Borderlands 4 will tone down the toilet humor compared to the previous game, so don't expect any “skibidi” quotes.
Narrative director Sam Winkler described Borderlands 4 as “Gearbox's most ambitious game yet” and said he's happy to “work with some of the funniest people I know.”
A response to Winkler's post asked if, judging by the trailers, the game will have darker humor, to which he responded: “I'm not at liberty to speak much about the content of BL4, but I remain firm in my criticism of BL3's overabundance of toilet humor.”
He added, in an additional response: “I'm not going to say there are no bathrooms, but if the word skibidi appears in the game under my watch, I will cry real tears. Paul Tassi joked that we were going to have a weapon called the Hawk.” 2A and a fellow developer asked me if it was real and I wanted to put my hand in the sink.”
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The Borderlands series isn't exactly serious in tone, but the third game was criticized for its humor. For some, however, this did not detract from its shooting mechanics.
Read our Eurogamer Borderlands 3 review: “No, it's not a particularly cerebral experience, but it doesn't try to be either; while full of blood, violence and downright childish humor, Borderlands 3 is a solid shooter with a meaty 30-hour campaign ., abundant, although repetitive, work, and a colorful cast of characters that are difficult to forget.”
At last week's The Game Awards, a new Borderlands 4 trailer was shown, revealing its new planet and four playable Vault Hunters.
It seems pretty outlandish, but the lack of poop and fart jokes will make the launch more satisfying once the game launches in 2024.
If you're not familiar with Skibidi Toilet (lucky you), it's a very silly Internet animation made with Valve's Source Filmmaker software and featuring assets from Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike.