When the original Borderlands was released in 2009, the shooter market was dominated by serious, military-based titles with drab colors and an overdose of gritty realism. For pure loot-driven awesomeness, it’s hard to beat. And since everyone else is collecting, you’ll also get the chance to steal items off the bodies of other players you take out. Dropped into a map with several other hostile squads, you’ve got to search for weapons, armor, and enhancements you need to stay alive once the battle is joined. Apex Legends takes the already fantastic shooter mechanics of Titanfall and enhances them even further, adding features from class-based shooters and incorporating the idea of heroes from MOBAs.Īnd if that wasn’t enough, the entire experience is built around the mad hunt for loot. And it did it with a loot-driven shooter that attracted more than 50 million players in its first month. Apex LegendsĪs more and more developers chased the Battle Royale model, it was only natural that Respawn, fresh off the success of Titanfall, would make its own play for the genre. You really can’t go wrong with any of the games in the series, and they really should all be on your radar if you’re a fan of the genre. But times have changed and the Looter Shooter genre is in the rudest of health now. There was a time where you took out your enemies and moved on without any of this checking corpses malarkey. However for a long time, the shooting genre was loot free. If anything should be a mantra for fans of loot-driven games, it’s this line.
Why do you think looter shooter games have the same problems? Do you think people are getting tired of the genre entirely? What are your thoughts on any of the other topics from this episode? Let us know in the comments.As the character Fagin once sang in the musical Oliver, “You have got to pick a pocket or two”. You can also check out new episodes of our other podcast, Nerds Talk Movies, every Friday at 8 PM ET. New episodes of The Nerd Stash Show will be posted every Monday at 8 PM ET. If you enjoyed this podcast, here are a few other places where you can find us: Where You Can Find The Nerd Stash Podcasts
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Back 4 Blood Review Round-Up And Our First Impressions – 28:25.Details On Obsidian’s Avowed Have Reportedly Been Revealed – 19:06.Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone Officially Unveiled – 4:22.If you want to learn more about any of the topics we talked about, we’ll also provide sources for that as well. Why do so many games in the genre seem to fall flat? Are people starting to get tired of the genre entirely? We (try to) tackle all those questions and more in this episode.Īlso, on the show, we share our reactions to EA finally revealing Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone, potential details on Obsidian’s Avowed, and some Back 4 Blood reviews, along with our first impressions of the game.Īs always, you can check out timestamps for every major topic down below. With the recent backlash involving Marvel’s Avengers having paid XP boosts and Bungie deciding to vault Destiny 2: Forsaken content in 2022, we wanted to have a larger conversation about the looter shooter genre.
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