Would you prefer gritty realism? No thanks.
The whole style of the game, from the frenetic action, crazy powers, enemy design, comedic value...it all stems from the same aesthetic. You're complaining about the very heart of the game.
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Borderlands 2 |OT| Opening Pandora's Box (of Guns!)
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Would you prefer gritty realism? No thanks.
The whole style of the game, from the frenetic action, crazy powers, enemy design, comedic value...it all stems from the same aesthetic. You're complaining about the very heart of the game.
The Albatross
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Seriously, I think that Borderlands 2 is one of the best games of 2012. I can't think of a single thing it does wrong. I have a blast playing with friends and alone... For 5 minutes or for an hour. Perfect game for someone who doesn't have as much time to play as he used to, but still rewards people for playing all day.
Dr. Zombutler
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Cheap college student here who is just again finding time to play games...is BL2 worth it if I'm mainly going to be playing by myself? Is it just as rewarding?
elrechazado
Banned
It's my goty, but the loot system isn't as good as BL1, which is a real shame.
Bomber Bob
Banned
Know the drop rate on the conference call? Got my level 50 Bee in 3 runs but I've done 100s of warrior runs. Keep getting the crappy grenade.
Funny though I got a conference call at 30 pretty early on in my runs.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I think it's better. Shields and grenades are actually fun now.
Which quest gives this?
Yes, I've played about 100 hours, and 85 of them were alone. Still fantastic game.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
2 hours in isn't enough time. It's more of the same good stuff but much better variety in missions and personally, the locations/story/art is what makes this so much more. It's one of the best co op games ever in my opinion.
Grenades are definetly better with more options then BL1, sheidsl about the same they have swapped some useful features like health regen with more offensive ideas such as spikes etc. Guns are worse, may be more of them but if it isnt a quest reward or boss drop not much point even looking in random chests.
I have one as well from some quest (don't remember which), and it's pretty useless since it has no scope.
Edit: The wiki page says it's from Demon Hunter (the quest to kill Dukino's Mom)
Snkfanatic
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Keep playing. I felt the same way at first.
neoism
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mostly definitely guns are worse.... I've used only about 30 guns...and sold the rest...more uniques and a little more oranges and better drop rate would have helped...
Oh, I'll definitely keep playing. Just wanted to post my initial impressions from yesterday, haha.
Borderlands 2 is one of the best games of 2012 for me. But then again, I most likely won't be playing X-Com, AC3 or some other big hitters this year, so it may be a bit skewed. I do echo people's feelings that the guns feel more sparse, in the sense that there are fewer 'good' guns. I also feel like they could have done a bit more with the grenade mods as well as relics/class mod stuff. The whole game feels really solid though and I'm quite happy with how they handled the humor. Would have loved to see the current cast be developed more since we're in a similar situation for BL3 in terms of what we know about these guys.
EDIT: Also, I'm not sure how other people felt, but I really, really didn't like single player near the end and a bit through the middle. Played as a cata siren and man, bosses were a huge bummer + getting forced to give up after seeing a JET Loader fly away. *sigh* Co-op for me is most definitely the experience you want.
EDIT: Also, I'm not sure how other people felt, but I really, really didn't like single player near the end and a bit through the middle. Played as a cata siren and man, bosses were a huge bummer + getting forced to give up after seeing a JET Loader fly away. *sigh* Co-op for me is most definitely the experience you want.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
If you're a maya you could just lock up jet loaders with phaselock.
Victory Red
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Yes. I'm on my 3rd character and mainly play solo. LOVE this game
not if I'm in FFYL
Do you have the Bane equipped?
Victory Red
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Do you have Fabled Turtoise shield equipped?
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I thought the hyperion one is called morningstar, or is the bane hyperion too?
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
More games need to be cell shaded.
Even when it looked like that I was sooooo hyped. When they revealed the new art style I kind of flipped my lid and was convincing everyone I knew that they had to get this game.
Empty Space
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I don't think I've ever seen footage of the game before the look change. Its funny what an art style change can do for game. I remember nobody caring when it looked realistic, but when that PC Gamer, I think, cover came out people started paying attention.
Same, I thought it looked fantastic before, and only even better after the change.
The ideas had me more hyped than the graphics though.
Yup I think the biggest factor to borderlands' success is its visual aesthetic. The RPG fans were already sold but this brought in a lot more attention.
Canis lupus
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I need to get this game! Loved Borderlands 1.
Yes, you do!
LowParry
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I sorta have this problem but the exp was good for the farm plus money and eridium is great. I'm at lvl 35 and doing pretty well on the harder difficulty. A good fire weapon helps to start.
Rickenslacker
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Usually when something about a game gets radically changed I always think "Oh, that would've been cool to play too", but no Borderlands' change in aesthetic is one of the best decisions they've made for the game.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I didn't get any eridium stuff outside of that early quest one.
Inskipp
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I feel like rapid-fire e-tech weapons seem to be some of the best ones... The sniper/pistol/shotgun variants that I've found have been very meh in comparison.
elrechazado
Banned
It won't get easier until you start upgrading, and you'll only get those in tvhm.
Other than plasma casters, the e-Tech rocket launchers (the BFG variant) seem pretty nice as well. The AOE for those is ridiculous. Very rare though - I've only found one, while I have a half dozen or more plasma casters and a boatload of e-Tech pistols.
fastford58
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Getting ready to start true vault hunter mode after discovering Warrior is not going to scale up with me. Should be good.
So happy the changed the look to what it is now, no way in hell it would have stood out amongst the other games that look exactly like this.
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