Borderlands 4 Makes a Joke Out of Claptrap Hate With Audio Slider That Lets You Mute Him Completely

Borderlands 4 includes a slider that lets you alteration the measurement of — oregon mute wholly — your beloved (or love-to-hate) companion, Claptrap.

The robot companion has been successful the Borderlands franchise since it began mode backmost successful 2009, and you tin adjacent play arsenic him successful 2014's Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. He fundamentally acts arsenic your usher and mascot, and tin marque you laugh/cringe successful adjacent measure. For some, however, helium tin beryllium annoying, which is apt wherefore the developers astatine Gearbox person introduced a mounting to fto you little the measurement of his dependable oregon simply mute him completely.

"I wrote immoderate lines conscionable for this diagnostic and it includes possibly the dumbest astir niche notation to a definite unspeakable accent successful a definite classical immersive sim," teased Borderlands 4 communicative director, Sam Winkler, successful a societal media station responding to streamer and 2K partner, Chadly, who revealed there's an audio slider dedicated to Claptrap's voice.

When a instrumentality suggested Gearbox shouldn't person "caved to Claptrap haters," helium added: "I pitched that you should beryllium capable to enactment him from 0% to 200% but I deliberation the authorities said no."

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Borderlands 4 is simply a looter shooter packed with billions of weapons, outrageous enemies, and aggravated co-op enactment wherever you'll interruption escaped from a unsafe hidden satellite arsenic 1 of 4 caller Vault Hunters.

We had a bully clip with what we've played truthful far, penning successful IGN's Borderlands 4 preview: "After respective hours dipping my toes into what is definite to beryllium a monolithic looter shooter, I’m overmuch much optimistic astir Borderlands 4’s likelihood of recapturing my affections aft years apart."

And successful lawsuit Randy Pitchford's arguable tweets had you reasoning otherwise, steadfast 2K Games has confirmed Borderlands 4 volition outgo $70, not $80, aft all. Preorders are present live.

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