Fine Ham Abounds
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I got really bored really fast with Borderlands 1 and didn't even get out of the starting area. Any feelings on what specific elements are better in this one?
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Borderlands 2 |OT| Opening Pandora's Box (of Guns!)
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Grimm Fandango
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i5-2500K 3.3GHz
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edit: hm okay sounds like something on my end. I'll have to look into it.
BrokenEchelon
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Everything
Ultimadrago
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So, what's everyone's impression so far?
I'm getting my copy this afternoon. So excited
I'm having fun with it.
I am honestly surprised with how well it's running on high. Borderlands 1 didn't run well as well even on Medium with the same laptop.
I haven't gotten any great weapons so far, but I'm sure they'll come around. I'm prepared to find my destined main arsenal to love and cherish.
Only played for a few hours last night though. Today, I have the whole day to myself! >
I'm only 4 chapters in but the setting is soooo much better. Seems like the scenarios and the types of enemies you fight are more well done as well. The bosses have been a lot of fun.
BruiserBear
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I just wanted to confirm there is no console cross play with PC users, right?
I was hoping somehow, someway there would be a Portal 2 like option with this game on PS3.
I was hoping somehow, someway there would be a Portal 2 like option with this game on PS3.
UPS hasn't brought me my copy yet.
Is the intro song this time around really the intro song from Strikeback? If so that's awesome!
The very same. It's awesome because my friend and I had been talking about how well Borderlands and blues-rock fit together months before we knew anything about BL2. Lo and behold, it has a blues-rock intro song.
Terbinator
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DO IT.
use it, probably get some purple grenade mods
edit: amazing looking pistol. got nothing that sweet as level 8. revolvers are so fucking beefy.
Dead Prince
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it's $38 now since they only have the 20% off code
If you didn't like the first one, you're not going to like the second one. It's a good sequel, but according to the reviews doesn't really break any new ground.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Fair enough, I'm gonna give this one a shot, thanks for the replies. If nothing else, it's tough to pass up any title in the dwindling library of local co-op games.
i'll be honest and say when i first played BL1 i got quite bored with it. when back months later and really got into it, but still found it a little slow single player.
BL2 feels like a new game, same concepts of course, but remaking every system shows how far polish and refinement can take a game.
This, keep on getting distracted by screens and posts on the official forums/here.
Trying to do as much work as I can though so the time will fly by but coding HTML for Amazon product listings isn't the funnest thing to do.
Baconsammy
Banned
Scales to you. Any quests you do with someone that's higher or further into the game than you can be skipped when you reach that point in the game later.
Sanic
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I see that now, that's fine, but will I still get the mechromancer stuff for free?
gutterboy44
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The pacing in the first two hours of this game is much better than BL1. The enemy AI is immediately more challenging too. The AI movement and reactions have made the combat all the better. Can't wait to get back home tonight and play more.
I got the PC version as a gift and had it preloaded so I tried it out for a little bit last night, It seems good, more borderlands which isn't a bad thing. After reading the Giant Bomb Review, It was exactly how I feel about it as well.
I do have the console version coming as well and I am looking forward to trying that out once it gets here.
I do have the console version coming as well and I am looking forward to trying that out once it gets here.
Make sure Physx is set on low.
csquared587
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I haven't followed this thread too closely, but is anyone else getting a significantly lower FPS in multiplayer?
I get 60+ maxed at 1080p single player, but I am getting a lot of choppiness playing with my friends.
i5 2500k @ 3.2 ghz
GTX 670
8gb ddr3
I get 60+ maxed at 1080p single player, but I am getting a lot of choppiness playing with my friends.
i5 2500k @ 3.2 ghz
GTX 670
8gb ddr3
Melhisedek
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What FOV should I set for a 1080 res?
fluffydelusions
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Played coop with one other person last night. No fps issues. Playing on Asus g74s
100 seems perfect to me.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
It's strange that I can't get Dome DLC and Premiere Club DLC shown up on DLC list for some reason. (PS3)
Coalition-PezRadar
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I think the optically correct FoV for 16:9 is somewhere around 80, but 90-100 feels better to me.
Dead Prince
Banned
is it up for anyone else? maybe it's a PSN store update thing.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
So many more scopes in this game, the first one had like 2 different sniper scopes and that was it.
What? I thought semi-auto rifles were great in BL1. I had a Hyperion PPZ semi-auto with acid elemental x3?. Took down Knoxx and regular Crimson Lance like nothing.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I already redeemed and downloaded it into my HDD. On Borderlands 2 Main Menu, I clicked on Downloadable Content, then It kept claiming that I didn't own any.
I'm liking the game a lot. I was kind of hesitant because I put 40 hours into Borderlands 1 just two weeks ago and was extremely burnt out with that, but this one feels different enough that it's fresh.
The gameplay feels way smoother, much better feedback when shooting enemies. The guns are way more varied as well. The visuals are insanely better, much richer art, more reflective surfaces and looks less washed out. The PhysX effects make the game feel much less static (which was one of my big issues with BL1) and adds some always welcome visual flare and feedback to combat. Overall I think it's pretty great.
The gameplay feels way smoother, much better feedback when shooting enemies. The guns are way more varied as well. The visuals are insanely better, much richer art, more reflective surfaces and looks less washed out. The PhysX effects make the game feel much less static (which was one of my big issues with BL1) and adds some always welcome visual flare and feedback to combat. Overall I think it's pretty great.
Loving the game so far! I played from the midnight launch on Steam till around 2am with 2 buddies. Graphics look great on PC, digging the new areas and everything looks better than the first to me. New weapons are fun, its almost hard to find a "Normal" gun so far, everything does something crazy which is cool. Killing the first boss and seeing all those guns spill everywhere was great, reminds me just how much I loved BL1. As others have said, the AI is better this time around to the point where using a pistol without a scope or zoom is tough to take down enemies at a distance because they typically won't give you much of a target. However popping heads with a zoomed sniper rifle is just amazing. The dialog in the game is good so far and the story seems cool. The Borderlands humor and crazy characters are defiantly here and crazier then ever. Can't wait to play more tonight after work!
boredofcanada
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anyone else having problems redeeming premiew club and CSD on xbox live???
It's included in the game key. It's not a seperate code.
I'm not joking. It's still borderlands, but this man speaks the absolute truth. EVERYTHING is better. The guns this time, no hyperbole (lol), are seriously COD tight.
The sniper I've been using for most of the last 2 hours feels exactly like the SVD except with tighter scope aiming.
Actually, they were the most powerful weapons in BL1, and from what I've seen, it's the same deal here. If you can hit those crits often, you do more damage than any other weapon could ever dream of doing.
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Edit: You know what's one of my favorite additions to this game? All the stats aren't hidden anymore. You get to know definitively what the recharge delay, proc percentage, and proc damage are. I LOVE that. I hated having to do mental math all the time beforehand.
Not sure how it's gonna work once it unlocks for me (Europe), but when I registered my key from GMG on Steam, I'm pretty sure it mentioned the preorder bonus in parentheses after the title. So it's definitely connected to it in some way.
dark_inferno
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So after reading a few posts. From a scale from 1-10(1 being shit and 10 being the greatest game ever made) what would u guys give?
And another question how do u get these golden keys? Buying them or getting them via loot?
And another question how do u get these golden keys? Buying them or getting them via loot?
I think I have two so far:
1 from the pre-order Premier Club bonus
1 from signing up for Gearbox's Shift website
Too early for me to judge, having only played about 2 hours but I would say its at least an 8 and probably closer to a 9 or 9.5 if it keeps up the quality level. I'm sure after another 10 hours or so I'd be able to tell you what if anything I dislike about the game.
I found them almost useless unless you got a headshot, which I guess is the same here, but in this game they're a lot easier to handle. And they feel better to use too.
gutterboy44
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Oh, also +1 for revolvers with no fire rate limit. Being able to shoot as fast as you can click is awesome. I was always good at insane pistol shots with R1 on COD games and I love being able to clickity click my mouse as fast as I can. A revolver with elemental should be sick.
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