Hey, I'm Always Tired

replaying BL4 for Ironverse research and it really sucks how there ARE bright spots in this game, they just get dragged down by so much open-world drudgery. Like the prologue scene where your Vault Hunter gets strapped down and bolted, and their subsequent possessions throughout the game by the Timekeeper, are really creepy and effective (especially because of how Vault hunters are traditionally portrayed as vessels for this indestructible action movie power fantasy, at least while they’re playable. Giving them such a big vulnerability was a really interesting choice). In addition to that, giving them a sort of personal tragic enemy story with Arjay was novel and interesting (up until, you know, the ending, where it feels like Gearbox went “Oh shit, we gotta wrap up this Arjay stuff” and just has you kill him unceremoniously.) Personally I think he could have made a great recurring unreliable frenemy/thorn in your side in future games, maybe if the Raiders tried to help him or something.