Gearbox Software officially unveils Borderlands 3; more info April 3rd; Jesper Kyd coming back to compose
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very helpful tyvm.Easiest/Quickest comparison I could make. This assumes the cut scene model is the same as the in-game.
I think changes are harder to appreciate in a fast moving trailer and given the art style of the game. A morphing of characters like this in the trailer (BL1 -> BL3) to open the trailer and showcase the updated looks would have been really good.
Dunno. He works for RoosterTeeth now as the head of their games division
I mean, you're wrong but why would that be a bad thing anyway? Not every game needs to show off the power of the hardware it's running on. If every game did that we would have nothing but photorealistic 3D games and that would be boring as shit.
I'm either going with the hooded robot or the buff siren. Possibly both.
They look so dope.
Goddamn I'm so hyped for this.
They look so dope.
Goddamn I'm so hyped for this.
Just popping in this thread to tell everyone, regardless of their feelings on the Borderlands series, that you should play Tales from the Borderlands. It's amazing.
That is all.
That is all.
Plus it's definitely compressed. That doesn't help either.
However there are a few subtle things I think I'm seeing? Like it looks like there may be some tesselation on the ground there? Like in the environmental scene in front of the shed. The cracked ground looks like there's an actual bump map to it. Bl2 never had anything like that.
After seeing that all the characters are coming back (thus implying a story heavy side game such as Tales will be relevant), and having finally found a group of friends to properly play with BL2 with me, I just might now.
Yup, this is the gif I wanted. Immediately decided who I was playing as when I saw that part of the trailer.
In fact, since I'm probably going to revisit BL1 with the upcoming re-release, I might do a Siren-focused play through of the series if BL3's far enough off.
What I like the most about this trailer is that it's just feels like Borderlands.
It doesn't seem "tainted" by today's industry.
Maybe they'll prove me wrong but I really like that. I was worried that this wouldn't feel right, but i does.
It doesn't seem "tainted" by today's industry.
Maybe they'll prove me wrong but I really like that. I was worried that this wouldn't feel right, but i does.
Don't do this. Don't just say this. Show it.
If you can't or won't do that, then keep it to yourself until you can. I've seen far more people claim this wrongly than rightly. I know you've seen how that plays out. Here on Era and on GAF before it. Entire threads, entire groups of threads derailed and made contentious because of FUD, claims that seemed reasonable and realistic to the undiscerning but were ultimately untruthful. You remember Fallout 4 pre-release discussion on NeoGAF? I remember the exact moment discourse went to shit on that game (and never recovered until the day the game came out) - when some asshole divined (read: purposelly made up on the spot) instances of 'reused Fallout 3 assets' from blurry cam footage of the QuakeCon F4 reveal. That game was never a looker but the impact that claim (read: outright lie) had on discussion about the game was just awful. and I'd rather not repeat that here
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Agree.
It's about degrees, not checking off boxes and it depends on what you're expecting after 7 years of technology advancement. It definitely looks better in comparison images of characters. 7 years better? We'll see when the game comes out and we can fire it up on decent rigs. Then we will have something better than videos to use to compare with.
there might be a preview embargo that lifts on Tuesday so it's in this weird grey area.
Hopefully as a free pre-order bonus like Gaige if I remember correctly.
Every company does when promoting remakes, because there is value to showing visual improvements. Especially when the trailer does not directly promote or focus on them. No reason they *can't* do it here.
and lol @ implying that Gearbox of all companies would shy away from doing something that "no company does".
What? No of course not. I just wish there were more new assets and environments on display in the trailer. Graphically the game looks great and I'm sure they worked hard on it but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed by what I saw due to what o stated.
He doesn't have Rooster Teeth in his bio anymore, and Chad James in the latest RT Podcast said that he used to work for Rooster Teeth.
Okay but they are trying to hype the current game. Graphics haven never been something that they hype up with Borderlands.
And it makes sense for remakes and remaster cause its "Look how this game used to look."
For this it would be a "Look how our previous game looks, our new one looks better duhhhhh" It's silly. And it's silly to expect it.
I have no idea how I'd do that. I don't have capturing equipment and I don't feel like o should have to boot up my PS4 and capture footage on it in order to comment on a forum about something I noticed and was disappointed with in a trailer for a game I was looking forward to. Stop telling others what they can and cannot say. You're not a mod.
I really hope they take their writing cues from Tales from the Borderlands this time around. Writing has always been the weakest part of these games, but a Borderlands sequel with as sharp writing as TftB had could be really special.
He probably thinks it makes him look like a distinguished leader. That seems like a Rhys thing to do.
I bet you someone shaves it off of him half way through the game.
Absolutely seems like something they'd do. I hope all of manufacturers offer a variety of different gimmicks to compliment their main one. Tediore weapons can be thrown and turn into a sorts of things, the last shot in a Torgue gun is an even bigger explosion, etc.
I'm not a mod but my reaction is just like, not like I give a fuck, I'm in the right here. Okay I'm being a douchebag and I'll reign it in (you might understand if you recalled specific instances of this happening in the past like I do) but I really don't think its cool to claim asset reuse if you can't back it then and there. It's the specific claim I take issue with, anyone can say what they want about the game but that's an allegation more than a mere opinion.
Not like I don't know where you're coming from, either. The game looks eerily like Borderlands 2, art-wise. Asset reuse implies certain things about the development of a game to readers, though, and I don't think it's fair to suggest it without some kind of reciept. Only because I've seen discussions about certain games go to shit before as a result of such claims.
I think it'd be hella interesting if someone could point out instances of asset reuse, for what it's worth. Cuz like I said it would carry implications about the development of the game; mind, none that we could really nail down at this early stage, knowing as little about the scale of the game as we do, but it'd be an interesting development nonethelesss
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You can say whatever you want. But we are also free to call you out when what you say is blatantly wrong and doubling down on it even.
Like, I dunno, maybe you could find a random enviroment model from BL1 or 2 somewhere in that trailer. But you're making it sound like they copy pasted noticeable amounts of assets from BL1 or 2 into the things shown in that trailer. And that's just flat out a lie
Ellie
She's awesome, but not playable
You don't need capture equipment. Point to a moment in the trailer and then find an image online of the exact same model/asset in a previous game.
