Borderlands 2 announced

Brian Ambrozy 3 Aug, 2011 at 10:47am ET Article published in Gaming

One of my personal favorite games of the last few years has just gotten a sequel, and I’m terribly excited about it. 2K Games’ Borderlands remains an Icrontic favorite and is one of the best four-player co-op experiences out there.

No details or release date have been announced yet.

Comments

3 Aug 2011 ~ 10:49am BuddyJ I'm excited. (Look at me! I'm dancin') Another chance to Catch a RIIIIIDE... With the Scooterman. Totally in.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 11:11am Thrax Interested.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 11:23am TiberiusLazarus

Thrax wrote:

Interested.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 11:43am pigflipper Some people round teh webs have done analysis of Gearbox releases and based on past release schedules, we can expect to see Borderlands 2 sometime Q3/Q4 2012.

I hope we can shoot the damn robots this time! Always wanting to dance and be happy, I'll show you happy with a 4x rocket launcher!
3 Aug 2011 ~ 11:45am BuddyJ The stated launch date is April 1, but you know how that goes.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 11:50am Koreish Gearbox be trolling with pre-emptive April Fool's.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 12:16pm primesuspect I cannot waaaaiiiit.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 12:19pm Thrax (Though I think I'll wait until the fourth time the GoTY edition goes on sale so I can get everything for $7).
3 Aug 2011 ~ 12:40pm shwaip sorry, you just missed the sale for $6 that also includes several hats for tf2 and a free copy of borderlands 1.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 5:45pm ZenMode Hopefully the ending is less terrible and abrupt this time around.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 6:21pm fatcat

ZenMode wrote:

Hopefully the ending is less terrible and abrupt this time around.

well, it couldn't be any worse

$10 steam sale go!
3 Aug 2011 ~ 6:55pm primesuspect Am I the only one who didn't mind the ending?
3 Aug 2011 ~ 7:02pm fatcat

primesuspect wrote:

Am I the only one who didn't mind the ending?

the vault is a lie
3 Aug 2011 ~ 9:02pm Tim I never played Borderlands.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 9:18pm Starman I loved Borderlands until I got past the first zone (after Sledge, I think). I thought it was brilliant, creative, new, and aesthetically amazing.

But after that, the music became less frequent and less exhilarating, and it never seemed to get over the start-of-the-game hill. I hope they take what was great about the first one and add some more variety.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 9:34pm NiGHTS I'm struggling to understand what it was about the first one that so many of you love. Granted, I haven't been able to play with friends (yet), but outside of the interesting art direction...what was it exactly that made the game such a big draw?

I found it somewhat repetitive and absolutely could not get over how horrendous and abrupt the ending of the game was. I'm wondering if my distaste for the game revolves more around that than anything else as a sort of "well, there's the cherry on top" moment.

I got it at the last steam sale and will be revisiting (whenever I can find the time) but I'm just curious what it is you all liked about the game. ...I don't mean to make it sound terrible, it just certainly didn't have the same draw on me as it did a few of you here.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 9:52pm Thrax

NiGHTS wrote:

what was it exactly that made the game such a big draw?

Playing with friends.
3 Aug 2011 ~ 9:56pm fatcat the DLC's were better than the main game.

hell, even the credits song was better than the ending of the game

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3 Aug 2011 ~ 11:07pm Starman I loved the opening. Great choice of song.
4 Aug 2011 ~ 12:42am Canti

Thrax wrote:

Playing with friends.

Took 4 of us some 5 hours of forwarding ports, using Hamachi, and various other bullshit to finally get in the same game together. My biggest wish is that they make a friend system that isn't completely useless for the first few months.
4 Aug 2011 ~ 9:40am BuddyJ

primesuspect wrote:

Am I the only one who didn't mind the ending?

I liked it.

Borderlands succeeds when you play with friends and have the DLC (excluding Mad Moxie). I loved the humour, visual style, and sheer insanity of the weapons.
4 Aug 2011 ~ 9:43am MiracleManS I played a total of about 20min with friends and I still enjoy/enjoyed the game. I actually prefer playing solo to group play in games like this.
4 Aug 2011 ~ 10:19am TiberiusLazarus ENGORGGGGGGGGGGGGGE!
4 Aug 2011 ~ 10:48am BlackHawk I loved the game and really enjoyed the General Knoxx DLC. Still haven't played the Claptrap one yet.
4 Aug 2011 ~ 10:55am TiberiusLazarus ENGORGE!
4 Aug 2011 ~ 11:04am BuddyJ The Claptrap on is INSANE. Think of General Knox on roids.