
✓ Fits the looter shooters cluster, with deep RPG systems, first-person shooting and shooter
≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, open world exploration and sandbox world, while skipping roguelike runs
The entry the series is measured against: the best-written villain in the franchise, gun variety that finally delivers on the procedural promise, and four classes that play genuinely differently in co-op. The endgame is a grind — the raid bosses assume a full group and hours of farming, and playing solo makes the later difficulty tiers a slog.
Where it drifts furthest from [Redacted]: world and visuals.
It predates [Redacted] by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
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