Borderlands 4 Is Better Than Its Predecessor For One Reason
With its first full trailer being shown at this year's The Game Awards, has a lot riding on it from fans hoping for a return to form for the franchise. Despite recent entries having their share of criticism, both 3 and were great financial successes for Gearbox Software. Even with the success of its most recent additions to the beloved Borderlands franchise, the developers are aiming to improve the overall writing quality moving forward.
For years the franchise has provided excellent co-op gameplay experiences, being one of the most iconic entries in the looter shooter genre. To this day, the franchise is still as popular as ever, with each game grossing higher and higher player counts, but they haven't avoided their share of criticism and controversies. The core gameplay of is expected to be as bombastic as always while keeping its split-screen co-op functionality alive and well, with a new writing direction that is just what the franchise needs.
The writing style of the franchise has always ridden the line between humor and visceral action, but recent entries have tended to lean too much into over-the-top comedy. While it's fine to have more of a focus on humor in a game like, problems started arising when it affected the quality of the game's overall writing, with jokes leaning into a more childlike sense of humor. Even the developers have acknowledged this issue, with one of the lead writers for, Sam Winkler, expressing his complaints over this issue in a thread on X.
Even those who enjoyed the gameplay style or writing of have admitted there's an over-reliance on toilet jokes or low-brow humor, feeling out-of-place even with the less serious tone prevalent in the franchise. Even with these complaints, was still an easily enjoyable experience that didn't stray too far from what made the original games great, although it still struggles to find a unique identity compared to the original games.
Aside from the pacing of the writing and humor, has another chance to
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