"You said it, everything looks the same or similar."
Can you cite a handful of specific examples of what you expected to be new or different in a reveal trailer that's just a splice of action scenes and character shots? Because I've seen many people complain about this but I still have no clue what people really expected. Obviously, it has returning characters. Obviously, it has the same artstyle. Obviously, it's still an over-the-top FPS. They should off a lot of new enemies, characters, weapons etc. too but overall the trailer reaffirmed that it's still Borderlands (i.e. what people wanted).
At the end of the day, it's a 4 minute reveal trailer that exists to excite fans of the series. It shows off new and returning characters and other things that fans like (e.g. the cool guns). It's not a gameplay trailer, it's not designed to show off new gameplay features or mechanics. The game could literally be a Destiny clone (complete with liver service elements, raids, and PVP) and we wouldn't know it based on the trailer. Complaining that the game isn't different enough is completely nonsensical because we have no idea what the game is even going to be like.
I don't remember people having this reaction to, say, the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer, which literally just showed off pretty environments. Did people complain that the Red Dead 2 was too similar to Red Dead 1 based on that trailer, because they didn't show off any new mechanics or features? No, because people were smart to realize that it's just a TEASER, and that if they were curious about gameplay improvements, they should wait for more information instead of dismissing the game outright. But apparently that small bit of logic is absent when it comes to Borderlands 3.
Let's be real, the only reason people are ragging on the trailer is because of the graphics. And it certainly isn't a huge leap in graphical fidelity (although it doesn't 'look the same' as some people are claiming). But I mean...who cares. Borderlands 2 still looks excellent in 2019, while other games from 2012 are beginning to look dated. BL3 will no doubt look great in 10 years. That's the power of its art direction.
"Also I doubt you're telling people who are excited by the trailer to tone down their expectations, because there's no gameplay shown, right?"
I would if people were excited about the gameplay features, but they're not, because they don't know what the game's going to be like. They're excited about having a new Borderlands, and they're excited about the things shown in the trailer (i.e. new and old characters, as well as the guns). No one is discussing the gameplay because no one knows much about the gameplay.
"And me, Gamespot or whoever is entitled to an opinion just as anyone who is hyped by the trailer."
Yes everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if the opinion is based on faulty premises, then it's a bad opinion, and everyone else is entitled to criticize *that*. Complaining that the game looks 'too similar' despite not being shown the actual gameplay mechanics or new features is quite ridiculous, which is why Gamespot and Polygon and other people with the same opinion are getting lambasted by the fanbase.
"This update also adds trading between players" Are you serious? Trading has been in the game FOREVER. It's not a new thing being added to the game. Is it too much to ask games journalism for a modicum of research to be done?
@Cruxis27: Not even close to being the same thing. TW3 may be based on existing characters and setting but the story was completely original. The writing and dialogue between characters was all original. I fail to see why their work wouldn`t be worth an award.
Even your Harry Potter argument is flawed. Just because it`s an adaption doesn`t mean the writers don`t deserve credit. It`s no easy feat adapting a big novel to a 2 hour movie.
@88mikelll: Well that's obviously not true (the Steam version alone has about 16,000 people playing right now), but even if it was...so what? The game wasn't designed to be played again and again like Bloodborne or Phantom Pain. Not all games have to be playable for years.
Few people played The Last of Us 8 months after it came out, but that doesn't make it a bad game.
@Steakface Yes, how dare games add elements of skill and real world fighting!!! All games should have both the player and the enemy standing still and whacking on each other like Skyrim.
@Steakface Spoken like someone who has never played the Witcher 2. That game had and still has some of the best graphics in video games today and yet also has a high level of complexity in both the gameplay and the storytelling. What makes you think TW3 will be any different?
@x-TwilighT-x @Lhomity @blackothh You realize they made real money on this, right? Not to mention ruining an in-game economy is actually a big deal to players that invest a lot of their time and money on it..
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