Perspective.
An outsourced Borderlands game by a small Australian developer is only 1 metacritic point lower than Destiny.
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Borderlands the Pre-Sequel! |OT| GENDER EQUALITY!
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Perspective.
An outsourced Borderlands game by a small Australian developer is only 1 metacritic point lower than Destiny.
It is a game that comes alive in coop just the same as Horde on GOW. I'm lucky that 3yrs ago I got the wife into it and we have never looked back (done same again recently with Diablo). I buy a lot of games, used to do reviews and it's the only game I've ever played for this amount of time. I probably clock 52 new games a year at least, get bored easily and won't put up with meh games.
I've never laughed so much or had so much fun than when I've played Borderlands. Roll on Friday
I've never laughed so much or had so much fun than when I've played Borderlands. Roll on Friday
matrixman92
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pretty much what I was expecting with the reviews, cant wait till tonight!
Serpens007
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You're totally right. PC version just hit 75, but most it's because one 5/10. In any case, it doesn't matter, I'm waiting to recieve the email that confirms that my copy is here!
Lanrutcon
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Stone cold, man.
That's a bit strange.
One review says they put in 25 hours to complete everything. The other says 60...
over double the time is a pretty big variance to be influence by gameplay style alone. You can only run so fast through a game... so who's lying?
Also, while some parts of those reviews bum me out (short, lack of interesting environments later on, buggy) some things like no (weapon spoiler)
and having that loot combiner/generator sound awesome. Finally, useless loot might actually have a purpose.
edit: On the flip side, this is the first time I've legitimately been excited in a videogame in years. It feels good to have that desire back. It's going to be hard waiting 2 months to play this but hopefully they get the bugs sorted out by then.
One review says they put in 25 hours to complete everything. The other says 60...
over double the time is a pretty big variance to be influence by gameplay style alone. You can only run so fast through a game... so who's lying?
Also, while some parts of those reviews bum me out (short, lack of interesting environments later on, buggy) some things like no (weapon spoiler)
slag weapons
edit: On the flip side, this is the first time I've legitimately been excited in a videogame in years. It feels good to have that desire back. It's going to be hard waiting 2 months to play this but hopefully they get the bugs sorted out by then.
SerTapTap
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100% time differential is about what I'd expect for an all sidequests vs main story only. Or did they both say they had completed all sidequests?
Maybe one reviewer played the campaign fully once, while the other also went through the True Vault Hunter mode and reached the max level. Would explain the double amount of playtime.
Are there any nvidia drivers after 344.11?
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nvm. Found them but they are only for the 900 series.
344.16
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-344-16-beta-driver-download.html
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nvm. Found them but they are only for the 900 series.
344.16
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-344-16-beta-driver-download.html
PoweredBySoy
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I put hundreds of hours into BL2 - loved it - but from the videos I've seen of this game I'm having trouble wanting to drop $60 for it.
arts&crafts
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Bought and preloaded, I dont know if I want to play Willhelm or Claptrap...have 12 hours to decide.
Hispanicguy
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Picking up a copy after work today. So excited to play.
BL2 was so so good. Played most of it by myself but there was no shortage of fun. Got all the achievements as well. BL1 was awesome too.
After being disappointed with Destiny, I really want to dive into a loot game and this game is perfect right now. I'm not sure who I'll start off with but I'm not concerned with that since I'll be playing as all 4 eventually.
BL2 was so so good. Played most of it by myself but there was no shortage of fun. Got all the achievements as well. BL1 was awesome too.
After being disappointed with Destiny, I really want to dive into a loot game and this game is perfect right now. I'm not sure who I'll start off with but I'm not concerned with that since I'll be playing as all 4 eventually.
matrixman92
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just realized in the launch trailer, Jack calls them vault Hunters....this team is considered vault hunters? Thought they were more like mercenaries
SerTapTap
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"Vault Hunters" has been used fairly liberally since BL2 and some DLCs. It's really fairly close to "mercenaries" at this point. (in fact I think a few bandit enemies call you "merc" in BL2)
Wait gearbox outsourced another game?
So what have they been actually doing since then? Apart from being in a court room for the last time they... Oh dear god..... outsourced a game....
Could Randy sue Himself?
OT The game looks alright, it's a shame it's not on a console or pc in my house (my pc wouldn't run this fact....)
RadioactiveLobster
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Pretty sure Gearbox "proper" has been working on the Homeworld remakes and BattleBorn
matrixman92
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Battleborn
Battleborn and absolutely nothing related to Borderlands 3. Absolutely.
Maintenance
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I will wait for you guys impressions, but I'm kinda meh at the game so far, not having a dedicated sniper tree like Zer0 or Mordecai severely diminished my will to play.
Also, I didn't like any of the new characters except for Claptrap.
Also, I didn't like any of the new characters except for Claptrap.
SerTapTap
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Apparently Gametap doesn't do preloads
A friend of mine with an old, non-gaming laptop managed to run this. If you're willing to put it on 720p and turn some settings down it probably runs fine on most anything released in recent years.
A friend of mine with an old, non-gaming laptop managed to run this. If you're willing to put it on 720p and turn some settings down it probably runs fine on most anything released in recent years.
Conkerkid11
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Made it through the intro and now I have class. It's amazing so far and I'm impressed with how well they captured what Gearbox established with the first two games. Playing as Athena.
Before you ask, VPN through South Korea for Steam unlock.
Also, it runs about the same as Borderlands 2 if you were wondering if you could run it.
Before you ask, VPN through South Korea for Steam unlock.
Also, it runs about the same as Borderlands 2 if you were wondering if you could run it.
here4payne
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Awesome. Looking forward to hearing more impressions and (hopefully) getting in some play time tonight at 11:00 PM CST.
Alcoholikaust
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mmmm delicious-
Bruisers refer to you as mercs.
SerTapTap
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If it's any indication of demand, the skilltree website is more or less DDoS'd right now. I was going to confirm that Nisha is the "sniper"-ish class, "point shooter" actually I believe, but I believe her class skills are most comparable to that class. I think they're shying away from weapon type specific skills, and for good reason. But I can't actually load her skills to check, I just know Athena has the elemental goodness I want.
She specializes it seems in non elemental weapons.....thats pretty much about it, snipers don't receive the damage buff during here skill activation,
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Nisha's is the only class that looks interesting to me, but I think I'll feel dirty playing as her. For one, I killed her in BL2, all sorts of existential issues going on there. And she has horrible horrible taste in men. I don't think I can shiver violently enough to shake off the filth of her having hooked up with Handsome Jack.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Is the Claptrap unit in this game the same one you meet in BL2? Or is it one of the many dead Claptrap units you see scattered around?
SerTapTap
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I believe it is "the" claptrap
Not quite, her rightmost tree give her some bonuses at firing from the hip and reload speed. Sniping with her might be viable with the skill that boosts damage from the last 6 bullets on the clip (middle tree), the kill skill that has a chance to make a normal shot crit and maybe some other stuff, but it's far from being comparable to Mord or Zero.
Well, we still don't know how he was when she fell for him. Also, Jack strongly believes that he's the hero, so maybe she went along with that.
Or, you know, she hooked up with him just for fun.
Alcoholikaust
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there can be only one
Wilhelm, since he got the turret like bot
SmartWaffles
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Nisha went on to become the Sheriff of Lynchwood right? So that means out of four playable characters two of them are destined to die?
Wilhelm is probably closest to Axton with Saint and Wolf as his action skill similar to Axton turrets with double up.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Killing Nisha is purely optional. It's not part of the plot. She's just an asshole.
Hmm I only got BL2 a few months ago. Maybe I shoulda waited and played this first. I wonder how different the experience would be going from 1 to the Pre-sequel to 2 would be.
GavinUK86
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think this game woulda come off a bit better if there were some noticeable visual overhaul...because mechanically they added a ton of shit so hearing that its a glorified expansion sounds like a kind of weird hangup, at least from what ive seen, and i assume what most people mean is that it is presented visually in the exact same way bl2 was.
i guess the overall structure is exactly the same too so that could be what they mean.
i guess the overall structure is exactly the same too so that could be what they mean.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
That may be it... but I think it might be more that so often expansion packs are little "between the stories" stories. So the very idea of a game that takes place between 1 and 2 gives off a DLC or expansion pack vibe no matter how big it is.
Maintenance
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Hopefully they will get better characters as DLC, then I might get it. Someone like Handsome Jack would probably steer me to buy this. Can't grind hundreds of hours with the starting characters, unfortunately.
well you might be in luck....sort of.
there is a rumor that the first dlc char is gonna be handsome jacks double.
Maintenance
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Yeah, I heard that too, that's why I mentioned him. I would've bought this game if I could play as side characters like Moxxi, Torgue, Hammerlock, Marcus, Zed, etc. But that's just a dream, unfortunately.