<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>Borderlands 4 is shifting its focus to a more serious narrative tone by cutting back on 'toilet humor' and irreverent meme culture.</li><li>The game is set on a prison planet named Kairos ruled by the Timekeeper who controls the inhabitants with remote killswitches called 'bolts.'</li><li>Different factions like the Outbounders, Augurs, and Electi, each with a Timekeeper general boss, add depth to the game's setting.</li><li>Developers aim to create a sense of dread about the Timekeeper, offering a new twist on the main villain character compared to past Borderlands games.</li></ul>

Borderlands 4 certainly looks like it's taking its story more seriously: 'We wanted to go back to this sense of dread about the villain of our game'

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