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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Outer Worlds had the same issue, the Borderlands "humour" and bright colors didn't mix with the "Fallout in space" overall theme

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What part of it did you find to be Borderlands humor and not Fallout humor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'd need to replay it (which I might this year) to point out specific parts, but I remember some dialogues/characters being a bit "childish". I'm not talking "butt stallion" childish but different from the Fallout humour (and yes Fallout can be funny too)

I mean they could sell me this as a trailer for a Borderlands game : https://youtu.be/zNmjNA6dtEA

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I hear you on the trailer. I think Fallout and Outer Worlds are both inherently dark comedies at their core, and I think that trailer lets the potential audience know that it's a comedy in a way that Fallout trailers typically don't, but Fallout has a legacy at this point. For me, the touchstone of The Outer Worlds' humor is right at the beginning, with a man coughing up blood in his dying breaths, trying desperately to remember and recite his company's motto, and I think that tone holds true throughout. Meanwhile, I'm playing Borderlands 2 right now, and while the comedy does often land for me, it can sometimes devolve into calling a creature a "bonerfart" as the punchline.