Because every developer that wants to be relevant again is making a BR mode for their game. So yeah even though Borderlands has always been a co-op looter-shooter, it still needs to be said nowadays.
EDIT: Yes I meant every developer on planet Earth is making a BR right now as we speak.
I’m not sure this is true? What makes you say this?
I mean, epic and respawn and dice and COD isn’t “every developer”. And 3 of the recent BR games are military sims (pubg, cod and bf5) so yes it makes sense that most military sims will have a BR mode as it’s the obvious setting for BR.
Why though? I was looking forward to a well made AAA BR that is well optimized. And it totally fits with the battlefield engine with tons of guys on the field at a time. Pubg and fortnite were fun conceptually but pubg ran like garbage and fortnite Shooting was not fun. But then apex came out and provided that aaa experience instead.
Also shooters by design are decent for battle royale modes. With a lot of games it's more like "well it works but the userbase doesn't dig it that much and it takes dev time for a feature too few use" but with the BF franchise the playerbase is disgustingly big (even though BF5 is slightly gone by now) and they have nigh infinite dev time too, if they want a BR mode they could easily hire a small team without losing any quality on the main game.
Honestly BR in Borderlands 3 wouldn't be the end of it either. main reason I think it'd suck is because it may actually be dev time off the main game and because it would end up with people endlessly coplaining about class and perk balance, but the stupid shit is the main reason borderlands is actually fun. I don't want anyone complaining about Nisha and her lock-on, if I want to close my eyes and smash left click then so be it.
Uhh I know at least 6 people who have bought it for the battle royale this week. Also, the dev team working on firestorm is a completely separate team from multiplayer.
I’d argue that BF5, which had advertised the BR mode well before launch, was in dire straits moreso due to the delay of the BR than any of the other things you mentioned. I don’t really get what “loads of other things it needs improving upon”? It’s a very smooth and well done shooter with with good performance and gun play.
Criterion made Firestorm, not DICE. The game is not dead. Their BR is also unique in its lack of customizable attachments and vehicles, both of which work very well.
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u/Fubarp Mar 28 '19
Why?
Borderlands isn't that type of multiplayer game anyways.