▲ 457 ▼ Borderlands 4 boss tells players "please get a refund from Steam if you aren't happy" as Randy Pitchford continues his very public crashout over the FPS's performance woes (www.gamesradar.com) submitted 11 months ago by mintiefresh@piefed.ca to c/games@lemmy.world 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 point 11 months ago (1 child) You shouldn't need leaps in hardware to render a highly stylized cell shaded video game in the year 2025. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, but it’s not just a toon shader/cel shaded shader. I’ve seen footage, this game has full (highly stylized) PBR and all sorts of fancy lighting along with the cell shaded look. Reducing it all to “cell shading” isn’t the whole story. Hi-Fi Rush is much closer to classic Borderlands than BL4 is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Right, I've seen the footage too, and I don't think I'd recognize it as a Borderlands game if the name wasn't included in the ads. I'm struggling to understand why they chose to go that route, rather than sticking to the beloved, iconic, performant art style of the other games in the series. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* That’s a fair take. I’m sure they feared looking dated. I think that’s a misguided fear that you have when you don’t think the other aspects can live up to expectations. Which is weird because it sounds like they tried really hard with the story, as in they tried to elevate it beyond the usual dick and fart jokes and snark. (They didn’t eliminate that stuff, but rather tried to have a balance) BL3 was terrible in that dept. it went way too hard on that shit imo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) Yeah, but it’s not just a toon shader/cel shaded shader. I’ve seen footage, this game has full (highly stylized) PBR and all sorts of fancy lighting along with the cell shaded look. Reducing it all to “cell shading” isn’t the whole story. Hi-Fi Rush is much closer to classic Borderlands than BL4 is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Right, I've seen the footage too, and I don't think I'd recognize it as a Borderlands game if the name wasn't included in the ads. I'm struggling to understand why they chose to go that route, rather than sticking to the beloved, iconic, performant art style of the other games in the series. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* That’s a fair take. I’m sure they feared looking dated. I think that’s a misguided fear that you have when you don’t think the other aspects can live up to expectations. Which is weird because it sounds like they tried really hard with the story, as in they tried to elevate it beyond the usual dick and fart jokes and snark. (They didn’t eliminate that stuff, but rather tried to have a balance) BL3 was terrible in that dept. it went way too hard on that shit imo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Right, I've seen the footage too, and I don't think I'd recognize it as a Borderlands game if the name wasn't included in the ads. I'm struggling to understand why they chose to go that route, rather than sticking to the beloved, iconic, performant art style of the other games in the series. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* That’s a fair take. I’m sure they feared looking dated. I think that’s a misguided fear that you have when you don’t think the other aspects can live up to expectations. Which is weird because it sounds like they tried really hard with the story, as in they tried to elevate it beyond the usual dick and fart jokes and snark. (They didn’t eliminate that stuff, but rather tried to have a balance) BL3 was terrible in that dept. it went way too hard on that shit imo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* That’s a fair take. I’m sure they feared looking dated. I think that’s a misguided fear that you have when you don’t think the other aspects can live up to expectations. Which is weird because it sounds like they tried really hard with the story, as in they tried to elevate it beyond the usual dick and fart jokes and snark. (They didn’t eliminate that stuff, but rather tried to have a balance) BL3 was terrible in that dept. it went way too hard on that shit imo. permalink fedilink source parent