I would consider myself a borderlands fan since I've played every game in the series a bunch of times (except the tell-tale ones). Being obnoxiously stupid was one of the key charms of the franchise. I think if you go and look at how the fanbase feels about 3, it's going to be the gameplay was really fun but the main story and everything associated with it was terrible. I think most other side missions were pretty decently written and had the charming campyness of the series. Taking out the toilet humor is a real ship of Theseus activity to do in a series where toilets are chests.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tell tale ones aren't the best, but as a fan of the series I'd recommend watching a play through just for the lore bits (particularly in the 1st). But yah, dialing back the toilet humor is just gonna dial back fan engagement, it's what really defined the series early on in a time where you wouldn't find lots of foul language in games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't remember a lot of toilet humor in B1, B2 or BTPS, it was a very childish humor with SOME toilet humor, I think just moving back to the sarcastic/frustrated slightly immature humor of B2 would do wonders for the series.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's fair, I was kind of pumping in all the immature humor in with toilet humor, I see there's room for distinction there. And yes, B2 was the peak of the series imo.