Yeah I agree, people just want to play a good game, Borderlands is extremely stylised so it doesn't really benefit from all the advanced features being used in UE5 in the same way a game designed to be photorealistic does. I think the main issue is that turning the settings down makes it look worse than the older games, and you still have worse frame rates than them. If you could turn the settings down and it looked the same or better than its 6 year old predecessor, people wouldn't be as ******.
Borderlands 4 (2025)
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Yeah I agree, people just want to play a good game, Borderlands is extremely stylised so it doesn't really benefit from all the advanced features being used in UE5 in the same way a game designed to be photorealistic does. I think the main issue is that turning the settings down makes it look worse than the older games, and you still have worse frame rates than them. If you could turn the settings down and it looked the same or better than its 6 year old predecessor, people wouldn't be as ******.
So long as "overall" visuals are better, I don't care what they do. Without dlss/fsr, we wouldn't be seeing the visuals we are nowadays. If we didn't have upscaling and games ran at 80+ fps @ native 4k, we wouldn't be seeing games looking as good as what they are today, which is ok if people don't care about visuals, personally I want great visuals too though. The only people who won't use upscaling are the ones with an inferior solution to native or/and out of spite, won't use it because principles, which is ok but their loss.
Having said that, we have already seen the next step in graphical rendering, which may even bypass upscaling:
NVIDIA pushes Neural Rendering in gaming with goal of 100% AI-generated pixels - VideoCardz.com
RTX Blackwell is the foundation for Neural Rendering Not sure what Frame Generation critics will think about this idea. I remember an article on Blur Busters that suggested a future where nine out of ten frames would be generated by AI. For that to happen, ultra-low-latency AI frame generation...
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I haven't watched the video yet but recently played some bl 3 and bl 4 is visually better when you consider how much more open world and dense it is. The ray tracing really adds to the game too but I am using hardware RT, which aids even further, the lighting and shadows are very noticeable even with this art style but I suspect is lost on a lot of people that don't notice such things.
@Noxia
This is why I take photos of my screen instead of screenshots as screenshots in hdr only provides jxr format which can't be uploaded so then have to convert to png and upload which means you lose even more quality and also, it looks worse in SDR (granted you can't see HDR in photos but it shows the dynamic range far better). Screenshots show of the RT very well despite the "cartoon" look.
Where as photos:
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As a new player to the francise does anybody have go to guides or advice?
I feel im just winging it and from the tutorial to level 18 now im not really getting an understanding on things.
Things like what i should be looking for in weapons and how i should be looking to spend my skill points?
I am currently on Amon, should i just be looking at DPS on weapons? for the skill points im a just starting from the bottom and filling all the earlier ones 3/3 & 5/5?
I thought id have picked more info as i have played but feel i could be missing vital parts of the game/gameplay, not sure its aimed at new players
I feel im just winging it and from the tutorial to level 18 now im not really getting an understanding on things.
Things like what i should be looking for in weapons and how i should be looking to spend my skill points?
I am currently on Amon, should i just be looking at DPS on weapons? for the skill points im a just starting from the bottom and filling all the earlier ones 3/3 & 5/5?
I thought id have picked more info as i have played but feel i could be missing vital parts of the game/gameplay, not sure its aimed at new players
I ignore DPS for the most part, I'm more interested in the single shot damage capability over DPS. With some character builds it can absolutely help make powerful builds but for how I play and the weapons I enjoy it really dosnt make much difference.
I tend to 9/10 of the times just stick with Jacobs guns. High single shot damage. I tend to gravitate more towards the sniper rifles. They can be devastating, aim for crit shots. Most enemy can be taken out with 1 or 2 shots.
Jacobs guns unfortunately have smaller mags. Damage they do far outweighs the drawbacks though.
I tend not to look too deep into BL games from a skill point basis. There are countless guides on character builds to get the most out of them. What to spend skills points on, what gadgets/weapons/elements etc etc all work together to make the most powerful builds. I find it all too much of a nause though. I'd rather just jump in and play.
Find the leveling guide for Amon: https://www.youtube.com/@Moxsy
I was using him but dumped him at level 10 and swapped to Harlowe, way better play style and a F skill that feels useful.
thank you for this.
Can i ask i dont plan on changing characters right now, but if i do how does it work?
Does the game/story start all over again? are all the unlocks and collectibles still there or do i need to do it all again?
I barely use melee or grenades, i just run and gun and jump around like crazy i feel this is not the way it should be played and drag out battles/bosses.
Start again until you finish the story on one character then you can roll any of the others at level 30
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Code Redemption https://shift.gearboxsoftware.com/rewards
BSRT3-FTZBJ-K6BTW-JB3T3-WXT99 1 Golden Key September 19, 2025
Code Redemption https://shift.gearboxsoftware.com/rewards
ty sir.
what level are people redeeming these at? I opened my first one last night at level 18 not sure if thats was a waste or not.
Straight away regardless of rank. They are released at a steady enough rate so that its not really worth saving them up.
I hoard them and never use them, a bit like all the potions in RPG's.
Haha, yeh, i collect all the shift codes, last time i looked in my BL3 game, i think i have over 800, might even be 900, i also redeem them for every platform as well.
So i completed thew campaign and as an Altaholic in many games im want to try some other classes.
Ive started another vault hunter chose to skip prologue but have not got the option to skip the campaign and boost to lvl 30.
Anything i need to do beforehand apart from finish campaign on main?
Ive started another vault hunter chose to skip prologue but have not got the option to skip the campaign and boost to lvl 30.
Anything i need to do beforehand apart from finish campaign on main?
The industry can’t afford to overlook low-spec PCs | Opinion
The ubiquitous PC can and should be the affordable entry point for many consumers – but targeting only high-end hardware risks losing that advantage
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* As low as 760p resolution on all consoles; HUD and UI affected as well, can result in blurry text and UI.
* So called "Performance" modes are dropping into the 30 fps range.
* Game needs to be rebooted on console every 30 minutes due to memory leaks; failure to restart the game causes performance to keep falling into a slide show.
* So called "Performance" modes are dropping into the 30 fps range.
* Game needs to be rebooted on console every 30 minutes due to memory leaks; failure to restart the game causes performance to keep falling into a slide show.
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