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Gearbox creative director Mike Neumann believes the likelihood of a Borderlands sequel is so strong it's a "no-brainer".
"Yes, I can probably confirm that there's a chance of a Borderlands 2," Neumann told VG247. "I mean, with anything, especially a new IP, if people want more and you can make more, and everybody can make money and do good business there, it obviously makes really good sense to do that.
"Obviously nothing so far is planned. We're working on DLC. We haven't really had any talks about a sequel, other than water cooler talk like, 'Wouldn't this be cool' kind of stuff.
"But yeah, Borderlands is really exciting. Everyone here loves the franchise, and it seems like the public is really coming back with praise and love. So yeah, if everything makes sense, Borderlands 2 seems like a no-brainer to me," he added.
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Comments: 1-49 of 49
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AgentBalti
11/11/09 @ 12:22
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It has to happen, simple as that. For a game with next to zero plot, it's an absolute winner. They don't need to do too much to tinker with the format, just spit and polish. More baddies, More GUNS, More Loot, More Missions...that is all.
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EarlBassett
11/11/09 @ 12:22
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"No-brainer" is the most annoying American phrase to come to these shores.
Coming out of a British person't mouth it sounds ridiculous. So none of you go repeating this |
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AgentBalti
11/11/09 @ 12:24
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Can we ban "I, for one" as well. There is only one of anyone, so it's a no brainer. Oh look what I did there!
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insincere_dave
11/11/09 @ 12:24
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"So none of you go repeating this"
Agreed, that's a no-brainer for me. |
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ChthonicEcho
11/11/09 @ 12:28
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@AgentBalti
"I, for one" refers to one person out of a certain number of people. "I, for one (out of many that are related to the addressed issue)..." It's fine. "No-brainer" isn't, though. |
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I really don't get why people find the ending disappointing. Sure the story is paper thin, but the ending makes sense to me and works with such a subtle story line anyway. Your being 'conned' into believing a myth in order to save the universe by an AI programmed to stop the Destroyer from being released every 200 years. Simple, who needs a convoluted story like the Halo games when the core of the game is simply running around shooting stuff and leveling up in the process. It's a no-brainer for me.
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kangarootoo
11/11/09 @ 12:35
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I was a little disappointed with Borderlands. The enemy AI was pretty basic, and for a game that is all about shooting enemy AI it felt like quite an important let down. Overall the gameplay just felt like grinding, which wasn't enough as the combat wasn't quite up to the job.
That said, I welcome a sequel as that is when all the little issues get fixed (hopefully). |
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@M83J01P97
Without giving too much away, it looks like you didn't get the ending either. The angel was herself one of thousands stationed god knows where and above heaven only knows how many other planets. My disapointment with the ending is in that you get absolutely nothing for your trouble. Not even a unique weapon drop or loads of cash. Nada! Zip! Not a freakin' sausage! |
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muscleblade
11/11/09 @ 12:42
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The game overall was very good especially in coop. The way you had to constantly run backwards while fireing was kind of stupid though. I looved the graphics. Looked very crisp for a huge game like it is.
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thedaveeyres
11/11/09 @ 12:44
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Huzzah! The best game I've played this year absolutely deserves a sequel.
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kangarootoo
11/11/09 @ 12:47
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"The way you had to constantly run backwards while fireing was kind of stupid though"
That was pretty much my experience too. Poor AI that just runs at you, coupled with enemies that are too tough (big health bars making up for poor AI) for you to do anything other than keep your distance. I want a combat game where a challenging enemy differs strategically from its weaker counterparts and can be outwitted in combat, not just worn down from afar. |
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TonyCocaCola
11/11/09 @ 12:59
+1
I was looking forward to borderlands for over a year but got bored with it in over a week.
The ending boss thing was exactly the same as half life oposing forces if i remember correctly
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@muscleblade
The game overall was very good especially in coop. The way you had to constantly run backwards while fireing was kind of stupid though. I looved the graphics. Looked very crisp for a huge game like it is. Loving it in co-op and I haven't had to constantly run backwards much (except against higher level opponents, which I avoid). Against same level foes when I have a decent weapon it's been great. In single player last night I got an explosive sniper rifle (the bullets explode, not the actual rifle, that'd be a lot less useful ;) ) and the game is just broken now but broken in a very fun way. @kangarootoo That was pretty much my experience too. Poor AI that just runs at you, coupled with enemies that are too tough (big health bars making up for poor AI) for you to do anything other than keep your distance. They ain't the sharpest tools in the box but in my experience the humans/mutants tend to have enough sense to stay near or in cover. The animals tend to be of the "charge straight at em" variety but there's not much else they can do. |
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A game doesnt really need plot to be fun when playing it with some buddies. Borderlands and L4D proved that. Borderlands is exceedingly good value for money considering the length of the campaign, and that you can play a second time around up to lvl 50.
For me it was perhaps a little easy, or maybe I was lucky with my drops, but even piped out in epic/legendary gear, taking on masses of spiderants, skags and crazy shotgun midgets never got old, when palyed with some friends in coop. Hell, its so fun that I even onjoy boosting lowbies though quests. BL2 cant come soon enough, its a day-1 purchase for me, until then, DLC will have to do.
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kangarootoo
11/11/09 @ 13:05
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"You can one hit nearly anything with the sniper rifle"
I don't find that very interesting though if that is all you can do over and over. And it isn't much of a solution against multiple enemies at different ranges. However I am able to kill enemies, there is always something lacking if those enemies are consistently dumb on the battlefield. The whole combat mechanic just felt woefully basic and unbalanced compared to a raft of other top flite fps games out there. Lots of other factors raised the game up, and I did enjoy it for a while, but it didn't cut for me as a combat game and in the end I just got bored of the grind. |
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kangarootoo
11/11/09 @ 13:07
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@sneetch
Maybe I didn't stick with it long enough. I only made level 12 or so, but the journey to get there felt quite flat. And where was all the weapon modification I was promised? Does that not kick in for ages or something? All I came across was slightly different versions of the same handful of guns, with the only mod I could make being a global increase in ammo capacity. I did play co-op for a little bit, and that was fun. But it still felt less fun that a bunch of other co-op games (Halo being the obvious reference, though god knows what mentioning it will do to this thread). |
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Optimaximal
11/11/09 @ 13:12
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Fuck the sequel and DLC - lets get the PC match-making & voice-support working properly first without relying on obscene port forwarding & third-party utilities.
Meh, who am I kidding... |
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+1
TBH what I want to hear about at this stage is a great big patch that fixes the massive, game-breaking bugs (like failing to save characters completely FFS) and sorts out all the annoying but simple to fix niggles (like there being no option to disable in-game chat and the fact that some guns have more abilities than will fit on the page, thus hiding some of their features).
Oh, and making the networking a bit more friendly and reliable wouldn't hurt either... Great game mind, despite all the bugs. |
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kangarootoo
11/11/09 @ 13:33
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Fair enough peeps, sounds like maybe I bailed too early to get a proper picture. I'm not saying its ok for opening areas to be worse than later ones, but no game is perfect.
I'll dig back into it when I get the time and see how things improve. |
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Loving Borderlands so far, it's a hell of a lot of fun, I'll prob take a break for a while to play modern warfare, but it's nice to know when I finish that and come back to my level 32 siren, there's some nice DLC waiting too.
It's also one of those games where I felt - the sequel is going to be incredible. |
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+1
Really enjoying it at the moment. Every time I open one of those big red gun crates I get so excited a little bit of wee comes out.
Although I like their special abilities, the four characters are pretty awful though. I'd like to see some more work in that area, or a Mass Effect style character creator. |
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metalangel
11/11/09 @ 15:18
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But unless me and my friends all have characters around the same level, we can't play together as host's level might mean someone will be one-hitted by the enemies. And if we're not at the same stage of the story, when I do come back to my own playthrough, I'm now several levels higher than I should be rendering the various quests far too easy. So let us adjust our level down temporarily for a friend's game, because you need to ensure you only play the same playthrough with the same people otherwise. That should be a no-brainer.
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sublitterat
11/11/09 @ 15:27
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You do get loot and a cash reward at the end, but only if you exit the credits, hoover up all the goodies, then head back as instructed to Turn In the last mission.
On second playthrough now, and it's much harder going. Suspect it'll be a long haul to level 50... |
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@Schiraman
TBH what I want to hear about at this stage is a great big patch that fixes the massive, game-breaking bugs (like failing to save characters completely FFS) and sorts out all the annoying but simple to fix niggles (like there being no option to disable in-game chat and the fact that some guns have more abilities than will fit on the page, thus hiding some of their features). I haven't had it forget to save my character thankfully but I completely agree with the lack of options for things like disabling voice being annoying. It's not like adding a checkbox would take a couple of man-months. It is possible to disable it though. If you haven't found out how yet then this is paraphrased from: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sho... Go to: My Documents>MyGames>Borderlands>Willowgame>Config Edit WillowEngine.cfg. Find: bHasVoiceEnabled=true Change it to: bHasVoiceEnabled=false @TheRook21 Was that feature left out of my copy (ps3)? Aye, it was also left out of my PC version. By a process of elimination I can only say: bloody Xbox owners have all the luck. Apparently. ;) |
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