Summary
Borderlandsfans are hoping that the upcomingBorderlands 4will allow Vault Hunters to have a more direct impact on the game’s cutscenes.Borderlands 4was announced at the most recent Gamescom Opening Night Live event. It was confirmed thatBorderlands 4will feature a brand-new planet for players to explore instead of series mainstay Pandora, and that players will once again be playing as Vault Hunters.
TheBorderlands 4Vault Hunters have yet to be revealed, and it’s unclear exactly when they will be revealed to the public. However,Borderlands 4is releasing in 2025, and so fans can expect new information on the looter shooter to come to light in the months ahead. PastBorderlandsVault Hunters have been quite varied, and so it’s hard to guess exactly what theBL4Vault Hunters will bring to the table.
Time will tell what theBorderlands 4Vault Hunters have in store, but in the meantime, many fans are hoping that, whoever they are, they have a more direct impact on cutscenes in the game. By and large,Borderlandsgames have presented Vault Hunters as essentially stand-ins for the players. Even though they have all been distinct, defined characters,BorderlandsVault Hunters aren’t really presented as such in the cutscenes of the games where they’re playable, with their individual personalities going unrecognized and unacknowledged by other characters.OtherBorderlandscharactersare the ones with the more direct impact on the cutscenes and story, with fans like Reddit user BananHannah2005 feeling that the Vault Hunters are reduced to “cameras” for the cutscenes.
Borderlands Fans Want BL4 Vault Hunters to Have an Impact in Cutscenes
This has been true forBorderlandsgames since the very first one, with the Vault Hunters getting more fleshed out as characters in entries where they’re not playable. For example, the Vault Hunters from thefirstBorderlandsgamepop back up in subsequent installments with proper speaking roles as NPCs that drive the story forward. Based on the response to the Reddit thread, it seems manyBorderlandsfans are tired of this approach and hope to see the playable Vault Hunters be more involved with the story and its characters.
One way that Gearbox could potentially circumvent this criticism would be by letting players make their own Vault Hunters. The complaint mainly seems to stem from the fact thatBorderlandsVault Huntersare already named characters with defined traits and characteristics, which makes it seem weird that their individuality isn’t properly acknowledged by the other characters in the games and are instead referred to with generic terms. Letting players make their own characters would perhaps make this approach feel more natural.
It remains to be seen exactly how Gearbox Software is going to handleBorderlands 4’s Vault Hunters. As previously stated, there isn’t a lot that we know about the game at this juncture beyond thatit’s no longer set on Pandoraand that Vault Hunters are once again the main playable characters. SinceBorderlands 4was shown off at the Geoff Keighley-hosted Gamescom, fans may be keeping their fingers crossed that it will pop back up at The Game Awards on December 12, but there are no guarantees that will come to pass.
WHERE TO PLAY
Borderlands 4 brings intense action, badass Vault Hunters, and billions of wild and deadly weapons to an all-new planet ruled by a ruthless tyrant.Crash into Kairos as one of four new Vault Hunters seeking wealth and glory. Wield powerful Action Skills, customize your build with deep skill trees, and dominate enemies with dynamic movement abilities.Break free from the oppressive Timekeeper, a ruthless dictator who dominates the masses from on high. Now a world-altering catastrophe threatens his perfect Order, unleashing mayhem across the planet.Ignite a resistance and blast your way through mechanical monstrosities, bloodthirsty bandits, and vicious beasts. Amass an arsenal of death-dealing firepower to wreak havoc as you tear your way across Kairos.Fight solo or in co-op with up to three other players in this immense sci-fi adventure, packed with free-form combat and exploration, pulse-pounding boss fights, infinitely varied loot drops, and an eclectic cast of unforgettable characters new and old.
