Battleborn is Still A Blast to Play

Battleborn came out just over a year ago. I was immediately drawn to the game due to it's super slick, cartoony, hero-shooter style. Sadly, it came out the same time as that bigger hero-shooter, Overwatch, and dumb marketing pit the two games against each other, even though they play completely different from each other. Overwatch, as we know, is an objective based shooter, similar to Team Fortress 2. Battleborn, is more of a MOBA shooter, as its main PVP type modes, Incursion and Meltdown focus on battling through lanes with teams of 5, and escorting minions to key points, all the while fighting other players, and killing the opposing teams minions.

I enjoy Battleborn, a lot.

The PVP of the game is fairly deep, due to the gear system that Gearbox implemented, which is similar to other MOBAs. In other MOBAs, there's usually assorted gear or items, or what have you, that can be purchased as the game goes on, that affects your characters stats. This allows you to build heroes a certain way and play to your play style. This is how it is in Battleborn as well. As you play the game, you can get gear, which you can set up for your games, to be purchased and used in game. Things like, increasing reload speed, increasing healing or even reducing the cost to build things in game which can help your team out. I love this. I've been playing around with different builds on different characters, and load outs for one are different than setups for others.

The addition of an actually pretty cool main story, with 8 PVE missions helps a ton. Plus, the added DLC Ops missions have added even more lore and story to the game, although the Oscar Mike Ops is easily the weakest of the bunch. Even after replaying missions, i'm still picking up on things that I missed before, and it makes me want to delve further into the lore of the game. It honestly is a very cool world that has been created, and hopefully we see more of it in the future.

That being said, Battleborn definitely deserves more love.

Gearbox has at least started a free trial, and basically made the PVP free-to-play for all on PS4, Xbox One and PC. You can download it, jump in, and while having access to only 6 characters a week for free, you can pay to unlock others, or unlock private matches and such. If you like the game, then you can buy it and have access to all the PVE levels and get into Ops stuff as well. These are definitely the best way to go to get gear, which helps you out a ton in PVP.

It's nice to see that Gearbox keeps supporting the game, and that the community, while small, keeps working to keep the game alive as well. It's a fantastic shooter, that has a lot more depth than many other shooters that i've played. If anyone wants to play sometime let me know, as i'll be continuing to work on trophies and lore challenges for players. Seriously, this game deserves more love.

A Recap

Wow. I honestly can't believe how long it's been since I wrote on this little blog. It's not that I haven't been gaming much, I definitely still do, mostly it's just I have been writing for other sites and such. That being said, I should contribute to this a little bit more so I can write about, well whatever I feel like writing about.

Since it's been quite some time, I suppose I should say that since last writing the Wii U officially ended production, and the Switch has come out. We still play our Wii U however, and there are still plenty of great games left that I have not played. As for the Switch, well it's a fantastic little machine, and I love that you can play games at home and then bring the console on the go with you. My son definitely enjoys being able to play Mario Kart and Blaster Master on the go, and playing with the joy cons detached and the screen set up on a table, well it's great for long ferry rides. The newest Nintendo fighter, ARMS, is out today, so we will be getting our copy later.

As for PS4 gaming, still lots of games to play, though I mostly play Paragon or Battleborn as of late. I just enjoy the MOBA elements added to the action/shooter genres I guess. I've definitely played a ton of Destiny, and am looking forward to playing some Destiny 2 with my brothers and buddies once it drops in September. Also, Horizon: Zero Dawn and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, both amazing games, and one of the two will most likely be game of the year.

Anyways, that's a recap, i'll try and write a bit more, more often and let everyone know what I am gaming. Cheers all!