Borderlands Snags DLC-Encompassing "Game of the Year" Edition

[heyheysg]

Never released their DLC's in Asia on PS3 for some weird reason.

Hey 2k!! People in Asia, many many, we haz moniez too and the interwebs to give you the moniez.

give DlC for moniez!!!

Bunch of wankers...

 

[Funkiest Monkey]

Oh hell yeah, I'm getting this!

 

[me and my dog]

There. is. no. story.

And that's a bad thing, why?

Agreed, this was established rather quickly after release and I certainly don't regret the purchase.

Gameplay > Story any day.

Borderlands does shoot-em-up just as well as the next FPS, with the addition of some good ol' fashioned loot hunting and a quirky sense of humor to boot. I'll certainly get the next DLC if it looks promising, and maybe recommend GOTY to a few friends.

In my opinion Good story> Gameplay> No story> Bad story.

A good story never hurts, but I definitely rank gameplay above a good story. KotOR's story didn't save it from being dreadfully dull to me, and my list of top games includes gems like Dwarf Fortress and Mount and Blade. Different strokes for different folks, naturally.

Yeah, I actually feel like I'm in the minority when it comes to liking story over gameplay. Just look at the prevalence of multiplayer. Not that there's anything wrong with liking gameplay over story. As you said, different strokes for different folks.
This is exactly why I love the Escapist so much. It's so warm and fuzzy here. Anywhere else and this Gamplay vs. Story business would have turned in to a flamewar.

D'aww, now you got me feeling nice. In any case, there are plenty of different experiences out there no matter your preference. The Escapist is a big supporter of Bioware and Valve, which I think are both great studios. When it all comes down to it though, I ask myself "Am I having fun?"

I can understand people finding Borderlands bland and empty, but having a desolate world seemed like the kind of atmosphere they were going for. I thought there was plenty of variety: You could simplify things to "You're only killing Skags," but then you look up the list and see that there are pups, whelps, spitters, elders, alphas, and 7 different bad ass types.

Maybe it's just because I knew what I was getting myself into, expecting more of a "Diablo with guns" than "Crazy amount of weapons in a Fallout 3-ish RPG" that I ended up enjoying it, but I digress.

Thanks for sharing another POV. It really is nice to be part of such a laid-back community.

Well look at left 4 dead. That game barely had much of a real story,but it was nominated for GOTY awards. It won best shooter sometimes too.

 

[f0re1gn]

Is there a way to like, pre-order it or sth? It won't reach my country soon and even when it does - it will surely NOT be $50 here.

 

[Michael O'Hair]

I've taken to only buying GOTY edition games. I'll pick this up later.

The compilation packs always seem to be a better deal than buying individual elements, keeping in mind that many modern games have been released while so bug-laden. It makes sense to wait until the game's kinks are "ironed-out" before actually playing the game (Fallout 3 and its DLC are fairly good examples of this).

 

[snow]

There. is. no. story.

And that's a bad thing, why?

Considering it's an "RPG Shooter." I guess some would see that as a bad thing. I personally feel it could have used a little more of something, because I can't seem to stay motivated into playing it through.

Guess I better go start one of those "What's the deal with -?" threads!

J'k, I'd chop my own hands off before I did that!

Game of the year addition! Selling the game at full price again just because all that content we made everyone pay for and almost everyone now has will be in there! Plus some extra stuff before you start asking questions...

Reminds me of when I saw Fallout 3 at wal-mart for $20 dollars and right across from it the GotY edition with all the DLC or whatever included for $60...

Of course people are gonna cave in and pay the extra $40 dollars. -,-;

 

[Meoith]

It was ok in a flavor of the week kind of way, the multi player part could have been done way better.