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Leak: portable Borderlands game announced for iPhone & iPad
- Thread starter chickdigger802
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iceatcs
Junior Member
Lol. I love this game but it is very very very low standard if you think it's best game of all.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Thatd be pretty sweet
So it's an experience suited for portable devices and not some cheap imitation of the Borderlands console/ps experience? Sweet.
If it stays iOS excslive I'll just have to get an ipad but hopefully it'll shuffle it's way onto Windows Phone / WinRT.
Maybe i'm wrong but to be honest i have always seen here ios games called "mobile" and vita/3ds/etc games "handheld" or "portable".
So the trolling intent is clear imo.
So the trolling intent is clear imo.
I love twin stick shooters too
Sure. Its one step away from happening to Nintendo handhelds as well. There is no single dominant portable OS in Japan yet and the market hasn't exploded quite like the U.S. has from a hardware standpoint at the expense of dedicated gaming handhelds, but it's coming.
Its a scary place to be if dedicated gaming handhelds are an interest of yours. The "do everything" devices aren't competing on the same footing from a hardware standpoint as they're cost-subsidized by phone plans. That is a powerful gateway drug that then helps move tablets with the same OS. So knowing that why would a 3rd party willingly pay for special dev kits, royalty fees, etc. for a smaller audience than they can get without all those additional fees?
We're watching the death of dedicated handheld gaming.
Alcoholikaust
Member
Cover based shooter.
:/ so sad for vita owners (I'm not one, but lets be honest, why isn't this OR A TRUE BORDERLANDS GAME coming to their system?)
Nail meet head.
I wouldn't be surprised if the 3DS2 or whatever is Japan only, I really don't see a market outside of Japan for handhelds at all these days.
It's sad as I loved the PSP / DS / GBA and I love the idea of a fully portable console, much more than I do iOS gaming (which I do from time to time), but we have to face the reality that for the developers the choice is easy.
Psychoward
Banned
I got so excited... And then I saw it was for iOS.
dragonelite
Member
y u Vita trolling GearBox
MrCunningham
Member
y u Vita trolling GearBox
They like to make money...
KojiKnight
Member
Hahaha... what? Portable game systems aren't going anywhere... the absolute "worst" case scenario from Nintendo and Sony next portable generation? They'll just put a cell receiver into a seperate model of their systems, change the form factor slightly and wham, Nintendo PhoneDS or Vita+!
Hell, Vita is less than a step away from that since most models already have a cell antenna and 3g card.
There are always going to be those that seek for a more portable console like experience, and thanks to Jobs total hatred for "gaming", we're not going to see an iphone with a built in controller, and no developer is going to design games with a cheap third party option in mind as a necessity.
Maybe not in Japan but elsewhere I could see that happening.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
As much as I love them...I don't wanna play games on my iDevices. I want to play them on my 3DS and Vita.
Want a standalone BL Vita game so bad.
Want a standalone BL Vita game so bad.
I hope you are right...
It'll blow your mind. What else do you need to know?
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IPad mini or pod.
Don't sacrifice phone quality just for the moderate increase in mobile gaming quality.
BlackBanditSho
Member
If it's a dungeon/corridor crawl borderlands style RPG-ish twin stick shooter with upgrades and skill trees? uh...sign me up! I'd prefer that over an iOS FPS any day! what i HOPE it's not (and I'm sure that it is), is similar to Mass Effect.
that no work.
chickdigger802
Banned
Yep. Still not too sure how I'd play.is this picture a liitle better ..?
Man, a 4 man squad srpg would be ideal.
Would want.
Shame it probably is just a shooter similar to that mass effect iOS one.
Of course it's not going to be anything like the real game. That's impossible to do well on ios.
Yeah, it's pretty safe to say this isn't going to contain the same gameplay as the console versions. Randy seemed pretty adamant that his dream for Borderlands on Vita was to be able to play the same game on the go, and transfer saves once at home. If this game was going to be that expansive why would it only be on iOS?
It's more important to have different experiences/games on handheld.
If they are going to launch the same game on console and handheld, then something is wrong, you don't play on handheld like you would on console.
And yes, handhelds include smartphone/tablet now.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Could be cool. Wish it let you win weapons to transfer into the full game.
Rodney McKay
Member
Wasn't there a cover-based Mass Effect game for iOS that came out around ME3? Was it any good?
From the description of this game it sounds like it's doing a similar thing.
From the description of this game it sounds like it's doing a similar thing.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Rail Shooter most likely.
that1dude24
Member
yes, this is clearly not a real game
ScreenSplitter
Member
If it was a top down, twin stick shooter with a big world and RPG elements (basically just BL from a top down perspective), this would be fine.
metalslimer
Member
iOS doesn't have real games confirmed, eventually people are going to have to accept iOS as a gaming platform.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
What I wouldn't mind is an app that let you compare characters and weapons with people on your fiends list. Kin I like Waypoint from Reach.
neverknowsbest
Member
I hate to be one of those guys, but ughhhh I would buy this so hard on Vita. iOS controls though? No thanks.
HamPster PamPster
Member
While I would prefer a Vita version, its hard to get mad at the company trying to sell me a 99¢ game. If its good then I'll give it a shot (assuming I have an iPad by the time it comes out)
Oh ye of little faith. Japan will hold strong! Believe in Buttons - Believe in Japan
Oh ye of little faith. Japan will hold strong! Believe in Buttons - Believe in Japan
Rodney McKay
Member
There's an unofficial Android app, but it is basically just the skill calculator you can use online. It's completely bare-bones, but it's nice if you just want to see what specs you can make.
I agree that an official, fully featured app with gun/character/friend info would be pretty cool.
Phife Dawg
Member
Will check it out if it runs on my itouch. Hopefully it doesn't turn out like Rage ios, that was pretty boring.
I like how the thread has turned into a "ios vs dedicated handhelds garbage thread" redux.
I like how the thread has turned into a "ios vs dedicated handhelds garbage thread" redux.
chickdigger802
Banned
Square enix released like half a dozen different games on iOS in the past half year.
Can't say the same for 3ds and vita.
Capcom is big for iOS as well.
Buttons are crumbling bro.
It's completely beyond me how people can get play games on a touch screen and enjoy it... It's fucking white on a biblical scale.
Dog Problems
Banned
All it takes is the right game and a period of adjustment. We all started playing games somewhere, and most of us probably took awhile to adjust to the controller we started with. I know I was always stopping to look down at my hands and the controller as I adjusted. Even now when I play a game using a controller I haven't used in a long time there's a period of getting use to it again where I sometimes look down.
The Dutch Slayer
Member
IF it plays well I buy it, on screen fps controls = no buy