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Eurogamer: Borderlands 2 to be announced "soon", release in 2012
- Thread starter sk3tch
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What I want:
More classes, more abilities, bigger talent trees-- in Borderlands, eventually every Soldier ended up being the same, thanks to a ballooned number of talent points and a relatively small tree.
A random dungeon generator for the end game. Let my group have something to do besides that exploitable "raid boss" that was at the end of the next-to-last DLC.
EDIT: What I'm afraid we'll get: streamlined and simplified game, just like nearly every big name sequel this gen.
More classes, more abilities, bigger talent trees-- in Borderlands, eventually every Soldier ended up being the same, thanks to a ballooned number of talent points and a relatively small tree.
A random dungeon generator for the end game. Let my group have something to do besides that exploitable "raid boss" that was at the end of the next-to-last DLC.
EDIT: What I'm afraid we'll get: streamlined and simplified game, just like nearly every big name sequel this gen.
pedrothelion
Member
- It would be intersting see some kind of melee centric class. It would be a nice change of pace in game play.
-I would like to see a armour system implemented. I want more to loot then guns and shields.
-An auction system.
-Maybe a guildwars style virtual lobby or town.
-The ability to choose your avatars physical apperance.
-More active skill based gameplay. There are too many passive skills.
-Some sort of crafting system.
I love the unique cel shaded graphics and art style. It looks like Borderlands and not some generic scifi shooter like it did before.
-I would like to see a armour system implemented. I want more to loot then guns and shields.
-An auction system.
-Maybe a guildwars style virtual lobby or town.
-The ability to choose your avatars physical apperance.
-More active skill based gameplay. There are too many passive skills.
-Some sort of crafting system.
I love the unique cel shaded graphics and art style. It looks like Borderlands and not some generic scifi shooter like it did before.
I hope at the very least they add more weapon diversity. 500,000 guns or whatever it was, and only ~20 were useful.
They also need to add more things to do and more mission diversity. Sometimes it felt like I was playing a single player MMO with some of the tasks I had to do.
They also need to add more things to do and more mission diversity. Sometimes it felt like I was playing a single player MMO with some of the tasks I had to do.
pedrothelion said:
I like everything here EXCEPT the lobby/town idea. I hate the idea of an artificial central location for all players. Force players to meet up in various locations throughout the world, rather than just having everyone port back to the same 1-3 places.
If theres one problem with games these days, its that devs make it too easy for players to navigate the world, rather than give them more incentive to explore and learn every part of it.
bengraven said:
Really all they need to do. There are some fundamental changes that should happen, but nothing major. Just more content and customization please.
The Mana Legend
Banned
I put 300 hours into Borderlands. I need a sequel. Now. And more equipment besides weapons and shields please.
AND CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION. I want my characters to actually look different, please.
AND CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION. I want my characters to actually look different, please.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
The Mana Legend said:
jesus christ dude.
The random generation of weapons' stats and appearances meant that the game really did have a hundred bazillionty-million guns. The problem is that they fell into too few categories within each basic type, and the types weren't terribly well balanced against each other. It was also a real drag that the Random Numbers God was so weird that you would often wind up hanging onto a rare/uncommon weapon whose level requirement was a few dozen under your current level.Derrick01 said:
These are definitely problems they can address, though. We may or may not get weapon crafting/customization, but more variety within each weapon category is pretty much a given, so it's mostly a matter of polishing and balancing what's already there.
JumpingTheGun
Banned
bengraven said:
I know its possible I just never heard anyone say they did. Man I didnt even put 200 hours into Oblvion let alone Borderlands. I didn't have someone else playing with me at the time either though so I can imagine that that adds a shitload of hours into the experience.
The Mana Legend
Banned
JumpingTheGun said:
With expansion packs and experimenting and playing with other classes (I have three classes at max level), it was pretty easy.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Awesome! But for the love of god Gearbox, include a storage system. Please. Also, adding armor could be really cool.
famousmortimer
Banned
Armor (with visual changes)
A better ending (I can live without a story, per se, but the ending of vanilla BL was such a letdown)
More of everything that was awesome in the first game, including Cel Shading.
It's a fairly simple list, but I have faith in gearbox to fuck it up.
A better ending (I can live without a story, per se, but the ending of vanilla BL was such a letdown)
More of everything that was awesome in the first game, including Cel Shading.
It's a fairly simple list, but I have faith in gearbox to fuck it up.
It would be neat if the weapons were really just a collection of parts that could be disassembled, then mixed and matched with other parts from your collection. Something like...
Receiver - Determines ammo used, fire mode, base rate of fire.
Barrel - Determines base accuracy, modifies damage from basic the ammo type and level.
Magazine - Changes amount of ammo caried, weight, and reload speed.
Grip - Changes accuracy, stability, maybe fire rate.
Stock - Changes weight, stability, and weapon change speed.
Upper accessory - Scopes and sights.
Lower accessory - Forward grups, barrel shrouds, bayonets, maybe underslung grenade launchers or shotguns.
Barrel accessory - Suppressors and muzzle breaks for rifles, chokes for shotguns.
Each would have a dozen or so cosmetic versions, a bunch of possible colors, and various special effects, all on top of a smattering of stat variations. It might be a little bit too complicated and OPERATOR-like to inlcude all of these, but it would be cool to see at least a few of them as weapon mods like Mass Effect 1.
Receiver - Determines ammo used, fire mode, base rate of fire.
Barrel - Determines base accuracy, modifies damage from basic the ammo type and level.
Magazine - Changes amount of ammo caried, weight, and reload speed.
Grip - Changes accuracy, stability, maybe fire rate.
Stock - Changes weight, stability, and weapon change speed.
Upper accessory - Scopes and sights.
Lower accessory - Forward grups, barrel shrouds, bayonets, maybe underslung grenade launchers or shotguns.
Barrel accessory - Suppressors and muzzle breaks for rifles, chokes for shotguns.
Each would have a dozen or so cosmetic versions, a bunch of possible colors, and various special effects, all on top of a smattering of stat variations. It might be a little bit too complicated and OPERATOR-like to inlcude all of these, but it would be cool to see at least a few of them as weapon mods like Mass Effect 1.
The Wise Old Man
Member
I stopped playing Borderlands on 360 when I tried coop and noticed players taking down bosses in two shots with hacked weapons. Did Gearbox ever resolve this, or will Borderlands 2 be more of the same?
Loved borderlands but there is alot to fix in the sequel:
Enemy Variety increased
Armor added as loot
More meaningful loot
More weapon types
More skills
Better quest variety
Better AI
Non Sloppy PC port
End game dungeons
End game boss with more random loot (crawmerax had static loot except for 5-6 weapons that were random)
More Moxxi
There could be an AMAZING game, if they gave it a little spit shine.
Enemy Variety increased
Armor added as loot
More meaningful loot
More weapon types
More skills
Better quest variety
Better AI
Non Sloppy PC port
End game dungeons
End game boss with more random loot (crawmerax had static loot except for 5-6 weapons that were random)
More Moxxi
There could be an AMAZING game, if they gave it a little spit shine.
Considering how well the first game did for them, I was kind of surprised the sequel wasn't announced at E3.
Borderlands was a really great game and a sequel that expands on everything would be fantastic. New character classes with more skills would be enough to get me playing again. I didn't even play multiplayer in the first game, yet I still loved it.
Borderlands was a really great game and a sequel that expands on everything would be fantastic. New character classes with more skills would be enough to get me playing again. I didn't even play multiplayer in the first game, yet I still loved it.
indiegamemag
Banned
I could care less about this announcement and was completely underwhelmed with Borderlands. It's way more for RPG fans and Loot fanatics than shooter fans.
Dog Problems
Banned
I can't wait! Hopefully the PC version is Steamworks.
Boombloxer
Member
schick85 said:I prefer the old artstyle, mind you.
All good.
I'm down for whenever the sequel comes out, blind buy.
NullPointer
Member
Hurray!
I'd love to know their DLC sales figures. Besides a few bad design decisions I thought that Borderlands is one of the few games that truly understood how to make effective DLC.
I'd love to know their DLC sales figures. Besides a few bad design decisions I thought that Borderlands is one of the few games that truly understood how to make effective DLC.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Awesome news. I've been playing Borderlands non-stop and I love it. I would love to see more character customization.
I'm on board, but there are a few changes I would like to see done first.
-Make sure the damn online works for PC at launch it took weeks before I was able to play online with my friends.
-Get rid of gamespy can't believe they used this in the first place. (Steamworks please)
-More character options not just color dye.
-Make sure the damn online works for PC at launch it took weeks before I was able to play online with my friends.
-Get rid of gamespy can't believe they used this in the first place. (Steamworks please)
-More character options not just color dye.
outunderthestars
Banned
schick85 said:I prefer the old artstyle, mind you.
Yes because what the gaming market needs is another brown shooter....
perfectnight
Banned
I felt that BL1 was lacking in many areas. That said, I did have fun playing it with friends. Hopefully part 2 is a step forward rather than a bunch of dumbed down shit.
CitizenCope
Member
bengraven said:
I think it could be improved. Pretty sure I remember long boring car rides that were unavoidable.
I cannot agree with this more. I just started playing Borderlands again after about a year and then remembered why I quit. Those damn memory leaks causing the memory usage of the game to climb well over 1,000,000 K is ridiculous. I'm not sure if it's just an issue with my PC specs, but I know a lot of other players have been experiencing similar issues, which is really unfortunate. In my opinion the game is super fun and addictive, mostly because of it's simplicity to just shoot guys, pick up loot, sell what you don't need and repeat. I know there's more to it than that, but at it's core, it is what it is and I enjoy it for that. Plus, the art style helps when the game is submerged in an era of shooters with such bland, grey and brown colour palettes -- generally speaking.BurntPork said: