Anyone getting Borderlands?

DJive · 10-19-2009, 11:33 AM

I haven't heard about this till Vander posted it on l4dmaps.net

http://forums.l4dmaps.net/f4/anyone-...nds-t1060.html

Looks awesome though. Serious Sam with RPG element lol.

Also

^ Hey look a shameless plus!

Smetzle · 10-19-2009, 11:54 AM

It's amazing what a well-made video like that can do - namely moving Borderlands wayyy up my 'want' list

SiniStarR · 10-19-2009, 11:57 AM

I was going to but, i changed my mine mainly because from ingame footage showed the AI being just despicable imo. I mean I guess I can't complain since it is something new, but ill probably wait for a price drop. It's also heavily co-op based which is nice but doesn't really seem as exciting unless it's on a couch with some buddies.

It kinda reminds me of the new Red Faction. I bought it mainly cause they advertised the Destruction and the Ostrich Hammer. Unfortunately the AI was dumb, the story was crap, and you couldn't hijack every vehicle and some vehicles you would use once or twice because you couldn't find them. I ended up trading that back to Gamestop when I beat it. I get that same vibe with Borderlands since everyone forgot about it until they made their new art style.

heres a review for it though, its a pretty decent review.

http://kotaku.com/5384689/borderland...guns-guns-guns

Jack Riguel · 10-19-2009, 03:10 PM

If you've got some spare time on your hands take a look at this: [ame="http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-borderlands/17-1498/"]Quick Look: Borderlands - giantbomb.com[/ame]

It's a good 30 minute "quick look" where they do some four play co-op until the power goes out. They also just came out with a pretty praising review of it too. Although now-adays the only reviews I fully trust are from Zero Punctuation. :/

I preordered it the day steam added it to the list. When I first heard of this I was only slightly interested, but with the steam of release footage and the concepts the game holds (weapon randomizer, cell-shaded graphics, etc.) this definitely rose my excitement about the game.

All in all though, I think a good friend of mine said it best. "I'd rather play with friends on a horrible game then play alone in a slightly decent game."

umbratile · 10-19-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Riguel

Although now-adays the only reviews I fully trust are from Zero Punctuation. :/

What.

DJive · 10-19-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Riguel

Although now-adays the only reviews I fully trust are from Zero Punctuation. :/

couldn't agree more!

SiniStarR · 10-19-2009, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DJive

couldn't agree more!

ditto

Cerulean · 10-19-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Riguel

All in all though, I think a good friend of mine said it best. "I'd rather play with friends on a horrible game then play alone in a slightly decent game."

After reading that, I might just buy this game (gotta convince a friend to first).

cornontheCoD · 10-19-2009, 08:15 PM

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couldn't agree more!

Wow, you guys actually take his reviews seriously? LOL.

He is fine if you take his reviews as humorous rants about a game, but his reviews are so ridiculously harsh, that I wonder why he plays games if he hates them all so much.

Lancey · 10-19-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DJive

couldn't agree more!

Yahtzee doesn't review games, he just tells you why not to buy it. It's then up to the consumer to weigh the bad things from the games you want against other games, which is why he's such a good critic. Instead of saying, "this game's a four, that one's a B+, that one will be an 8.7," he gives you knowledge as to what you might not find suitable and lets you decide. That being said he doesn't really include much of the positive aspects of said games.