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Former Borderlands 3 creative director is working on a 'secret' multiplayer shooter at a new studio founded by developers tired of 'huge budgets and recycled mechanics' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

"Take to the streets, destroy whatever you want, find cool new weapons and resources, and rescue NPCs to take back to your Hometown, a living centralized hub," Ruckus said in today's announcement. "Here you can customize, build, and upgrade over time allowing you to enhance your weapons and abilities to head out even stronger for another round of chaotic fun."

Sounds more like openworld survivor than multiplayer shooter

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

Tired of recycled mechanics eh?
Thats why they are making a multiplayer shooter truly a be and unique concept.
Dare I say, maybe even with heroes?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

bl3's villains were just cringe and annoying

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I really don't think they can top Handsome Jack from BL2. He didn't overstay his welcome and was genuinely entertaining with how much of a douche he was. The Calypso Twins weren't "villains you love to hate", they were just "villains you hate" because they never shut up and are too two-dimensional to be entertaining.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 29 minutes ago

jack had a lot of actual funny moments like butt stallion and "stop bringing me corpses with painted blue tats and telling me it's a siren"

there was never a calypso moment where i wasn't thinking, god just shut the fuck up

[–] it_depends_man 5 points 15 hours ago

Fascinating.

Tell me again when it's done and released...

[–] mrfriki 0 points 14 hours ago

If it doesn’t have PVP, micro transactions or Denuvo I’m interested.

[–] CluckN 0 points 15 hours ago

The first Concord like game

[–] SpaceNoodle 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

At first glance this looked like it was going to be just another MOBA. Fingers crossed that this is more like Borderlands coöp.

[–] paraphrand 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Both of those sound like recycled mechanics.

[–] SpaceNoodle -2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

At least one has room for a little creative exploration.

[–] paraphrand 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I hope it pans out!

The last time I heard about someone being excited about new mechanics/paradigms in gaming it was Ken Levine. And then he disappeared for a decade. “narrative Legos” were the big idea.

He’s back, with Judas. We’ll see if he managed to invent new mechanics or not.

In the case of Judas tho, I’ll just be happy if it’s a good story and spectacle driven game like Bioshock Infinite.

[–] SpaceNoodle 0 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, I'm similarly hoping for at least a spiritual BioShock successor.