BORDERLANDS - like Fallout 3 but with cars and MAXIMUM PWNAGE OMGWTFLOLNEWB FPS combat

Im pretty close to the end. Was going to plan another run through with another character but probably wont get around to it. =\

not wasting any time putting some DLC out there:

http://www.examiner.com/x-22161-Berkeley-Xbox-Live-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Borderlands-Zombie-Island-of-Dr-Ned-DLC-gets-release-date

So guys, I got Borderlands today. Now I need some people to play it with.

I want this too. Buy me a copy and I will play it with you all the time.

mordy are you ps3 or xbox

xbox

oh hey add me if you havent already - nnnnnggggghhhhh

jjjusten, is nnnnnggggghhhhh your xbox name?

yep, the result of getting frustrated trying to come up with an unused name and not wanting to be some amalgo generated random like purplefacemaster

So how well does co-op work with characters of different levels? Is it worth just playing solo until my friends get the game and then co-oping with them at that point? Or should I wait?

i havent actually had a chance to try it yet so idk? ive heard good things though, plus its kind of a guaranteed loot/xp boon for the lower level character.

seems like a very replayable game tho, so restarting with one of the other character classes might actually not be that much of a bummer when you start co-op play. my main solo character has been the banshee or whatever, but when i was showing the game to another dude, i did the sniper character and it was pretty fun and def a different experience.

yep, the result of getting frustrated trying to come up with an unused name and not wanting to be some amalgo generated random like purplefacemaster

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when i signed up on antexit's xbox it gave me "RoundedBird" and I was duly mocked by hayseeds online everywhere for it

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hey, jjjustin, up for some borderlands?

I should be around for a bit tonight, so post here if you get available.

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truth bomb

finished w/my netflixing, but you appear to be offline on xbox ;_;

Yeah, gonna go to sleep soon. I ended up splitscreening with a friend for a bit.

next time then! thinking that you might want to host, because i am @ level 20 and won't really need any of the loot, but it will prob come in pretty handy if you are lower level (maybe you arent, idk)

oh also btw, when you get an artifact, despite the fact that the game never actually tells you this, you need to "use" it, not only to get the effect, but also because otherwise it will take up an inventory slot. this confused me because there is no artifact slot per se (unlike shields and grenade mods etc.) but it is the case. the designers maybe probably should have uh mentioned that at some point when you get the first one from whatever quest that was. jerks.

i didn't realize til i had been playing for a while that you could swap out artifacts. once you use them you never lose them. later on you get higher level ones.

yeah i like this game a lot but one of its real weaknesses is that it kind of leaves all the info about the mechanics out, which has led to some confusion - there are still guns ive found that seem to be valuable, but i'll be damned if i can figure out exactly why.

not looking to be spoonfed this stuff, and happy to have a game bereft of tutorial sections, but theres def some room for improvement here - i just figured out how to use the compare command when at a weapons kiosk last night, after trying over and over and getting that ever so frustrating boop sound of failure.

oh hey mordy i am online if u want to partner up

haha ok i have accept your game invite and now NOTHING IS HAPPENING

love this game but uh some rough edges - a game built on co-op should maybe make it clear uh how to do it?

hahaa ok sorry dude, could not get my headset to work. bugs should be worked out on my end next time - also, that particular challenge was hard as hell, and i died 3 more times after you left. but i beat it so uh yay?

lol, yeah. Also, we should play at closer levels I think. That game is brutal.

Been playing this constantly for the past ten days or so, and I keep finding awesome little things. Yesterday my Siren found a revolver that has obscenely high damage and accuracy, but no scope and a cylinder that only holds two giant-ass bullets. Hardly ideal, but great fun as an emergency backup in some of the nastier fights like Badass Spiderants.

hahaha did all of ILG end up picking the Siren?

oof - I play Siren too - I'm up for playing others as I have not yet even tried playing the multiplayer - lovin' the campaign on this actually - playstation 3 version by the way ...

I played the Siren as a Firefly. Found an insane SMG that does x4 ignite dmg and the game was easy mode from then on. The gun is level 25 and I'm still using it at level 45 and it seems as deadly as ever. Seems like a broken mechanic, really.

I'm the sniper.

I've got a Hunter too, but he isn't seeing much action. My Siren is currently a Tempest after finding a great epic class mod with a huge shock damage boost and an epic Maliwan electric shotgun within minutes of each other.

Zombie Island of Dr. Ned: SUCH FUN. "Oh, come on, don't act like you've never had to wait on a hand-cranked elevator during a zombie outbreak before."

just started playing this today, seems good. the way it looks reminds me of that XIII game from a few years back, which i loved. the gameplay is kinda like STALKER but not as plot heavy (or awesome) and sorta like Fallout3 but way better - you can RUN for a start! and it doesn't have that awful VATS crap, i like how it needs the player to have actual skillz.

is there anything i should be aware of before i get too far into it? im at level 4 but haven't a clue how to level up. i also chose hunter as im a sucker for a sniper rifle, was this a wise choice?

anyone else playing this using mouse and keys? i find it much more accurate - my 360 controller was all over the place, i find it works better to play it like FEAR

can't work out the save function on this. is there anyway of redoing a section without having to pay out $400?

Not sure what you mean- it's like Diablo (and most console games) in that you don't control when your game is saved. It happens whenever you approach certain areas (outposts, those glowy pole things, some vendors and NPCs I think)- your character data, quest status, inventory/cash and so on is saved, and the next time you load the game you respawn at the last New-U station you got close enough to activate.

You can redo pretty much anything except for quest-specific stuff and some of the bosses, though most minor bosses will respawn.

but when i die in a battle it respawns me to the most recent checkpoint and then charges me $412 for the privilege! all the enemies i've been fighting maintain the level of damage so it's generally easier to go back and kill them, but i think i'd rather do it all from scratch and not have to spend that $412

(was a bit meh about this game to start with but i'm slowly starting to love it)

I'm now rocking this game on ps3 if anyone wants to 2p

I just got it yesterday and I chose the big guy, Brick. It looks like I'm going to have a tank/rocket launcher build.
I'm pretty satisfied with my choice of character. Am I the first guy to choose that guy among the ilxors posting here?

Who did you pick antexit?

I'm Mordechai. Enjoying it but really feeling the lack of the heavier weapons. I was cruising around kinda loving this game until I guess I went on a mission that I haven't levelled up enough for and now I'm stuck at a savepoint getting completely smoked and out of money and ammo, trying to tank guys who are five levels above me with my skinny sniper build. Not good.

Mordecai. I'm Mordechai. :P

Great! Now my savegame is corrupted. Well that solves that fucking problem.

oh my god brains quest you can eat a million dicks

Anyone playing or planning to play the Zombie Island expansion: go to the southwest corner of Hallow's End, find the shack with the big Fyrestone sign on it, pick up the Brains quest IMMEDIATELY. All those zombie brains you've been picking up? Yeah, they don't count. They've been vanishing into a tiny black hole in your pocket as soon as you pick them up. And the game won't point you towards the quest, oh no, it's a "secret." Never mind that it's been tossing quest items at you for hours, IT IS A SECRET GOD DAMMIT.

Other than that, though, pretty fun. Some great lines for Dr. Ned, especially during the home stretch. Boss fights still kind of suck and consist entirely (at least for my current Siren/Mercenary build) of pouring a jillion SMG bullets into the big bad's face and hoping he goes down before I do.

how long is this game?

Depends on your level of anal retentive completionism, really- I haven't taken a look at my time played, but I've put quite a lot of time into it to complete all the quests from the main game and Zombie Island except for the Brains grindfest and what I think is the final mission of the regular game (the one that starts with "go into the Vault and find the big obvious villain"; feels like it's the leadup to the end). And that's without getting into the Diablo-like multiple playthroughs, trying out multiplayer or the other characters, etc. Not sure if it's worth full price (or if any game is), but it's a nice solid chunk of entertainment.

Brick is great in multiplayer. There's nothing more satisfying than the noise of him hulking up before he punches people in the head.

I really enjoy this game. I have a lot of trouble settling on what weapons to carry, though. Who wants to MP with me on PS3 sometime? (he said pathetically)

loving this game more and more. im playing the hunter as i can't imagine playing without a sniper rifle. my guy has a bloodwing bird that flies off and hits people, what do the other characters have instead?

i was worried that this game would suffer from a bad case of the fallout3s in that it starts off pretty difficult and incredibly gripping but as soon as you progress a few levels it becomes a boring easy slog through the same old stuff. however ive just done the kromor caverns quests and that was fairly tough (though not quite as hard as the first few quests) so glad to see i'm not likely to get bored too soon.

are the DLCs worth playing at this point or shall i finish the main game? i'm playing through every last little mission (can't imagine anyone not doing) and im noticing that every new quest i find is one or two levels, sometimes more, below my own so i'm only ever getting 'trivial' or 'normal' quests, haven't seen a 'hard' or 'tough' one in ages. any other advice on how to get the best out of this game?

Island of Dr Ned. is amazing to play at any time. I'm pretty sure the level of the zombies are linked to yr character level or story progression so it should always roughly be at your level whenever you go in. You will level up multiple times while playing it though, i did it when i hit level 15 and the entirety of the first region was just a joke when i came out so it might be a good idea to wait until you do start getting non-trivial quests again (there's always been a pretty large level spike for me when i move to a new region).

I don't have the other DLC but i've read abt it and it's arena based and apparently v. difficult to solo so probably skip that unless yr multiplayering.

My favourite specials are Brick's who screams and turns massive and punches people about the head really hard and the soldier who sticks down a big turret that can be specced to heal yr party or just used as cover while you regen shields and peep out and snipe folks. I love bloodwing but i think his pathfinding can be pretty awful sometimes which annoys the hell out of me.

"Eli Roth is set to direct a feature take on the 2K game Borderlands for Lionsgate"

sure why not

Something about Borderlands 3 doesn't feel Borderlandsy to me. Slightly different perspectives or higher movement sensitivity or something. It wasn't as easy to just jump back in like all the previous ones.

hmm for me it feels like borderlands greatest hits. not engrossing but a fun place to visit.

Played a bit of this last night and actually enjoyed it a bit?

https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-now-do-real-science-in-borderlands-3-of-all-places/

it's kinda fun!