Borderlands anyone?
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Alucard
I'm so tempted to get that game right now but having recently purchased the ultimate sith edition and aiming to get modern warfare 2 next week I wish I could afford it.
Necronic
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14 I think, that port forwarding thing is one of so many slipshod pieces of design in that game. That said the actual playing is fantastic, never played a game like this before. Just wish there werent all the stupid problems like the port forwarding and the microphone issues. I mean, what the fuck were they thinking with the mic thing?
Necronic
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gah.....fucking console players. You know you're the reason there are all the technical issues with this game that there are (it was a console to PC port). Does that bother you? Does it!?!?!? It should, you bastards.
Just kidding (kind of). Its such a fantastic game, very glad to see people are picking it up. Coming out at the same time as DAO may be pretty rough on its sales.
Also, I just wrote a review of it you can get to here.
Shannow
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gah.....fucking console players. You know you're the reason there are all the technical issues with this game that there are (it was a console to PC port). Does that bother you? Does it!?!?!? It should, you bastards.
Just kidding (kind of). Its such a fantastic game, very glad to see people are picking it up. Coming out at the same time as DAO may be pretty rough on its sales.
Also, I just wrote a review of it you can get to here.[/QUOTE]
meh, i could play it for either, though i prefer the keyboard mouse, my roommate, and my friends all play their shit on the 360. and since I liek playing with friends...yeah, i got that. and its great.
I have no problem playing it on a console.
Honestly, I'm not knocking it at all. I personally have more fun on WoW when I'm playing with my brother than when I'm grouping with strangers, so I get where you're coming from. Co-Op with him on Starcraft as well.
I guess I just see Borderlands as more of a single player game than a MMPOG.
I guess I just see Borderlands as more of a single player game than a MMPOG.
Shannow
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really? Because it plays pretty much just like an mmo. And its jsut great playing it with the guys and going through it that way.
But yes, most shooters I would rather play on the pc, this one, not so much.
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TotalFusionOne
100% agree with this post in all it's glory.
I've been following Borderlands for a long ass time now, and I never once thought "Oh man that's going to be fun to play in co-op." It just always had a single player vibe to me, even with all the multiple guns and whatnots. Honestly, a story like this (At least what I've read about it) I think I'd rather play solo so I got the whole "Hero" experience to it, not to mention the loneliness and desperation I've come to expect from Post-apocalypse gaming.
Borderland aside though I honestly don't see many console games as co-op yet. I don't know if it's a failing on my part, or what, but there are very few console games I think I'd enjoy playing coop with things like L4D and old school Gauntlet clones being the exception. Maybe I've just not found the right experience.
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jasonisgreat
Agreed. I thought that game was great as co-op. My friend and I must have played through it three times, at least.
As for Borderlands, I've played an equal amount of single player and co-op. The single player is fun, but the higher difficulty in co-op makes the game even better.
GasBandit
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At first I shunned Borderlands because it sounded asinine at first to have a MMOFPS that was single-to-4 player... but then I realized the thing I hate about most MMOs are the other players. Like a bolt out of the blue, it occured to me : this is the game Mrs. Gasbandit and I have always wanted.
Necronic
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Borderlands is not a single player game. Its also not an MMO. What it is is the first successful attempt at recreating the Diablo experience. The amount of similarities in play style are stagering, the only major thing that is missing is the lack of randomly generated maps.
Coop is great because it doesn't take a lot of overt team work to make a good team. I have found more often then not that groups will quickly start working together without ever having to say anything to each other. This, if you remember, is almost exactly how Diablo played.
The itemization is fantastic, and the FPS action is remarkably good. The enemies are well thought out and interesting, although the variety is slightly more limited than I would like. The game plays fast and very very fun.
The only issues I have with the game come down to the technical issues surrounding the PC port. Its not bugs/crashes, but more microphone and menu implementation.
Seriously, this game is an absolute must have for anyone that enjoyed Diablo. Seriously. I'm super cereal.
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Oh yeah, and its funny as hell:
It has some of the best voice acting I have ever heard (remember that the context is humor). I can't find a good audio clip of Scooter (by far the funniest, but here's his voice saying something not that funny
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgNVhgOEdU][/Youtube]
Now imagine that guy saying this stuff
"Hey go find my friend Lucky, and by friend I mean scumbag asshole who messed up all my mommas girl parts"
"Thanks for fixing the catch-a-ride station. That thing was more messed up than my momma's girl parts. Thanks for taking a poke at that. The catch-a-ride station, not my mom."
"Hey, Scooter says don't walk, drive! My daddy always said wheels were better than heels. Uh, he was paralyzed, though. Anyway, don't walk, drive!"
Coop is great because it doesn't take a lot of overt team work to make a good team. I have found more often then not that groups will quickly start working together without ever having to say anything to each other. This, if you remember, is almost exactly how Diablo played.
The itemization is fantastic, and the FPS action is remarkably good. The enemies are well thought out and interesting, although the variety is slightly more limited than I would like. The game plays fast and very very fun.
The only issues I have with the game come down to the technical issues surrounding the PC port. Its not bugs/crashes, but more microphone and menu implementation.
Seriously, this game is an absolute must have for anyone that enjoyed Diablo. Seriously. I'm super cereal.
Edit:
Oh yeah, and its funny as hell:
It has some of the best voice acting I have ever heard (remember that the context is humor). I can't find a good audio clip of Scooter (by far the funniest, but here's his voice saying something not that funny
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgNVhgOEdU][/Youtube]
Now imagine that guy saying this stuff
"Hey go find my friend Lucky, and by friend I mean scumbag asshole who messed up all my mommas girl parts"
"Thanks for fixing the catch-a-ride station. That thing was more messed up than my momma's girl parts. Thanks for taking a poke at that. The catch-a-ride station, not my mom."
"Hey, Scooter says don't walk, drive! My daddy always said wheels were better than heels. Uh, he was paralyzed, though. Anyway, don't walk, drive!"
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TotalFusionOne
I just acquired a borrowed copy of this game.
It actually is PLAYABLE on my 1545 laptop. I'm thinking with Win7 and another 2gb of ram it'll run smoothly but, funny enough, it's scaled itself to look like a cell shaded Half Life. Oh, also finished the tutorial level and it really felt kick ass. Can't wait to play this game on a big screen
It actually is PLAYABLE on my 1545 laptop. I'm thinking with Win7 and another 2gb of ram it'll run smoothly but, funny enough, it's scaled itself to look like a cell shaded Half Life. Oh, also finished the tutorial level and it really felt kick ass. Can't wait to play this game on a big screen
Shannow
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This sums it up perfectly. i jsut lost 4 hours after popping it in. I looked at the clock, suddenly it was 10 pm. Good stuff.Borderlands is not a single player game. Its also not an MMO. What it is is the first successful attempt at recreating the Diablo experience. The amount of similarities in play style are stagering, the only major thing that is missing is the lack of randomly generated maps.
Coop is great because it doesn't take a lot of overt team work to make a good team. I have found more often then not that groups will quickly start working together without ever having to say anything to each other. This, if you remember, is almost exactly how Diablo played.
The itemization is fantastic, and the FPS action is remarkably good. The enemies are well thought out and interesting, although the variety is slightly more limited than I would like. The game plays fast and very very fun.
The only issues I have with the game come down to the technical issues surrounding the PC port. Its not bugs/crashes, but more microphone and menu implementation.
Seriously, this game is an absolute must have for anyone that enjoyed Diablo. Seriously. I'm super cereal.
Edit:
Oh yeah, and its funny as hell:
It has some of the best voice acting I have ever heard (remember that the context is humor). I can't find a good audio clip of Scooter (by far the funniest, but here's his voice saying something not that funny
[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgNVhgOEdU][/Youtube]
Now imagine that guy saying this stuff
"Hey go find my friend Lucky, and by friend I mean scumbag asshole who messed up all my mommas girl parts"
"Thanks for fixing the catch-a-ride station. That thing was more messed up than my momma's girl parts. Thanks for taking a poke at that. The catch-a-ride station, not my mom."
"Hey, Scooter says don't walk, drive! My daddy always said wheels were better than heels. Uh, he was paralyzed, though. Anyway, don't walk, drive!"
Too bad with MW2 out tomorrow, that will be taking up a lot of game time here.
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Pojodan
I'm having lots of fun with this game, m'self. My only lament is that I lack friends with which to play this, since you pretty much need to trust the folks you're grouping with since there's nothing stoping one person from dashing around, hoovering up all the good weapons, forcing you to use quest rewards and vendor bought stuff.
I currently have a lvl 43 Soldier as they seem most well equiped for soloing, but would love to play the Support role for a team.
Anyone interesting in setting up a group run?
Edit: I'm on the PC version
I currently have a lvl 43 Soldier as they seem most well equiped for soloing, but would love to play the Support role for a team.
Anyone interesting in setting up a group run?
Edit: I'm on the PC version
Is there any way to try it out before buying?
I enjoyed both my play throughs in single player thoroughly. Mind you though there is MUCH less an RPG element to this game than the hype would have you believe. I would call this game Halo-Lite with a diablo style loot system.
I will warn though the story to the game is very sparse and the final boss is kinda out of left field and the ending a bit of a let down.
My advice: Rent it first. It is not a bad game, but know what you are getting before you buy it.
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