The beloved looter-shooter Borderlands franchise has always been about the power fantasy of killing bad guys with ridiculous guns and equally deadly abilities.
As the player characters of each Borderlands game, from the Vault Hunters of the mainline games to the Fatebreaker of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, almost every player character is memorable in their design and specific power fantasies that they fulfill.
But strangely enough, most mainline Borderlands games don't put as much emphasis on the player character despite them being the protagonist and the catalyst of major change in the narrative.
As such, Borderlands 4 will place more attention on the Vault Hunters, as they will be more talkative and more active during cutscenes.
Borderlands 4's Will Focus More On The Vault Hunter
Gearbox has stated many times that they have learned from the feedback about Borderlands 3's many shortcomings and flaws.
One of the community's major criticisms about the previous Borderlands games is the lack of player involvement in the overarching narrative.
During major plot points of previous games, player characters would feel more like a passenger in their own story, as they would often stand motionless and helplessly while the story happened around them....
