Re: Is it that time again? Half Life 3

On 5/7/2025 4:01 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:

Mr Rob <noemailformethx@jsjsaiiowppw.com> writes:
 

Unless I have forgotten about any imminently upcoming games, my next
day one purchase will be Borderlands 4. I am genuinely looking forward
to that one.

 I'd like to say the same but I'm not sure, BL3 was already a somewhat
mixed bag. Streamlined faster combat, even worse writing than before (or
maybe I'm even further away from the target demographics), powerful
characters and event-added superweapons presumably to power through the
tedium. That part worked, I think my second playthrough wouldn't have
happened without. Third playthrough was with the soldier, her mech
turned out to be superweapon enough. The robot guy was even more OP
pre-nerfing. Playing with the operative at least had more challenge but
he too gets his impenetrable shield going almost all the time pretty
fast.
 I wondered before if they'll just automate the fights for BL4? Or just
have a parkour button and a fight button for controls? Or maybe that's
going too far. There were some pretty cool character skills and skill
interplay in BL3, one skill boosting another, but you needed a guide to
figure that out.
 

I think I just felt done with both BL and the looter shooter grind by 3.   I was also not impressed on what I heard about the DLCs and never got them, but was constantly reminded to get them in game which I found highly irritating.
I enjoyed playing the girl with the mech, but didn't have any interest in continuing after finishing the game with her.  I can't see myself buying BL 4.
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