okay, i got hooked on doing the original in multi hour runs and just beat it... a little disappointing? I think I'll wait on the second one for awhile and instead transition to backlog. Still got to play arkham city for instance!
― brb buying poppers w/my employee discount (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, the ending is pretty anticlimatic for Borderlands
― Nhex, Friday, 3 May 2013 03:24 (eleven years ago) link
the storyline's wafer thin anyway, don't think I'll be disappointed cuz this game is all about finding hueg guns and marching into battles. this is the first FPS I really got into, there's something weirdly fun about it. more to do with art + physics + gameplay than story arc, in a way its pleasures are very in-the-monent old school, like smash TV on steroids.
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
i've only tried B2 with multiplayer once and the other ppl were so stupid and bad that i assumed it sucked, and went back to soloing. maybe i should reconsider?
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Friday, 3 May 2013 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
the dlc made up for the ending of the first, i felt
except for the battle arena one, that sucked
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Friday, 3 May 2013 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
okay, i got hooked on doing the original in multi hour runs and just beat it... a little disappointing?
Same here. I've got all the DLC as I got the GOTY edition but I think I'm a little burned out on it so I'll leave it for now.
― you say potatooles (onimo), Friday, 3 May 2013 12:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-BL2/borderlands-2
TEN BUCKS
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Sunday, 5 May 2013 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
anyone for 360 multiplayer? No headset. Polyphonique
― polyphonic, Sunday, 5 May 2013 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
still waiting on GOTY
― Nhex, Sunday, 5 May 2013 08:34 (eleven years ago) link
Not bad, not bad. Will probably be up for playing some multiplayer/co-op when I get home later this week.
― Hockey Drunk (kingfish), Monday, 6 May 2013 09:14 (eleven years ago) link
i do not understand how saves work in this game.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 20 May 2013 15:31 (ten years ago) link
That's the thing, there are loads. And if I just die and respawn then fair enough, it always seems to bring me back at the most recent. But if I exit and save then comeback later, I think it's bringing me back at the spawn point nearest to the start of whatever quest I'm on at the time, rather than the spawn point I triggered most recently. And some of the quests cover a lot of ground, geographically. So eg that early mission "best minion ever", I'd played right up to the bit where I was about to fight that Flynt guy, had to shut down, so triggered a save point right before that boss fight. Then when I came back later I got birthed right back at Hammerlock's cabin, which meant it'd undone maybe an hour of play for me.
― JimD, Wednesday, December 5, 2012 2:05 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is basically what i'm dealing with and it's frustrating because i don't really have time to sit down and play for an hour and half straight to get to the next real "save" point.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 20 May 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
If you're on a story mission, you can't save and quit and pick up your progress later. For other missions, like those where you're killing 10 bullymongs or whatever, your progress will be saved if you save and quit. I think the idea is so that if you're playing multiplayer it increases the likelihood that you're starting from the same place so it's easier to play through the game with randoms. There are checkpoints but they only work within a session.
Also, if you play through a second time on the harder difficulty, the checkpoints are fewer in number and much farther apart.
― polyphonic, Monday, 20 May 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
took me forever to figure out the whole janky saving thing, definitely had some moments of nerd rage when i realized that i'd lost what seemed like hours of my life after making the mistake (several times! w/o figuring it out!) in the middle of Where Angels Fear To Tread.
eventually, though, this just spurred me to play in a more aggressive style. less creeping around trying to snipe, more kamikaze. made it more fun, in a way, though i was bummed to learn that the game doesn't really do a good job of encouraging true thief/assassin style game-play. maybe it does if you max the bloodshed tree, but that only seems feasible as a multiplayer role---it'd be impossible to take down, say, BNK3R as a pure melee character
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Monday, 20 May 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
urgh that's annoying. basically means i can't play it unless i have a big chunk of time available.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 20 May 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
You can always play side missions! :-)
― polyphonic, Monday, 20 May 2013 17:27 (ten years ago) link
i have neglected this game so much because i have it on 360 and my ps3 is too much of a shiny new toy to ignore. this tiny tina dragon quest thing looks appropriately BATSHIT
― Hi i am your great fan suces (jjjusten), Thursday, 27 June 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I don't have any of the other DLC but I want this one.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 27 June 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
Ditto
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Thursday, 27 June 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
I'm up to the Hammerlock DLC on my main character and it's a huge dud so far; it's like a big chunk of the first Borderlands as far as level design is concerned, with incredibly irritating healing enemies. The closest thing to a bright spot is the villain, which is basically some dude doing a James Urbaniak/Dr. Venture impression.
HOWEVER.
I started a second playthrough with the downloadable Psycho character (super cheap as part of the Steam sale), and it is just stupid fun. Everything's geared toward encouraging you to just rush headlong into melee range (I don't think a single one of his skills gives is oriented toward shooting, except for one that give melee and shotgun damage bonuses simultaneously) and soaking up damage. I'm dying constantly, but the very first skill point I got at level six went toward a hilariously dickish Suicide Psycho grenade-drop that almost always gets me back up on my feet immediately. So much fun!
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Monday, 15 July 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
have you done the Dark Souls DLC? Any good?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 10:31 (ten years ago) link
maybe ask in the dark souls thread?
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
there's a Dark Souls mission in the Borderlands 2 DLC: http://kotaku.com/borderlands-2-gives-a-pretty-elaborate-shout-out-to-dar-591952962
― Neil S, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
Waiting for next massive DLC sale on steam to stock up
― Ze Meadow Morals Squad (kingfish), Tuesday, 16 July 2013 17:43 (ten years ago) link
Oh that's pretty cool! Didn't know that.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
that was an xpost
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
yeah looks good dunnit
― Neil S, Tuesday, 16 July 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
so it seems that the tiny tina dlc is hard as balls huh? i think the first dudes you run into are level 30 or some shit
― You pieces of shit. (jjjusten), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
Yup. And there's def some situations that require (as a single player) total avoidance. Which is alluded to by at least one place name (something like The Village of Quick Passing Through).
It's more fun than the main game imo.
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
The 3rd and 4th DLCs (Sir Hammerlock, Tiny Tina) are meant to be played after the main game, I think. I can't say one way or the other about Tiny Tina but Hammerlock certainly takes place after the end of the main game and starts out with enemies in the 30+ range.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
yeah tiny tina would make zero sense if you hadn't finished the main story
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
I just finished Hammerlock and started Tiny Tina over the weekend and the difference in quality is just embarrassing. The first two were nice, Hammerlock was unbelievably half-assed, and Tiny Tina may be the best post-release DLC I've played for anything.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Monday, 5 August 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
I started Tiny Tina last night. It's pretty cool I guess but I think I'm a little burned out on this game.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
i'm having some n00b trouble w/ borderlands 1. when i pick up guns they don't equip. is there something special i have to do to use the guns i pick up?
― the late great, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 02:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah you have to HOLD the pick up button, tapping it just picks it up. otherwise you can manually equip it in your inventory screen
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 02:37 (ten years ago) link
90% of the time you'll be stashing the guns anyway to sell later
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 02:38 (ten years ago) link
wait, there's an inventory screen?!
― the late great, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 03:50 (ten years ago) link
i think it's select/back button on the xbox pad? you may have to use the trigger buttons to scroll to the right page
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
thanking u
― the late great, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 05:48 (ten years ago) link
So I finally decided to try out the DLC in the original Borderlands on PC. Despite already being having Steam DRM, I have to manually activate the first two DLCs using their separate Securom authorization program... but of course, when Steam tries to contact the key server, I can't actually obtain the DLC keys. Awesome. Thank goodness they dropped this crap for the other DLCs and the sequel.
― Nhex, Sunday, 8 September 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
I remember enjoying the zombie adventure for its deliberate whiplash change of tone
― Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Monday, 9 September 2013 00:07 (ten years ago) link
I'm all excited for the Pre-Sequel, but the first trailer for Battleborn is some Dynasty Warriors of Amular bullshit. A first person MOBA RPG? DO NOT WANT.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
this game (borderlands 1) is kinda hard!
― the late great, Monday, 28 July 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link
Surprisingly so. It has weird spikes and then long plateaus of difficulty.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 28 July 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
yup, that's what I remember
― Nhex, Monday, 28 July 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
yeah. like one minute i am just mowing through skags and bandits like crazy, and then i level up, and all of a sudden GLOWING EYES BADASS SKAG or BADASS MUTANT PSYCHO shows up
― the late great, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 05:42 (nine years ago) link
and then dead, over and over again
― the late great, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 05:43 (nine years ago) link
So what's the difficulty level of Borderlands compared to, say, Demon's Souls? Because I just started playing this (the first one) and, yeah, it's kinda brutal at points (spent like an hour and change last night plowing about halfway through a cave full of enormous monsters before almost running out of ammo and ultimately having to sprint back past a horde of respawned beasties in an effort to GTFO without dying). A lot of fun but I don't know if I have the fortitude for anything more punishing than this thing. But it's an addictive and benign kind of hard (as opposed to something like Mirror's Edge's "oh so I'm just going to keep falling off of this stupid ledge 300 times in a row, well maybe instead you should go fuck yourself" brand of deeply irritating difficulty).
― Portly Backgammon (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
I've played limited amounts of Borderlands, but Borderlands 2 is insanely fun, at the right difficulty level to challenge me without making me want to quit the game, and I am a person who generally abhors FPSs.
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
iirc correctly there is some talk itt about the spikiness of difficulty, which i agree with. there are definitely long stretches where you tear through it and then hit sudden roadblocks. i actually thought that worked out as a positive and there was a pretty good balance struck. the important point tho is that it is not a constant hard grind. i don't think most ppl should be put off from the BL games because of difficulty.
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link