Ollie Pooch
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Borderlands 2 Vita |OT| 870 gajillion guns in your pockets
- Thread starter ZeroAKA
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DLC are separate positions on the download list, unfortunately.
It'll still start you from the nearest fast travel station though.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I agree that it's fantastic to be able to play BL2 on the go like this, but you can't pretend issues aren't present. The FPS drops are prevalent but not game breaking, the delay on damage numbers is annoying, and the crashes are absolutely inexcusable. I have already stopped playing because I don't want to have my game crash and loose more progress. Once they patch whatever leak or issue is causing all these crashes, I'll consider this a magnificent success.
How does BL2 compare to AC3 Liberation or NFS:MW in terms of framerate?
(Personally I found NFS:MW to be tolerable while AC3:L was so bad that I couldn't keep playing the game despite wanting to finish it and not waste the money I spent on a digital copy.)
EDIT: Also, I don't trust Metacritic user reviews this early after release. CoD: Black Ops Declassified had the most glowing user reviews during the first weeks and now the average user score is 4.8.
(Personally I found NFS:MW to be tolerable while AC3:L was so bad that I couldn't keep playing the game despite wanting to finish it and not waste the money I spent on a digital copy.)
EDIT: Also, I don't trust Metacritic user reviews this early after release. CoD: Black Ops Declassified had the most glowing user reviews during the first weeks and now the average user score is 4.8.
Because the hub is covered in NPC's with dialog options I guess. Lots of geometry in a confined area as well.
MaximusPrimus
Member
sure, every game has it's issues. No reason for reviewers to give this anything lower than a 7 IMO. No crashes here yet.
Thats dumb and with respawning enemies it will male the game a chore.
Huh, it takes like two minutes to get back to Flynn from Liar's Berg. Plus you can just run by all the enemies and typically only the very last set will still be interested, just kill those and continue on your way. In my 50+ hours on the PS3 version starting a save from the last fast travel station was never much of an inconvenience. Plus (unless I am totally remembering this wrong) enemy level in an area is decided based on the first time you get there, so as you level up and get better loot, the respawning enemies don't, and the area gets easier.
LithiumSpade
Member
Hah, you know nothing of the pain. Try playing it on a console where suspend and resume isn't a thing, then you can really moan. Seriously tho I don't mind it most of the time, fucked me over badly once or twice tho.
SwiftDeath
Member
Well at least it indicates further support by the developers which is a good sign
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
performance seems slightly improved for me but that might just be because of the restart of the game for the update. Man, this is so awesome. I can't stop playing it.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Kotaku:
No, stop there. That's fine.
No, stop there. That's fine.
this is weird but if you guys want to, maybe just drop the Iron Galaxy a guys a tweet or two especially if you enjoy the work they've done with Borderlands 2 Vita!
I would guess it's pretty discouraging/depressing to hear all the critics slam what you've thought is a solid piece of work!
hopefully, our positive words can encourage them to keep the support for the game coming!
https://twitter.com/IToTheG
I would guess it's pretty discouraging/depressing to hear all the critics slam what you've thought is a solid piece of work!
hopefully, our positive words can encourage them to keep the support for the game coming!
https://twitter.com/IToTheG
I agree. They favorited one of my tweets. Just being able to play this on Vita is good enough for me. If they can patch a few things then all should be good. Either way I am really enjoying the game and dont want it to end.
LithiumSpade
Member
I actually quite like this idea. Especially as they've been working at it for god knows how long trying to do the best job possible, only to be greeted with reviews that constantly compare it to the PC version running on 3 Titans in SLI.*
Kotaku said:
* Yes, I know this is a vast exaggeration, but if they're allowed to do it in their reviews, i'll do it when i'm criticising their reviews.
let's just make it a little more organised
https://twitter.com/IToTheG
Tweet @IToTheG with your message and following hashtags
#LoveBL2Vita
#BestOnVita
https://twitter.com/IToTheG
Tweet @IToTheG with your message and following hashtags
#LoveBL2Vita
#BestOnVita
I don't think anyone is going to say that BL2 is best on Vita.
probably not
haha but I've been tweeting that tag quite a bit for the games I'll like to play on the Vita... so I thought it'll be nice to include it.in a way, if you want a portable BL2 experience, it's kinda #BestOnVita ain't
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Some of us don't enjoy Japanese games lol, so it may well be
EDIT: Thought you meant best GAME on Vita.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Those reviews are infuriating and confusing - more from the perspective of this game being totally translated over, in terms of (most importantly) gameplay, content and extra mission DLC yet it doesnt compare to home consoles/PC so it's marked down (I'd argue it does compare to the console versions). Seriously, what the fuck did they expect? There are frame rate dips at times, yes, but none game breaking or affecting the gameplay in my opinion. The line about feeling like the character is underwater is, like I said earlier, just straight out bullshit.
Does the game play well? yes. Is it one of the largest, most content rich handheld titles ever? yes. does it look and sound great? yes? 5 out of 10.
I swear that latest update has made the game play smoother. Maybe it was a placebo update!
Does the game play well? yes. Is it one of the largest, most content rich handheld titles ever? yes. does it look and sound great? yes? 5 out of 10.
I swear that latest update has made the game play smoother. Maybe it was a placebo update!
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Let's vote with our wallets. I'll certainly be picking a copy up.
They're obviously not built-in to the game so they can work around the 3.something GB limitation of game cards.
Tweeted them. Sad that some reviews may spoil sales. Of course it doesn't look like PS3, but it looks amazing! I kept forgetting I wasn't playing Remote Play while playing the game. It truly is amazing and is quite an accomplishment to put all of the stuff they did on the Vita.
TheDarkStark
Member
Patch 1.02 is out now, "fixes various bugs"
I'm close to 20 hours in and enjoying the hell out of the game, (level 24 Psycho)
I'm close to 20 hours in and enjoying the hell out of the game, (level 24 Psycho)
AMxKaOtIcDeV
Member
not sure if its been covered already, but can someone tell me why everytime im selling items at a vending machine it sells things that i dont want to sell without me even pushing the button? constantly happens and it makes me have to buyback weapons, its killing my money.
Playing Gaige, best on vita. Keep my anarchy stacks through each play session! (as long as they fix the crashin.)
the buyback tab on the vending machine charges you the same amount that they gave you in the sale, so not sure how it's killing your money. Are you accidentally hitting the button to sell all the items you had flagged as "junk" and you're somehow accidentally flagging your gear as junk?
darkjedi187
Member
Good idea, I did my part.
Edvardelis
Member
That's a Borderlands 2 problem. It only remembers the last checkpoint, and it's a long time between checkpoints at that portion of the game. You pretty much have to get to Flynt and beat him in one sitting.
(Beat the game on the PC, not really interested in a copy for the Vita.)
I already got 2 Infinity pistols. I'm hoping the drop rates are generous. Legendary drop rate was part of the reason I stopped playing on Pc.
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
How's the frame rate compare to other games. Watching YouTube it looks somewhat similar to how resistance ran when playing online.
From what I read somewhere the badass rank is kept in a different file than the save itself. The guide mentioned it should be possible to transfer it, although I don't honestly know which file it is.
Curious as well on this. Mainly on the PS3 to Vita side.
I have 4 characters at near level 20 now and one of them is level 24. I have found 0 legendaries.
BADASS ranks are NOT character specific and do not transfer between platforms.
So cross save isn't working yet, correct? If it isn't, can I start a game with a new class and transfer my two PS3 classes over when it is available? It's just one save per character, correct?
And someone should tweet at Greg Miller and ask him to tweet the hashtags (he helped get this whole port started with a suggestion to Pitchford, and he has a huge following).
And someone should tweet at Greg Miller and ask him to tweet the hashtags (he helped get this whole port started with a suggestion to Pitchford, and he has a huge following).
darkjedi187
Member
I'd like to know that also. When and the details.