Borderlands

Souness · 15 Oct 2009 at 21:50

I want this game to be good but it looks like a 7/10 at best. No real excitement factor. Think serious sam without the diversity.

hideki · 15 Oct 2009 at 22:15

bushmins said:
Like the Diablo thing. Massive loot drops from mobs, mass mobs, small player groups (4 with Borderlands).
The games are about killing lots of stuff and getting better loot. Its a loot game.

Yes but Hellgate didn't fold because of those features, which of course were also present in Diablo.

It was sunk by delays, technical problems, overambition and incompetence by Flagship.

greeny_fastcar · 16 Oct 2009 at 11:45

I gave in and ordered for both the 360 and the PC.

eekfek · 16 Oct 2009 at 12:01

i can understand the Hellgate references but i think the game mechanics in Borderlands are far different, i think its more akin to L4D but with far more content and variation.

do we know of any demo release or info ?

NeilF · 16 Oct 2009 at 12:10

eekfek said:
do we know of any demo release or info ?

Nope... Certainly not until after general release...

Tefal · 18 Oct 2009 at 16:06

theo said:
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-borderlands/17-1498/

30min vid from these guys, over all fairly positive and give a good show of how the coop works.

ahh according to that you can play through again with your old gear and all the enemies levels staring around the 30's

RaMDOM · 19 Oct 2009 at 18:01

So when is this released? Phoned highstreet chain today and they confirmed this friday.

two well known online sites have it for the 23rd and the Jersey one has it for the 30th.

Steam has it for the 30th, so I am inclined to believe the 30th.

Proc · 19 Oct 2009 at 18:21

Think i'll be getting this but really want a demo so i know how its going to be, does look good though.

Mahnsikir · 19 Oct 2009 at 18:23

RaMDOM said:
So when is this released? Phoned highstreet chain today and they confirmed this friday.

two well known online sites have it for the 23rd and the Jersey one has it for the 30th.

Steam has it for the 30th, so I am inclined to believe the 30th.

I think its the console release this friday then PC next week. Definetly 30th for the PC though.

Tefal · 19 Oct 2009 at 18:37

RaMDOM said:
So when is this released? Phoned highstreet chain today and they confirmed this friday.

two well known online sites have it for the 23rd and the Jersey one has it for the 30th.

Steam has it for the 30th, so I am inclined to believe the 30th.

according to the wiki page

Release date(s)

Consoles
NA October 20, 2009[1]
PAL October 23, 2009[1]
Windows
NA October 26, 2009[2]
PAL October 30, 2009[2]

Tefal · 19 Oct 2009 at 18:42

Not sure if anyone else has seen this but

The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned

The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is the first installment of downloadable content for Borderlands. The content will include new quests, items, and enemies, and will be made available sometime before the end of 2009.[12] The storyline takes place in an area known as Jakobs Cove. Dr. Ned had been in charge of keeping the workers of Jakobs Cove alive, but ended up transforming them into abominations. The player will assist Dr. Ned in trying to cure the victims of his work.[13]

ZOMBIES!!!

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Today 2K Games announced the first in a series of downloadable content packs for upcoming FPS/RPG hybrid Borderlands.

"The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned" will be available later this year for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. The expansion will cost players $9.99, or 800 Microsoft Points.

Dr. Ned (who is not related to another of the game's characters, Dr. Zed from Fyrestone) is in charge of keeping the workers of Jakob's Cove alive. He does so by horribly violating the Hippocratic oath, creating zombies and other no-no's of nature. You'll need to fight alongside Dr. Ned as you try to cure some of these "patients" in this full-on expansion pack ripe with new enemies, new weapons, and rare loot drops.

Borderlands features mad co-op that blurs the line between the single-player and multi-player experiences. Join or leave anyone's game at any time or keep cool as a lone wolf in the single-player world. Customizable weapons offer "87 bazillion" different ways to cause cool-looking pain. Pick up Borderlands on Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 20th in North America and October 23rd internationally. The PC version ships on October 26th in North America and October 30th worldwide.

Now please enjoy these Zombie Island screenshots:

http://www.examiner.com/x-16339-Chi...nds-DLC-announced-The-Zombie-Island-of-Dr-Ned

Only worrying thing is i hope that MS points thing is just for the xbox360 and doesn't mean if you want dlc you'll be forced to do it though the god awful GFWL

Mahnsikir · 19 Oct 2009 at 19:02

That zombie island looks good (a different style than what ive saw of the core game) but I just hate it when they not only announce but also show off DLC before the game is actually released grr

Tefal · 19 Oct 2009 at 19:04

Mahnsikir said:
That zombie island looks good (a different style than what ive saw of the core game) but I just hate it when they not only announce but also show off DLC before the game is actually released grr

I think it's DLC cause they wanted zombies but it wouldn't really fit into the plot of the main game, so wouldn't make sense delaying the title by a month or two to add it.

Possibly something they wanted in but didn't have time without drawing focus/manpower from the main game.

Proc · 19 Oct 2009 at 19:33

Anyone know what sort of length in hours, the main game is going to be roughly? And that DLC looks cool, hope there's more on the way.

antran · 19 Oct 2009 at 19:47

Proc said:
Anyone know what sort of length in hours, the main game is going to be roughly? And that DLC looks cool, hope there's more on the way.

you can play the game over and over again, but the enemies will get harder each time.

Matmulder · 19 Oct 2009 at 19:53

Have we seen anymore reviews yet? Other than the OXM and Atomic ones....I'm still undecided....

Tefal · 19 Oct 2009 at 20:02

here;s are three from the last 24 hours (havn;t read them yet just grabbed the top three revies that had been posted in the last 24 hours from gooogle)

MTV (they do game reviews now!?!?)

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009...guns-guns-everywhere-and-not-a-drop-to-drink/

kotaku

http://kotaku.com/5384689/borderlands-review-guns-guns-guns

and an ign video review (360)

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/957206/borderlands/videos/borderlands_vdr_101909.html

oh and the awesome song from the borderlands video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t99bpilCKw

defiantly worth a listen.

Naffa · 19 Oct 2009 at 20:28

Wow, I'm quite excited about this now. I'll definitely be picking it up for the PC.

eekfek · 19 Oct 2009 at 20:28

Mahnsikir said:
That zombie island looks good (a different style than what ive saw of the core game) but I just hate it when they not only announce but also show off DLC before the game is actually released grr

maybe the zombie content would have drawn far more attention to Left4Dead and as others stated it maybe doesnt fit into the post-apocolyptic setting they've shown thus far. I dont mind paying for DLC IF the original release hasn't been compromised with a view to purely making money from something that was meant to be part of the released game.

having said all that im really looking forward to this game

Kesz · 19 Oct 2009 at 20:57

Pre ordered it on Steam not too long ago. Looking forward to it.