Borderlands 2

[Maritan]

That's a good one.

[deanb]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-29-borderlands-2-xbox-360-virus-spreading-deleting-player-saves

 

So there's a bug/virus going through the X360 version of the game that's wiping player saves when you play online against affected people.

[Waldorf and Statler]

Not sure if anybody has mentioned it but the game has sold around 5 million and that's not counting digital sales which are apparently also pretty good.

 

So Borderlands 3 on the way

[Hot Heart]

I suppose this goes here.

 

And I suppose I'll get round to beating the game at some point...

[deanb]

Wait, how many of us are in the fair islands of Britain and have yet to beat this? Cos I know I haven't, and you haven't and I know MasterDex n Excel had been co-oping....

[Hot Heart]

Out of all the people who own it, I think only Atomsk has beaten it. And that was on New Year's Eve as well. (Unless the 'Borderlands' in your GDoc meant the second game, in which case that's 3 people?)

Edited January 7, 2013 by Hot Heart

[deanb]

Likely meant the first as there were a lot of games were folks played the prequels. Also I don't think Dex n Excel update their beaten status on here too often. Might hit them up if you're up for it like next week onwards or whatever.

[CorgiShinobi]

I'm sure others have beaten the Handsome Jack main game, and last night I finished the story for "Torgue's Campaign."

 

Thing is, just like the main game, for both Scarlett and Torgue DLC there's each a "Raid" side quest. Basically, even if you're seven levels higher than the side quest difficulty, they're designed to [very] realistically be beaten with a group of players. I tried the "Pete the Incinvicible" side quest in Torgue's, and I only got half his shield down by the time I died from corrosion damage.

[P4: Gritty Reboot]

Well I started playing this last night. I didn't notice a huge leap over the first Borderlands in terms of quality at first, but perhaps that will reveal itself in time. We got to level 7 and it's the same fun grindy shooty game as before.

[Waldorf and Statler]

It ISN'T a huge leap from Borderlands 1. If Borderlands 1 was a tres leches cake, Borderlands 2 is cuatro leches. A more delicious experience that is still quite similar to the original but improved. Also single player mode isn't as boring.

 

 

I don't think I've ever beaten a Borderlands game. I always get to level 30 at most and then something else comes along and swoops my interest. I'm such a game slut.

Edited February 20, 2013 by Waldorf And Statler

[TCP]

 

Oh god I want it now!!!

[staySICK]

wait so the vita version *does* have all the dlc? because that whole bit about the system bundle coming with a voucher for 6 dlc packs was confusing me.

[staySICK]

So can we just make this the borderlands thread?

 

Borderlands the Cash-In Pre-Sequel is coming this fall, made by 2K Australia for PS3/X360

[TCP]

Yeah all versions of it come with "6 DLC packs", as a voucher I believe. Not sure if that's all the DLC but the previews I've read describe it as most of the DLC. 

[Strangelove]

Pre-sequel. I'm getting tired of these lets-reuse-the-same-engine-one-last-time games. I'm not saying they are always bad(New Vegas was awesome), but Arkham Origins left a bad taste in my mouth,

[TCP]

Then don't play it? Game development is becoming increasingly expensive. If reusing assets to make a cheap sequel means less things like microtransactions, then I am fine with that. Though, on the other hand I'd be surprised if 2K hadn't recouped all expenses for Borderlands 2, considering how well that game sold and all the DLC it had.

I'm disappointed there isn't a current-gen version, developers need to stop announcing games exclusively for PS3/360. I'm not likely to pick this up at launch for PS3 but I have a new system that I'm excited about and would totally pick up a game like Borderlands for, even if it's just a shiner version of the PS3 game.

[Strangelove]

I dont think its about recouping their losses, its about making more money while their "real" sequel or new IP comes out. And to keep the franchise relevant. I guess sort of a placeholder. Otherwise Im sure Borderlands 2 and Arkham City made them quite a bit of money.

Its basically what Ubisoft does with AC.

 

And the only reason I talk shit about it is because it should be an expensive expansion at most. 

But whatever. Maybe its going to be better and Borderlands 2.

[deanb]

@TCP: There's substantially more 7th gen consoles than 8th gen consoles, and as a third party publisher 2K has no incentive to spin out a loss maker to try and spur on console sales or appease people for being good little early adopters.

[TheMightyEthan]

That's a reason to release on both generations, not to keep exclusive to last-gen.

[deanb]

As Strangelove has astutely observed it's a cash grab. Releasing to just the platforms the engine is built for (and dishing it out to another studio) minimises the cost over rebuilding the engine to run on 8th gen consoles.

 

It's Gearbox, what do you expect?

[staySICK]

I'm actually wondering if this is really a GBX thing or if its a 2K thing.  If GBX isn't making it, I'm not entirely sure how its a cash grab for them.  

[deanb]

When's the last time Gearbox actually made one of their games?

[staySICK]

DOHOHOHOHO

[Strangelove]

The ps3 patch for cross saving with Vita was released today. It kind of sucks.

Golden keys, skins and your badass rank don't transfer over. theyre all separate.

Well, the shift account is the same, but they dont combine in any way, yet they still use up the code. So if you unlock a golden key or a skin with one of the shift codes, itll show up that you already redeemed it, but itll stay stuck in whatever version you used them in. 

 

Youre honestly better off just starting a whole new shift account on Vita.

 

Im going to start over on Vita with a new shift account and a new character and play it that way and only transfer over my character to the ps3 to do the dlc that the Vita version doesnt have.

[staySICK]

well I'm not too bummed about having BL2 on the 360 instead of PS3.  There's a patch coming for the vita as well, hopefully fix a few freezing issues I've come across and sever lag in triggering the next portion of multi part quests.