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Author:  jaybud4 [ Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Borderlands
Let's see...
How in the world can I describe this game?

Uhm..

I guess it's kinda like Fallout (the original) + Diablo 2 + Team Fortress 2 graphics + Unreal Engine 3 + procedural weapon generation

That's right. Guns are randomly generated. Rocket shotguns, exploding pistols, all kinds of wacky indescribable things.
It also has PhysX, though I have no idea how it uses it.
Oh, and I can't forget the dozens of references to popular things...

Copypasta from Steam:
Quote:
Lock, Load, & Face the Madness

Get ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way!

With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, RPG elements and four-player co-op, Borderlands is a breakthrough experience that challenges all the conventions of modern shooters. Borderlands places you in the role of a mercenary on the lawless and desolate planet of Pandora, hell-bent on finding a legendary stockpile of powerful alien technology known as The Vault.

Role Playing Shooter (RPS) - combines frantic first-person shooting action with accessible role-playing character progression
Co-Op Frenzy - Fly solo in single player or drop in and out with up to 4 Player Co-Op online and offline for a maniacal multiplayer experience
Bazillions of Guns - Gun lust fulfilled with rocket-launching shotguns, enemy-torching revolvers, SMGs that fire lightning rounds, and tons more
Radical Art Style - New visual style combines traditional rendering techniques with hand-drawn textures to create a unique and eye-catching spin on the First Person genre
Intense Vehicular Combat - Get behind the wheel and engage in intense vehicle-to-vehicle combat

System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 8 series or higher/Radeon R8xx series)
Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
Sound: Windows compatible sound card

If you own it through Steam, hit me up with a friend invite at jaybud4
Author:  p3lb0x [ Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
You should probably note that your release dates are NA only. It releases on the 30th here in europe for the PC
Author:  jaybud4 [ Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
p3lb0x wrote:
You should probably note that your release dates are NA only. It releases on the 30th here in europe for the PC

Ah, of course.. I knew that, just didn't think of it while I was writing that.. Thanks for the reminder.
Author:  Areku [ Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
Just watched some videos of it, and it looks pretty awesome. Though those numbers that appear every time you shoot someone make me a bit angry.
Author:  jaybud4 [ Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
Areku wrote:
Just watched some videos of it, and it looks pretty awesome. Though those numbers that appear every time you shoot someone make me a bit angry.

The damage counts?
Well, consider that it IS an RPG.
MORPFPSG is more accurate, but...
Author:  Scope0 [ Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
Should be picking it up today.

I wish the art style didnt change so much. Either way, im not going to complain and see this game get delayed another 35 years.
Author:  TheLastBanana [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
Preordered a four-pack with some buddies on Steam, so come Monday I'll be getting this.
We should do a DRL get-together with this sometime.
Author:  Toes from Europe [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
PS3 -> TOESOFTHUNDER
PLAY WITH ME
Author:  Scope0 [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
Xbox 360 here. Anybody else getting the 360 version?
Author:  TorrentHKU [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
PC all the way. And I just got Red Faction: Guerilla, so I'm tapped for the time being. Get RF:G by the way, I cannot stress enough how awesome tbeing able to smash things as thoroughly as in this is.
Author:  jaybud4 [ Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
EDIT: As of right now, current DRL members in my Borderlands Steam group include Lord Tim, Control/Ctrl, TheLastBanana, and myself.
Author:  Rawtoast [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
BLaAAAaaagh I've been waiting for this game for so long. Want so bad. This and Rage, which is a bit more serious looking and has some fantastic looking character design.


Borderlands also has some pretty spiffy cover art:

Image
Author:  TorrentHKU [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
Boom headshot.
Author:  Barnox [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
Hyperkultra wrote:
Boom headshot.

It looks like a post-apocolypse version of Shook's Nukehead.
Also, Rage looks like Bioshock Fallout 3 WITH CARS.

Procedurally generated guns: Does it pick an ammo type, grip, muzzle, gun type, and a special feature and put it in the Gun Blender?
Or what parts are they made of?
Author:  Alenth Eneil [ Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Borderlands
There appear to be various 'companies' for the game which each make special sorts of guns, and each has a color (S&S uses yellow for example, also S&S specializes in "this gun deals 50% more damage than normal" type stuff), but aside from that I don't know how the actual parts to the guns work, though I didn't really pay attention to the models. I was too busy numbercrunching on pistols and SMGs to bother looking at the models themselves that often.
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