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[–] BustinJiber 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (12 children)

It's Epic exclusive because they gave the devs big stack of money, so that probably offsets the low sales. It's like with Against the Storm, it was Epic exclusive for many years (in early access), then finally comes to Stream and everbody loves it. They kinda milked Epic for cash, then let the Stream rip the rewards with full release.

Wonder whether that's pretty good move financially?

[–] Zoomboingding 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands was Epic exclusive and it didn't seem to make a splash on either release. I wonder if it's because people didn't make the leap to Epic but lost interest by the time it was on Steam? Or maybe Borderlands 3 made people lose interest in the franchise.

[–] mordack550 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The game was not great, at least personally. It wasn't bad, but it was just BL3 in a different dress, with less interesting story, less interesting characters. Also the DLCs were insane cashgrabs, not even close to the value BL3 DLCs had.

[–] Zoomboingding 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I've never touched any of that series' DLC, always hear that it's overpriced.

Personally, I really enjoyed BL2, Pre-sequel, BL3, and TTWL, but I get that the series has lost popularity. I'm huge into D&D so that added an extra layer. The tabletop jokes were on point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Borderlands 2 was peak for me, franchise went steadily downhill from there imo. 4 friends battling Vermivorous the Invincible is an unforgettable experience.

[–] mordack550 2 points 6 months ago

Daaaaaamn so much memories.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Really wanted to like it, it's been a long time seems a good BL game, but the quests were tedious and the melee didn't work.

The whole arpg loop where they give you shitty weapons for the first few hours sucks

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