The Other Worlds Shrine

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  • Borderlands 2 anyone?

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #157676  by Zeus
 Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:15 pm
Sorry, getting mine for the PS3
 #157677  by Lox
 Mon Sep 17, 2012 1:36 pm
Sorry. Wife had babies in March. :)

I really want to pick this up, but I know I won't have time for it at the moment.
 #157680  by Shrinweck
 Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:46 pm
Looking forward to jumping into this. Loved the free upgrade to getting the first DLC character class release and the 10% discount for already owning the original on Steam. I hear they're less guilty of making the PC version a terrible port this time.
 #157692  by SineSwiper
 Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:15 pm
Yeah, our whole family (or at least me, my wife, and my sister) are planning on grabbing this, though we've been really busy lately. We do need a game to get together on.
 #157700  by Shrinweck
 Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:04 am
Yes congratulations on the kids!

Also this game is pretty great. It's more of the same but better. What any sequel should aspire to.
 #157715  by Zeus
 Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:09 pm
Blotus wrote:Edit: I'm sorry, I have nothing to add to the Borderlands discussion. I played a bit of the first, might get the second, but may get Dishonoured instead.
I'm hopeful on that game but skeptical. I'm hoping it turns out as good as it should be
 #157748  by Shellie
 Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:33 am
Well my pc is dead, and I dont think my laptop can handle it, but I really wanna play. I just wont have a ton of time to put into it.
 #157878  by Chris
 Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:07 pm
I'm loving the game. Already put a ton of time into it. Tons of small details and well written moments. Some bad jokes but the attention to detail as the story progresses has had me exploring all the little nooks and cranny's. I'm late in the game and I just ran across some shit from earlier missions that filled me with an intense urge to murder handsome jack in the face with my sniper rifle that makes sarcastic remarks every time I score a headshot or reload.
 #157880  by Flip
 Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:22 am
I'm only level 15 but i am having a lot of fun with this game, too. So far, i'm doing all the side missions i come across and compulsively tweaking out every little detail of my character that i can (i chose Maya). I'm finding some monotonous moments, though. Its annoying how fast monsters spawn from particular spots, in particular. Doing a quest or two and then logging out is actually a detriment since everything respawns when you start a new session, but i dont have 10 hours to play in a row so i'm finding that i do a lot of areas over again. Its stupid that monsters can just come out of houses that you, as a player, cant enter. So, one area might only look to have 4 or 5 bad guys, only to later have 10 more come out of artificial houses and that really takes time to move past.

The difficulty level is there. Even being overleveled (because i have to do areas over and over) i do die on occasion when i come across a mini boss or area that i'm not prepared for. However, its another annoyance to figure out what you have to do to some enemies. The Hyperion droids, for example, were kicking my ass since it took 10 sniper shots to kill them until i realized that you get criticals if you shoot off their arms. After that, i could kill them in two well placed sniper shots. A better game would allude to that with NPC dialogue or something, but this one was death by trial and error and frustration.
 #157882  by Zeus
 Wed Sep 26, 2012 10:18 am
Got to level 10 after about a 3 hour play session and, much like the first one, it's just fun to play co-op. I'd like to get more playtime soon, if possible
 #157885  by Flip
 Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:12 am
I havent even touched co-op. I take too many breaks in between quests to run back to Sanctuary, sell my extra gear, and look in every nook. I think i move slow and i doubt that sits well with the run and gun mentality that co-op (probably) has.

I'll probably just solo this game so i can go at my own pace, listen to dialogue, hunt, and sit in town for as many smoke breaks as i want.
 #157889  by SineSwiper
 Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:39 pm
Okay, Shellie and I are finally installing this.
 #157891  by kali o.
 Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:50 pm
I tried it (single player). I wish I "got" what the rest of you like about it. I haven't had much fun. Maybe it's my fault, I tend to play snipers, and the fact that everyone knows exactly where I am after the first shot really kills the game for me. :'(

Gonna give Torchlight 2 a try next.
 #157892  by Shrinweck
 Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:17 pm
Play with other people so they're shooting at them instead of you. Game is boring as hell alone, will admit to that.
 #157894  by Flip
 Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:22 am
I have fun enough solo and sniping. The AI is stupid though, you can hide behind a pole, for the most part, for 30 seconds and they lose aggro. Supposedly this is improved over the first game.
 #157943  by Chris
 Sat Sep 29, 2012 12:47 pm
vastly improved. and the key is elemental. Hyperion robots go down in seconds to corrosion. Those areas are all cake for me with a good corrosion sniper. Bandits and everything else get dead by fire unless it's one of the pyros in which case you switch to lightning and try to hit the backpack. Pretty much I only use elemental weapons and Slag is a godsend. Hit something with slag and that elemental damage more than doubles and they die super fast
 #158038  by SineSwiper
 Tue Oct 09, 2012 3:29 pm
Image
 #158047  by Zeus
 Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:48 pm
I agree with Gabe and Tycho, it's fun
 #158122  by SineSwiper
 Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:04 pm
Okay, bitches. What's up with the shrine unity and shit? I haven't seen anybody wander into our games. Let's plan one out or something.
 #158123  by Zeus
 Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:49 pm
SineSwiper wrote:Okay, bitches. What's up with the shrine unity and shit? I haven't seen anybody wander into our games. Let's plan one out or something.
You have the PS3 version?
 #158124  by SineSwiper
 Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:45 pm
What? No. Playing it on Steam.
 #158129  by Zeus
 Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:35 pm
SineSwiper wrote:What? No. Playing it on Steam.
I'd love to walk into your game, I can't.....unless you're playin' Portal 2 :-)
 #158136  by SineSwiper
 Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:59 am


Best.
Character.
Eva!

Bonus: Voiced by Ash from Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?.

EDIT: Huh? Anthony, Ash's brother in both the series and RL, is the lead writer for BL2. Cool.
 #158148  by SineSwiper
 Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:11 am


Funny, now I'm going through HAWP videos.