Are you looking forward to borderlands 2?

[isometry]

I liked the first game well enough to play it through, but the repetitive quests and weak story elements did keep me away from a replay. But this sequel looks like they spent more money and tried to fix the problems from the first game, so I'm looking forward to it and will probably buy it on day one.

 

[Inkidu]

Not really, It's a closet-MMORPG (what I call Diablo, doubly so with Diablo 3) that loses its charm about a quarter of the way through. The ending is terrible (but I can't think of any of those click-n-slash/loot porn games that ends well), the guns even get boring after a while, and the few unique guns are usually too impractical). They just buff and pallet-swap the enemy rosters and I hate that they bring back bosses you've killed just so you can "farm" them. To be fair though, I have that problem with all these types of games.

It probably stands up better when you have friends, but meh... It's got to be able to hold you over single player when your buds aren't there, and it doesn't. Most of the dialogue is MMORPG style text boxes (Even Diablo 2 read it to you). You're actually far removed from a lot of NPC interaction seeing as you do most of your trading, buying, selling through vending machines. You even get all your quests from what are basically job boards.

So it's a bland, dull, grind of a game. Games should be trying to break away from this "grind until you get it right." mentality. I want to be engaged, not kill the same Skagg over and over again for a rare drop. Also the characters' impact on the game is nil. I wish I'd never spent the money on it.

 

[PPencil]

Oh oh oh! Maybe there'll be more wonky bullets? Remember those strange eridians from the first game and that zig-zagging pistol? I'd like more stuff like those, except more useful.

Also is asking for a crafting system too ridiculus?

 

[The Pinray]

Oh yes. My friends and I played the whole game through together (one of each class, I was Mordecai ). It was an absolute blast. The ending was shit, but that was pretty much one of my only gripes. We've already got our classes down and we're patiently awaiting it's release.

I called Gunzerker.

EDIT: I wanted to add this video, but I forgot to at the time of posting. Figured I would edit it in now instead of adding another post.

POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHOY


Looks pretty damn good, if you ask me. The Dev is a pretty chill chap, as well.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Yes, very much so.

I loved the first one despite the fact that the ending was a pile of shit, but the DLC was super fun. I'm getting it and calling dibs on the Siren. The co-op looks like fun in this one as well, now if I can only find someone that will play with me....

 

[Lunar Templar]

I'd totally forgotten it even existed, so ... no, I'm not XD

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

i heard a lot of badabout the 1st so i missed it out

BUT

i have not really got anything for while now so maybe i'll will get it

 

[Thespian]

Sweet jesus fuck I need that game I need it now.

 

[babinro]

Borderlands is easily my all time favorite FPS.

Despite this, I'm actually not hyped for the sequel in the least bit. I'll no doubt buy Borderlands 2 when I feel like getting another FPS game. As is I'm simply sick of the genre and am have been taking a break from it for at least a year now.

 

[stube1]

Not really, the first Borderlands never caught my interest.

I can never understand FPS RPGs. It always seemed strange to me that when I shoot something it only does points of damage. I guess sword and sorcery RPGs have ruined me.

 

[Saulkar]

Need me some fucking big vehicles of mass slaughter!!!

 

[Thoric485]

You can play as a dwarf dual-wielding miniguns.

I'm sold.

 

[daveman247]

You can play as a dwarf dual-wielding miniguns.

I'm sold.

That isnt a dwarf... That is a very, very big man...

Im interested, ill wait and see if they have fixed the problems from the first those being:

- Too much brown/ shanty towns.

- More "looks" to the guns, sure there were "millions" of stats but noly a very few "looks" to the guns.

- A better story/ ending. Seriously the ending almost made me hate the game for it, it was just superbad.

- Fixing the shooting. The shooting was fine, but felt a bit off. Not enough feedback for the enemies being shot.

- Make the vehicles fun to drive: This is a small one because its not what the game is about. But the buggies were just unfun to drive, getting caught on small rocks etc.

 

[The_Waspman]

That trailer is ridiculously good, but I'm unsure about the game itself. Sure, I loved Borderlands, but like a lot of people have said, I got bored of the grind (and I play a lot of grind games - otherwise known as RPGs). I think what spoiled it for me was that I played the whole campaign solo, then I played a few of the dlc packs co-op. Cant really get back into playing it solo after co-op, since that is what it is designed for.

 

[DeMorquist]

I already want to play Axton...

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

- More "looks" to the guns, sure there were "millions" of stats but noly a very few "looks" to the guns.

Take a closer look at the trailer. You'll notice that towards the end they show a lot of different-looking guns. I think this time around they said each weapon manufacturer would have a distinct look for their guns and some of the concept art I've seen supports that.

Here are a few images I dug up to show you:

http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/280374_S/borderlands-2-weapon-manufacturers-detailed-exploding-guns-sounds-fun.jpg

http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2011/08/Borderlands-2-Tediore.jpg

http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/4/4/9/4/9/4/premiereclub.jpg.jpg

- Make the vehicles fun to drive: This is a small one because its not what the game is about. But the buggies were just unfun to drive, getting caught on small rocks etc.

They've already confirmed that they've overhauled the vehicle physics so now hitting a rock won't bring your vehicle to a dead stop.

 

[Monkeyman O'Brien]

Better colour palette. More guns. More enemies. New environments. And they said it would be better optimised for PC unlike the first one which was a hot steaming mess on PC.
I aint too fussed on story. I did not need much more than "go shoot that dude" in the first. However better enemy AI would be nice and damaging different areas on a enemies body resulting in them acting different would be great. I still love N64s Goldeneye just for that.

Count me the fuck in. Its the only game I am looking forward to this year unless Techland manages to pop out Dead Island 2.

...that is up until i saw Zero (a cyborg freakin ninja) in the trailer. How the hell do you compete with that?

You cant. He straight up Bulletstorms a dude.

He murders his dick!​

I just hope he aint straight melee focused like Brick. That character was fucking useless.

 

[nuba km]

You can play as a dwarf dual-wielding miniguns.

I'm sold.

That isnt a dwarf... That is a very, very big man...

Im interested, ill wait and see if they have fixed the problems from the first those being:

- Too much brown/ shanty towns.

- More "looks" to the guns, sure there were "millions" of stats but noly a very few "looks" to the guns.

- A better story/ ending. Seriously the ending almost made me hate the game for it, it was just superbad.

- Fixing the shooting. The shooting was fine, but felt a bit off. Not enough feedback for the enemies being shot.

- Make the vehicles fun to drive: This is a small one because its not what the game is about. But the buggies were just unfun to drive, getting caught on small rocks etc.

1. they have areas from swamps to snowy mountains

2. if you watched the trailer and look at the guns the characters hold near the end you see just how different they all are.

3. they said the game will have a heavy narrative

4. I watched some gameplay and when a psycho was shot in the foot he grabbed it like he was in pain, the only enemy who didn't respond to pain that I could remember in the gameplay video were the robots, and even they ended up loosing limbs during the fight.

and as mentioned above by someone else they have improved the driving. the motto of borderlands 2 seems to be 'improve all the things'

...that is up until i saw Zero (a cyborg freakin ninja) in the trailer. How the hell do you compete with that?

You cant. He straight up Bulletstorms a dude.

He murders his dick!​

I just hope he aint straight melee focused like Brick. That character was fucking useless.

his ability makes him deploy a decoy and turn invisible at the same time as well as build up a critical attack (the later you wait to sue it the more powerful) and you can make it reveal enemies weak points so you can either use skills to upgrade your sword and to a extremely powerful sneak crit stab or use your decoy to get some distance and let of a powerful sniper head shot, or a sneak critical shotgun or rocket launcher, hey knowing borderlands you can probably use a shotgun rocket launcher sneak critical.

 

[geK0]

Personally, I was sick of the generic quest grinding system after playing WOW : \

Couldn't enjoy Dead Island for the very same reason.

 

[Tsaba]

words of joy!

it's so beautiful