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Borderlands |OT| More guns than the population of the Netherlands

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Peronthious

Member
Kosma said:
Only two weeks left. Can't wait to try it out.



How is the new thread title GENIUS? You really have low standards for humor.
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It's certainly rather humorous. The internet is no stranger to hyperbole.
 
MMaRsu

MMaRsu

Member
Kosma said:
Only two weeks left. Can't wait to try it out.



How is the new thread title GENIUS? You really have low standards for humor.
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I like it, like I give a shit what you think.
 
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Firestorm

Member
PoweredBySoy said:
So, Brick. The character intrigues me, but in a game where the main selling point is loot and 87 bazillion guns, where's the incentive for a melee-based character?

Are there melee weapons in the game he could take advantage of?
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The tank is always closest to the loot.
Always.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Yes, I hope to play only with generous tanks that will be willing to give me my shotgun-pistol. :'(

Also, I think the thread title is hilarious. Why attack such a benign facet of a gaming thread? o_O

Finally.. Beaulieu = Trollzor?
 
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Firestorm

Member
Add to deals section:
Wal-Mart in Canada has Borderlands (360) advertised for $39.96. No PS3 version on the flyer but it might be the same price. That's $30 off here.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
I think it's because they weren't sure they'd have it gold by the same time as their console versions- even though they developed on the PC, that probably ended up meaning more backdoors to close. Of course, went gold last friday, so why they can't move the date back I do not know. :'(

EDIT: Btw, reservations are great. I have some about this game myself. But saying ""Now I'm pretty sure it won't be [a mix between Diablo and an fps]" seems pretty baseless and speculative, especially considering that: 1. the specs of the game point to exactly that and 2. it could be a cross between an FPS and Diablo and still suck; i.e., it seems an unfounded criticism. *shrug*
 
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Shoogoo

Member
I was wondering, anybody knows if this will allow 2 gold member to play on splitscreen (like Halo, L4D,..) with other people online?

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Tickets, please.
 
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ahoyhoy

Unconfirmed Member
Shit, split-screen might sell me on the 360 version...

15 more bucks, inferior graphics, but my desire to ALWAYS support developers who decide to continue including split-screen over the Live cop-out bullshit is strong.
 
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Dipper145

Member
ahoyhoy said:
Shit, split-screen might sell me on the 360 version...

15 more bucks, inferior graphics, but my desire to ALWAYS support developers who decide to continue including split-screen over the Live cop-out bullshit is strong.
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If you're in Canada it's 39.96 at Walmart. Not sure if there is a similar sale in the States though.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
sparky2112 said:
Think of Borderlands 360 as the equiv. of owning a Mac. Sure, we pay more for less, but it STILL makes us waaaaay cooler than those mindless PC sheep.
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BAAAAAAAAAA.
 
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dionysus

Yaldog
sparky2112 said:
Think of Borderlands 360 as the equiv. of owning a Mac. Sure, we pay more for less, but it STILL makes us waaaaay cooler than those mindless PC sheep.
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If it is terrible we will here about it here and get to cancel all our preorders! It is good to be a PC sheep.

If it is good we will be jealous for 7 days.
 
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sullytao

Member
It seems like only yesterday that we saw the first screenshots of the new style. I cant believe the full game is only a week from spinning fevourishly in my 360 :D
 
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sparky2112

Member
Hawkian said:
BAAAAAAAAAA.
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Trust me, if it wasn't for co-op with my son, I'd be BAAAAAAAAing too. We have one gaming rig, and 2 360s, so the math weighs in favor of console gaming, where multiplayer is involved.
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
I wish intersystem multiplayer had really taken off. I remember predicting a future where there was no difference between servers for an Xbox or PC game. :(
 
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garath

Member
Shoogoo said:
I was wondering, anybody knows if this will allow 2 gold member to play on splitscreen (like Halo, L4D,..) with other people online?

HypeTrain.jpg


Tickets, please.
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Unfortunately no :(


Gearbox is working on allowing for as versatile an online setup as possible. Though split-screen co-op online isn't going to be implemented for console gamers at launch, Pitchford told us what to expect. "You can play on your system on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and you can join people online or you can have a friend play with you in a split-screen scenario, but right now we're not able to bring the split-screen online. Maybe we'll be able to find a way to do that later, but that's a technical limitation with the amount of data that's going on it just can't work. That would be something that we'd love to do, and I hope people love the game so that conceivably we could invest in that and find a way."
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Beaulieu

Member
Hawkian said:
Finally.. Beaulieu = Trollzor?
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Yeah there is a midle ground between posting 50 messages in the first 2 pages of the official thread of a game that isnt out yet and show little promise and being a troll man.
 
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Flying Lotus

Banned
Firestorm said:
Add to deals section:
Wal-Mart in Canada has Borderlands (360) advertised for $39.96. No PS3 version on the flyer but it might be the same price. That's $30 off here.
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Anyone know if this'll be the case in the U.S. as well?
i really want this game but I really don't want to pay $60 for it.
 
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SuperAwesome

Member
going to wait before preordering on steam to see if i can win a free copy...if i don't, i'll really need to add some people since my friends list on steam is empty.
 
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TurtleSnatcher

Member
Flying Lotus said:
Anyone know if this'll be the case in the U.S. as well?
i really want this game but I really don't want to pay $60 for it.
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If you really (Note in italics) want a game.. then I'm sure you'd be willing to pay for the standard retail price for it.

I mean.. what did you expect.. the game to be $40 everywhere day 1?
 
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DenogginizerOS

BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I have this fully reserved on X360 but I have one reservation. The last Gearbox game I bought was the most recent BiA and that was a buggy mess. That was published by Ubisoft I believe. Has Gearbox made any comments about this and how they are addressing it with Borderlands?
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
DenogginizerOS said:
I have this fully reserved on X360 but I have one reservation. The last Gearbox game I bought was the most recent BiA and that was a buggy mess. That published by Ubisoft I believe. Has Gearbox made any comments about this and how they are addressing it with Borderlands?
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Comments about how their former game using a different engine was buggy and how it related to Borderlands? Don't think so :-/ You could always wait til the reviews are out?
 
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DenogginizerOS

BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
Hawkian said:
Comments about how their former game using a different engine was buggy and how it related to Borderlands? Don't think so :-/ You could always wait til the reviews are out?
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I guess I am more interested in how they are addressing bugs. They made a big deal about it with the countdown to gold so that gives me a lot of optimism. It just seems that all of a sudden his game is getting more hype and I am just trying to keep things in check as much as possible for myself.
 
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Hank The Tank

Neo Member
Hawkian said:
Comments about how their former game using a different engine was buggy and how it related to Borderlands? Don't think so :-/ You could always wait til the reviews are out?
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BiA used Unreal engine as well, didn't it?
 
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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
It's always a good idea not to set your expectations too high. That way you can be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed. As far as bugs, I know that they did delay the PC version with the stated goal of making sure it was stable alongside the others, but it's always hard to say how a multiplayer-centric game will hold up in real play.

EDIT: Hank- BiA = UE 2.0, Borderlands = UE 3.0. i.e. all the difference in the world. Compare UT2003 to Bioshock ;)

I take it all back, there was apparently a BiA in 2008 that used UE3? Did you play it on the PC or consoles? Didn't even know this game existed.
 
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DenogginizerOS

BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
What is Gearbox's track record with netcode in the past?

Hawkian said:
I take it all back, there was apparently a BiA in 2008 that used UE3? Did you play it on the PC or consoles? Didn't even know this game existed.
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I played it on X360 and it was a mess. The online was completely borked from the outset.
 
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