Borderlands 4 Narrative Director Remains ‘Firm’ in His Criticism of Borderlands 3’s ‘Overabundance of Toilet Humor’

Borderlands 4’s narrative director has hinted at a cut-back on the bathroom humor the sequence is known for.

Gearbox’s Sam Winkler tweeted to say he stays “agency” in his criticism of Borderlands 3’s “overabundance of bathroom humor.”

Then, responding to a consumer who joked that they wouldn’t be capable of use “the poop poop farty 4,000 whereas doing a mission to scrub up porta-potties with my companion skibidi rest room!?!?!?” Winkler mentioned: “I’m not gonna say there’s no bathrooms but when the phrase skibidi ships within the sport below my watch I’m gonna cry actual tears.”

The Borderlands sequence, which started with the primary sport’s launch in 2009, is called a lot for its humor as it’s its loot-driven gameplay. The tone of the jokes have remained comparatively constant all through the franchise’s run, which takes in 2012’s Borderlands 2, 2014’s The Pre-Sequel, and 2019’s Borderlands 3. Indeed, rest room humor has served Borderlands properly to this point, with complete franchise gross sales now as much as a powerful 81 million copies. But the debut teaser trailer for Borderlands 4 advised a darker tone this time, and the newest trailer, unveiled at The Game Awards 2024, strengthened this shift.

The TGA 2024 trailer confirmed snippets of first-person capturing and some returning characters, together with Claptrap.

Here’s the official blurb from Gearbox:

Revealed at The Game Awards, a brand new trailer introduces The Timekeeper, a ruthless dictator who dominates the plenty from on excessive. A world-altering disaster threatens his good Order, unleashing mayhem throughout Kairos, essentially the most harmful planet found to this point within the Borderlands universe.

Borderlands 4 is essentially the most formidable Borderlands up to now, lovingly hand-crafted by the event studio that first cast the looter shooter style. The title evolves the sequence’ gameplay and storytelling in new methods whereas delivering on the quintessential Borderlands expertise followers know and love, together with:

Intense motion, badass Vault Hunters, and billions of untamed and lethal weapons on an all-new planet dominated by a ruthless tyrant.

The deepest and most various Vault Hunter ability timber of any Borderlands title but, giving gamers an unprecedented stage of expression via their builds. Paired with essentially the most expansive loot chase but, gamers could have all of the instruments they should search out and excellent the construct that greatest matches their type.

Players will be capable of seamlessly journey between zones and grow to be immersed in a extra dynamic world that includes occasions and discoverable facet missions that encourage and reward exploration.

New traversal mechanics add to the exploration for loot and add new dimensions to fight. A car that may be summoned virtually wherever could have gamers racing throughout the gorgeous vistas of Kairos in type.

Fight solo or in co-op with as much as three different gamers on this immense sci-fi journey, full of free-form fight and exploration, pulse-pounding boss fights, infinitely diverse loot drops, and an eclectic solid of unforgettable characters new and outdated.

“Borderlands 4 is about freedom and being badass,” mentioned Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford. “This is by far the largest and most insane world we’ve ever made – it is overloaded with jerkface ratnozzle scrote monsters that must be put down with essentially the most over-the-top hardcore nuts op weapons and loot in any sport ever. Oh, and the story additionally significantly kicks ass!”

Borderlands 4 is about to launch sooner or later in 2025, and comes after the disastrous launch of the Borderlands film.

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