It was discussed last night in game, and yes. Lots of excitement for BL2, and it'll be a day 1 purchase to support the making of more, but ArcheAge will still be the priority for many.TheCatt wrote:Everyone swallowed up by ArchAge?
Borderlands 2: The Pre-Sequel
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
Wow. That reviewer has his head up his ass or 2K didn't pay them off enough. Diablo 3. A 90.Leisher wrote:Only a 77?
But broadly, that’s the extent of what’s new in The Pre-Sequel; there aren’t many other new weapon types or attributes to fill out the armory further. Having spent a hundred-plus hours with the series, everything else feels exceptionally templated. Enemies pour out of spawning points that are helpfully beside explosive barrels and sets of ammunition containers. I was starved for a mission that wasn’t a fetch quest, and though pieces of Elpis are gorgeous, the orbiting space station that you spend about half of the game on is a set of familiar, futuristic city interiors lined with unpopulated facades. Elpis is meant to be the Australia of Borderlands, and it’s a decent frontier, but the game as a whole feels underpopulated. There aren’t many NPCs that you can have meaningful reactions with.
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The Pre-Sequel is a happy to be Just Another Borderlands Game. I enjoyed it for that, but I also finished it thinking my time would’ve been better spent on one of the more original games that’ve released this year.
None of that is applicable to D3.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
One thing that does bug me about how reviewers score sequels and how sequels are created is the non-stop drive for more "features". Fuck that.
I fell in love with your game because of the game play and story. Give me more of that.
I fell in love with your game because of the game play and story. Give me more of that.
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
The little thing Borderlands did with originality, besides the stylized artwork (which was an afterthought, as it is), is the millions of guns, which wasn't really all that hard to implement.
What Borderlands did that was huge was have the best characters and humor of any game, possibly ever.
So if the main criticism of the next one is "it's just more of the same," then good. We were all sad when we thought we'd have no more Handsome Jack taunting us, I think.
What Borderlands did that was huge was have the best characters and humor of any game, possibly ever.
So if the main criticism of the next one is "it's just more of the same," then good. We were all sad when we thought we'd have no more Handsome Jack taunting us, I think.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
I'll be on tonight. A rare free Tuesday. Concerts Wednesday and Thursday, though, so the weekend's the next available time.
Edited By Malcolm on 1413302294
Edited By Malcolm on 1413302294
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Just bought it.... y'all know I like having a disk, so there will be shipping time. I don't yet know if they will throw me a free download the day it is released. They should.GORDON wrote:Will order the game tonight, if I think about it.
Amazon is estimating Oct 20 as a delivery date. They never take as long as they predict.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."