Many people have been talking about Borderlands 4 since its reveal trailer at The Game Awards, and for good reason. It was one of the few games we knew would drop a trailer there, and many have been dissecting what we saw in it to try and grasp what will happen within it. Thankfully, there is an official description for the game out now, and it details how we’ll be on a new planet with a new group of vault hunters, doing everything we can to overthrow a tyrannical ruler while also trying to get as rich as possible. After all, there ain’t no rest for the wicked.
However, many are wondering about some of the “aesthetic” and “auditory” changes that the game seems to be boasting in one form or another. On the audio side, may are concerned that the title may take the path of the last entry and be incredibly barebones in the humor department. Let’s just say that it wasn’t the best, considering what the series is known for.
However, there is hope on that front, as PC Gamer noticed some posts from Narrative director Sam Winkler, and he made it clear that the humor/comedy bits of Borderlands 4 would be much greater than they were before, even stating that he’s “gotten to work with some of the funniest people I know as contract writers” to make the humor pop for players.
He even doubled down on the notion that it won’t make the same mistakes as the 3rd entry:
“Not at liberty to talk much about the content of BL4, but I remain firm in my criticism of BL3’s overabundance of toilet humor.”
Think he’s just “playing to the crowd?” No. He actually gave another example of what kind of humor won’t be in the game:
“I’m not gonna say there’s no toilets but if the word ‘skibidi’ ships in the game under my watch I’m gonna cry real tears. Paul Tassi joked that we were gonna have a gun called Hawk 2A and a fellow dev asked me if it was real and I wanted to put my hand down the sink grinder.”
To some out there, this might seem like only a “minor improvement,” but the franchise is known for its dark humor, not “easy humor.” This world is chaotic to a fault, and the characters revel in that, versus just dropping whatever joke feels “appropriate” at that moment.
So, on this front, things seem to be looking up for the title.
