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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 44 points 16 hours ago

Next week: "Gearbox sues terminally ill fan for early review while under NDA"

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 12 hours ago

Glad he could play.
Disgusted at those douchebags at the company used it for advertising

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 69 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

I might very well just be a cynical prick, but at this point I assume these "stories" are just made up Corporate PR propaganda.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 41 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, the much more obvious answer is that a terminal patient was incredibly thankful to get a sneak peak at a game he may not live to see released, of his favourite series, and was playing the game with my exactly the most unbiased lens.

Which is okay. You don't have to dig any deeper than that, you can just be happy that this person got to play the game.

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 26 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Which is okay. You don't have to dig any deeper than that, you can just be happy that this person got to play the game.

No. I have to be absolutely miserable and constantly offended by something.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Mantis Shrimp can see true magenta, and it's not pink.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 minutes ago

Average ~~Lemmy User~~

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 6 points 16 hours ago

If it's a real story then of course I'm happy for him. I just don't believe anything on social media or anything that a corporation says. I mean, why would I? We are constantly lied to.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 39 points 17 hours ago

Could also just be a well intentioned skew. A terminally ill person who's already a fan and is getting a special gift from the developer isn't about to say "the gameplay is fine, but it failed to make the most of its niche and has several glaring bugs", are they?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 17 hours ago

How much corpos paid this shill for this PR?

People need to really wise up to these clown tricks jfc

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org -4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Do you really think this guy is lying about it?
https://www.reddit.com/r/borderlands3/comments/1gak2s0/dont_know_if_this_is_possible/

I’m not sure if accusing someone of lying about cancer is worse than lying about having cancer, but c’mon

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This type of thing is exactly why people would lie about it. Because good people such as yourself would ask “why would someone lie about this?”.

Marketing like this is revolting.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I wasn’t born yesterday lmao but thanks for explaining the obvious

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

I’m sorry my response caused you negative emotions

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 7 points 17 hours ago

Yea, why not? I can google "cancer patient selfie" on Google and get good pics. How do we know it's real? There have been so many scams like this on Reddit asking for money or games, using similar emotional ploys.

Again, I'm a cynical bastard over here.

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Vertical integration: secretly make some of your fans terminally ill, then let them play a preview of your game.

[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago

Next level: be a subsidiary of a pharmaceutical corporation

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I'm glad people still enjoy this series but I dropped it at Tiny Tina's. Nothing felt new even if it was technically a new class or enemies or what have you. I can't help but feel the vault hunting aspect was dropped too soon after 2.

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I tried to play 3 when it got free on Epic Store but Jesus, it was boring and generic.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Borderlands 3 dialogue was akin to torture. I’m hoping 4 raises the bar by playing slaughterhouse audio during cutscenes.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world -3 points 16 hours ago

Yeah but they're probably on tons of drugs too