Borderlands (1, 2, 3, The Pre-Sequel, TftB)

[Elite Kipchak]

BL1 is heavily cel-shaded, you might be confusing with the next-gen update which toned it down, also some of the celshading got toned down in 2 and later spinoffs like tiny tina adventure and on 3 the lines were made even thinner and now there is 4 in which if you call it cel-shaded you should be laughed at because there isn't anything out there resembling the artstyle.

just fucking imagine for a milisecond, then dread.
seeing the vehicles being basically destiny 2 sparrows is laughable, maybe it's me but i can see all of destiny 2's dna all over borderlands 4.

just kill yourself already, it's because of faggots like you that we get called redditfarms since you fucking niggerfaggots refuse to go back.

Cel shading comes from traditional animation where frames were painted on clear cels. Realistic rendering is infeasible for hundreds of thousands of frames so simplified shading is used. Stuff like lion king, little mermaid, etc. bl1 uses more advanced rendering than something like wind waker or any generic anime. Black outlines are not cel shading, hand drawn textures are not cel shading, borderlands is not cel shaded within any possible interpretation of the term.

 

[StacticShock]

its not celshading because the textures arent flat colors like in jet set radio or windwaker (the better known celshaded games)
if anything, it is stylized but more comic book shading style, hence the detailed linework around the character's textures

Cel shading comes from traditional animation where frames were painted on clear cels. Realistic rendering is infeasible for hundreds of thousands of frames so simplified shading is used. Stuff like lion king, little mermaid, etc. bl1 uses more advanced rendering than something like wind waker or any generic anime. Black outlines are not cel shading, hand drawn textures are not cel shading, borderlands is not cel shaded within any possible interpretation of the term.

interesting insight but i have no will anymore to pretend to care about the perfect technico-semantical meaning of what constitutes the TRVE AND HONEST cel-shading artstyle regardless of approach taken, however they still reduced the thickness in each iteration of the game and on the BL1 enhanced update, it kind of sucks they didn't turn it into a options setting of sorts as i mentioned with another kiwi, i guess it would look offputting if you could have BL1 thickness in BL4.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

Anyone getting Derek Smart vibes from Randy Pitchford?

He's been retweeting ads for the new goyslop magic movie sequel.

This dude is worse than Derek Smart.

 

[Dave.]

But Kiwifarms is unfortunately woke now.

And you’re free to leave if you don’t like it. Follow your own principles and stop supporting us.

 

[Professor Donger]

But Kiwifarms is unfortunately woke now.

I want whatever you're smoking that makes you believe that, because if you have looked at pretty much any thread here on the farms for a minute, you'd know that's not true.

Dipshit.

 

[Raging Capybara]

The side-missions are indeed so much better than the main story. It's jarring, really. I don't know what the fuck happened during the development of this game, but there's no comparison. The characters all have fun banter, nice little stories and progressions, even the arenas are interesting and not only boring corridors outside the open world.

I rushed the game because I wanted to do the side missions on TVH, and my opinion on this game greatly improved. It feels like a different game. Even the side missions involving the characters from the main campaign are more interesting. I did that mission where you need to rescue Conway from the black hole. I think that was the first time she had decent banter with Rush and you; before that, she didn't even feel like a person with a personality. And immediately after this quest you continue following that mad scientist that I didn't even know existed before, and he was supposed to be super friends with Rush and his group. Seriously, it's bizarre that the game decides to have meaningful storytelling only in the side missions.

 

[Some Lurker Too]

Conway is the most stereotypical "not like other girls" ~quirky~ enby chick possible and I find her more annoying than Claptrap ever was. She's probably on par with Janey Springs. Can't stand either of them. Really wish I coulda dropped her into the black hole.
That said, I really like the game! I'm taking my sweet-ass time and clearing all the activities available in each area to the best of my abilities before I move on, so I'm nowhere near the end, but idk. I never really played the BL games for the story, I usually only care about maybe a handful of characters, if that. Most of the time it's their voices - very happy to hear Zed again btw - and how their lines are delivered that hooks me. I like Sol's spymaster Horace better than most of the outlanders, his VA clearly had a lotta fun.
Lots to do but never really feels grindy to me. Love that they brought back the doublejump+glide combo from TPS, that was a huge reason I liked is as much as I did and it really lends itself to the open world well. Little frustrated with all the invisible walls on mountains but that's the way games do most of the time. My comp's a bit below minimum specs but it runs smooth as anything and graphics basically look like 2s with mild changes on all the lowest settings, which is perfectly fine by me. Has a little glitch where if you scroll down in your backpack and use the hotkey to mark trash it'll mark whatever's above it instead, which is a pain but not a dealbreaker. Did get one of the first quests stuck bc I went out of the marked area exploring and an npc killed the last enemy in the area while I was gone, but fixed it by killing myself as one does, no problem.
Idk maybe I'm just easy to please bc I don't care much about the political bullshit or having the best graphics on the highest settings or anything like that. I just wanna have fun and mainline Borderlands games are like, the only shooters I actually have fun playing. My funky alien cat and I are just destroying the local ecosystems and having a blast doing it

 

[Elite Kipchak]

Seriously, it's bizarre that the game decides to have meaningful storytelling only in the side missions.

i get the impression that in most games the main story is done by committee and gets butchered in the process, while side missions are smaller passion projects that get less scrutiny because the suits know that most normies are gonna skip them anyways.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

Tried playing a explosive build with Moze. While i miss having infinite ammo, blowing shit up is so much easier way to deal with enemies.

 

[StacticShock]

While i miss having infinite ammo

miss it no more.

 

[Gravityqueen4life]

miss it no more.

Got to keep the cheating to a minimum or else it would ruin the little fun this game has to offer.

Will still give myself infinite eriduim because fuck you randy!

 

[⋖ cørdion ⋗]

Considering a 2 or TPS playthrough, looking at the talent calculators. Man, TPS got some dogshit fucking talents. The majority of characters got a "stacking buff" like Mayhem to Gaige, forcing you into playing a certain style.

 

[Sammy Swamp Ass]

Considering a 2 or TPS playthrough, looking at the talent calculators. Man, TPS got some dogshit fucking talents. The majority of characters got a "stacking buff" like Mayhem to Gaige, forcing you into playing a certain style.

I've always loved that sort of restriction when doing repeat playthroughs in games since it gets me to use things I may have never used before.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Is there any reason to play any other game in this series besides Borderlands 2?

 

[Eadred]

The gun play and mobility improved a lot in 3 and 4 respectively. And 4 is open world now.

 

[That Chris Guy]

Is there any reason to play any other game in this series besides Borderlands 2?

The gun play and mobility improved a lot in 3 and 4 respectively. And 4 is open world now.

In other words: No.

Honestly though, if you can give zero fucks about the story and play it with friends, it's probably more fun. I won't touch it since nobody in my circle has cared enough to play it yet, and it's not worth a solo play imo.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

In other words: No.

Honestly though, if you can give zero fucks about the story and play it with friends, it's probably more fun. I won't touch it since nobody in my circle has cared enough to play it yet, and it's not worth a solo play imo.

I really did enjoy BL2, even if it was memeland 2. Borderlands 1 was kinda lame.

2 was a ton of fun but I played it two player local co-op exclusively. I imagine a lot of people did it online, not local.

3 was a mess and I didn't even know 4 was a thing.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

First DLC vault hunter has been revealed and he blows the other 4 out of the water design wise.

Wish they could've all been this creative instead of just being generic people.

 

[That Chris Guy]

First DLC vault hunter has been revealed and he blows the other 4 out of the water design wise.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=b1XYW_fOS3k
Wish they could've all been this creative instead of just being generic people.

What's the bet they're a non-binary tranny that takes it up the ass?

This is Borderlands. Ruining everything is Gearbox's MO.

[EDIT]: The 4 makes me think they're a robot like FL4K. Already an improvement, but they couldn't help themselves with them either, so we'll see what they conjure up.

 

[The Doom Slayer]

What's the bet they're a non-binary tranny that takes it up the ass?

This is Borderlands. Ruining everything is Gearbox's MO.

[EDIT]: The 4 makes me think they're a robot like FL4K. Already an improvement, but they couldn't help themselves with them either, so we'll see what they conjure up.

Yeah he is indeed a robot.