What went wrong?

Literally everything

>>378498769
What didn't go wrong?

>>378498769
>dota 2 teased
>they show morphling
>wow that looks cool
>then they show lina
>she looks good
>overwatch teased
>tracer shown
>wow, great character design clearly will be hugely popular
>widowmaker shown
>WOWWWW
>d.va shown
>holy shit *vince mcmahon falls backwards out of chair*
>battleborn teased
>those characters

those characters, more than anything else

>>378498769
I remember actually having fun with this game. Good concept gameplay wise. A better developer could've probably made this game much better, cleaner, and popular. Also the writing ranged from tolerable to cringy because Gearbox.

>>378498923
>those characters, more than anything else

I'd have to agree with this. Ignoring the most obvious problems with them (the grotesque designs and silhouettes), my biggest issue with Battleborn characters is that all of them have exactly the same zany and wacky personality. Even that nigger who was in charge of that military organisation and was supposedly charismatic was running around shouting dumb shit every time he used an ability.

Thinking about getting this since its so cheap
But the dlc and microtransaction skins keep me away
Also I probably would never get into a match

>"come at me bro"

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>BADASS

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I wonder what Randy is doing right now, handling his life with a landwhale and autistic fedora wearing shit for a kid

UI

>>378498769
I can honestly say without a hint of hyperbole, everything. Everything that could go possibly wrong with a AAA game went wrong with Battleborn. Designs, UI, marketing, microtransactions, it all went horrendously wrong.

>>378499347
Remember that PAX where he sang a song about his Twitter haters. I don't think I've ever felt more second hand embarrassment for every one working at Gearbox than in that moment

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Hey man, at least the characters are voice and designed "very nicely"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozvLUp0f1o

>>378500359
>Ashley Burch

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Woa only 57 players???

I wonder if we could get twice as many replies in a post and tweet it to Randy, see what kind of excuse he can make up this time.

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Some top tier designs coming through!!

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>>378500634
Lets do this

>>378500634
I'm disappointed a group of anon's have made twitter accounts dedicated to sending Randy screenshots of the game's most recent playercount.

>>378500785

The game bombing is funny, but this TORtanic LEL XD shit is getting pretty old.

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>>378500785
Fuck off, Randy

This trying to exist alongside Overwatch.

>>378500862
Nigger are you retarded or something? To constantly remind Randy how much his shitty game has flopped.

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>>378500694
Another great design!

>>378500925
Well what's the next step then?

>>378500359
Is the inability to transition properly between LOLSORANDUMBXD and 'regular lady voice' intended? Because it sounds awful.

>>378500359
Honestly if this character had no voice and removed some of the dumb shit hanging off of it, it wouldn't be so bad

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>>378501147
>>378501014
Reminds me of this character, who has a OK design, maybe a bit cool thats just RUINED by the voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WeALJ03EA

>tfw Phoebe will never be freed from this shitty game

>>378500973
Mindbreak him through tweets, obviously.

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>>378501896
I know that feel, like how pic related will forever be trapped in this shit game

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>>378500528
Say what you will about her roles and the man she's sadly related to, her voice is nice to listen to, and she's cute too.

>>378502457
She could be cute if she grew out her hair instead of having dyke shit.

>>378501014
because it's all voice files in one files, in game you never hear them this often and some stuff is lore voiceover etc.

>>378502457
Reaaaaally depends on the role

If she is doing her Tiny Tina, its more like a annoying cunt

But if its Miss Pauling then yea i can agree

>>378502457
>cute
I know we are all desperate virgins here, but come on dude, get a grip, she looks like a barely passable tranny.

>>378502554
But anon, correctional sex is my fetish.

>>378498769

Overwatch and it wasn't Borderlands.

Gearbox didn't listen to their fans. Forced a game no one wanted.

Would have done better making a new Duke Nukem instead, to be honest.

>>378500926
I...actually like this one? Probably the only redeeming thing to come out of BB though.

FEMINISM IS AWESOME

>>378498769
>Randy

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>>378499170
>all of them have exactly the same zany and wacky personality

this, so fucking much. fwiw you get used to it tho, and if you look at borderlands numbers it's not surprising gearbox ran with LE BORDERLANDS HUMOR, normies eat that shit up (and they turned that shit down in the DLC, the chars play it more straight)

>(the grotesque designs and silhouettes)

imo more interesting than overwatch' pixar waifus and tropes

>asian guy with a bow conjuring dragons
>"robot" ninja
>butch russian female
>german knight with a big 2h weapon
>rest are similar "safe" designs

even the chars /v/ likes to shit on are pretty fun, either to play or from the character background (including orendi and thorn aka the brianna who elf). the roster isn't worse than your average ASSFAGGOTS.

>>378499208
it's five bucks on all platforms, tho the dlc is cheaper on pc, although there are sales every one in a while for the whole game, last time it was 15 bucks for the deluxe or sth.

microtransaction skins are nothing you really need, if you got the dlc you end up with like 10 skins per character anyway. dlc itself is not that bad either, but I'd definitely only get it if you enjoy the base game

>>378503371
>imo more interesting than overwatch' pixar waifus and tropes
well, to each their own, but one thing that i deplorable is the over-design of most Battleborn character. Most of the Overwatch cast is easily recognizable, even from their silhouette. But when you look at a pic of battleborn with a bunch of chars, it looks like a fucking mess. Yes some of these design could be great, but some cleanup is needed.

>>378502941

>AM I /V/ YET?!??

>>378498769
What will it take to meme Randy into Anthony Burch levels?

>>378498769

its actually the best game out of the 3 of them

>>378503648
>>/V/
Found the real newfag.

>>378503730
what are you even talking about? what 3 games?

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>>378502457
>she's cute too
No anon, it's not cute. Even for trap standarts, I dont find it adorable
And I'm not even generally atracted to traps

>>378503647
desu zenyetta and other overwatch chars don't scream their role in your face either, you'll learn it while playing anyway (I get what you mean, I get the same when I see LOL's roster)

in a match it isn't really an issue and the extra size for certain chars work in their favor eating damage for the team etc.

>>378502457
She looks like Sucrose but without the glasses

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>>378503745

>even newfags know the context of that line
>trying this hard to fit in

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>>378504114
>getting so assblasted in a previous thread that you take out your anger on a different anon and still get ousted.

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>"Randy Pitchford, known for his work on misleading people over Aliens: Colonial Marines, decided to take to Twitter with a snazzy new approach. Pitchford chose to reveal that Battleborn has porn based upon it, under ‘Rule 34’. Tweeting out the link to a subreddit known as ‘BattleBornRule 34‘, the entire page was awash with hand drawn porn based on Battleborn characters.

Why? Well, no one is really sure."
https://gameraven.com/news/randy-pitchford-tries-promote-battleborn-via-porn-backfires-horrendously

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>>378504369

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>>378504301

whatever makes you sleep at night I guess...

Its monday night combat but with none of the good aesthetic or personality and that does, in fact, get in the way of actual gameplay.

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>>378504661
>Jeb surge incoming

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>>378504747
>Taking 8 minutes to come up with a reply like that
I can hear your huffing and puffing from here anon.

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>>378504906

>implying this isn't the first thread I posted in
>implying any of those posts could anger someone
>implying I'm sitting here like a hawk watching you reply
>implying youi not just retarded

is this the nu-/v/ people keep talking about?

>>378498769
overall aesthetic is garbage

Even if the gameplay was 10/10, the character design, character voices, character dialogue and area designs are dogshit

>>378502941
And you gave >>378505083 shit for trying to fit in.

>>378501882
disgusting

>>378498769

Even ignoring any critical response to character/level design, UI, writing, etc., Battleborn managed to screw itself over many times prior, during, and after its release. Prior to release, when Gearbox realized that the release dates for Battleborn and Overwatch would run quite close, some genius in marketing tweeted "Come at me bro" to Blizzard. This established Battleborn and Overwatch as direct rivals in the minds of many, despite the fact the games are very different from one another. When Blizzard began pushing the advertising for their new game heavily, Gearbox could not and would not attempt to match them-as a result, Overwatch had taken the lead before the two games were even released.

During May of 2016, Blizzard, enjoying considerable success with its beta, announced a free Overwatch weekend to bring in even more customers. Unfortunately for Gearbox, it was held the same weekend as Battleborn's launch. This might not have been so bad, but the PC release shipped with so many performance issues that the game was practically unplayable, even on high-performance machines. This also wouldn't have been a big issue, but Gearbox had declared that PC and consoles must share an update schedule-as a result, these issues weren't fixed until the first official patch date, a full MONTH after release.

Things began to quickly fall apart afterwards. Gearbox, desperate to recover after their disastrous first month, attempted to hold a massive sale-rather than draw in customers, however, this just angered the people who had paid upwards of 60USD a month beforehand. They then attempted to push cosmetics and microtransactions, but this was viewed as a transparent attempt to wring more blood out of their dissatisfied playerbase-especially the season pass owners, who were already losing patience with the drought of new story operations and similar content. By the time Gearbox released said content, there was no one left who wanted it.

>>378498769
character design, looks and sound effects are absolutely dreadful. In a character-driven multiplayer game

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>>378500359
Orendi is fun as fuck, sucks that she's stuck in this game.

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Not enough Benedict

>>378506130
Wait until he opens his mouth.

>>378498769
> still full price

>game has sentence "For all kinds of badasses" on it's cover
>it flopped
I think the problem lies within the audience. You're just not badass enough for this great game.

>>378506130
He used to show up a lot over on /trash/

>>378506246
Begone Randy.

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>>378505083
Heh, you serious, friend? Looks like you just got angered, my dude.

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Just looking at that not-Heavy, everything about his design, sickens me deeply.

>>378498769
Its battleborn

>>378505126
I disagree, I found the character designs to perfectly match my particular stylistic affinity.

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Holy shit, Ernest. My boy. He so much fucking fun to play. I've been blasting through the newest chronicles with him constantly. So good at locking down an area and filling it with grenades.

>>378505394
>some genius in marketing tweeted "Come at me bro" to Blizzard

actually a "rivalry" like that is nothing new in terms of marketing. see http://www.imaginelifestyles.com/luxuryliving/2011/06/funny-billboards-audi-vs-bmw-ad-campaign

>They then attempted to push cosmetics and microtransactions,

that shit was known way before launch, people are just stupid.
https://battleborn.com/en/news/view/en-the-vision-for-battleborn-post-launch-content/

they even had a post detailing how much skins will costs, so this is hardly anything surprising. update that pasta

>>378506838
What the fuck are these proportions. His legs are thinner than my dick.

>>378498769
>be advised, FEMINISM IS AMAZING

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>how should we focus the character's designs?
>Just make them BADASS

>>378506921
Well, I like him. He's grenade-shaped, like my favorite projectile.

>>378507118
Damn, check out that thick ass neck.

>>378506872
A lot of companies will have these sort of funny competition, usually not advised since its not worth it to give publicity to your competitors.
That being said, I don't know why Blizzard did it, but I think when the tweet was made, they wanted to strangle Battleborn in its crib.
Randy is not exactly lovable. If he had made an attempt to say "Congratulation to Overwatch for 25 million users", Blizzard might ease off on them. As it is, that "See you in May" is a like a vainly concealed threat.

>>378507118
The sad thing is that you can actually rework most of the designs not to be Sonic-tier ORIGINAL CHARACTERS.

>>378502457
She was cute. No longer is to be honest.

But somewhere around 2012 she was the cutest thing.

>>378503648
>>378505192
That's literally a line from the game you tards

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>>378502457
>that abomination
>cute

>>378500694
The core design of this character, while stupid, is not bad.
Fix proportions somewhat, rework armor design a bit? cover him up a bit more, make him actually take less damage from front with the exception of his tiny head and feet.
Done.

>>378508447
Why are you so anti-semitic?

>>378508657
She's a filipino you retard, not a jew.

>>378500694
Anyone has the fixed /v/ edit? It honestly improves him just by having the head and legs slightly bigger, while keeping the idea of a small head.

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>>378501882
After seeing tons of porn of this character with normal proportions, seeing the actual design makes me feel almost insulted.

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Hey Battleborn! Gimme your money!

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>>378502457
>cute

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Guys stop bullying my VAfu

>>378498769
They didn't name it "Borderlands: BADASS BRAWL"
Shit would have sold like hotcakes if they tied it to the borderlands name

>>378509763
Nah, Borderlands is a dying brand.

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>>378507118
>literally a veiny cock for a neck

>>378507118
The perspective of this artwork confuses me so much. His right arm is obviously longer than the rest of his body, yet, it looks like he's standing on solid ground. Does he just drag that thing along or something?

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>>378507118
WHO GAVE THIS THE OK???

>>378500634
not happening tonight bros, Battleborn won

>>378500634
ok

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>>378511119
Don't flatter yourself. You were never even a player.

>>378501882
I legitimately hope the voice actor gets throat cancer, perhaps it's my sleep deprivation cocktail-nig with my 'tism but this vidya character has the most repulsive voice

>>378498769
>BE ADVISED HOLY CRAP I LOVE ROCKETS x10000000000
Fuck this game

Badly designed characters
BADASS
Dreadful UI

Theres only three you need. I keep getting memed by the subreddit who defend the UI 'it's not that bad!' but it really is.

Besides other flaws, this game have ATROCIOUS art desing. Yeah, Boringlands were predominantly generic, but not on fucking puke levels of awful. This style is not even pandering for kids or not good in a wierd way. Are artists were blind or something?

>>378500359
that is fucking anoying holy shit

>>378500694

His tiny head I can live with, but those feet ruin everything.

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>>378506838

Why does /vee/ enjoy beating the dead horse so much?

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>>378498769
Launching alongside Overwatch was literal suicide

They tried to compete with ovrwatch, I had invites for both betas, and I enjoyed Battleborn more, but you don't fkin copete with blizzard, they literally released a bad game and people still fallcf for it.

>>378513531
>Prefer battleborn
>Type like a cretin

Checks out.

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>>378501882

If they released Battleborn for free it could've at least gained the reputation of "Poor man's Overwatch". But it's too late now since Paladins released.

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How will Randy ever recover?

>>378510807
he holds ii in front of his stomach. it's mechanical anyway so it doesn't get tired.

>>378514661
except it's nothing like overwatch?

BADASS
A
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A
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>>378503647
Post that loli bitch with the giant needle who's a sniper.

>>378515535
>Moba FPS
>Advertised as Overwatch's main competitor
>Nothing like Overwatch

>>378508791
>filipino
Still counts as white according to the US census.
>USA
>60 % """""""""white"""""""""

>>378516489
>>Moba FPS

so, nothing like overwatch?

>>Advertised as Overwatch's main competitor

one stupid tweet is advertising now?

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The Borderlands artstyle was pretty blatantly stolen. The story goes, they liked this short ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efj-v3ugbbc ), they invited the artist to come chat with them about licensing the art style, they decided not to license or pay the artist, and instead came up with an art style that coincidentally looked exactly the same as the one they just refused to pay money for. They even went so far as to lift little details like the bus tearing through the desert.

Anyway, when Battleborn comes out, they didn't have anything at hand to lift an art style from, and so they had to come up with something on their own.

BADASS HOBBY-GRADE WACKY ZANY OVER THE TOP NOT OVERWATCH MOBA FPS

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I love you Orendi

Everything

>>378507118
I don't understand what the fuck they were trying to achieve with this design. None of the elements work together at all. The big arm thing doesn't really mesh with the bull horns and hooves, which doesn't fit the dick neck, which doesn't make sense with the short, squat little body. From looking at him I have no goddamn idea whether he's supposed to be a DPS, or a tank, if he's supposed to be some sort of charger figure or if he's a slow and steady bruiser. He's really just a complete mess.

>>378513587
I blame that on phone posting, and have big fingers.

>>378517238
The near celshaded air style is similar. But the bus in the desert and most of the plot was much older than Code Hunters. 2004-2005 they had lots of content already made for Borderlands. Even think in 06/07 they had a playable alpha that you could see images of if you had gameinformer back then.

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Randy

You may be laughing now, but these faithful players, these chosen ones, the Badass Batallion as I like to call them will still be there while your pitiful site will wither into obscurity. They will be playing Battleborn while Blizzard will shut down Overwatch's servers and go bankrupt. They will be playing Battleborn while the world will be confused by nuclear fire. They will keep playing Battleborn until the Heat Death of Universe because they're no longer mere humans. Soon you too will realize this. Because when you die, you won't see Heaven nor Hell. You'll see Angels...Angels of Badassery playing Battleborn. And playing with them will be Randy Pitchford. He'll look at you with a warm, parental smile and speak to you in sweet voice:
- You caused me a great pain while you were still alive. But you may still reach salvation, if you want. Just buy my game for 2.99$
You'll wage your options while the word "Badass" echoes through your mind.

>>378517343
>HOBBY-GRADE
Randy's been part of the business for at least 18 years. He should have at least a basic understanding of the industry by now. Surely he must have known that "hobby-grade" is not a term that has ever been used in the culture. Surely he must have realized that he's never ever heard anyone say "Get on my level you fucking scrub casuals, I'm a HOBBYIST gamer!"

>>378498769
shitty art style
not enough money pumped into advertising

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>>378498769
Charging $60 for a MOBA that depends on a vibrant online community to function at all
Splitting the community between four queues
Concocting a PvE campaign to further split the playerbase
gating 80% of the heroes behind the campaign and grindy acheivements
Staying in a sci-fi universe that isn't Borderlands but might as well be
Lore and characters no one cares about
Bad character design.

No really, casuals love Overwatch because they can tell who the characters are and what they do without even playing the game

Its impossible to figure out the character roles by looking at Battleborn chars. Here's McCree as designed by Gearbox. BADD-AS$S

>>378518874
>belt buckle isn't twice as big with only BA engraved on it
so close to perfection

>>378500694
that cunt should literally be in a wheelchair
the thought of something that huge mincing around on toothpick ankles make me feel sick, theyd snap fucking instantly

>>378518316
>Badass Batallion
Not enough players for a batallion, maybe a platoon?

>>378519867
Maybe a squad, but even that might be pushing it

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>>378517238
Reminds me of an old shoop I did about a year ago. Makes me want to do it better.