Just saw a few clips on Youtube, and I had to go and get the game for myself. Great gaming experience; I just love playing as the commando and sniping people from like, a mile away, LOL... Anyone else playing this game? If you are, can you tell me if the DLC is worth it?
I used to play this game, and honestly it's a great game. I'm not sure how far into the game you are, but in an attempt to reduce spoilers, I'll try and limit as much things that I'll say lol. The DLC provides you with a new map to play, once you finish the campaign. Generally, people play the game multiple times (playthroughs), in order to level up to 50. So if you find it boring, you can get the DLC for a new map. I personally play the sniping commando as well, with heavy heavy dependency on my turret(s). Great great game.
Thanks Dan, I looked on Wiki and there's like more than 100 different quests that one can go on, LOL... And what's good about this is the game seems to respawn bad guys so that just about every level is replayable. So it looks like I'm going to be wrapped up in this for quite a while, even without the DLC. -^_^ My biggest thing now is shooting down birds (or whatever the heck those things are) with first a sniper rifle, and then when they get close, a sub machine gun, LOL... Great fun. -lol
Glad you enjoy it. But yea, they designed it so you can replay it over and over, because I'll tell you right now, even if you... wait no I'll keep that a secret lol. Just know that you will have the opportunity to play the game again and again and again, without getting bored lol. Once you get access to your turret, that is also a lot of fun. Good luck have fun lol
Been single playing this for the last three weeks and really getting a kick out of it. Also saw a lot of youtube videos, walkthroughs, tips, and easter eggs; this game is better by the minute. I'm playing as a "commando" which is kind of cool because you get a turret that takes most of the flak from the bad guys while you can run and hide, LOL... I'm also glad that there's an option for upping the grenade count in the commando skill set. Anyways, I'm at level 26 right now and trying to up my inventory space with Eridium. Most of the things now need 50 bars, with one already maxed out. I assume at some point the Eridium becomes moot. At any rate, a really good time waster
What's really funny about your observation (never finishing the first) is sort of prescient; I know that I'm unlikely to ever finish the game, given that I'm really only a casual below average, sightseer or tourist gamer. I love to just walk around, occasionally shoot things but otherwise just enjoy the environment of the game world more so than actually beating a game. Thus, a game like borderlands 2 is perfect; it is so long and extensive that I can keep returning and there will always be something new to explore. The deal that [N] highlighted is really tempting.
I grew up being a completion when it comes to games.. so if I haven't beat the boss.. game is not done.. And I feel like starting on the next game in the series would not allow me to follow with the story..
Oh, I certainly understand the desire to complete and "beat" a game. But in Borderlands 2, that doesn't really seem all that important as there are so many combat things to do all the time. In other words, similar to how some gamers like to repeatedly play WOW or Halo, there's always a chance for a battle with a respawning enemy to the point that I personally can play Borderlands 2 in this manner. Moreover, the game continually spawns better loot; so there is tremendous replay value for those that want to get improved weapons for that "oohh or aahh" factor. Of course, it's not to say that I would never try to beat the final boss, I'm just saying that in this regard, IMHO, I feel there is no compelling need for me to do that; this is a real leisure at your own pace endeavor. In that sense, this is a perfect game for me. I do understand your other concern though, about an out of order reading of a sequential chapter to a story, that it is annoying in the literary sense. However, if we rigorously hold ourselves hostage to such a demand, then we're going to be pretty hard on ourselves and deny ourselves many things simply because they're not delivered in proper numerical sequence. Having said that, I'll tell you a funny story; the missus and I always joke about the manner in which she watches a movie or series. She likes to see the ending first to see it's a "good" ending, and whether it is deserving of being watched. Her rationale is that she doesn't want to invest her time in viewing a movie only to be served a trash or stupid ending. Of course, this makes no sense to me at all; but it's the way she enjoys films and shows. So I guess there's extremes on both sides of the argument. I, myself don't really care all that much in the story of a game if that isn't the main point of my purchase; I primarily bought Borderlands 2 as a good FPS with 'badass' weapons; but conversely, I got the latest Lara Croft primarily because of the story. So I guess this can cut both ways depending on its creative thrust. In Borderlands 2, by the nature of the product, continuity doesn't seem all that much an issue, at least not with me. My suggestion is, that if you want the deal, get it, but don't actually play it until you've had time to finish the original. Then you can actually get a start with the new game's tale while the old game's story is fresh in mind. Either way, you're in for a treat; the game is simply awesome.
I think the game is $10 to purchase on Gamersgate or GreenManGaming right now. Should be steam redeemable as well.
Just picked up the game. Kind of late, lots of people already finished with it so I have limited co-op partners. :(
Thing about this game is, even as single player (which I prefer) it's great. I'm still in the sightseeing honeymoon phase, where I enjoy just walking around and exploring the game world. After about a month, I'm still only about halfway through, LOL...
I know what you mean. I might end up doing the same thing. Skyrim took me forever to finish the main story even though it's really short. lol
Bethesda is one of the companies that really pissed me off with what they did to the old Fallout game series. Granted, they're a FPS company and they know that's where the money is; when they first took Fallout, a great RPG and essentially turned it into a mod for their FPS style offerings, I was genuinely upset. What had been a true turn based RPG was perverted. True it had a legendary name and was a great money maker, but it was ruined for me. To this day, I haven't played Fallout 3 for that reason. Having said that, one of the things that most of these FPS games lack, is any sense of community for the single player. That is, unless you join with several players, the game world, despite the presence of NPC's, feels sterile; there are no real people and it shows. The entire world feels tremendously lonely. Even multiplayer games, besides having a bunch of guys get together and shoot things up, there is very little socialization within the game world. To Bethesda credit, they tried to address this by allowing a player to "marry" in Skyrim. The Witcher series somewhat addresses this by the ability of the main character to get laid; but it feels artificial and more like an accomplishment of a game level rather than any really feeling or sense of character connect. In other words, it's more a solving of a big puzzle, and then moving linearly on to the next without any socialization value. I just wish that more of these FPS develop and explore the RPG component to the point that it matters to the player and to overall game play. It would be a lot nicer if, say... an NPC could follow you around either for companionship or cheap labor (commercial mule bot), or you could develop relationships that would have game world consequences (eg. make you stronger or give you a certain class skill). Of course, that would mean serious understanding of socialization, which most FPS game designers, by virtue of their occupation, probably have very little of. I guess what I'm looking more or less for is "Borderlands meets The Sims at Baldur's Gate" or something along those lines, LOL...
lol they are not fps games. first i thought i miss npc followers etc in those games as it took me a while to get into oblivion etc but if you played them through deeply you realize that followers don't work as well. I don't know if you played the stealth class or the enrage and summon combos but some of the most magical moments come from those class for me hahah and followers just dont work well in those situations, i think of them more like portable storage or sometimes my pet dog rofl i let them kill to watch how dumb they are hahaha. Guess you haven't played enough skyrim ralph hahahahha, that game has ton of followers but only a few interesting ones, i don't think it would work that well for a game like oblivion, skyrim or fallout tbh. The whole point of fallout was to create an atmosphere where you were a lone wolf in a wasteland, i would've liked summons etc and there are also followers in that game but only a few. If you wanted a community feel play bioware games etc hahha. My community in skyrim contains a braindead enemy, my stupid follower and a few demon lord summons and maybe some charm enrage spells to make my enemies kill their own kind rofl while i stay invisible and watch then come out pick up all the loot :trollface2: oh yea sneaking up behind assassin targets and placing poisons into their pockets and killing them is also quite amusing and this. [video=youtube;rNd2lij4nOI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNd2lij4nOI[/video] oh i miss that game.
that's too bad because Fallout 3 is probably one of the best experience and game you'll ever play. Skyrim's one of the top games i've played but my experience with Fallout 3 was so much better. oh yes in fallout 3 you could have a pet dog and a few npcs follow you around... whats interesting is that on my journeys out of vault way later into the game i came across an npc i'd met at the beginning while in the vault. I'd felt like my character grew along with the npc as time went by and listening to the story of what happened to the npc and people in the vault was pretty awesome. Moments like these are priceless and if anything, being along in Fallout 3 makes the experience better. There's no other game out there that would give you the option to drop an atomic bomb on an entire city or not btw did anyone check out? [video=youtube;xNd2zHusKrg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNd2zHusKrg[/video]
