Borderlands

[Malakili]

Don't know the timing for Borderlands though.

Borderlands, as the prez of Gearbox has said, is a crapshoot.

It could very well be Diablo 2 huge. Or it could be pure crap. Word of mouth is going to save this one and honestly, it's the first time in a long while I think a game actually NEEDS an open beta with limited content - assuming they can pull it off. This thing is going to need tons and tons of fan-hype. God of War/Katamari Damacy levels of fan-hype.

For some reason I thought this was just a ho-hum single player fpsrpg with cell shading.  The PC Gamer article was so obsessed with the art changes that I guess it overshadowed what the game is actually trying to be.   Co-op fpsrpg with randomized loot has a strong possibility of awesome.

[Lantyssa]

So I've actually only just started folliowing this in the last week or so.  Any custom characters, or just the four they're shown?  (I'm so glad Diablo 3 is giving us at least a gender option for each class.)

[schild]

So I've actually only just started folliowing this in the last week or so.  Any custom characters, or just the four they're shown?  (I'm so glad Diablo 3 is giving us at least a gender option for each class.)

Just the four afaik.

[Margalis]

Surely one thin hot redhead is enough choice in female characters for anyone.

[schild]

If one girl is enough for people to tell me to piss off when I bitch and moan about the lack of interesting characters in Left 4 Dead, it's obviously enough to dismiss any complaints about this game as well.

And don't tell me about how Left 4 Dead is supposed to be a movie. That's crap.

Both this and L4D lack in the character / character creation departments and let's just leave it at that.

[Mrbloodworth]

They threw out the realisticvisual style and invented a new one. They call it Concept Style, a “realized three-dimensional concept-art look” that’s so close to the concept drawings posted around Gearbox’s Plano, Texas, offi ces that some screenshots can easily be mistaken for an artist’s paintings at first glance.

The new technique uses handdrawn textures, scanned in and colored in Photoshop, combined with software that draws graphic novel-style outlines around characters and objects, sharpens shadows to look more like something an artist might create, and even draws lines on terrain like hills and inclines when viewed at certain angles and distances. Finally, the character models were all revamped with more
exaggerated proportions, creating the appearance of a detailed comic book in motion.

http://www.pcgamer.com/pdfs/Borderlands0609.pdf

Ah, I was unaware of the full extent of the changes.

[DeathInABottle]

New trailer!

Oh MY do I want this game.

[NiX]

Awesome trailer.

[Venkman]

Want.

[Falwell]

Hot, and I love that song.

Schild, Rattran, Task Force Lootwhore will need to reassemble of course. We'll need to find a 4th that is worthy of membership.

Couple of big reservations about this yet though. We know there's an assload of weapons etc. but what about the rest of the equipment? Armor / gadgets / goodies as varied? Also, enemy variety is a big one with me and I haven't seen anything about that whatsoever thus far.

EDIT: Also, dibs on the soul brother.

[schild]

I'm playing the girl. Probably. or the Roguey looking guy.

[Falwell]

OK I've done a decent bit of digging around and there is absolutely zero info about armor or other items anywhere. This strikes me as a bad sign. If those things were there they'd be plastered all over the PR shits they've done, and yet, nothing. That, coupled with the fact the the 4 characters look the exact same in every single screenhot and video.

Chances are, it's guns only. That, if true, kinda knocks the wind outta this game for me.

Also, don't go to the official forums for this one. Even for official, pre release forums, they're shitty shit shit.

[gryeyes]

RPG/FPS love child with no gear alterations beyond weapons? I refuse to believe.

[Falwell]

Well, one of two questions answered. Over 150 enemy types they say. Decent amount of gameplay in this video also...

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-borderlands/51346

Still, he says "Guns, shields and gear" so there is some hope for the other.

[schild]

HEY FALWELL

THEY SAID IT WAS ALL DIABLO 2 STYLE, THE GUNS JUST HAVE THE MOST VARIETY

YOU KNOW I'M ON THIS SHIT, JUST GO PREORDER BROHEIM. WE'LL BE GOOD TO GO ON DAY ZERO.

WORD.

/cruisecontrol

[Falwell]

Oh I'll be there brother, you can fucking bank on that. Only thing I'm waiting for is either a Steam or D2D pre order. I fucking hate boxes and having to deal with UPS in any way.

Also, I just happen to be off that week, the entire week, so yeah, it's on.

[schild]

Oh I'll be there brother, you can fucking bank on that. Only thing I'm waiting for is either a Steam or D2D pre order. I fucking hate boxes and having to deal with UPS in any way.

Also, I just happen to be off that week, the entire week, so yeah, it's on.

If I had to *guess*, I'll be off that week too.

Also, Steam. Gearbox steam, so no worries there.

[Velorath]

OK I've done a decent bit of digging around and there is absolutely zero info about armor or other items anywhere. This strikes me as a bad sign. If those things were there they'd be plastered all over the PR shits they've done, and yet, nothing. That, coupled with the fact the the 4 characters look the exact same in every single screenhot and video.

Chances are, it's guns only. That, if true, kinda knocks the wind outta this game for me.

Also, don't go to the official forums for this one. Even for official, pre release forums, they're shitty shit shit.

Lot of hands-on previews were put up today on various sites.  Pretty much all of them just mention guns, cash, and ammo as drops, and that you can buy medical supplies and shields.

[Threash]

That would be incredibly unfortunate.

[Margalis]

From what I remember from Diablo 2 having played it in the past year or so 95% of the equipment attention was paid to weapons.

[Sky]

Meh. I'm not seeing much in the way of gameplay.

With schild this excited, I'll wait the two weeks it takes you guys to get over it to hear the real deal.

[schild]

That would be incredibly unfortunate.

Interview on Giant Bomb that has Pritchard (spelling?) saying that artifacts, modifications, etc are all generated by their weapon thing. That is, all the items are and that it's not just weapons. That said, the variations on things that aren't weapons is probably less so as variation wouldn't mean as much. But if artifacts/accessories are, well that's good enough for me.

[WayAbvPar]

Anyone going to be playing on PC? I can't stand shooters on consoles.

[Yegolev]

If I play it, it will be on PC.  First, I'd like to find out if it is going to be better than Too Human.

[Hindenburg]

First, I'd like to find out if it is going to be better than Too Human.

Yeah, that'll be a challenge...

[schild]

Anyone going to be playing on PC? I can't stand shooters on consoles.

I can't imagine anyone here playing it on console. Unless they're achievement whores, but then taste is right out the window anyway.

[WayAbvPar]

That warms my black little heart.

[Yegolev]

First, I'd like to find out if it is going to be better than Too Human.

Yeah, that'll be a challenge...

I keep my expectations low.  Furthermore, Too Human had visible armor so I'm not just being random.

[Hayduke]

Anyone going to be playing on PC? I can't stand shooters on consoles.

PC for me.  Local splitscreen is very tempting, but I'm guessing the PSN community will be dead within two months of release.  Also, thumbsticks.

[Hoax]

This looks too good to be true.  Do want.

[squirrel]

Yeah this has gone from yawn to day one purchase. Looking forward to an fpsrp game.

[FatuousTwat]

I wonder how this and Rage will compare, because aren't they supposed to be similar? Or am I way off, and it's just the post-apoc setting that is close?

[schild]

Just post-apoc setting. If that. I'm not even sure Borderlands is REALLY post-apocalyptic so much as it's just a desolate wasteland of a crap planet (whereas Fallout is, for example, actually post-apocalyptic).

[Falwell]

One little note I found in the RPS writeup. If you die, you lose the gun you had equipped.

[schild]

One little note I found in the RPS writeup. If you die, you lose the gun you had equipped.

That's awesome.