Borderlands 2 Gets So Much Right, But Gets One Thing Very Wrong

Kotaku - Borderlands 2 is funny, smart, and gorgeous. The controls are tight, hooking up with other players is a dream, and the PC port is one of the best I've ever seen. The Torgue campaign is hilarious and memorable, just like previous campaigns. It seems like the game's hitting all the right buttons.

[PtRoLLFacE]

so what he said is make the ai smart and we'll have our selfs a perfect shooter

[zeeshan]

I am with DragonKnight. I voted down Kotaku as well. Such a crappy website indeed with sour flavor of unwanted sensationalism all over the website.

[DOMination-]

My personal gripes with borderline is that its too much shootery - i know its a shooter but some areas are filled with so many enemies it Can get a bit tedious. Especially an area you cleared out before

And my other is the difficulty can appear somewhat.. Schizophrenic at times..? You'll level up and things will be really easy then halfway through that level suddenly enemies will out of the blue get really tough. Obviously they level with you but sometimes the system is a bit off. Its still a great game though.

[Old McGroin]

"My personal gripes with borderline is that its too much shootery"

@ DOMination-

Yes, Borderline does seem to have some issues. Might I suggest you try Borderlands 2 instead? I would definitely recommend it as a superior shooter to Borderline. Oh, you seem to dislike "too much shootery", so may I also suggest you don't buy a First Person Shooter game as they tend to contain a lot of shootery parts? :)

P.S. I know it was obviously a type-o Dom, just playin' with ya :)

[Baylex]

LOL you should check what borderline is on google. Because yes it is schizophrenic at times LOL

Just watch what you're writting will ya?

[DOMination-]

haha stupid predictive text

[showtimefolks]

Kotaku

like we actually care about a site only looking for hits. go out of business

[DragonKnight]

Kraptaku voted down.

[TheTwelve]

Tired of all the Kotaku articles on N4G about now...

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Seriously what's with the recent influx

[ThanatosDMC]

It doesnt seem to lose stars though.

[Young_ART]

Now, this is my opinion,
but I feel they should try to get in contact with Inifinity Ward/Treyarch, and get some tips on how to alter the AI. Because the AI in call of duty is just downright remarkable.

[FarCryLover182]

Remarkably good? Or Remarkably bad?

[Riderz1337]

Not sure if serious...

[caseh]

I'm going to go with not serious due to the use of the words 'downright' and 'remarkable' in the same sentence when refering to CoD.

[RXL]

or works for Treyarch/Infinity Ward
(=)<(=)

[LackTrue4K]

I think your mistaking AI with animation?!
Other then that, you are way wrong!

[spektical]

o yea, cod AI is amazing. I love how the enemies know where you are at every time. Phenomenal.

[Dorwrath]

Really? Played BLOPS 2 and id be standing in an open space and they could walk straight past me.

[NeXXXuS]

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[rawshack]

@ Young_ART- your a idiot .that is all

[DeFFeR]

"your a idiot"

...

Really?

[Sarcasm]

lol the irony

It's:

You're an idiot.

or

You are an idiot.

[Reverent]

You have to be kidding.. CoD's AI is literally some of the, if not, THE worst AI this gen. They're like shooting at paper targets.

They are literally so scripted that if you run just an inch passed their spawn point, they'll completely ignore you and run off to wherever the game set them to run to, EVEN if you were to physically collide with them in the process.

Either you are straight up trolling us, or you have absolutely no idea what "AI" means. In case you don't (which I'm assuming is the case) , AI stands for "Artificial Intelligence".

[animegamingnerd]

meth is one hell of a drug

[DarthJay]

Sounds like a personal problem. Sounds like he's looking for something to complain about. The game is what it is. If you're looking for it to be something else, go play something else. I look at the enemies you go up against in this game and they aren't exactly Mensa candidates. So no, I don't expect them to be very tactical. Gearbox definitely made the AI smarter than it was in the first game, but yeah, it's definitely a game where you shoot stuff. It almost seems like that surprises the writer.

Oh well.

[Tetsujin]

Oh look, once again its Kotaku complaining about something, and one less hit from me for their site as well.

[MrDead]

If they made the AI smarter then you would lose the arcade style gameplay, the action is fun, fast and chaotic I would hate for them to mess it up as the balance for this sort of FPS to me is perfect. Some games benefit from cleaver AI and some games don't, if you want a bad guy with smarts just play a different game.

I think Borderlands is fine the way it is.

[Rupee]

Exactly I'm not looking for a gritty, realistic shooter. That's the difference between borderlands and shooters like halo, battlefield 3, etc.

[NeXXXuS]

Halo 4 plays really well though. The online MP feels a lot better and smoother than all of those Crap of Doody games. I haven't been able to play Borderlands yet. I need to make room for some money in my wallet to go out and get it.

[Legion]

Isn't that why Serious Sam was so addictive? The enemies just kept running straight at you.

[ApolloTheBoss]

KotalkShit yet again. That's it. Someone start a petition to ban these A-wads. I'll gladly sign.

[Fixlarz]

Oh come on, I think he has a point. He didn't trash the game to complete bits, he just said he personally doesn't enjoy it that much. He didn't go telling everyone "er mah gerd dis gaem sux", he just told his opinion like he's supposed to. I don't know what's your beef with Kotaku as I rarely read any of their articles but this guy isn't the worst at all.

[ApolloTheBoss]

I know he stating his opinion, but most of Kotaku's articles are just plain irrelevant BS. That's my beef with them, nothing personal.

[Captain Tuttle]

If you don't like Borderlands you have a cold, black heart :)

[Fixlarz]

I think he's absolutely right. I loved the original game and I do like BL2 but it is missing that same feel. BL1 was not at all a perfect game but it was something new and exciting, a FPS-RPG hybrid. BL2 improves on many levels over 1 but it's missing that brand new feel, it only feels like an improved version of BL1. It could be that I'm not as attracted to BL2 because I've kept playing BL1 now and then over the years and I played Diablo 3 a bunch this summer but I still do think he has a point. BL2 is a very good game but just not to me and I truly wish BL3 (if there will be one) will improve on the things mentioned in the article.

PS. I don't regret buying the ultimate loot chest edition one bit, I still am a huge Borderlands fan. :]

[Redgehammer]

I think the problem lies in thinking enemies that are multi-generational products of incest, and eat human flesh, are going to be smart.

[mastershredder]

After Boarderlands 1, I was good. Really was not compeled to play the follow up. I'm more intested in Gearbox's upcoming Aliens Colonial Marines.

[RavageX]

I didn't get to finish Borderlands 2, but I enjoyed 1 up until the end, cause that story was WEAK.

What? You don't play shooters for the story? Well I do. What is the point otherwise? If I simply wanna shoot stuff I could play any old game.

What I did play of Borderlands 2 I liked...alot, and I'm a guy who really can't be bothered with FPS. That means no COD, no Battlefield, no Halo, no Gears and so on.

[A LIVING LEGEND]

Borderlands 2 is Borderlands with a slightly more or less interesting narrative.
near instantaneous boredom mired in repetition.

[Kos-Mos]

Stop praising this game. It`s a mediocre game for pre-teens.

[Norrison]

Get better at trolling, don't make it so obvious, borderlands 2 humor isn't for pre teens

[ufo8mycat]

"I want more out of a shooter"

Borderlands 2 is not a shooter
REPEAT - IT IS NOT A SHOOTER

It is a shooter WITH RPG ELEMENTS - yes there is a big difference.