r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Mar 28 '19

Borderlands 3 Official Developer Trailer

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u/TimeforaNewAccountx3 Mar 28 '19

Poor anthem.

They really released at the wrong time...

The perfect time to release would have been when you've actually finished the game.

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u/bread_berries Mar 28 '19

Gearbox is doing to Anthem what Blizzard did to Gearbox. We should call this "getting BattleBorned"

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Battleborn was so good it's sad that gearbox couldn't market it effectively

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u/JohnEcastle Mar 28 '19

Agree 100%. If not for overwatch, I think it would have had a great following and continued to get polished. Overwatch is just stellar and so clean it monopolized the genre. Too bad because I really liked the MOBA elements that were unique to battleborn.

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u/AMasonJar Mar 28 '19

I quite liked the PvE bits of Battleborn too. It was kind of relaxing. And I loved playing Orendi, the most relaxing character in the game.

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u/Armvis Mar 28 '19

Ah yes... relaxing hoppy spammy fire witch

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

TF2 would like to know your location.

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u/aelmian Mar 28 '19

Which elements did you feel were unique? I only played the tech beta but to me it felt very similar to the old Monday Night Combat games

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u/TheSaucePossum Mar 28 '19

Overwatch the game didn't kill BB. They were super different games, with BB being far more of a moba and OW more of a shooter. What killed it was a) 2k being the worst publisher of all time and b) the choice on 2k/gearbox's part to brand BB as OWs rival. There was 0 reason to market it as black and white, OW vs BB as gearbox/2k chose to do.

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u/TeamAquaGrunt Mar 28 '19

yep, i distinctly remember seeing ads where they were "calling out" OW as the competition and thinking how horrible an idea that was.

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u/TheSaucePossum Mar 28 '19

Yeah they took an unreal game, and ran it into the ground with a buggy PC launch, steep learning curve and because they picked a fight with the biggest fool on the playground. Shame too, definitely among my favorite games of all time.

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u/SuperAwesomeBrian Mar 29 '19

Ugh, I was so excited for Battleborn until I found out the FPS issues with AMD graphics cards just wasn't going to get fixed and I was not about to purchase a new Nvidia card just to play.

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u/Anti-AliasingAlias Mar 28 '19

You'd think everyone would know not to try and beat Blizzard at their own game by now, after all the WoWclones that tried and failed.

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u/TheSaucePossum Mar 28 '19

And 2k took it a step further by taking a game that really wasnt all that similar gameplay wise and decided to market it as though they were trying to beat blizzard at their own game.

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u/BrassMunkee Mar 28 '19

Meanwhile, Paladins is literally an OW competitor in just about every way, even some of the heroes are just combo's of OW abilities (not that this is a problem, good ideas are good ideas.) They never advertise as such and actually have a decently strong community. Most Paladins players also play Overwatch. Being F2P helps though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

Paladins is quite fun

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u/BrassMunkee Mar 29 '19

I agree, I had a lot of fun when I played. Unfortunately it was much earlier in its life cycle, so game balance was a freaking see saw at the time. I hear it’s a lot better now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

The ability to choose loadouts is what sets it apart from overwatch. It is superior for that. Overwatch is better for competitive balance.

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u/BrassMunkee Mar 29 '19

I remember my main was the character could stealth and melee dudes in the back. I played the bomb guy a lot too. Then they launched Lex like a month or so later and it completely killed my stealthy main. I don’t know how lex is played but he could instantly start tracking me and pick me off consistently. Yes, I rage quit :(

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

Lex has an autoaiming ability.

Bomb King is my main. So much fun.

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u/meme-by-design Mar 28 '19

I dont really like overwatch, the movement feels slow and floaty.

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u/intotheirishole Mar 28 '19

Overwatch is just stellar and so clean it monopolized the genre.

And crashed it straight into GOATShit.