WonderCast #2 Endgame Extravaganza! with Matt Cox & Kent Rochefort

Episode 2 of the WonderCast starts strong as Mitsu & Tess jump right into the big announcements this week. They talk with Gregg Miller about the Chaos Chambers and how his experience was with the game and that mode. After a quick Fortnite announcement, the Devs from Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands are brought onto the show. So from around the 20min mark till the end, it’s non-stop of Dev insights! Matt and Kent even reveal some info that’s not part of the main questions.

Crew:

• Hosts
  • Mitsu
  • Tessachka
• Unofficial Producers
  • Sheriff Pirek
  • MentalMars
• Guests
  • Gregg Miller
  • Matt Cox (Creative Director TTWL)
  • Kent Rochefort (Lead Game Designer TTWL)

Show Notes:

• [1:00] Starts
• Chaos Chamber / End Game Trailer + Breakdown
• Chaos Chamber Dev Diary
• Fortnite Glider
• Mirrors of Mystery
• Season Pass
• Character Customization
• Overworld
• My first impression
• 2K NextMakers
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Pre-Order Bonusses

Dev Questions:

• How did the concept of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands came about?
• Where do you feel you could really flex your creative muscles in the creation of the game?
• How did you come up with the idea for Chaos Chamber?
• What was it designing the Overworld?
• What are some of the features that get you excited about the Overworld?
• Are there features you would like to mention that haven’t been highlighted?
• What are chaos tiers?
• How do Featured Runs in the Chaos Chamber work?
• Are there “Invincible” bosses in TTWL?
• Who is Vesper?
• When do we get the new class?

My Reactions:

• Like Gregg mention; Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is not a simple Borderlands 3 reskin. While they share the same DNA, there is more to it.
• The release date of the first DLC is quick. Also, A NEW CLASS !!!
• What Tess said, Crossbows also surprized me. One they worked well but two, shooting a projectile with an arc wasn’t tedius as you expect an arrow to have a drop off.
• I’m really glad you can skip random encounter on the Overworld. It was my least favorite things from the old JRPGs that’s why I started playing the action RPGs that had non of that. I’ll see how it works in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands and how benificial it is but glad there is a choice.
• Featured runs are great community challenges!
• Interesting to hear that Gearbox has names for the multi-class variations. Gloombringer = Clawbringer + Graveborn.
• It would have been great if I could attent the Wonderlands Launch Party but it’s not in the cards.