Borderlands

BlueMak · Oct 31, 2009, 03:10 PM

I remember reading some very classy comic books when I was a teenager. Gorgeous art in each panel. This is what this game feels like, only that I can now not just fantasize about it, but walk my virtual self in them. The visuals of this game are out of this world

comp_ali · Oct 31, 2009, 03:59 PM

Its graphics looks like Cartoon-style , reminds me of Zeno clash .

BlueMak · Oct 31, 2009, 05:05 PM

I guess so. The difference is where in the cartoon you can see in the background some nice "paintings", here you can actually walk there and see them from close.
Very refreshing game.

BlueMak · Nov 1, 2009, 02:22 AM

A small update.
The FOV does change even in single player, when using vehicles.

BlueMak · Nov 1, 2009, 05:08 PM

I want to clear something up for any potential buyers.
While the shooting aspect is like a FPS, the way the game plays is not. The developers and publishers call the game a RPS for Role Playing Shooter, but it is not, in my opinion, accurate.
What it is, is a dungeon crawler shooter, very similar in mechanics to Diablo 2. Lots of dropped loot, various missions of the kill everything in sight variety, and spawning of enemies on the way and back from there.
BUT, it is done in a very good way and because of the high quality of the actual shooting/action, it doesn't get boring or feels pointless as other similar games do.

mkk · Nov 1, 2009, 08:14 PM

Have yet to play it but "dungeon crawler shooter" seems spot on by the impression I've gotten. Not one I'm going for as a singleplayer game even if the environment is tempting to try out, but with a friend or two it should be a blast. Is there any LAN support or is the multiplayer all about internet?

Just Learnin' · Nov 1, 2009, 08:24 PM

Supposed to support up to 4 players: Co-Optimus - Borderlands (PC) Co-Op Info Page

BlueMak · Nov 1, 2009, 08:30 PM

I am having fun as a single player game.

mkk · Nov 1, 2009, 09:28 PM

Neat website there.

I hope to try it at some mini-lan or perhaps when I eventually get that HD5850 card I have plans for.

BlueMak · Nov 2, 2009, 01:59 PM

There is a problem with the game. For the weapons etc it only shows up to 4 attributes because the text box is not big enough/text is too big!!!
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com...ad.php?t=80932

I will try the solution soon, but here it is.

Quote:

Go to your Borderlands install directory.
Nagivate to %BORDERLANDS%\WillowGame\Localization\INT\
Find the gd_globals.INT file. MAKE A BACKUP.
Open the gd_globals.INT file.

Replace
Code:
AttributePresentationTranslation="$NUMBER$ $CONSTRAINT$ $DESCRIPTION$"
with
Code:
AttributePresentationTranslation=<font size="10">$NUMBER$ $CONSTRAINT$ $DESCRIPTION$</font>
You can also adjust the size from 10 to 8, or 12, whatever you wish. Save, and enjoy! Thanks to all those involved in hunting it down.

Taken from steam forums from the poster psykoteky

I just tried it with font size 8. It seems to work. ( I don't have any 5+ item right now)

Vikingod · Feb 23, 2010, 05:59 PM

Anyone still playing this game? I was considering giving it a shot. I see some new DLC is out this week, I assume there may be some sales of the original along with it.

Anyway, anyone have an update impressions given the release of prior DLC and maturing of the community?

BlueMak · Feb 23, 2010, 06:18 PM

I am pissed off. I got the game from Gamersgate but for whatever reason I have yet to see a single DLC from them, or even the latest patch. So, no.
If you like shooting stuff and not thinking much, then you will enjoy this game for at least 20 hours. It's very good at it. If you want to play online then I guess you will be able to play it for many more hours without losing a bit of interest on it.

What I was trying to say was, don't buy this game from Gamersgate.

Vikingod · Feb 23, 2010, 10:19 PM

Yeah, I'll probably stick with Steam as it's where I seem to buy the vast majority of my games anymore.

Tipstaff · Feb 25, 2010, 07:42 AM

I was playing it. Beat it just before Bioshock 2 came out. My advice, though, stay away from the Mad Moxxi DLC. So not worth it. Even if you have friends to play it with it's still not worth it. The new DLC should be out later today (the 25th) for the PC, so I'll be picking that up asap, but I won't get to play it until I finish off Bioshock 2, which should be soon.

Is it worth buying? Yes. I had a whole lot of fun with it, and I enjoyed the PC version even more as I was able to tweak to my liking (such as turning off gun sway while moving). Plus the game is even more fun when played with friends.

I would, however, take a look around at your local retailers instead of buying it off Steam. They still sell it for $49.99, and I know a lot of retailers have been dropping the price on it (I got mine from Best Buy for $29.99). By the time I added the DLC I was paying what Steam wanted just for the game.

PS: on a side note, HERE is a page to a simple enabling tool that will allow you to enable/disable, and tweak certain settings. The big things for me were enabling V-Sync (which solved 1/2 my framerate issues), turning of the weapon bob (although rather than turning it off, which also disables footstep sounds, I set it to 0), as well as changing the font size for ingame listings (such as shrinking down the text of item descriptions so that you can now read the whole thing... with the original size the 4th line was always obscured).

BlueMak · Feb 25, 2010, 09:31 AM

I thought the latest patch already fixed the font issue?

shirtnoservice · Feb 26, 2010, 04:35 PM

i played it and beat all 3 difficulty i found that it was way to easy once you got a kickass gold weapon, i could 1 hit most things and the bosses were a joke.

Tipstaff · Feb 28, 2010, 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueMak

I thought the latest patch already fixed the font issue?

Even if so it's months too late for a lot of people.

Simmie · Mar 1, 2010, 05:10 PM

It looks too cartoonish to me, maybe its just not my type of game

Tipstaff · Mar 2, 2010, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simmie

It looks too cartoonish to me, maybe its just not my type of game

It's cell shaded. Takes a bit to get used to, but once you start seeing the world you play in, and the crazy assed characters you come up against, it all fits in the end.

Speaking of the graphics, you can turn off the black outlines using that tool I mentioned in a previous post, or THIS one which is still actively being worked on. The latter tool also allows you to tweak/turn on anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, and force resolutions.

Optix · Jul 29, 2010, 05:58 PM

Sorry for the thread necro but I finally picked up this game and it is knocking my socks off! This is the first, first person shooter that I have enjoyed in at least the last 10 years.

Everything about the game had me glued to my seat until 1am this morning and I'm paying for it now.

They even have a high DPS ranged nuker! SQWEEEE!

I'm not sure what I was doing by waiting so long to get this game but I'm glad I did. If single player is this much fun I can't wait to get going with a multi-player game with a friend who also picked it up.

SFOSOK · Jul 30, 2010, 01:23 AM

I played it a little bit with a friend but they were like lvl23 and I was like lvl 1 so I sucked ass. It wasn't fun but I could see the potential in starting a new game with buddies.

I'ma wait till they do a bundle pack on steam with all the dlc's with half off the original price (probably for christmas).

If your goin to co-op, make sure everyone starts with new players, or its not too fun

BlueMak · Jul 30, 2010, 01:26 AM

The game has a long good single player game too...

Cow_160483 · Jul 31, 2010, 06:41 AM

Just finished this game with a friend in multi player and boy was it fun

Optix · Aug 4, 2010, 12:50 PM

My friend and I just finished Sledges Safe House and man, was it insane! I read that when you have 2 or more in your party the difficulty goes up but this was way beyond what I expected.

It is the most challenge/fun I have had in a loooooooooong time but I agree with SFOSOK. If you're playing with friends it is best to be the same level, otherwise you are either killing everything in sight if you are a higher level or they are cowering behind cover trying not to get one shot'ed.

Borderlands is easily in my top 5 games of all time.

Oct 31, 2009, 03:10 PM	Thread Starter #31
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I remember reading some very classy comic books when I was a teenager. Gorgeous art in each panel. This is what this game feels like, only that I can now not just fantasize about it, but walk my virtual self in them. The visuals of this game are out of this world __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 31, 2009, 03:59 PM	#32
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,441 Rep Power: 331 System Specs	Re: Borderlands Its graphics looks like Cartoon-style , reminds me of Zeno clash . __________________

Oct 31, 2009, 05:05 PM	Thread Starter #33
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I guess so. The difference is where in the cartoon you can see in the background some nice "paintings", here you can actually walk there and see them from close. Very refreshing game. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 1, 2009, 02:22 AM	Thread Starter #34
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands A small update. The FOV does change even in single player, when using vehicles. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 1, 2009, 05:08 PM	Thread Starter #35
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I want to clear something up for any potential buyers. While the shooting aspect is like a FPS, the way the game plays is not. The developers and publishers call the game a RPS for Role Playing Shooter, but it is not, in my opinion, accurate. What it is, is a dungeon crawler shooter, very similar in mechanics to Diablo 2. Lots of dropped loot, various missions of the kill everything in sight variety, and spawning of enemies on the way and back from there. BUT, it is done in a very good way and because of the high quality of the actual shooting/action, it doesn't get boring or feels pointless as other similar games do. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 1, 2009, 08:14 PM	#36
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,374 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	Re: Borderlands Have yet to play it but "dungeon crawler shooter" seems spot on by the impression I've gotten. Not one I'm going for as a singleplayer game even if the environment is tempting to try out, but with a friend or two it should be a blast. Is there any LAN support or is the multiplayer all about internet?

Nov 1, 2009, 08:24 PM	#37
Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 54 System Specs	Re: Borderlands Supposed to support up to 4 players: Co-Optimus - Borderlands (PC) Co-Op Info Page

Nov 1, 2009, 08:30 PM	Thread Starter #38
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I am having fun as a single player game. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 1, 2009, 09:28 PM	#39
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,374 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	Re: Borderlands Neat website there. I hope to try it at some mini-lan or perhaps when I eventually get that HD5850 card I have plans for.

Feb 23, 2010, 05:59 PM	#41
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Re: Borderlands Anyone still playing this game? I was considering giving it a shot. I see some new DLC is out this week, I assume there may be some sales of the original along with it. Anyway, anyone have an update impressions given the release of prior DLC and maturing of the community? __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Feb 23, 2010, 06:18 PM	Thread Starter #42
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I am pissed off. I got the game from Gamersgate but for whatever reason I have yet to see a single DLC from them, or even the latest patch. So, no. If you like shooting stuff and not thinking much, then you will enjoy this game for at least 20 hours. It's very good at it. If you want to play online then I guess you will be able to play it for many more hours without losing a bit of interest on it. What I was trying to say was, don't buy this game from Gamersgate. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 23, 2010, 10:19 PM	#43
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	Re: Borderlands Yeah, I'll probably stick with Steam as it's where I seem to buy the vast majority of my games anymore. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Feb 25, 2010, 07:42 AM	#44
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,658 Rep Power: 187 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I was playing it. Beat it just before Bioshock 2 came out. My advice, though, stay away from the Mad Moxxi DLC. So not worth it. Even if you have friends to play it with it's still not worth it. The new DLC should be out later today (the 25th) for the PC, so I'll be picking that up asap, but I won't get to play it until I finish off Bioshock 2, which should be soon. Is it worth buying? Yes. I had a whole lot of fun with it, and I enjoyed the PC version even more as I was able to tweak to my liking (such as turning off gun sway while moving). Plus the game is even more fun when played with friends. I would, however, take a look around at your local retailers instead of buying it off Steam. They still sell it for $49.99, and I know a lot of retailers have been dropping the price on it (I got mine from Best Buy for $29.99). By the time I added the DLC I was paying what Steam wanted just for the game. PS: on a side note, HERE is a page to a simple enabling tool that will allow you to enable/disable, and tweak certain settings. The big things for me were enabling V-Sync (which solved 1/2 my framerate issues), turning of the weapon bob (although rather than turning it off, which also disables footstep sounds, I set it to 0), as well as changing the font size for ingame listings (such as shrinking down the text of item descriptions so that you can now read the whole thing... with the original size the 4th line was always obscured). __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick. Last edited by Tipstaff; Feb 25, 2010 at 07:50 AM.

Feb 25, 2010, 09:31 AM	Thread Starter #45
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I thought the latest patch already fixed the font issue? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 26, 2010, 04:35 PM	#46
shirtnoservice HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Re: Borderlands i played it and beat all 3 difficulty i found that it was way to easy once you got a kickass gold weapon, i could 1 hit most things and the bosses were a joke.

Mar 1, 2010, 05:10 PM	#48
Simmie HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Botswana Posts: 68 Rep Power: 15	Re: Borderlands It looks too cartoonish to me, maybe its just not my type of game

Jul 30, 2010, 01:23 AM	#51
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Re: Borderlands I played it a little bit with a friend but they were like lvl23 and I was like lvl 1 so I sucked ass. It wasn't fun but I could see the potential in starting a new game with buddies. I'ma wait till they do a bundle pack on steam with all the dlc's with half off the original price (probably for christmas). If your goin to co-op, make sure everyone starts with new players, or its not too fun __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Jul 30, 2010, 01:26 AM	Thread Starter #52
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,240 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: Borderlands The game has a long good single player game too... __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Jul 31, 2010, 06:41 AM	#53
Cow_160483 HH's only cow moooooo... Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: BOTSWANA Posts: 6,687 Rep Power: 280 System Specs	Re: Borderlands Just finished this game with a friend in multi player and boy was it fun __________________ Decode! Muhahahahah!