Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a game I wanted to enjoy since the first announcement but I had always been cautious about getting excited about it after the disappointment that was Borderlands 3. I was very pleased with this game, it felt like a major improvement over the previous outing (even if it is a "different" IP).
The maps were much better designed with the more linear levels being reduced to much shorter outings only towards the end of the game. I also think this game is much better written than 3 and all the celebrity actors sounded like they were having a blast delivering these lines. Tt makes a lot of smart improvements I would like to see carried out back in the next Borderlands installment. Having a dedicated melee slot makes loot drops even more exciting and allows your kit to be fleshed out even further as well as with the addition of being able to multiclass. I would like to see something similar to that system brought back to Borderlands because it allows for a much more diverse path for building out characters and actually makes me excited to run the game back in the upcoming years. Spells were an awesome addition and I would like to an option as diverse (more than just the standard grenade) in the mainline series as well. Seeing your player model change as you level up was also a really cool touch I didn't expect and being allowed to erect statues of yourself and party around town gave a better sense of progression than any other Borderlands game.
Complaints wise- this game is way too easy, even with 4 players the challenge run dungeons required very little thought (we hadn't reached max chaos level however so maybe it does get harder) but even without those the campaign bosses took no longer than 45 seconds for us to clear. The player is also given less freedom on how to spend their hard earned gold in this spin-off, while the past installments had slot machines and customization options, all of that has been reduced to just ammo capacity and backpack expansions as well as buying new guns out of vending machines. This made returning to the "hub" way less exciting. I have also heard that the DLC for this game is very poor and overpriced, I have not yet purchased it and cannot comment on that (but I would definitely believe it).
TLDR: Fun entry and more optimistic for where the franchise goes from here than I was previously.
The maps were much better designed with the more linear levels being reduced to much shorter outings only towards the end of the game. I also think this game is much better written than 3 and all the celebrity actors sounded like they were having a blast delivering these lines. Tt makes a lot of smart improvements I would like to see carried out back in the next Borderlands installment. Having a dedicated melee slot makes loot drops even more exciting and allows your kit to be fleshed out even further as well as with the addition of being able to multiclass. I would like to see something similar to that system brought back to Borderlands because it allows for a much more diverse path for building out characters and actually makes me excited to run the game back in the upcoming years. Spells were an awesome addition and I would like to an option as diverse (more than just the standard grenade) in the mainline series as well. Seeing your player model change as you level up was also a really cool touch I didn't expect and being allowed to erect statues of yourself and party around town gave a better sense of progression than any other Borderlands game.
Complaints wise- this game is way too easy, even with 4 players the challenge run dungeons required very little thought (we hadn't reached max chaos level however so maybe it does get harder) but even without those the campaign bosses took no longer than 45 seconds for us to clear. The player is also given less freedom on how to spend their hard earned gold in this spin-off, while the past installments had slot machines and customization options, all of that has been reduced to just ammo capacity and backpack expansions as well as buying new guns out of vending machines. This made returning to the "hub" way less exciting. I have also heard that the DLC for this game is very poor and overpriced, I have not yet purchased it and cannot comment on that (but I would definitely believe it).
TLDR: Fun entry and more optimistic for where the franchise goes from here than I was previously.