Caleb McAlpine confirms that Gearbox gave him the opportunity to play Borderlands 4 early, and he's in awe of what he saw.
  • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orgEnglish
    842·
    26 days ago

    I might very well just be a cynical prick, but at this point I assume these “stories” are just made up Corporate PR propaganda.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      551·
      26 days ago

      I mean, the much more obvious answer is that a terminal patient was incredibly thankful to get a sneak peak at a game he may not live to see released, of his favourite series, and was playing the game with my exactly the most unbiased lens.

      Which is okay. You don’t have to dig any deeper than that, you can just be happy that this person got to play the game.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      421·
      26 days ago

      Could also just be a well intentioned skew. A terminally ill person who’s already a fan and is getting a special gift from the developer isn’t about to say “the gameplay is fine, but it failed to make the most of its niche and has several glaring bugs”, are they?

      • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
        161·
        26 days ago

        This type of thing is exactly why people would lie about it. Because good people such as yourself would ask “why would someone lie about this?”.

        Marketing like this is revolting.

      • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orgEnglish
        71·
        26 days ago

        Yea, why not? I can google “cancer patient selfie” on Google and get good pics. How do we know it’s real? There have been so many scams like this on Reddit asking for money or games, using similar emotional ploys.

        Again, I’m a cynical bastard over here.

  • sir_pronoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    202·
    26 days ago

    Vertical integration: secretly make some of your fans terminally ill, then let them play a preview of your game.

  • Mandy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    181·
    25 days ago

    Glad he could play.
    Disgusted at those douchebags at the company used it for advertising

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    26 days ago

    I’m glad people still enjoy this series but I dropped it at Tiny Tina’s. Nothing felt new even if it was technically a new class or enemies or what have you. I can’t help but feel the vault hunting aspect was dropped too soon after 2.

  • mrfriki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    26 days ago

    I tried to play 3 when it got free on Epic Store but Jesus, it was boring and generic.

  • CluckN@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    26 days ago

    Borderlands 3 dialogue was akin to torture. I’m hoping 4 raises the bar by playing slaughterhouse audio during cutscenes.