Borderlands

[sportsdude]

Re: Borderlands

I was planning on renting this and MW2 to see which one i wanted to buy, but they didnt have any more copies of Borderlands in. I am going to pick up one of these 2 games in the near future, but I wanted to know which game has more of an enjoyment factor? I know they are different types of games, but to those who have played both, which one do you enjoy more?

well you would be getting either for one for different reasons. MW2 has a good but short single player experience, which is complemented by a good competitive online experience (ie you face other teams or play in an FFA against others).

Borderlands has a robust single player experience that, if you do all the missions, will take a lot longer to complete than MW2. You can also run through this single experience with friends online, and this is a lot of fun. Borderlands does not have competitive multiplayer so there's no versus modes or anything of that sort.

So it really depends on what you're looking for because they're both great games in their own right. With MW2 once you finish the single player, that's it. The only incentive to play through again is to beat it on a higher difficulty or for achievements. Borderlands encourages you play through again after you beat but this time all the enemies are of higher levels of difficulty and you find better weapons and more rare items. On Borderlands you can also go through as a different character to experience the game with new powers and weapons and things like that.

Basically it boils down to single player vs. multiplayer. Which is more important to you? Personally, I enjoy playing MW2 because I love online multiplayer games, but Borderlands was my favorite game of the year. It just had a uniqueness to it that was well executed and a lot of fun.

[Lieutenant Dan]

Re: Borderlands

Very nice writeup, sportsdude. That pretty well covers it, and I agree.

[debonair9]

Re: Borderlands

Thanks Sportsdude. That was the information I was looking for. Looks like I will be picking this game up. I beat the single player MW in just 2 days of off and on playing. It was good, but way too short in my opinion. I play multiplayer sparingly so I think Borderlands will be right up my alley.

[Cyros]

Re: Borderlands

Woohoo, finally got all the achievments for this game! First for a 360, though I came close in Lost Odyssey (the last achievment is too time consuming IMO).

[Lieutenant Dan]

Re: Borderlands

Woohoo, finally got all the achievments for this game! First for a 360, though I came close in Lost Odyssey (the last achievment is too time consuming IMO).

Damn, congrats!!!

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Borderlands

I finally deleted the game. It was fun for a while, but it felt like I was going no where. Every single area was the exact same, and it was the same basic enemies over and over. Either a human or some ant thing in the ground. Most of the guns I came across were just useless vendor junk; and the novelty of them being randomized wore off.

I think I got to around level 27 or 28. I was doing some quests in the Rust Commons East - had killed Krom and a bunch of stuff, but it just felt like I was going nowhere; doing the same things over and over.

Anyone want to just tell me what happens in the end? I'll never beat it for myself.

[Cyros]

Re: Borderlands

Spoiler

Tannis betrays you to the Crimson Lance. You rescue her and then try to catch up to that Crimson Lance lady before she opens the vault. It takes you to Eridian Promitory. You fight a bunch of the aliens and then come upon the crimson lance lady as she opens the vault. Evil creature bursts out and you have to kill it. Turns out somebody needs to keep the creature sealed in every 2000 years or something. After that we find out the Angel is beaming to you from a Hyperion satelite, you give the vault key to Tannis, and the first clap trap becomes Clap Trap: Ninja Assassin.

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Borderlands

Spoiler

Tannis betrays you to the Crimson Lance. You rescue her and then try to catch up to that Crimson Lance lady before she opens the vault. It takes you to Eridian Promitory. You fight a bunch of the aliens and then come upon the crimson lance lady as she opens the vault. Evil creature bursts out and you have to kill it. Turns out somebody needs to keep the creature sealed in every 2000 years or something. After that we find out the Angel is beaming to you from a Hyperion satelite, you give the vault key to Tannis, and the first clap trap becomes Clap Trap: Ninja Assassin.

Wow. Thanks. I'm glad I didn't bother.

[Cusefan]

Re: Borderlands

Wow. Thanks. I'm glad I didn't bother.

lol dont tell me you played this game for the story. I beat it twice and I just learned more about this game from that spoiler than actually playing it.

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Borderlands

lol dont tell me you played this game for the story. I beat it twice and I just learned more about this game from that spoiler than actually playing it.

No - the gameplay got boring and I wanted to know what happened instead of trudging on.

[bears5122]

Re: Borderlands

Has anyone picked up the latest DLC? Supposed to be much different than the last and the game as a whole. I know the game has some flaws and repetition, but I've enjoyed it a lot for some reason. Just one of those relaxing games you don't have to put much thought into.

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Borderlands

One of my friends installed this onto my computer for me. I'm a level 10 Hunter. Its fun for now but I'm not really sure what is going on story-wise.

[sportsdude]

Re: Borderlands

One of my friends installed this onto my computer for me. I'm a level 10 Hunter. Its fun for now but I'm not really sure what is going on story-wise.

there's not too much story going on here. the main thing for now is you're looking for the vault. Don't let the lack of a story put you off though, this is a great game.

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Borderlands

One of my friends installed this onto my computer for me. I'm a level 10 Hunter. Its fun for now but I'm not really sure what is going on story-wise.

I hope you mean that you bought the game and aren't savvy enough to know how to install it and had to have a friend do it.

Anyway - here's the story:

-There's a vault. Find it.

[sportsdude]

Re: Borderlands

anybody else pick up the new DLC, Moxxi's Underdome? I was hesitant at first because it didn't sound all that intriguing but it's basically a mix of Horde Mode from Gears of War 2 and Firefight from Halo 3 ODST. There's three different arenas to conquer and some interesting advantages/disadvantages the game throws at you, which are randomly done by round. I played this with a friend earlier and it was fun, but I imagine if you got four people together it would be a lot more fun.

There's also a bank that allows you store extra weapons/items that you don't have room for anymore but don't want to sell. Which is perfect for pack rats like myself who hate to get rid of anything.