Borderlands - Shootan and Lootan
 

Borderlands. Is it a roleplaying game? Is it a shooter?

It's Both.

Do you enjoy tabulating spreadsheets of the optimum equipment combinations usable in a given situation?

Do you enjoy blowing the shit out of things with the biggest gun you can get your grubby little hands on?

You should enjoy this game.

Barring any catastrophic "wow the previews didn't indicate that" failure, this is looking to be an interesting hybrid of two seemingly incompatible genres. It also has a really interesting cel-shaded art style. The addition of 4 player coop is just the icing on the cake, really, especially when Steam lets you do this:

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Hell yes, 4 player coop for $33.75 a person. That's a pretty sweet deal.

Incidentally, Skills and I are looking for 2 more fools friends to split the cost with. I'm looking for a PC game I can get into, Skills is a faggot, everyone's a winner! The game is activating on Steam in 6 days, comes out on 360 tomorrow, and rumor has it Best Buy's going to be selling the PC version anyway tomorrow as well. Happy fragging!

Well, that ended quickly. Still, it's a great deal, find friends to buy this game with! The reviews have been pretty kind to it so far:

1UP - B+
Giant Bomb - 4/5
IGN - 8.8

With exchange, that's even cheaper than the 40 dollars it'll be in store for Canadians.

NextGen Player - Canada's Premier Gaming Blog: Borderlands Will Sell For Cheap In Canada

Basically it's like Batman in that it'll be discounted pretty well right off the hop, which is a plus to anyone from the great white north looking for the console version.

I'm in it to win it, buddies.

I was just wondering recently who I could get together to buy this game with me.

I have to say, from what little I know... I'm interested. I think I'd be more likely to get the 360 version than anything, but everything I'm reading about this makes it look great. I like RPGs, and I tend to believe that the addition of RPG elements to other types of game can work really well.

Even setting that aside, the setting and concept for this game sound interesting enough that I'd be interested regardless of the specific game mechanics. I'm going to see if there's a demo available...

My PC's not good enough to run this at a decent framerate, I'm sure.

But I do intend on picking up a console version. Probably 360 since there's the multiplayer aspect.

Getting the 360 version tomorrow. Sadly, my PC lacks processing power for me to get the PC version so no go for it.. yet.

Awesome. Anybody else feel like playing with us and with any other GFFers who happen to pick this game up?

Also, for anyone who's worried about their computer:



o OS: Windows XP/Vista
o Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
o Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
o Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 8 series or higher/Radeon R8xx series)
o Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
o Sound: Windows compatible sound card


Those are the minimum system specs. For a new game these are actually pretty good.

Garr's our fourth.

That went quicker than I thought it would.

Expect paypals mo0.

Do you need one more? >.> Or, are there 3 others who would be interested in doing this?

Got this from Steam in a four-pack the other day. Why do we have to wait until the 26th D: Nooooo... This is supposed to tide me over until Dragon Age. I don't wanna wait no more :mad:

It's just 6 days holy christ.

Finish whatever game you're playing.

PS Should be released tomorrow but Gearbox got hold of the info~

I think what Term means is that stores were originally going ot be selling the PC version early, but 2K/Gearbox got wind of it and told the stores to knock it off.

Okay, convince me GFF.

Do I want to play this on my 360, or do I want to get this and play it on bootcamp pc party time?

Bootcamp PC party time, if your 'pc' can handle it. I'd be willing to get the same one skills garr and moo got, the 4 pack for whatever money, its cheaper that way, just need 3 others

I bought the 4pack for PC. Me, Taco, Animechanic and Lacerta are going to be playing this.

:( I want in on the fun too. need 3 people asap

That's not to say we can't play with you guys.

4 packs are not exclusive.

:mad:

Blah being all elitst and shit

If I was Blah I wouldn't want to play with us either. :(

Buy it for PC Deni, unless you're really damn good with a gamepad. I've been watching live streams from people who lucked out and got the game for 360 back on the 13th due to retailers screwing up, and Borderlands has the unforgiving precision aiming of a PC FPS. Watching people try to snipe for headshots has been amusing, to say the least.

Edit: I too am very annoyed by the 6 day delay on the PC release. Supposedly it was for optimization, but considering stores are already saying they have the PC version in stock I think that's BS.

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Whenever a company pulls this (I'm looking at you Ubisoft), 98% chance it's because they're trying to 1up pirates. It almost never works. That said, game is gonna be ballin. Throw me into the PC group. Tokubetsu on steam.

I stated in chat that while I'll get this for the 360, there's a very high chance I'll also get the PC version as well.

So yes, throw me on the PC pile as well. I reactivated Steam for this very reason.

I'm curious how the tank will work. Obviously he'll be able to use heavy weapons, but will he loot brass knuckles or something too? It just seems like in a game that stresses the guns, he kinda gets left out.

So for the people who have picked this up (and played it a little), how is it?