Borderlands... Is it worth it?

[Harlemura]

As long as you have at least one friend to play it with.
It gets boring eventually, I got bored after about a month. But it's a month I only recently noticed me and my pal did basically nothing but play Borderlands. 4ish hours every day was a minimum.
Some kids go out and play in the sun in the summer. We closed the windows because we couldn't see Pandora properly.

 

[greyghost81]

It's a fun game if a little repetitive in some places. The main story isn't much to write home about, but both the single player and online components are worth playing all the way through. I'd say it's worth it, especially if you can get it on the cheap.

 

[psivamp]

Did you not play the DLC? Some of the DLC, besides the Underdome, has a better story (or at least more entertaining) than the original game.

I played through the zombie one and partway into which ever one raised the level cap. I lost interest because none of my friends played at that point.

 

[badgersprite]

I personally didn't like it. Playing alone made for a very "bread and butter" experience. Having little to nothing beyond the combat meant there wasn't much in the way of contrast to break up the missions. It felt too much like playing an MMORPG, without the social aspect.

It's probably much better when you have another three people with you, but I just found it lackluster, and an unstructured rehash of the same couple of missions over and over again. However, if you like level grinding and don't mind repetition, then none of this should bother you, and you'll probably have a blast with it.

 

[Rednog]

I know people who have several play throughs, I played it myself on single player. I found it to be ok, it really got repetitious at some points and the system of guns can get kind of annoying. Ie you get used to a gun shooting a certain way or having x reload speed. Then you pick up a new gun which is better stats wise but it just doesn't feel right because you're so used to the way your previous gun worked. But that's a personal thing.
It gets better when it finds its stride in the expansions, they get more comical and just hearing what some characters will say next made me push through the game (General Knoxx).
I think it's a mediocre game if you play it alone, slightly above average if you're playing with friends who want to play it over the course of several sessions.

 

[GiantRaven]

Playing with local multiplayer is good fun. I think it's a game that has little depth but does what it sets out to do very well.

Also, it's art style is nothing short of fantastic.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

Borderlands is worth it for one good run. Play the hunter, the other classes are boring.

 

[Infinatex]

Definitely worth it is you like FPS games and Diablo. That's really the best way to describe it! Get some friends on with you and it's even better.

 

[Sethzard]

It's worth it if you have a friend to play it with. Get the game of the year edition though.

 

[adamson1000]

one of the best rpgs i have played in a while. Get GOTY

 

[baddude1337]

I personally got kind bored of it after about 4 hours, if your not gonna do any co-op then there is a LOT of griding, which just isn't my thing.

 

[Slythernite]

Borderlands is absolutely worth it if you have three other people willing to play it with you. Myself and my friends have had quite a bit of fun, and still occasionally play it.

 

[DanielBrown]

I played it solo all the way and while some quest felt really hard, it was doable and extremly fun. The story isn't worth shit, but the humor and the world was awesome.
I defenetly recomend it if you love shooters. It isn't really an RPG except for that it has talent trees.

 

[3AM]

I love the game, both alone and multi. What's been said about it here is true - the story is useless but the gameplay and looting is great fun. I generally think it's more fun multi but sometimes you just want to poke around on your own and see what you find. I wouldn't worry too much if your friends don't have or want Borderlands. Though the matching system isn't perfect, and there are assholes everywhere, I've met some of my best playing buddies from random Borderlands games. If you get it on Steam and are looking for someone to play with, PM me. I'd be happy to show you the Pandora I love.

 

[ScottyMuser]

Got to say, the game was one of the best 5 games of 2009, alongside Demon souls, Infamous, Uncharted and Assassins Creed 2. Yep, it was, IMO, that good, better certainly then batman, MW2, and the like all of which are usually as quoted as contenders for 2009 GOTy.

It is for me, the best FPS out this generation of consoles, I have put more time into it then every other (apart from Killzone 2 which I still haven't started thanks to this game!) FPS *combined*; this could be it the guns felt more orginal fun, the stat tree and levelling made it worth me playing these missions, the sheer fun from Co-Op goodness, the hilarious NPCs (easily one of the funniest games in *years*), and the RPG nature of it was light enough so that the shooting was actually fun (note: unlike fallout), whilst having the levelling of character/stats, the stat tree with the special abilities, etc. The only flaw for me was thought he story-telling and characters were great, the narrative arc wasn't as strong as it could have been considerings its RPG elements - but thats not to say it isn't still much better then 90% of your standard FPSes.

Oh, and re: quests online - the way it works (which can be quite anbnnoying) is that certain quests have a pre-requisite for you to complete, whilst others don't (or merely ask you can get to the area where the quest is *given* to you). When you jump into Mp, the shost determines the quest that is active, and as long as you have completed any pre-reqs, you complete it with them (unless of course you already have)(. this does mean that to get round the "do I have this quest in my log", when you log in to the game, your quests are kinda-synced with the hosts, so any quests they have received and not completed (including of course the current active one) automatcally get added to your quest log, whether you like it or not (this is the annoying part as it can bog your list down with stuff you turned down originally); but ensures that when the mission is completed, you get the rewards znd completion.

 

[Extasii]

Well, it looks like this'll be my next game investment! Headin' to Gamestop tmrw to pick it up for hopefully under $30. I'm not going with GoTY edition, I'll get the DLC if I feel that the game really holds up, but <30 is a good price imo.

 

[Extasii]

thanx guys!

 

[Psycho78]

It's neat but got repetitive to me. I got sick of fighting the same sorts of enemies over and over, and trying to decide which crazy weapon was better than the other. Do I want a +8 shotgun with fire or a +7 shotgun with bayonet and electricity? You have to make multiple decisions like that after every big battle.

It's fun though, great look and feel and attitude.