Borderlands: Hey, cut it some slack.

[TheBarefootBandit]

Wait till the release then I'll pass judgement. Hyah!!

 

[Ridonculous_Ninja]

That number of guns is absurd;

As absurd as being able to karate kick a helicopter to death?

But that's great fun!

 

[PeaceFistCreations]

I actually wasn't interested until they remade the graphics like it is now. I thought it was just another shooter, but after I saw the new graphics, I checked it out and heard about some of the gameplay. I've been looking forward to it ever since.
Its graphics are much more detailed and cooler than normal cel-shading, it looks a lot like Crackdown. I love it.

 

[DoctorObviously]

I pre-ordered it, Borderlands is the biggest game for me this year.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

I don't think that's even a real number. But the 4 player co-op sealed the deal for me.

 

[Lord Thodin]

That number of guns is absurd;

As absurd as being able to karate kick a helicopter to death?

Excuse me sir, being able to karate kick a helicopter is the only reason that I dont believe in gravity any more.

 

[CrafterMan]

I love the look of the game, has a really unique look. What's the deal with the weaponry? Is there really that many guns?

Pre-ordered nonetheless.

-Joe

 

[Horticulture]

It looks great, I just hope it doesn't end up as disappointing as Hellgate.

 

[Ben7]

Im just interested in it for the fact that they made software specifcly to make over 500,000 weapons. Although im not fond of the cartoonish style, I guess I could get used to it after a while.

 

[not a zaar]

That number of guns is absurd; who the hell would be able to make parts for that many firearms? There's a reason why armies tend to standardise as much as possible.

There aren't actually that many guns in the game, at least not any more than Diablo had a billion kinds of axes, spears, and swords. It's a small number of guns (probably around 10-20) with a lot of randomly set variables. In other words RPG weapons.

As for the gameplay, I have hopes, but from some of the videos it seems to be leaning too heavily on RPG elements. Which means you end up just standing still and repeatedly shooting a tough NPC.

 

[jboking]

I dont know, I kind of like the artstyle choice. At least its now "OMG BROWN AND GRAY WITH BLOOM!" It reminds me a little of TF2, which I personally think is a good thing. Of course, with the amount of content available in the game, it's definitely worth my money. However, I'm a cautious person, so I think I'll wait for a few reviews before buying.

 

[Durahan2]

I'm more stoked for games likes Like Borderlands, lost planet 2, and Demons' Souls; not CoD 4:2 or GOW3. I love the look of the game, I think we need more games that look like this. I'm completely sick of bland colors of the "modern" shooter. Plus it just looks insanely fun.

 

[The Random One]

Yeah, cartoon style games suck, like that big failure that came out a few years back, what was it called? Team Fort or something? I bet it could have been big if they just had good realistic graphics.

 

[Lukeydoodly]

Do want.

Great art style, better than shit-stain graphics.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I had no interest in this game from the moment it was announced.

 

[quiet_samurai]

I likes the fact they changed the graphics, I'm getting tired of realistic brown and everyday gray.

 

[nicholaxxx]

That number of guns is absurd;

As absurd as being able to karate kick a helicopter to death?

Nope, because that's TOTALLY realistic.

 

[obex]

That number of guns is absurd;

As absurd as being able to karate kick a helicopter to death?

The internet is the only place this is a valid counter argument.

 

[tsolless]

The art style is kind of perfect for the game considering that it is going for a dark comedic angle.

If you look at the early concept art you can see that this is what they were going for all along.

 

[Woodsey]

The art direction helps it stand out, it looked like a dreary piece of crap and I payed no notice what so ever to it.

The game has been stated to be un-serious. And on the guns, there's like 500,000 randomly generated combinations. Yes that is true - read a preview on it recently. Not sure if the number is right, but it's definately in the thousands at the very least, trumping the "10-20" not a zaar mentioned.