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[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm not a huge fan of Borderlands. I like the stories. But I don't like the loot goblining. Constant hunt for ever higher damage numbers.

There's only 1 company I'll pay $80 for a new game. And that is Ryu Ga Gotoku. Cuz they don't miss. No bad half finished launches. No bad games. Every game is a masterclass in Peak.

[–] Yermaw@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm the opposite, I don't give a monkeys about the story but I like the loot goblining.

That said a borderlands came on the gamepass the other week and I was so excited to lure my boy into co-op with me for the first time in ages. It wouldn't stop crashing. I googled it to see if they were aware and all I could find was the company sucking it's own dick about having already released the final patch to stop it crashing so many times. I wouldn't say I'm thrilled about the idea of dropping $80 on a day one release.

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I’m a Loot Goblin that spacebars through the story too, but Borderlands hasn’t been able to scratch that itch in a long time.

The last one I played was Tina’s Wonderland and everything about it was a slog. I didn’t care about any of the loot or any of the fights and I definitely didn’t care about the story.

[–] jwiggler@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you recommend me a starting point? For someone who has no experience with these games, or any Japanese games besides Soulsgames and RE4 remake.

Feel free to roast me in the process.

[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yakuza 0, kiwami, kiwami 2, Yakuza 3, 4, 5, 6, then 7, then Gaiden, then 8.

Then play Judgement and Lost Judgement. Not part of Yakuza's core canon. But adjacent.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is the way.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'll add Factorio to the list of games that deserve the $80 tag. $40 for base, $40 for Space Age expansion. Or don't get Space Age and go with the mod that spawned Space Age (although not exactly the same).

I get it's a bit of a niche genre, though. The factory thing the way Factorio does it isn't for everybody.

I personally prefer mindustry

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

But I don't like the loot goblining. Constant hunt for ever higher damage numbers.

I honestly don't know how people play this game. Every 12 seconds coming across new gear. Can't do it.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's not like I need to do the math to figure out which gun is better and why. Find something with green arrows? Hold E to equip it immediately. If I use it for a bit and dislike it I'll just swap back to what I was using before and mark it as junk so I sell it next time I buy ammo or fill my inventory.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a combination of a huge variety of attributes and an endless supply. I just get anxiety about walking past a super powerful weapon or dropping it in exchange for something else without realizing it.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If it ain't a purple I can basically guarantee it's shit. Just keep the rarity order in mind, and you can generally assume anything that's less rare than what you have is also worse. One of the load screens in BL1 or BL2 said When Grandma Burps Patrick Obeys- White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange. Got absolutely burnt into my brain.

But hey, if it's stressful fair enough. I think they're fun games, but nothing is for everyone.

[–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

BL2 had unique blues which were OP.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ah, that's true! Anything with flavor text- red text in the description- is an exception to the normal rarities.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It didn’t used to be like that and they actually mentioned in the deep dive that they’re getting back to the way it was before. Like the point of the game is loot goblining, but they’ve promised not to inundate the player with legendary weapons every twelve seconds so that you actually have time to savor the weapons you get between good drops.