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Help I can't decide between Borderlands 3 and Astral Chain and no I can't get both.
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Seems like an easy choice. If you know that you'll like both and have friends to play with in co-op, get BL3 first and Astral Chain later. BL3, like most of these types of games, aren't great single player experiences.
Bordeelands 3 will last you a lot longer if price is important. It will be cheaper much faster but you are talking about right now.
If you can wait it out you'll save more money by getting Astral Chain first but I wouldnt if I were you.
If you can wait it out you'll save more money by getting Astral Chain first but I wouldnt if I were you.
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Borderlands may also just be more Borderlands, which is fine, but Astral Chain seems unique.
Was about to say just this. Borderlands with equally excited friends to play with is super fun.
If no friends or people to play with...Astral Chain as others have said.
Do you have BL2? Have you completed it? If no to either those then get that and finish it (it's currently heavily discounted). Then if you absolutely love it and crave to have more get BL3. Otherwise get Astral Chain
This right here. Just wait until both release to make an informed decision.
To be honest, I have no idea what Astral Chain is. I'll probably pick up Borderlands 3 since I really enjoyed the first two and I have people to co-op with.
Borderlands. With the change of how loot drops, it would be best to get in early this time around.
Well we now what BL3 will be. Let's wait to see if astral chain is actually good and has enough value to justify buying it over a game that you can play for dozens of hours
This. Also, lining Randy Pitchford and Take Two's pockets with a full price launch purchase is no bueno. Get Borderlands 3 used.
Explain how Borderlands 3 has had a troubled development, and no, Randy shitposting on Twitter doesn't count
I think the circumstances around the head of the company do count and the publisher calling private investigators on an excited fan count, and the accusations of the former second in command and former voice or claptrap (the same person) totally count.
Anything else I know I can't comment on, but I think those three things absolutely count.
I think Borderlands 3 will be a fine, if not good video game, but saying the development hasn't been troubled is naive.
Bro, you realize it was Take-Two who did this, right? Not 2K (the publisher of BL3) or Gearbox... I highly doubt the folks at Gearbox even knew about SupMatto until this all happened. After all, Take-Two did the same thing to a GTA V modder back in 2016. This absolutely isn't indicative of a troubled development at all, more a company over-protective of their IP (it's an extremely shitty thing to do and I'm not taking their side here)
David Eddings left the company in March of 2017, this was when Borderlands 3 was leaving pre-production and likely entering full-scale development by Gearbox Quebec and Texas together. Again like my original post states, this is more of a Randy thing than an actual indicator of a troubled development. In an industry where workers are forced to work 100 hour weeks or face being fired, this ranks super low in the troubled-development-ometer
None of these really indicate a troubled development at all. Gearbox is one of the few AAA studios who actively avoid crunch and employees have stated their quality of life there is pretty good. There are a lot of good folk at Gearbox Texas and Quebec. I can understand not liking the shitty things Randy and Take-Two are doing, but considering there are actual games with insanely troubled and unsustainable development like Black Ops IIII for example, I don't think this moniker applies to Borderlands 3 at all.
Like Zenkuso puts it, this is more of a public affairs thing and it's undeniable that Borderlands 3 has had some really shitty press in the lead up to release, but troubled development? Na.
I said BL3, but this logic is sound. Astral Chain is the correct choice in this scenario.
I suspect most answers in this thread are pretty biased for one reason or another.
Judging by the OP, you've been pretty hyped to play Borderlands 3 for a while now and looter shooters are more fun to play when they're first released when everyone is still hyped for it, in my opinion. So why not just get that? Yeah, it'll drop in price in the future but will you know anyone who is still playing it regularly when the GOTY version comes out? Assuming you might be playing it with a friend or two.
Astral Chain looks dope but you don't have to worry about something like that with that game. Regardless, I'd wait for reviews and see how Astral Chain scores and how long it is. That could sway your opinion. If it's blowing reviews out of the water and looks like a 9/10 game from most reviewers, you might not want to wait for BL3. But it sounds like you probably should wait if you're able to.
Judging by the OP, you've been pretty hyped to play Borderlands 3 for a while now and looter shooters are more fun to play when they're first released when everyone is still hyped for it, in my opinion. So why not just get that? Yeah, it'll drop in price in the future but will you know anyone who is still playing it regularly when the GOTY version comes out? Assuming you might be playing it with a friend or two.
Astral Chain looks dope but you don't have to worry about something like that with that game. Regardless, I'd wait for reviews and see how Astral Chain scores and how long it is. That could sway your opinion. If it's blowing reviews out of the water and looks like a 9/10 game from most reviewers, you might not want to wait for BL3. But it sounds like you probably should wait if you're able to.