評論

• gamedeal user

  Nov 13, 2020

  If you are looking for a TL;DR, this DLC is not worth it. If you have a few minutes to waste, read on intrepid soul. The new cosmetics are free for anyone who already owns the original Season Pass which I think is pretty swell of Gearbox. So credit where credit is due. The cosmetics are decent, the theme is interesting and overall they are a nice little slice of content. The new skill trees vary greatly in value. Amara tightens her grip on the "Goddess of Damage" title with an even better Action Skill than the ones she already had and another overpowered skill tree that will probably star in a new set of youtube videoes showing Amara doing damage in exponential numbers. Zane's skill tree helps his gameplay; he has always been the odd duck of the Vault Hunters with a poorly synergistic set of skill trees and weak specializations. Along with the rebalance patch, he should be well on his way to viability. The main problem with Zane is that he is gimmicky, relying on his few good skills and a few weapons for proper builds. Every Zane tends to play the same. Hopefully this will sort itself out in a bit. FL4K gets some handy new tools as well as crowd control abilities that he sorely lacked, The loader bot is both fun and interesting, especially when used to blow up Freddie's mustachioed face. The gravity trap can be fun even if its bossing utility is somewhere between slim and none. More importantly, there are some new durability skills which FL4K can really use. The new capstone in particular looks to be handy when in a heavy fire fight. Moze gets the shaft and that's about it. Iron Cub is a huge step down from Iron Bear; Auto Bear actually does what Iron Cub is supposed to do but much better. The new skill tree does not add anything new to Moze's arsenal except an increased movement speed skill that she has to have Iron Cub or Auto Bear out to actually take advantage of. The new skill tree's not only gimmicky but its gimmicks (damage over time effects proccing buffs and increased fire damage) are notably weaker than Moze's existing gimmicks of being a bullet hose and EXPLOSIONS. Why did anyone think this was a good idea I don't know. Maybe it was some head honcho's brilliant idea and no one else could gainsay it. Perhaps the whole idea was to keep players in Iron Bear for longer periods so that the core gameplay of the Looter Shooter could be safely ignored. Speaking of which, Arms Race. Where do I begin. There are three broad categories of people who play Borderlands. One are shooter gamers, the kind of people with excellent twitch reflexes, lots of friends who also play shooters and a good chance that they overlap with people who enjoy battle royale games. These people will enjoy Arms Race plenty. Then come the kind of gamer who lives to tinker with builds, try out wacky weapons and look for interactions. For these gamers Arms Race will be outright MADDENING since they cannot do any of the above but have to grit their teeth since some of the best weapons are ONLY in Arms Race. Lastly are those who are into Borderlands for the humor, story and quirkiness. They generally aren't shooter gamers primarily, there are likely some lured in by Tales from the Borderlands and then started on the mainline series (just as planned!). For these gamers, they will find Arms Race unappealing since very little of the above applies. In other words, Arms Race not only is irrelevant to the new skill trees but it also hold not too much appeal for a large plurality of BL3's install base. Packaging them together is like selling a set of socks and pineapples. Sure some people want socks and some people want pineapples but how many people want pineapples AND socks. Maybe gamers will buy the Designer's Cut for one or the other but this degrades goodwill since they feel that they are paying for extraneous content. One reason I did not shell out for the Season Pass 2 is simply because I want mainly story content; I am not willing to pay sight unseen for more junk like Arms Race. Also. Gearbox? Stop punishing people for having their friends move on to other games. So much end game content is basically pitched to four player co-op that solo players are feeling kind of neglected. Arms Race is essentially generic vanilla shooter with BL3 assets and a large RNG factor. You aren't fooling anybody with all that talk. It is blatant that it is a money grab with minimal coding effort. Playing solo takes the RNG factor and effectively injects it with eridium. My personal verdict on Arms Race? Boring. Constrictive. Unfunny. I never thought I would ever say that about Borderlands content (I even had kind words for the Pre-Sequel!). It neither plays or feels like Borderlands. If I wanted a Battle Royale game, I would have bought one.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 14, 2021

  If you're like me, you probably saw the new skilltrees and thought "well I don't really care about the arms race, but I might as well buy very expensive skill trees, because they're going to give me more options!" It would be a shame, if Class Mods to support those skill trees would be included in a seperate DLC... WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID!!! I can't believe that there's one legendary class mod connected to those 4 skilltrees, which you can gain solely gain through the arms race mode. For normal class mods, like you gain for the other skilltrees, you have to buy the Directors Cut DLC as well. This DLC in itself is a scam. If you want really want these extra skilltrees, consider buying Season Pass 2 as a whole.
• gamedeal user

  May 1, 2021

  I don't write reviews because I'm not qualified to, even from the perspective of 'Joe Consumer' because I don't know what makes a game good or bad. I enjoy what I enjoy, I can't quite describe what I like in a game but I know it when I feel it. I also understand that these matters in the video game industry are generally, for the most part, much more complicated than the average consumer would have you believe. I dislike when people boil complex ordeals down to greed or corporate takeovers, etc etc. But what I WILL say is that whoever's idea it was to remove something that was already in the base game, and then charge people money in order to get it back, is someone that deserves to be fired; both in their employment and in their afterlife.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 8, 2023

  hiding 4 skilltree behind a paywall F... U... Gearbox
• gamedeal user

  Nov 29, 2020

  The 4th tree we got for each character is quite nice... but having class mods for these trees drop in the new and, frankly, very tedious game mode is a no-no. I paid for this DLC, at least give me [b]an opportunity to grind with comfort[/b] using my character I honed and equipped for dozens of hours, and my skills that I developed to be effective with the chosen build...
• gamedeal user

  Dec 26, 2020

  Pure money grab to hide the 4th skill tree behind a DLC with little to no content. Not even a level cap increase.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 22, 2020

  This was a shameless move by gearbox. What could have easily been an update became a sleazy cash grab. Will you have fun while playing this new addition - Yes, but is it really worth the extra money - Hell no. Unless gearbox decides to add some full story driven content, I don't see the point of buying this at all.
• gamedeal user

  Jul 8, 2021

  [h1]Warning: Zane players with light sensitivity or past history with epilepsy should stay away with this content. [/h1] The action skill of Zane's 4th skill tree, MNTIS Shoulder Cannon, has an EXTREMELY bright visual particle effect. And the skill tree encourages player to spam the skill. It is like a flashbang to players' face every couple second. When using the cannon with "On Action Skill Start - Activate any effects that trigger on shield break or fill." Anointment, it is absolute eye cancer. I did not have epilepsy before. And I can confirm that even people with no light sensitivity cannot tolerate the visual effect, in a well-lit room. I cannot understand why such visual effect got approved, with no patch, no options to disable/tune down the intensity of flash. Gearbox, this is just a design to put your customers' lives in danger. I hope your art and gameplay design department can understand that and fix the problem.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 5, 2021

  A heavily watered-down battle royale with bullet sponge enemies that one-shot you, none of your hard-earned (potentially) skills and such, then a bundle of character skins priced at $10 each. Gearbox, what the hell are you doing?
• gamedeal user

  Jan 10, 2022

  let me be clear 2K. i bought this "dlc" for the skill trees i remember when you got entire CLASSES for 7$. 14$ for 1 tree each, with tacked on trash? no thanks wish i got this scam on winter sale. better yet, wish i could have pirated it like you pirated my cash. only reason i dont is steam is simply more convenient