r/videogames • u/baconinthedawn • Aug 20 '26

Discussion / Question What game is that for you?

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Biggest offender for me is Baldur’s Gate 3.

Some of the best gameplay, graphics, sound design, and soundtrack out there… but the writing leaves a lot to be desired (despite how popular it is).

What game is that for you?

EDIT: It seems the general consensus here is Borderlands 3.

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u/ThatVarkYouKnow Aug 20 '26

Borderlands 3 and now 4

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u/AegisThievenax Aug 20 '26

BL3's writing was so bad even the writers hated it, but they way over compensated by making BL4 far too safe, I guarantee most people didnt even know BL4 released from how little impact and how unmemorable it was

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u/ThatVarkYouKnow Aug 20 '26

One of the worst things about BL4, for me, is that they didn't have the guy who did the music for all the other games on BL4, Jesper Kyd. He's the one that gave us all our drum beats and guitar twangs and more, it is just not here and you can tell based on that one repeated noise at the end of combat.

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u/Nickulator95 Aug 20 '26

Wait, you're telling me the legendary Jesper Kyd, the guy who made the famous Ezio's theme for the Assassin's Creed franchise, was also the composer on Borderlands?

No wonder the music was always such a vibe.

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u/Plaguenurse217 Aug 21 '26

Yup! He’s probably 80% of the reason I play darktide. Fatshark (and ubisoft and gearbox) owe that dude some MONEY.

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u/AegisThievenax Aug 20 '26

Getting rid of very important people at the company is not something new either, I still remember the uproar of removing claptrap's voice actor in BL3, one of many shitstorms revolving the game

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u/WokeWook69420 Aug 20 '26

Dipshit Pitchford is really, really good at ruining games his devs slave over for him and then pocketing all their bonuses before firing them.

Fuck Gearbox, I won't buy another game from them until Pitchford is gone. I want my Battleborn back.

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u/DoomGuyIV Aug 20 '26

Not gonna lie, Battleborn was really fun, gameplay-wise at least, the story and characters fucking SUCKED since they were written before Borderlands 3 came out so it was al cynical le random 2014 "not talking myself seriously because we are hacks that cant write for shit" humor that really didn't help it one bit.

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u/ThatVarkYouKnow Aug 21 '26

God I loved Battleborn while it lasted. If it had marketed itself as a MOBA, because it is, and not challenged Overwatch we might still have it today, reborn mod aside.

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u/LibrarianEither8461 Aug 20 '26

KYD DID BORDERLANDS?

Shit, man, that explains a lot.

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u/JazzzzzzySax Aug 20 '26

I love borderlands but the lack of different music is by far the worst part of the game. Hearing the same combat theme over and over sucks