Borderlands

[Orangy Tang]

Thanks to amazon using DHL for their shipping and therefore not being affected by the strike, my copy just arrived.

Box is nice, didn't realise it was an 18 cert. More knee-jerk verdict later.

[PVB]

I watched the video review on Game Trailers yesterday and at lunchtime I'm heading into town to buy a copy.

1. Post apocalyptic - check
2. Diablo clone done FPS style (Like Hellgate) - check
3. Dead bad guys explode in a shower of loot - check

SOLD.

HGFB, are you a fan/good player of the Halo games?

If not (and you like this game) I may pick it up as well, as I've seen the trailers and a few reviews calling it (in a way) a Halo-type game with levelling up, so won't bother with it if that's what it's like as I couldn't stand (was really shit at) any of the Halo games.

[HGFB]

It's not a Halo game with levelling up. It's a first person shooter diablo with levelling up and loot raining from the skies. Did you ever play Hellgate?

Aren't you rubbish at all games though?

[betamax]

It's not a Halo game with levelling up. It's a first person shooter diablo with levelling up and loot raining from the skies. Did you ever play Hellgate?

Sold.

[Phineasfool]

I watched the video review on Game Trailers yesterday and at lunchtime I'm heading into town to buy a copy.

1. Post apocalyptic - check
2. Diablo clone done FPS style (Like Hellgate) - check
3. Dead bad guys explode in a shower of loot - check

SOLD.

HGFB, are you a fan/good player of the Halo games?

If not (and you like this game) I may pick it up as well, as I've seen the trailers and a few reviews calling it (in a way) a Halo-type game with levelling up, so won't bother with it if that's what it's like as I couldn't stand (was really shit at) any of the Halo games.

Like HGFB said, it's more like a first person shooter Diablo. I too don't care for the Halo games (also suck at them). This one is quite fun though. I've already put about 10-12 hours into it and having a blast. The nice thing is death isn't too big a punishment. You just regenerate at a New-U station minus a little bit of money. Also if you arrange your skill points into skills you end up not liking, all you have to do is go to a New-U station and pay a little bit to reset your points and you can easily redistribute.

[PVB]

It's not a Halo game with levelling up. It's a first person shooter diablo with levelling up and loot raining from the skies. Did you ever play Hellgate?

Aren't you rubbish at all games though?

Not all games, just most of them.

Might grab it then, as Phineasfool seems to like it.

[Bod]

Just spent a few hours playing it ... gloriously beautiful to look & very reminiscent of Fallout 3 in a nutshell.

I'm trying the female character and have just managed to unlock her invisible ability. The weapons are still a bit crappy at the moment, and there seems to be plenty of go over there and talk to him, do the task, go back to him for reward, go back to shop to spend money, upgrade, find another mission and start again.

Early days yet, but I'm sticking with it and definitely enjoying it. Just want meatier weapons and vehicles to start happening soon.

[HGFB]

I just killed 9-Toes (Who has three balls) by chucking grenades at him and then punching him in the face until he stopped moving. My reward was a pistol that sets people on fire.

Peevo. You'll probably find it a bit tricky to begin with. Don't be put off. Once you start getting a few new weapons and shields it gets easier.

[PVB]

I just killed 9-Toes (Who has three balls) by chucking grenades at him and then punching him in the face until he stopped moving. My reward was a pistol that sets people on fire.

Peevo. You'll probably find it a bit tricky to begin with. Don't be put off. Once you start getting a few new weapons and shields it gets easier.

Okay, ta.

Will probably grab it tomorrow when I'm dahn tahn getting me hair cut.

[CarlBillen]

Damn you YakYakkers with your good gaming suggestions! While waiting for Demon's Souls to arrive I simply had to play something, and your enthousiasm convinced me to try this out...

And like you described, it's Diablo with guns
And the world is far more funny than Fallout 3...

Nine-Toes was a pretty ard fight; those bosses are not to be laughed with. I got obliterated by Bone-Head (that'll teach me to think that "Difficulty : Tough" is a thing to scare people off... And Scar managed to maul me too... So I think I might do a bit of exploring and learn to shoot better.

I am currently playing with the Siren Lilith; I guess if you play with the Soldier his weapon profiencies level up far more quicker?

I also noticed that sometimes something popped up like "Challenge Completed : A Lot of Shots" but I can't seem to find in the game a list of the challenges... Or is that something that will appear further on in the game?

So what more can I say?

Nice atmosphere, very nice graphics, and quite funny (oh those silly Claptraps )

Recommended for everyone!

[Phineasfool]

Those challenges seem to be little bonuses for XP. The only place I could find a list of what they were was in the strat guide at work.

[Hedphelym]

Got it today - Enjoying it at lot. The whole Diablo influence got me sold (I don't care how behind the times it makes me, I think Diablo II is the best game in existence).

At first, I thought it might be a little flat. But after about an hour or so, after getting used to it and taking it all on board I started really enjoying it. Spent about 8 hours on it so far and the missions are still a bit "go there, do that, fuck back again, piss off" which I know sounds hypocritical considering my love for Diablo II, but hopefully there is a bit more variety down the line.

Hopefully going to be trying co-op tomorrow, which I can see being pretty damn cool.

[HGFB]

I've been picking up lots of those quick health injector things but there doesn't seem to be a way of hotkeying them for use. How do they work? Health packs seem to be for use outside of fights since you access them from the inventory but I don't know how to trigger the ones that are obviously for use during combat.

Brick can be a bit tricky to play at first. His main weapon is a shotgun which means you have to get in much closer than the enemy do. Once I got a better pistol I started using that at range and then quickly switching to shotgun when I got in close. 9 Toes was pretty easy with brick though. Couple of grenades, few shots with Lady fingers to drop his shields (There must be a reason you were told to kill him with that weapon. I suspect it's the shields) and then smash the crap out of him with beserker rage. Finish off his pets with the shotgun.

Guys. Don't forget to really explore. There's loads of loot boxes everywhere. With very distinctive green lights so you can see them at a distance

[CarlBillen]

Yup, the first things I did was upgrade all my ammo capacity as soon as I could, so that I didn't spoil any ammo found in loot boxes.

I tried out Roland the Soldier and I always forget his special ability to summon a turret; with Lilith the Siren you often use her power simply to run faster. Roland does seems especially built as a support character for multiplayer though, with lots of 'heal your ally' and 'your allies's ammo get replenished near the turret' skills.

I should try out the Hunter and the Berserker too, just to get a feel for their style of play.

[HGFB]

I'd be careful with co-op until they get a patch out

http://www.reddit.com/comments/9x6mv/bo ... _xbox_360/