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Battleborn |OT| Multiplayer Online Bad-Ass Shooter
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Mossybrew
Member
After finally getting to play a couple hours of the Overwatch beta it's clear to me that these games can coexist. Overwatch is a much simpler more focused experience, Battleborn had the depth, complexity, and variety of gameplay modes that set it apart and bode well for the long-term health of the game IMO.
Anyway what's with folks not protecting objectives in Story mode? Three times I tried to run a story mission today, three times failed due to a mission-critical thingie not being protected.
Anyway what's with folks not protecting objectives in Story mode? Three times I tried to run a story mission today, three times failed due to a mission-critical thingie not being protected.
After watching streams all day and seeing all the "big" name streamers do nothing but story mode and then complain about content, price, lack of characters, etc. I hate to see what the reviews are going to be.
edit* Which is a shame since I'm still on the fence and trying to get a nice comprehensive review.
edit* Which is a shame since I'm still on the fence and trying to get a nice comprehensive review.
CommandThrower
Member
I can understand the "price" argument, $60 is hard for some people to swallow given that Overwatch, Paladins and Lawbreakers will be $40 or less. The "content" argument...eh, I guess. It does not have a lot of maps for multiplayer right now, and I've already talked about the story mode.
However, the "lack of characters" argument is absurd. This game has more characters than any of the hero shooters on the market right now. If the complaint is in regards to the fact that most of the cast needs to be unlocked in order to play, then yes, I consider that a valid complaint. Some people just want to play Ghalt right away.
SneakyStephan
Banned
There's only 73 reviews, consider that you can buy metacritic user reviews very cheap these days.
Wait a few weeks for the user score to even out.
Usually the reviews are 90% shit talking from the very first minute you can post them.
That's what I'm surprised about
I love it.
True but Overwatch is 60 on consoles and if your on PC you can get Battleborn cheaper than that.
The lack of characters is because they are comparing it to a moba like LoL that has what 130? Not a fair comparison but one I've seen a few times through out the day.
Gearbox did a pretty good job of providing content for Borderlands 2 post-release, to the point where I was still playing it a year later. If they really are dedicated to this game, I think the variety 'problems' will be addressed in due course.
Plus, I don't think it's been stated that the five upcoming characters are definitely the only five extras that the game will receive. There must be the potential for dozens more down the line. I also wouldn't put it past them to sneak in a Borderlands cameo character either somewhere down the line.
Plus, I don't think it's been stated that the five upcoming characters are definitely the only five extras that the game will receive. There must be the potential for dozens more down the line. I also wouldn't put it past them to sneak in a Borderlands cameo character either somewhere down the line.
SolicitorPirate
Member
Yeah, I could see Borderlands characters making a pretty seamless transition to Battleborn
irfaanator
Banned
Seems alright from what I played, but I don't like the idea of unlocking heroes. I know some of them are easy to unlock but just kinda wish they were all unlocked from the start
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
6 levels with 5 more as DLC.
To their credit, the SP mode isn't shoehorned in. But it is really clear that SP was not their priority in these SP levels.
There's been a lot of negativity around this game since the reveal, and I think a lot of it has to do more with Gearbox and less with the game itself.
Actually it's 8 missions (Plus the one-off Prologue).
Shifty Capone1
Member
Been matchmaking incursion for 15 minutes on Xbox one and no a single person. Anyone else?
Just got an incursion match in less than a minute. Problem on your end?
Finally got to see some of the MP action on some streams and it looked pretty good. So I decided to go ahead and jump in and give it a shot. Used cdkeys for the first time so got it at a decent price.
Based on what I saw it looks to be a pretty different experience from Overwatch so think I'll be able to enjoy both of them. Now just waiting for it to get done downloading...
Based on what I saw it looks to be a pretty different experience from Overwatch so think I'll be able to enjoy both of them. Now just waiting for it to get done downloading...
I rarely have a problem with Unlock Mechanics when you have multiple ways to unlock. Progression in a game like this is not "leveling"; it's seeing what each character can do, and then learning your niche after experiencing everything.
A little bit of patience to go through the ropes in a game you're potentially playing for MONTHS in order to get the proper value out of it isn't so bad.
Though I totally understand, having played the Beta, how annoying it is not to be able to get back to a character you like.
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Anywho, it was surprising even split screen partners need to go through the prologue solo in order to get the first unlocks. After I did prologue, took my splitscreen bro online with me, and he was stuck picking random select. It counted as him not having unlocked ANYTHING yet, lol.
I enjoyed the prologue, though. It's nice seeing a game where each character is animated in THEIR style, and not just using the same canned boring, personality-less animations that are shared between EVERY player character. This is so much more my speed than better stories with millions times worse characters. Of course, I have the rest to play though... lets see how much that changes things.
Enjoy how Melka has anime-fighter style triangle dash control potential, lol. Super Jump! Melee that has pushback! (Always reminds me of Baiken's air dust dragon cannon), Lunge forward with a claw... that can THEN also have pushback as an ability! I didn't get to play her in the Beta, so I've enjoyed getting introduced to her.
Also enjoyed how her secondary fire (her melee string) has 5 different hit animations. Along with her quick melee B button attack. AND she has a running slide. Just not the kind of attention to detail I expect in games that start off with 25 characters already, y'know?
And going through a prologue chapter with 2 very different looking women who both had athletic-looking builds and were well dressed! That happens in games? *shock*
It's a good first-time-with-full-game impression. I'm always glad I don't overload on 1st / 3rd person shooters or such saturated genres now-a-days, because I think it helps me appreciate the details in the ones I like much more.
A little bit of patience to go through the ropes in a game you're potentially playing for MONTHS in order to get the proper value out of it isn't so bad.
Though I totally understand, having played the Beta, how annoying it is not to be able to get back to a character you like.
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Anywho, it was surprising even split screen partners need to go through the prologue solo in order to get the first unlocks. After I did prologue, took my splitscreen bro online with me, and he was stuck picking random select. It counted as him not having unlocked ANYTHING yet, lol.
I enjoyed the prologue, though. It's nice seeing a game where each character is animated in THEIR style, and not just using the same canned boring, personality-less animations that are shared between EVERY player character. This is so much more my speed than better stories with millions times worse characters. Of course, I have the rest to play though... lets see how much that changes things.
Enjoy how Melka has anime-fighter style triangle dash control potential, lol. Super Jump! Melee that has pushback! (Always reminds me of Baiken's air dust dragon cannon), Lunge forward with a claw... that can THEN also have pushback as an ability! I didn't get to play her in the Beta, so I've enjoyed getting introduced to her.
Also enjoyed how her secondary fire (her melee string) has 5 different hit animations. Along with her quick melee B button attack. AND she has a running slide. Just not the kind of attention to detail I expect in games that start off with 25 characters already, y'know?
And going through a prologue chapter with 2 very different looking women who both had athletic-looking builds and were well dressed! That happens in games? *shock*
It's a good first-time-with-full-game impression. I'm always glad I don't overload on 1st / 3rd person shooters or such saturated genres now-a-days, because I think it helps me appreciate the details in the ones I like much more.
CommandThrower
Member
Ahh...now I go for one whole week without really getting to play this for extended periods. I'm glad I managed to play it a whole bunch last night, just so that I could complete the campaign.
I'll probably be able to get one hour of gametime every day for the next seven days. Time to continue grinding SP this week.
I'll probably be able to get one hour of gametime every day for the next seven days. Time to continue grinding SP this week.
SiKotikJ30
Member
Pretty annoyed that people leaving midway through a match makes certain missions impossible (?) to finish. Doing that mission that was in the beta...Void something or other, get to the part where three of you have to stand on the pads and one person gets launched...well, 2 of the 5 people had quit the game, so the three of us that were left just had to quit the game because it didn't go down to requiring only 2 people to stand on the pads.
Otherwise I love the game.
Otherwise I love the game.
Yep!
CommandThrower
Member
Checkpoints are only respawn points while you play. Anytime you quit mid-mission, you have to restart it from the beginning.
This probably has to do with the online connectivity of the game.
shanafan
Member
Makes sense. Just disappointed I can't even skip the opening cinematic.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Is this going to be another decent game that gets branded with the damning "content" complaint?
I'm so fucking sick of that word. A game is fun to play and you want to keep playing it or not. "Content" is meaningless. it's a marketing buzzword.
I'm so fucking sick of that word. A game is fun to play and you want to keep playing it or not. "Content" is meaningless. it's a marketing buzzword.
Uh, if a game has a lot of maps, modes, weapons, etc. then by all means will that be a + in my book and conversely a game lacking those things would make it a -, buzzword or not be damned.
JStein0222
Member
Spent the whole day going between this and the Overwatch beta, May is goooooooood this year!!
I'm really enjoying this game, my only drawbacks at the moment are:
- the way always online is handled seems cumbersome/weird. Always making lobbies and syncing things, I don't know. It's bothersome.
- I'm jealous of the PC version's graphics. On PS4, the game just seems a little weak visually. The characters desperately need to pop from the environments and everything just needs to be a bit crisper. (That said, at times the art style really clicks and the environments especially look great, just when action happens things suffer)
- Unlocking characters is annoying. It takes a considerable amount of time to do so, and I think that's inapporpriate for a game with the selling point of 'so many different characters!' Having a few, five even, be unlockable would have been fine. But, in my opinion, they should have regarded this as a fighting game and had most of the roster available from the start.
That's it! Enjoying it otherwise! Really looking forward to playing more.
I'm really enjoying this game, my only drawbacks at the moment are:
- the way always online is handled seems cumbersome/weird. Always making lobbies and syncing things, I don't know. It's bothersome.
- I'm jealous of the PC version's graphics. On PS4, the game just seems a little weak visually. The characters desperately need to pop from the environments and everything just needs to be a bit crisper. (That said, at times the art style really clicks and the environments especially look great, just when action happens things suffer)
- Unlocking characters is annoying. It takes a considerable amount of time to do so, and I think that's inapporpriate for a game with the selling point of 'so many different characters!' Having a few, five even, be unlockable would have been fine. But, in my opinion, they should have regarded this as a fighting game and had most of the roster available from the start.
That's it! Enjoying it otherwise! Really looking forward to playing more.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Nope. A game with a lot of variety in modes/weapons/etc that's no fun is still no fun.
Assassin's Creed 3 had a whole, whole lot of content for sure. Who loved that game?
SparksterMeta0
Member
^Same here.
Like the beta, but still considering it.
Like the beta, but still considering it.
GET2DAACHOPPAAAA
Member
This game is fun as hell. I love the character variety. Mainly playing Incursion.
User 479360
Banned
Just bought it. Hopefully I will like it.
The EB Games pre-order figure is a joke. I got the wood elf woman and it's a tiny, poor resemblance piece of garbage.
The box it came in was nicer.
The EB Games pre-order figure is a joke. I got the wood elf woman and it's a tiny, poor resemblance piece of garbage.
The box it came in was nicer.
Sparrowhawk
Member
I'll take it!
SolicitorPirate
Member
If this game goes through the same discount cycle that Borderlands went through, it should enjoy decent legs. I doubt anything can make up for its quiet launch, but early user impressions on Steam and metacritic seem to be very positive, which may help it build word of mouth over the long run.
suddenlyissoon
Member
Played 5 story player missions and haven't beaten a single one yet. At least it's got some challenge.
User 479360
Banned
Really? Alone? What difficulty?
Got to play the prologue and one incursion game using Montana. I will say that it's definitely different. I can see where incursion could be a fun mode once everyone figures the ins and outs of it. It did take awhile for me to get a game which I found odd.
I'll have to get more play time in tomorrow but so far I'm liking what I see. The shooting is different than what I'm use to but the characters seem interesting and it has Gearbox humor all over it. Love the art style of the game as well.
I'll have to get more play time in tomorrow but so far I'm liking what I see. The shooting is different than what I'm use to but the characters seem interesting and it has Gearbox humor all over it. Love the art style of the game as well.
Hyperfludd
Member
Finally got my copy. Installin it now. Didn't read the specifics aside from the story co-op packs, but does the season pass carry any other goodies?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Are the golden skins not working? I'm on Xbox and it's not showing up on my hard drive.
Glass Shark
Banned
I'm already really regretting my purchase of this game...
At least I only paid $30.
At least I only paid $30.
Shifty Capone1
Member
Yeah this is very annoying. Need to fully quit the game if you plan on matchmaking on wake up.
So I was playing a decent amount last night. Beat the prologue, two story missions, played in a few vs. matches, etc. Was fun. Last match ended when I received an error that shut the game off. Whatever, I was pretty tired at that point anyway. Turned it off and went to sleep.
Came back just now to play some more and it says my data has been corrupted and must be overwritten. Basically all of my progress has been deleted and now I have to start over all the way from the beginning, even the damn Prologue. What the actual...?
This happen to anybody else too? It's really disheartening. I was having fun but now I don't even feel like bothering to play again knowing that at any point all of my progress might be completely deleted. I know I probably can't get a refund at this point, but god damn am I salty.
Came back just now to play some more and it says my data has been corrupted and must be overwritten. Basically all of my progress has been deleted and now I have to start over all the way from the beginning, even the damn Prologue. What the actual...?
This happen to anybody else too? It's really disheartening. I was having fun but now I don't even feel like bothering to play again knowing that at any point all of my progress might be completely deleted. I know I probably can't get a refund at this point, but god damn am I salty.