{"id":36678,"date":"2020-03-28T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tentaclii.wordpress.com\/?p=36678"},"modified":"2020-03-28T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T11:00:12","slug":"guns-love-and-tentacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2020\/03\/28\/guns-love-and-tentacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Guns, Love, and Tentacles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The real-time-comic styled sci-fi AAA vidogame Borderlands 3<\/em> has a new strongly Lovecraftian makeover, in the form of its major “Guns, Love, and Tentacles” premium DLC. On release now, it’s apparently it’s a great success and even strongly improves a vital aspect of the game. <\/p>\n

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Kotaku’<\/em>s review sums it up (partial spoilers<\/em>)…<\/p>\n

The scenery on Xylourgos is […] a massive (and dead) monstrosity known as Gythian serves as the centerpiece, and inhabitants have built a town directly under its corpse. Gythian is an ever-present aspect of the environment and storyline, with tentacles stretching both literally and metaphorically across the planet\u2019s vast wastelands. [The alien planet] Xylourgos is also cloaked in darkness thanks to a perpetual solar eclipse, the thin glimpses of light that manage to escape casting an eerie blue-green hue over the icy landscape. <\/p>\n

Gythian is an obvious homage to Lovecraftian deities like Cthulhu [with] a cult that worships Gythian\u2019s heart as part of some bizarre love ritual. There\u2019s also an NPC [non-player character] who believes himself to be a fishman a la<\/em> \u201cThe Shadow Over Innsmouth\u201d and asks the player to lower him into a frozen lake to commune with his fish queen.<\/p>\n

Borderlands 3<\/em> isn\u2019t a game known for its incredible boss fights. They usually go a little something like this: a giant bad guy appears [at the end of the game’s level] and you shoot them until they die. [Yet here the player at last gets] a boss fight that actually feels difficult, compelling, and rewarding […] it makes a nice change from defeating Borderlands<\/em> bosses through brute force.<\/p>\n

[…] one of the most enjoyable romps I\u2019ve had with the Borderlands<\/em> series since it debuted in 2009.”<\/p>\n

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Sounds great. Doubtless there will be a gazillion play-throughs on YouTube before the weekend is out, so go there if you want to see more of what the game looks and plays like. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The real-time-comic styled sci-fi AAA vidogame Borderlands 3 has a new strongly Lovecraftian makeover, in the form of its major …<\/p>\n

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