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Borderlands 2: Building a Better Story

IGN: Combining first-person shooter gameplay with the habit-forming looting and leveling mechanics of Diablo, Gearbox's Borderlands quickly became a favorite around the IGN offices when it was released in 2009. It only got better with the downloadable content expansions, specifically the third titled The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. It wasn't until then that Borderlands felt fully-realized, with a story filled with goofy, memorable characters, making extended kill fests on the planet of Pandora feel more purposeful instead of random.

Systematrix4933d ago

You had me at Shooting midgets in the face...

NukaCola4933d ago

Borderlands had gorgeous graphics, outstanding gameplay, ans some of the best MP integration around. It's one of the best games this gen. The story was also 99% awesome...Meaning the ending was flat and ended on such a waste. Could of added a cutscene and:

SPOILER SPOILER ALERT ALERT
***Having no vault at the end*** was lame. They should of had it in there and had a bunch of cool weapons to take for beating the game.
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I platinumed it and loved it. The DLC was also really cool. I hope B-Lands 2 builds on what they did. Tighten up the shooting a bit and you have an RPG GOTY contender for 2012 there.

fOrlOnhOpe574933d ago

Totally agree. Great gameplay (SP, on and offline co op), so much fun, especially loved General Knoxx' messages in the Armoury DLC.
I dont think Borderlands was ever about 'the story', more about the fun gameplay and they sure got that part right.
Most addictive game Ive ever played - and still do.

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Response to Recent Community Concerns About Take-Two’s Terms of Service

Take-Two: "We know there have been some concerns from Borderlands fans about Take-Two’s Terms of Service. Maintaining transparency and confidence with the community here is always our goal, and we wanted to address some of these concerns."

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anast12d ago

If you are real fan, you will give them what they want.

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I Sure Hope The Next Borderlands Is A Lot Like Borderlands 2

Ahmad from eXputer: "Borderlands 2's unrivaled storytelling is something that has to lean into the core elements of the next iteration in the Borderlands series."

TheNamelessOne312d ago

What? You didn't love the cringe writing that 3 had?

pwnmaster3000312d ago

Playing it now and it’s not so bad, but I’ve just started so maybe it will get worse

DustMan311d ago

It's not bad. It's just hard to top Handsome Jack as an antagonist. I really enjoyed 3. It has the best gameplay of the entire series, and it holds the same vibe. Tiny Tina's Wonderland was a huge disappointment to me.

Demetrius310d ago

I recently finished 3, definitely had fun fr

-Foxtrot312d ago

I'm curious how they are going to do the Siren since they've kind of wrote themselves into a corner regarding the lore.

gold_drake312d ago

well, im sure the last eridium slab is the answer to that. either mystery or villain

-Foxtrot312d ago

I meant more in terms of how they established only 6 Sirens can exist in the entire Universe...which was kind of silly to me as they seem to all end up on Pandora, and the Universe is a pretty big place.

Then there's now the fact, since Borderlands 3 retconed it, when a Siren dies she can transfer her power to the next Siren, they don't have to be born with it. This also means there's only 6 Siren powers which will end up being recycled as the franchise goes on.

Phasewalk (Lilith)
Phaselock (Maya / Ava)
Phasetrance (Amara)
Phaseshift (Angel / Tannis)
Phaseleech (Tyreen)

So there's only one power unaccounted for and I'm guessing it belonged to Commandant Steele. There was Queen Dido but she died and someone else like Amara, Maya or Angel could have gotten their powers so really it only gives them one more Siren before they need to start rethinking things going forward.

Either we get Phaseleech next or whatever power Commandant Steele had (kind of odd she never used it in her boss fight but you know).

Terry_B311d ago

inb4 the next siren is a trans character.

gold_drake312d ago

it will probably be alot like wonderlands, since that is the last borderlands game

but we'll see soon

Terry_B311d ago

Most people do. But the people that create the games don't seem to understand that.

I bet it will be even worse than BL3 when it comes to story and character designs.

RaidenBlack311d ago

Hey Gearbox, remember Brothers in Arms?

Abnor_Mal311d ago

I would love a new game in the series, or a remake/remaster of the first three games.

RaidenBlack311d ago

I'd want them to do the 4th part and just end the story of Baker Company.

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5 Amazing Side Quests In Games That You Need To Experience

While gamers usually take notice of the mainline missions, these 5 side quests deserve more widespread attention for how entertaining they are.