The artistic director of Borderlands 4 has warned gamers about utilizing a mod that skips the sport’s dialogue.
A mod known as Dialog Skipper, which is on the market on Nexus Mods, provides a hotkey that gamers can press to skip the present dialogue enjoying, in addition to an Auto Skip characteristic which skips all dialogue.
It additionally provides an possibility to hurry up the sport, for moments the place prolonged NPC animations maintain up the mission (however this characteristic is turned off for co-op play).
Moderately than a commentary on the standard of the sport’s writing or performances, the mod’s creator says it’s as an alternative designed for “replayability”, in order that gamers who’ve already overwhelmed the sport can rapidly replay it with out having to sit down via non-skippable chats once more.
The mod has began gaining traction among the many speedrunning neighborhood, with some asking Borderlands 4 developer Gearbox to think about including the flexibility to skip dialogue as a local characteristic within the sport.
Nonetheless, artistic director Graeme Timmins replied to 1 participant on X (as noticed by GamesRadar), telling them that not solely is including such a characteristic extra difficult than it appears, however that he would additionally warn in opposition to utilizing the mod in case it impacts the participant’s progress.
I’d be cautious utilizing this mod; skipping dialog may result in damaged mission states which may not be recoverable. This request is far more concerned and riskier that it seems on the floor with how dialog is built-in inside our mission system. Don’t ask me how I do know.
— Graeme Timmins (@ProdigyXL) October 9, 2025
“I’d be cautious utilizing this mod,” Timmins wrote. “Skipping dialog may result in damaged mission states which may not be recoverable.
“This request is far more concerned and riskier that it seems on the floor with how dialog is built-in inside our mission system. Don’t ask me how I do know.”
VGC’s Borderlands 4 evaluation praised the sport’s dialogue, saying the sport “delivers an excellent shooter that largely ditches the cringe”.
“A lot of the discuss earlier than Borderlands 4 was launched centred across the sense of humour,” we wrote. “Whereas humour is clearly subjective, and there’s clearly an viewers for the kind of skin-crawling cringe that was rife within the third sport, Borderlands 4 is far more subdued.
“There’s nonetheless reference humour and a few strains that may make gamers roll their eyes, however the low cost Rick and Morty tribute has fortunately ended. Even the love-or-hate-him mascot Claptrap has a vastly decreased function, and Tiny Tina, the poster baby for the humour bypass of the third sport, is absent.”
