never had an issue with female characters nor "wokeness" (whatever that means). It's miles ahead of any Borderlands game in terms of gameplay but completely missed the mark for the charm the series is known for. To dismiss and project non-issues for why someone might dislike the game like that; is completely moronic. Keep your twitter politics out of this app, please and thank you.
Yeah, I agree with you. Honestly I don't even see how he can say this with a straight face (maybe they're just trolling?). Borderlands 1 and 2 had plenty of well represented females, Lilith in 1 was the best character, and when they started taking the story seriously with 2, she became a total badass character (I never once heard anyone among people who play bl say otherwise) and hell, Borderlands 2 had an entire side quest dedicated to killing an exaggerated stereotype misogynist, one of the top 3 most loved missions I hear people talk about. Maya was really great as well, my main in 2, gaige was awesome. I'd go on, but there's really no need, since this clown is either trolling or hasn't played much of borderlands to begin with.

Or they simply just thoughtlessly regurgitate corporate-owned, anti-consumer gaming "journalist" talking points that take like 5 trolls off of Twitter, and use that as "proof" that people who don't like the game "just don't like women", to try and deflect any valid criticism of the game.

Borderlands 2 was my favorite game of all time, before destiny 2 came out, it was my most played game of all time (and I only played destiny to scratch the borderlands itch), I bought and loved bl1 on launch day as well. Pre sequel was pretty bad in the beginning and had pacing issues with the zero g stuff that slowed the beginning of the game to a crawl, but mid way through started improving a lot, and the claptrap matrix dlc (don't remember the title) was really good.

I pre ordered the 100 dollar digital edition of borderlands 3: I haven't even finished a single playthrough. The story and writing are awful and the jokes are just bad. It's like a poor caricature of the tone of bl2. The game has crashes for me regularly on ps4 pro (worst offender when it crashed at a boss fight that I had to waste time making my way back to just to redo).

As mentioned by other posters, weapons and even sometimes classes are nerfed regularly. I could have powered through the game I even with the terrible story and wokeness (two separate issues by the way, I don't only hate the story because it's woke, I hate it because it is just bad, unfunny and cringeworthy, I mean the main villains are friggin twitch casters ffs), but when they're constantly "balancing" (really this just means nerfing) my favorite weapons and abilities IN A SINGLE PLAYER/CO-OP GAME (no competitive aspect to this, let those who want to mow through enemies easily with their hard earned/grinded weapons enjoy themselves), I just gave up.

I've tried a few times to come back and finish it, since I feel like I need to at least beat it to justify the 100 bucks I spent on it, but I really can't. There's a good game underneath, I really like the combat, the graphics are good, the weapons seem really inventive and ridiculous fun, it's just MASSIVELY hampered by the inexcusably poor story, the constant nerfs which makes weapon hunting pointless, and for me the numerous crashes(I haven't checked if this is widespread or not). If I ever get a ps5, I'll probably force myself to finish it (framerates on ps4 pro are also bad me, even performance mode), but this is a FAR cry from bl2, where I beat the game twice or more with every character (even the dlc ones).

Saying, or implying things like "the people who don't like this are just mostly comprised of people who don't like women in games" is absolutely deceptive and ridiculous. I don't doubt there's a handful of people like that, as there's always going to be people on any side of any issue, but those people make up less than a quarter of a percent of people complaining about bl3. Nobody (and when I say nobody, I mean nobody other than this extremely small portion I just mentioned) are complaining about bl3 being worse for "having women in it" (as I explained above with bl2, this is just such a clear and utter bs excuse), unless your narrow viewpoint believes people who are anti-woke are the same thing as anti-women/diversity (they're not btw).

And also, a lot of people also just didn't like the epic exclusivity deal which kept bl3 from pc gamers who didn't want to install yet another launcher on their system (there was also privacy concerns whether the telemetry systems built into epic were shady and unnecessary, couple that with epic being in business with tencent, they were legitimate concerns)

This game, while not bad, was just a massive disappointment of people's expectations of what a borderlands game should be, expectations built from the amazing Borderlands 2.
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May 10, 2021 7:23 PM
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ReginaldStubtoeMay 10, 2021 7:23 PM
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tempting but I'll wait for the complete edition with all dlc on disc
May 10, 2021 7:25 PM
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KabnMay 10, 2021 7:25 PM
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I've played every Borderlands game, mostly split screen with friends and a previous partner (at different times).

BL3 is the most fun and polished base gameplay by a large margin. Everything from weapon feel to mantling to inventory management is best in series. After going through BL3 and two DLCs with a friend, another reached out during COVID to play BL2 remotely, and I realized just how much quality of life had progressed. There were definitely annoyances at launch like split screen menu performance and lack of vending machines in large maps, but those have mostly been fixed in patches (at least on Xbox).

I've found most people who complain here or on Reddit about "the story" in BL3 actually mean the primary villains were a downgrade from Handsome Jack. Which, yeah, of course. He's in the conversation of the most entertaining video game villains of all time. There was a lot of unfulfilled potential in the main story line of BL3, but there were also some parts that were as good or better than anything in BL2 (Buff side mission, Balex, Zane's voice acting, Ava's journal, the Jakobs arc, etc.). People act like BL2 had great writing when, in reality, it was OK overall with a fantastic central villain.

Maybe the highest praise I can give to BL3 is it's the only one I enjoyed enough to play through solo. That puts me solidly in the "casual player" category (along with probably 85%+ of other players), so I haven't been affected at all by nerfs, buffs, farming issues, and whatever else really hardcore players care about. If you're just looking to run through the campaign and DLCs once, none of that matters.

If you enjoy looter shooters at all or want to try what I think is the best split screen gaming franchise of all time, $10 is a great deal.
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May 10, 2021 7:43 PM
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riopowerMay 10, 2021 7:43 PM
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Is this xbox series x enhanced?
May 10, 2021 7:53 PM
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ssgundamMay 10, 2021 7:53 PM
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Quote from psyctto View quoted comment :
personally i really enjoyed it, thought it was an improvement in game play and loadout mechanics in pretty much every way over the previous games. also tons of content to be played... i have 100s of hours into the game. i liked the story just fine, thought it was on par with the previous games. the only people i've seen that didn't like it or were let down are the folks that either have problems with females in video game (not Tomb Raider, which is hilarious to me) or people overly hung up on the "woke" nonsense (then decline to justify it when asked).

that said, if you're interested i'd wait for a version with at least Season Pass 1 in it, the DLCs were fantastic additions, Season Pass 2 isn't worth the extra money to me.
I just thought the writing was way worse and more obnoxious than any of the previous games. It was enough to just make me disinterested.
May 10, 2021 7:56 PM
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CyanRaccoon8822May 10, 2021 7:56 PM
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Quote from vickers500 View quoted comment :
Yeah, I agree with you. Honestly I don't even see how he can say this with a straight face (maybe they're just trolling?). Borderlands 1 and 2 had plenty of well represented females, Lilith in 1 was the best character, and when they started taking the story seriously with 2, she became a total badass character (I never once heard anyone among people who play bl say otherwise) and hell, Borderlands 2 had an entire side quest dedicated to killing an exaggerated stereotype misogynist, one of the top 3 most loved missions I hear people talk about. Maya was really great as well, my main in 2, gaige was awesome. I'd go on, but there's really no need, since this clown is either trolling or hasn't played much of borderlands to begin with.

Or they simply just thoughtlessly regurgitate corporate-owned, anti-consumer gaming "journalist" talking points that take like 5 trolls off of Twitter, and use that as "proof" that people who don't like the game "just don't like women", to try and deflect any valid criticism of the game.

Borderlands 2 was my favorite game of all time, before destiny 2 came out, it was my most played game of all time (and I only played destiny to scratch the borderlands itch), I bought and loved bl1 on launch day as well. Pre sequel was pretty bad in the beginning and had pacing issues with the zero g stuff that slowed the beginning of the game to a crawl, but mid way through started improving a lot, and the claptrap matrix dlc (don't remember the title) was really good.

I pre ordered the 100 dollar digital edition of borderlands 3: I haven't even finished a single playthrough. The story and writing are awful and the jokes are just bad. It's like a poor caricature of the tone of bl2. The game has crashes for me regularly on ps4 pro (worst offender when it crashed at a boss fight that I had to waste time making my way back to just to redo).

As mentioned by other posters, weapons and even sometimes classes are nerfed regularly. I could have powered through the game I even with the terrible story and wokeness (two separate issues by the way, I don't only hate the story because it's woke, I hate it because it is just bad, unfunny and cringeworthy, I mean the main villains are friggin twitch casters ffs), but when they're constantly "balancing" (really this just means nerfing) my favorite weapons and abilities IN A SINGLE PLAYER/CO-OP GAME (no competitive aspect to this, let those who want to mow through enemies easily with their hard earned/grinded weapons enjoy themselves), I just gave up.

I've tried a few times to come back and finish it, since I feel like I need to at least beat it to justify the 100 bucks I spent on it, but I really can't. There's a good game underneath, I really like the combat, the graphics are good, the weapons seem really inventive and ridiculous fun, it's just MASSIVELY hampered by the inexcusably poor story, the constant nerfs which makes weapon hunting pointless, and for me the numerous crashes(I haven't checked if this is widespread or not). If I ever get a ps5, I'll probably force myself to finish it (framerates on ps4 pro are also bad me, even performance mode), but this is a FAR cry from bl2, where I beat the game twice or more with every character (even the dlc ones).

Saying, or implying things like "the people who don't like this are just mostly comprised of people who don't like women in games" is absolutely deceptive and ridiculous. I don't doubt there's a handful of people like that, as there's always going to be people on any side of any issue, but those people make up less than a quarter of a percent of people complaining about bl3. Nobody (and when I say nobody, I mean nobody other than this extremely small portion I just mentioned) are complaining about bl3 being worse for "having women in it" (as I explained above with bl2, this is just such a clear and utter bs excuse), unless your narrow viewpoint believes people who are anti-woke are the same thing as anti-women/diversity (they're not btw).

And also, a lot of people also just didn't like the epic exclusivity deal which kept bl3 from pc gamers who didn't want to install yet another launcher on their system (there was also privacy concerns whether the telemetry systems built into epic were shady and unnecessary, couple that with epic being in business with tencent, they were legitimate concerns)

This game, while not bad, was just a massive disappointment of people's expectations of what a borderlands game should be, expectations built from the amazing Borderlands 2.
I hear ya. People who stereotype critics of politics injected into a game series they love as anti~woke and women haters are obviously the woke people they are taking about. Anyone with half a brain knows the series already featured strong female characters and therefore fans that reject the game and it's divisive woke politics. Are people who already enjoyed strong female characters in the game.
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May 10, 2021 7:58 PM
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mase88May 10, 2021 7:58 PM
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Quote from feldman011teen View quoted comment :
Who tf has a cd/dvd/bluray on their pc still
Let me clarify you will not get a PC digital code for the same game with purchase inside any Xbox physical disc game. There might be an exception for things like it takes two friend pass, or if you bought South Park fractured but whole you got stick of truth digital code. For 99.9% it is for that game only on Xbox and in the disc tray.

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Quote from vickers500 View quoted comment :
Yeah, I agree with you. Honestly I don't even see how he can say this with a straight face (maybe they're just trolling?). Borderlands 1 and 2 had plenty of well represented females, Lilith in 1 was the best character, and when they started taking the story seriously with 2, she became a total badass character (I never once heard anyone among people who play bl say otherwise) and hell, Borderlands 2 had an entire side quest dedicated to killing an exaggerated stereotype misogynist, one of the top 3 most loved missions I hear people talk about. Maya was really great as well, my main in 2, gaige was awesome. I'd go on, but there's really no need, since this clown is either trolling or hasn't played much of borderlands to begin with.

Or they simply just thoughtlessly regurgitate corporate-owned, anti-consumer gaming "journalist" talking points that take like 5 trolls off of Twitter, and use that as "proof" that people who don't like the game "just don't like women", to try and deflect any valid criticism of the game.

Borderlands 2 was my favorite game of all time, before destiny 2 came out, it was my most played game of all time (and I only played destiny to scratch the borderlands itch), I bought and loved bl1 on launch day as well. Pre sequel was pretty bad in the beginning and had pacing issues with the zero g stuff that slowed the beginning of the game to a crawl, but mid way through started improving a lot, and the claptrap matrix dlc (don't remember the title) was really good.

I pre ordered the 100 dollar digital edition of borderlands 3: I haven't even finished a single playthrough. The story and writing are awful and the jokes are just bad. It's like a poor caricature of the tone of bl2. The game has crashes for me regularly on ps4 pro (worst offender when it crashed at a boss fight that I had to waste time making my way back to just to redo).

As mentioned by other posters, weapons and even sometimes classes are nerfed regularly. I could have powered through the game I even with the terrible story and wokeness (two separate issues by the way, I don't only hate the story because it's woke, I hate it because it is just bad, unfunny and cringeworthy, I mean the main villains are friggin twitch casters ffs), but when they're constantly "balancing" (really this just means nerfing) my favorite weapons and abilities IN A SINGLE PLAYER/CO-OP GAME (no competitive aspect to this, let those who want to mow through enemies easily with their hard earned/grinded weapons enjoy themselves), I just gave up.

I've tried a few times to come back and finish it, since I feel like I need to at least beat it to justify the 100 bucks I spent on it, but I really can't. There's a good game underneath, I really like the combat, the graphics are good, the weapons seem really inventive and ridiculous fun, it's just MASSIVELY hampered by the inexcusably poor story, the constant nerfs which makes weapon hunting pointless, and for me the numerous crashes(I haven't checked if this is widespread or not). If I ever get a ps5, I'll probably force myself to finish it (framerates on ps4 pro are also bad me, even performance mode), but this is a FAR cry from bl2, where I beat the game twice or more with every character (even the dlc ones).

Saying, or implying things like "the people who don't like this are just mostly comprised of people who don't like women in games" is absolutely deceptive and ridiculous. I don't doubt there's a handful of people like that, as there's always going to be people on any side of any issue, but those people make up less than a quarter of a percent of people complaining about bl3. Nobody (and when I say nobody, I mean nobody other than this extremely small portion I just mentioned) are complaining about bl3 being worse for "having women in it" (as I explained above with bl2, this is just such a clear and utter bs excuse), unless your narrow viewpoint believes people who are anti-woke are the same thing as anti-women/diversity (they're not btw).

And also, a lot of people also just didn't like the epic exclusivity deal which kept bl3 from pc gamers who didn't want to install yet another launcher on their system (there was also privacy concerns whether the telemetry systems built into epic were shady and unnecessary, couple that with epic being in business with tencent, they were legitimate concerns)

This game, while not bad, was just a massive disappointment of people's expectations of what a borderlands game should be, expectations built from the amazing Borderlands 2.
all that and you didn't even finish the game once or play any of the DLC...
wow.

fwiw...
i don't have a twitter or reddit, actually never been on either, no need for either of those cesspools in my life. any complaints i've seen, and commented on, are here on past deals.
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