I don't know if I will buy this game then.
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I didn't bother with 3 thanks to it's stupid epic store exclusivity
But are getting argyle gun skins?
I once paid $140 (just pre-pandemic inflation) for a meal with two drinks at a fancy restaurant for a friend's bachelor party. It was delicious. At the same time, I realized that no one meal, no matter how good, was worth that price. I don't know what the threshold is for how much I'll pay for a single video game, but $80 is more palatable to me when the game asking for it isn't Mario Kart.
the thing while yes, inflation will make things more expensive, the more expensive things become the less folks will just spend on random entertainment. they will have to use their money more deliberately and frugally.
and the problem with games are that there are many free and cheaper alternatives. if you wanna game you can just spend less and still game and have fun.
if you wanna go to the cinema it pretty much costs what it costs so you might go less often or buy less popcorn but you won’t skip one movie because it’s more expensive than another.
you can just skip full price AAA games. buy them on sales, play games you already have, play free to play games, emulate retro games, play indie games.
Exactly. Also it's way costlier to set up a hone theatre at home compared to buying a cheap gaming laptop and play indie oe competitive fps games.
B1 was fun and interesting, B2 was brilliant, BTPS was fun, but slightly less so than B2, B3 was just annoying cringe.
And yeah, I played through all the games to completion including the DLCs.
I was just flabbergasted that they decided to make all of their perk trees boring and lame. I genuinely don't remember anything about the characters other than disappointment.
Roland, Mordecai, Brick, Lilith: character design masterpieces. Distinct styles and strengths but not overly limited. Zer0, Salvador, Gage, Axton, Magic Chick 2: great, less type specialized but that's not a bad thing.
Everyone else? Just walking gun stats. And not particularly fun ones.
I don't even remember bothering with the spec trees on B3.
I did play as Claptrap i B3 to get some variation, his special was just stupid
Borderlands 3 had some of the best gameplay in any shooter I've played, story and difficulty be damned. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands was back to form, despite its disappointing post-game and 3-room DLCs. The only reason I'm excited for 4 is because the gameplay looks solid and they've yet to tell a single joke.
I never liked the gamplay in B3, though to be fair, I did grow up on UT2004, which other have told me is very floaty, so I may be biased on that...
Got it, so wait for it in humble bundle or buy it once it sinks to $5.
That's a sensible way to buy all video games
$80 I can wait.
I mean. Of course vidya games’ gonna get hit with inflation from time to time.. just like every other product..
every link in the chain, from producer to consumer needs to have an ever growing increase in profit for capitalism to work
c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
the more of us just wait a couple months, the cheaper it'll get and the sooner too
:p
Borderlands 3 was barely worth $60 and I still waited for it to go on sale.
Aaaaaand I'll wait for a sale. If I consider it in the first place. Gaming is so saturated, all these days 1 buyers are fucking us over.
To these orgs, I say, bro - have you seen my backlog?
Even worse than my backlog, there are all the comfort games I play every few years and which takes me months to complete (cause some of them are fairly long like The Witcher 3) and thanks to my crappy memory, multiple choices and mods I can enjoy them as much every time
I'll wait for my girl to gift me the game 😍
She is fit 😏
