The
Borderlands
franchise
began
life
with
a
sense
of
humour
that
had
a
darker
flavour,
mixed
with
some
crass
jokes.
But
as
the
series
went
on,
the
darker
elements
were
dropped
in
favour
of
toilet
humour,
pop-culture
gags
and
“wacky”
randomness.
The
result
was
that
Borderlands
3
is
considered
by
many
as
the
weakest
of
the
bunch
in
terms
of
storytelling
and
comedy,
though
its
gameplay
is
pretty
damn
good.
Despite
that,

I
did
end
up
ranking
it
as
the
second
best
of
the
franchise,
purely
for
the
gameplay.

If
you’re
one
of
the
people
who
found
Borderlands
3
a
little
too
much,
then
I
have
some
good
news:

Borderlands
4
is
dialing
back
the
toilet
jokes.

That’s
according
to
the
game’s
narrative
director
Sam
Winkler.

Sam
dropped
a
Tweet
hyping
up
the
game,
describing
as
“our
most
ambitious
game
yet”
and
stating
that
he
has
gotten
to
work
with
some
of
the
funniest
writers
he
knows
to
develop
the
game’s
humour.

Another
user
replied
by
asking
if
the
game
might
be
shifting
to
a
darker
tone
based
on
the
trailers.

Not
at
liberty
to
talk
much
about
the
content
of
BL4,
but
I
remain
firm
in
my
criticism
of
BL3’s
overabundance
of
toilet
humor.

—
Sam
Winkler
(@ThatSamWinkler)

December
16,
2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

“Not
at
liberty
to
talk
much
about
the
content
of
BL4,
but
I
remain
firm
in
my
criticism
of
BL3’s
overabundance
of
toilet
humor.”
replied
Sam.

He
goes
on
to
say:
“I’m
not
gonna
say
there’s
no
toilets
but
if
the
word
skibidi
ships
in
the
game
under
my
watch
I’m
gonna
cry
real
tears.
Paul
Tassi
joked
that
we
were
gonna
have
a
gun
called
Hawk
2A
and
a
fellow
dev
asked
me
if
it
was
real
and
I
wanted
to
put
my
hand
down
the
sink
grinder.”

Sam
Winkler’s
comments
arrive
just
as
a
bunch
of
people
on
X
are
announcing
that
they
were
contract
writers
for
Borderlands
4.
Presumably
some
form
of
embargo
or
NDA
has
lifted,
letting
them
talk
about
their
work,
or
at
least
confirm
they
did
work
on
the
game.

As
for
Sam,
his
X
page
is
full
of
many
poop
and
cum
jokes,
so
it’s
kinda
hard
to
judge
what
he
deems
an
acceptable
level
of
scat-based
humour.
It’s
probably
somewhere
between
no
toilet
jokes,
and
all
the
the
toiler
jokes.