Borderlands 4 Narrative Director Remains 'Firm' in His Criticism of Borderlands 3’s 'Overabundance of Toilet Humor' - eviltoast
Borderlands 4 Narrative Director Remains 'Firm' in His Criticism of Borderlands 3’s 'Overabundance of Toilet Humor' - IGN
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Borderlands 4’s narrative director has hinted at a cut-back on the toilet humor the series is famous for.
  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    9 days ago

    I’d be fine with that, if that had been criticism the games had ever received. But… this just seems like their own personal hangip?

    • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      9 days ago

      I see that complaint pretty often when borderlands gets brought up, though it’s not “this game sucks because of the humor”

      It’s usually people saying they loved the humor as a kid but now they find it kind of cringey and don’t have any interest in playing it.

      • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        9 days ago

        I’m not totally sure I agree, my wife and I just played through BL 2 and laughed most of the way. Just as we both seperately did a decade-ish prior. The humor itself didn’t age poorly, just BL3 and Presequal.

        • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          8 days ago

          To be clear, I’m not one of the people complaining. The game wouldn’t be different for me with or without the humor.

        • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          9 days ago

          Hey man, enjoy! I don’t feel strongly about the dialogue either way but it’s apparently polarizing for a lot of people.

          I’ve played most of the games in the series and enjoyed them so I’m neither a hater nor a stan