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But, as good as Tiny Tina’s Wonderlandsmight be, there are still a few areas where it stumbles in executing all of its different ideas. While a few of these problems are specific to Wonderlands, many are staples of the franchise that have lingered since the very beginning, and fixing these issues should be at the top of Gearbox’s to-do list.
8 Better Menu UI
The menu user interface in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is just as cluttered and difficult to read as it has been in every other Borderlands game since the first title was released way back in 2009. In fact, Wonderlands is actually slightly worse than the other games, as it has a few extra pieces of gear players can equip, further crowding the inventory screen.
It would be nice to have a cleaner setup to work with, especially when trying to compare multiple pieces of gear. Trying to parse every detail on a particular gun, trinket, or spell can get tiresome when players have to sift through multiple pages of items just to find the specific piece of loot they were looking for.
7 More Fast Travel Options
Fast travel has become one of gaming’s most useful tools over the years, and the Borderlands series has mostly done well with the system. Wonderlands takes a half step back in this regard, though, restricting fast travel to landmarks like the Overworld, Brighthoof, and the Chaos Chamber.
While in a particular area, players can also fast travel to local points within the region, but there’s no way to teleport to a specific locale from anywhere in the world. To get from Mount Craw to Tangledrift, players simply have to head out into the Overworld and walk there. While this isn’t a terrible problem while still exploring the Overworld, it becomes a tedious chore during the late game.
6 Easier Storage
Storing items has always been a bit of a mixed bag in the Borderlands franchise, and while Wonderlands manages to fix at least one major issue (storage space), it still runs into the problem of storage access. Izzie’s Fizzies is the only place in the entire game where players can store or remove items, forcing them to return to Brighthoof whenever they want to safely stash gear.
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It breaks the enjoyable combat flow to constantly worry about whether there’s enough backpack space to pick up another legendary piece of loot. Without easy access to the safe, players might opt to sell or drop valuable gear rather than save it for later experimentation.
5 More Specific Respeccing
Character respeccing is a tradition as old as role-playing games, offering players the opportunity to restructure their character’s stats and abilities to try out a completely different build. It’s been present in every game in the Borderlands series, and Wonderlands is no exception.
But respeccing a character is an all-or-nothing deal in the new game, resetting all skill or hero points in one go. Many modern games allow players to select individual points to re-allot, and it’s a little disappointing that a game centered on creative class construction makes it more difficult to experiment with different builds.
4 Lost Loot Filters
Lost loot is a phenomenon that scares many fans of role-playing games; losing out on a powerful weapon or high-level piece of armor can ruin an otherwise enjoyable experience. Wonderlands has a solution to this problem with its Lost Loot machine, a handy device that picks up rare gear that’s been left on the battlefield.
The problem with this system, though, is that there’s no way to curate what kinds of loot the Lost Loot machine picks up. Players who aren’t interested in collecting melee weapons will probably find their Lost Loot machine full of abandoned swords and axes they have no interest in using. Adding a filter to only collect specific kinds of gear would make this mechanic much more useful.
3 Remove Duplicate Cosmetics
Cosmetic options are always welcome in role-playing games, as it gives the player more freedom to express themselves in the game. Wonderlands has a robust character creator that allows players to craft a fantasy character all their own. More cosmetic options can also be found while exploring the Wonderlands, adding even more customization to the game.
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But the game doesn’t discern whether a player has already acquired a particular cosmetic piece, which often leads to new drops that are only worth their monetary value. What’s worse, ignoring these duplicates still leads to them popping up later in the Lost Loot machine. Wonderlands desperately needs duplicate cosmetic protection, if only to save the inventories of thousands of players.
2 More Focused Loot Grind
There’s plenty of loot to go around in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and many of the new pieces add fun variety to an already excellent gaming experience. Finding powerful new weapons and spells is always exhilarating, and testing them out against challenging enemies offers a satisfying feedback loop.
While the Chaos Chamber functions as an endgame activity designed to provide players with tons of powerful loot, it still feels like the overall loot grind is unfocused. Most gear that drops isn’t worth picking up, and there’s nothing in the way of a bespoke activity that rewards specific loot. The Chaos Chamber is a good foundation that could adapt to add such parameters.
1 Moon Orb Cap Raise
Moon Orbs are a particular type of currency that unlock after players beat the game’s main quest. With them, players can re-roll the enchantments on their weapons, armor, and accessories to hopefully pick up a perk more suited to their character build. There’s a slight wrinkle to the system, though: every subsequent enhancement for a single item costs double the price of the previous roll.
This system is fairly designed to limit how often players will try to enchant any particular piece of gear, but there’s another hurdle in place that restricts enchantment even further: a Moon Orb cap. Both limitations combined can clean out a player’s currency stash, especially once they’re in the endgame. Raising the cap would go a long way to alleviating this issue.
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is available now for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via the Epic Games Store.
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