Randy Pitchford, the CEO of Gearbox, has taken to social media to face down intense criticism from Borderlands 4 players.
  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    Maybe I’m just wildly crazy here, but I think a $70 game from a big studio should run well.

    We’re not talking some $15 early access title here that lacks optimization because it’s like 2 guys making it in their free time.

  • Zozano@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    24 hours ago

    Does borderlands really “need” some bleeding edge engine?

    Its not a terribly complex game? And nobody gives a shit if its a bit janky.

    Borderlands, like its movie, is the kid who gets an ant farm for his birthday, pulls out the tubes, shoves one end up his ass and starts sucking the farts out with the other.

    Yes, its entertaing, but nobody expects it to be high-class.

  • HatchetHaro@pawb.socialEnglish
    30·
    2 days ago

    unreal engine game developer here: it’s your fuckin’ responsibility to debug and optimize your game, not unreal engine’s.

    • filcuk@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      You gave them a hammer and their nail has not gone in straight?
      Clearly your fault. And the hammer’s.

    • Postimo@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Anything ever come of this creep and his “favorite magic tricks” usb drive?

        • redhorsejacket@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          2 days ago

          more info than you could ever want about Pitchford’s porn habits

          In short, there was a legal dispute between Pitchford and a former counsel for Gearbox. As part of a pattern of suit-countersuit, the former employee alleged that Pitchford had left a USB stick at a local restaurant which contained proprietary company info as well as underage pornography. Pitchford confirmed that all of the above, with the notable exception of the “underage” part. Given nothing came of it, and he was remarkably candid about what type of porn was actually on the USB, I’m inclined to believe him.

  • TacoTroubles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    186·
    3 days ago

    Oh, I was unaware randy coded unreal engine all by himeself. I take back every negative thing i ever said about the fucking Twat

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      40·
      3 days ago

      Yeah, fucking what?

      What the fuck does that even mean?

      Randy is… what… when was the last time this asshat even wrote any code, much an less engine?

      20 years?

      No, seriously, when actually was the last time he wrote any code?

      He founded Gearbox in 99… and by 2005, they liscensed UE 3… prior to that, they’d been working with UE2… and Source…

      I think you have to back prior to Gearbox, to Duke Nukem 3D and Lo Wang, to find somewhere Randy may actually have contributed to game engine code.

      In conclusion: Fuck you Randy.

        • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
          6·
          2 days ago

          To be fair, it seems only Epic themselves know how to fuck around with UE5 nowadays. That nanite lighting, temporal antialiasing and dithering everything makes everything look like ass. Games from 2016 look better

  • zerofk@lemmy.zipEnglish
    25·
    2 days ago

    Shade aside, I do think more developers should make their own engine. Yes it takes time and resources, but those are spent on exactly what you need instead of on getting what you want out of an engine that was made to do everything but focused on nothing.

  • xep@discuss.onlineEnglish
    44·
    2 days ago

    I have. Oddly enough, I don’t remember any Gearbox game with a Gearbox engine?

  • SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    51·
    3 days ago

    Gonna keep repeating it until it sticks:

    Don’t touch Gearbox shit. They showed their true colours when they embezzled Colonial Marines.