Borderlands 3's PAX Trailer Wasn't As Impressive As We Hoped It Would Be

Man did you 2 ever anger the internet. This video was utterly terrible, everything about it was poorly written and made no sense. You eve said stuff in the video that was wasn't true or you just didnt pay attention to it. You both need to be taken off this game immediately. Fan or not, opinion or not, this trailer was factually inaccurate and full of BS.

Yeah...it was cute, but it didn't really show us anything fresh on the gameplay front. Details, Gearbox! We need details. That being said, I'm no stranger to shutting off my brain and sinking into the self-indulgent depths of a good ol' lewt shewter...even the grindy ones. *cough*Destiny*cough*

Shouldn't be shocking that the trailer showed nothing revolutionary. Gearbox is a mediocre developer at best and kind of fell uphill with Borderlands. All they had to do was appease to the hardcore Borderlands fans which I think they achieved.

The reveal and show was painful to watch and I actually enjoyed watching a cringe worthy Randy Pitchford squirm around the stage. lol

You guys also cover destiny 4 times a week like it's a legit decent game.

These guys don't do the best job of elaborating on why they feel underwhelmed, but I'm entailed to agree regardless. There's a few reasons I can think of (and it could all change once we actually see hands-on footage).

The biggest reason is just that it suffers from overextended hype fatigue. We waited too long and the Borderlands magic has kind of died out.
(ex: The Last Guardian)

On a related note (and I know not everyone feels the same) it hasn't evolved enough if at all since Borderlands 2 released. This is always tricky. We want a sequel to retain what made the franchise special, but too similar and we end up with franchise fatigue. Many other games have since innovated the gameplay standards. So if Borderlands 3 sits on the laurels of its past success, it will likely disappoint. (ex: Shadow of Mordor's sequel Shadow of War)

Which systems is it coming to?

I'm 37 and I love me some borderlands you guys are crazy!!

There is nothing wrong with more of the same with a tiny bit of better-looking polish on the graphics. If you were a true borderlands fan you wouldn't care you would be happy to get a lot more BL content.I hope they use physx again for the PC version that really made it for me.

To me is just the goty for this year!

It is great that is not bs royal and still is story based.. Borderlands are the best loot shooters that i have ever played. I dont doubt b3 is a great game.. Thanks gearbox

"We might be too old for this, and might not like it regardless fo quality, therefore WE should be the ones to evaluate the announcement trailer (which has no gameplay to even criticize) and complain about what we don't know about the game."

I like Gamespot editorials and reviews, but this is a bad example of fair assessment due to bias and judgment based on preconceived notions. You can do better GS.

But the Anthem trailer impressed the hell outta ya, didn’t it? DIDN’T IT?!?!?

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This has got to be the most hipstery take on something I've ever seen. It was like watching a college humor parody video with two cynical hipsters reviewing something without actually giving a single valid reason for their negative perception. "Maybe we're just at that age now", "Why would I want a walking gun? LOL". Just a total lack of imagination and insight.

Personally, I don't care about the quality of a trailer, because gamers don't buy games based on their trailers, they buy them based on the quality of the game. In what way could you conceivably make any strong argument for or against the actual game based on this trailer? lol. This video was just so pointless.

"Looks like more Borderlands". Brilliant commentary.

Gamespot doesn't like it? Probably GOTY material then.

Completely agree. I don't know what I expected, but this looks underwhelming. I've played BL 1&2 multiple times, solo and co-op, it's expansions and dlcs and eventually got bored of it. Its a good game, but it has room for improvement. This looks like the same game, but with slightly different characters. I'm hoping they shake up the formula a bit. But that's just me and first impressions from the trailer, maybe everyone else wants more of the same.

Also wth is with this hivemind here where you can only comment on a trailer if you're giving praise?

This video is getting hammered on YouTube.

Booo this is a hating post just want clicks been waiting long for Borderlands 3 and its just a trailer wait to the gameplay being shown to talk shit Gamespot.

Please let there be a saxophone gun. Please.

Looks good to me, if something isn't broken, don't fix it. I'm just going to wait until the GOTY version arrive, I own those versions for B1 & B2.

Well this game is not i repeat is not a Destiny( oh i prefer Borderlands by the way), not Division, not Far Cry etc. This is frackin Borderlands. And it has got own style. Yeah maybe a crafting system wouldn't be bad but it's not a big deal if it will be as good as or better than BL2. He said "this game looks like it's more Borderlands" !?! Why does this game look like more Borderlands hmm maybe because it's a Borderlands game. What a ridicolous comment. He said "genre is changed" well yeah loot boxes mostly you are charged for that, there are different skin paints oh again you are charged for that too mostly, oh you want to be in high level right so you have to pay for that too mostly. Ahaha guns with legs issue. Well i'll never ask why the hell that frackin guns have legs and running around cos' i know what Borderlands is and it's concept. But you two obviously not.

Agreed. Really hoped they were taking time to evolve the genre and bring us something exciting. Instead, it looks more and bigger, it looks fun, but it’s not what I’d hoped.

First most people that at least I talk to don't want BL to change much from what it has been, just more maps, better looking locations, more story. Serveral series have moved too far from it core experience and got lots of backlash as a result. Gears of War Judgement being a prime example. Halo 5 being another. the trailer shows a few things that seem to expand the BL experience without messing it up. Tiny Tina's mech for starters and she can carry a passenger. More vehicles is another. More villains is a huge plus. I'm convinced the people complaining in the video are simply looking for anything ANYTHING to complain about for no reason other than clicks. Man this site has went downhill.

It's Borderlands 3 guys and you're acting like it needs to be Rage 2. Why don't you cool it a little bit and stop over-thinking everything. You also have Far Cry New Dawn all in one year. Take your pick.

Trailer did look like it was just Borderlands 2 DLC but I would presume it won't just be Borderlands 2 in a new story.

Jean luc u suck mate

i don't mean to be mean as i enjoyed some hours of each of the previous..but jesus did they learn nothing from everyone else making AAA mistakes? people in the comments are obviously drinking cell shaded kool aid (i like that style/fear effect is amazing but come on you don't have to drink it!)

If they paid any attention they would know after many disappointments it's clear people would rather have compact, meaningful and made from passion projects experiences.

but whatever you all could totally be right too this is CNN.

I was hoping we'd see weapon parts dropping instead of full guns. Many a time I get great guns, only to find the sight is awful, or it's single shot, or some other slight imperfection.

With parts that would no longer be a problem, and would be a cool way to update the loot system