Borderlands 4 director: Code your own engine

After Borderlands 4 was released past Friday, the crippled was instantly met with an avalanche of disapproval for its mediocre performance, particularly among PC gamers. More than 10 1000 antagonistic reviews were near connected Steam, claiming that the crippled does not tally smoothly adjacent connected almighty hardware. Console players besides had complaints, but to a lesser extent.

Director Randy Pitchford is present telling players to beryllium realistic and recognize the narration betwixt their hardware and software. 

“Every PC gamer has to judge the world of the narration betwixt their hardware and the bundle they run,” Pitchford said.

Pitchford points retired that it is unrealistic to expect the crippled to tally astatine 4K Ultra Max settings connected two-three twelvemonth aged hardware. He himself plays astatine 1440p solution with precocious settings, and believes that this is enough. He besides noted that DLSS upscaling is determination for a crushed and that it is not a occupation with the technology, but with the cognition of the player.

Reviews and reaction

The manager emphasized that Borderlands 4 is not designed for aged hardware. 

"Borderlands 4 is simply a premium crippled for premium gamers. Just arsenic it can't tally connected PlayStation 4, it shouldn't beryllium expected to tally connected aged PCs. But dissimilar consoles, we can't halt PC gamers from moving the crippled connected inadequate hardware. That's wherefore immoderate radical get angry," Pitchford said.

To accusations that Gearbox didn't bash a bully occupation connected the method broadside of the game, Pitchford responded sarcastically: 

"You codification your motor and amusement america however it's done. We'll beryllium your customers. The radical doing it close present evidently don't cognize what you know."

Although the disapproval is loud, immoderate players, similar our Hrvoje who prepares the review, authorities that they did not announcement immoderate superior problems successful the PC version. Pitchford's cognition makes it wide that developers expect players to beryllium realistic successful their demands and to recognize the method limits of the game.