Zero Punctuation: Borderlands

[The Cheezy One]

haha
yeah i played it one player, and it did seam a bit plain

I dont get it, i loved the game on single player, i guess u have to know people to do it co-op and i agree with Yahtzee that random pairing in a campaign game is just stupid. I played everything but the underdome on single player and had a blast, i guess im one of the few then

i didnt random pair, i only ever played with three people i knew at most
but dude was lvl 16, i was 18 and guy was 20
we thought it wouldnt matter, since we were playing my campaign, so it would balance out
guy never lost his shield, and dude never got a kill
it wasnt well balanced
i did enjoy it more on single player then on multi, but i can see how multi would be more enjoyable if it worked

 

[tiga]

Throughout the video Yahtzee says, well maybe I'm not liking this because it's more enjoyable with other people, but so is bowel cancer or whatever. While it's true that most things are more enjoyable with more people, it's beside the point. Borderlands is a multiplayer game. If you don't play it with other people, of course it's going to suck. The whole fun of Borderlands is battling it out against the monsters and whatnot as a team. If you play it by yourself it's just a grindfest. It's pretty clear that Yahtzee is not a fan of multiplayer games. So why did he review this game? It's like a food critic reviewing a book.

no it's not, what a shitty analogy

the game is not a multiplayer-only game and has a single player campaign, if it really was only meant to play with friends they would've taken out the single player option

and he reviewed because people annoyed him about it long enough, he wouldn't have if they didn't

borderlands is complete ass, you must have very low expectations these days if you like a well packaged turd like that

 

[Crossborder]

I'm anxious to see the ragestorm after the Mass Effect 2 review.

 

[NamesAreHardToPick]

no it's not, what a shitty analogy

the game is not a multiplayer-only game and has a single player campaign, if it really was only meant to play with friends they would've taken out the single player option

It's a shitty analogy. Yahtzee's always funny but he's often crap as a game critic because he can't be assed to give a game a decent playthrough if he's not interested from the word "go". At least he's honest about it.

Borderlands has no "single player campaign". We're not talking about White Knight Chronicles or Call of Duty with some special experience for one player alone... it just doesn't *stop* you from playing through the multiplayer campaign alone. Sad as that is. The game doesn't force you to make the *one* friend you need to have a blast in splitscreen multiplayer.

 

[Shjade]

I'm surprised I thought this week might Army of two:40th day or Dante's Inferno or MAG???

MAG? A guy who hates and refuses to play online multiplayer for a 4 player co op game and you think he's going to review an online only competitive mp game?

Yeah, and why would he waste his time reviewing Army of Two: The 40th Day? He already thoroughly trashed the first game (and rightfully so), and from what I've read in reviews, the sequel is just more of the same. Don't need to eat a turd sandwich twice to know I'm going to hate the taste.

Didn't stop him from reviewing both Uncharted games, did it? I don't recall observations on how drastically different those two games were.

 

[Regiment]

Yesh, I never expected Mr. Croshaw to be pissed when his fans bother him to review Borderlands.

This being the same Mr. Croshaw that once said that people who tell him what to do should jump out of a plane and land on Winchester Cathedral, I'm not surprised.

 

[GenesisNow]

The spot about "THE MISSION" makes me laugh every time without fail.

Shoot Jason Vorhees!

 

[blinkybilll]

wow this reveiw was shit yahtzee has lost his talent, he used to be funny now hes just lame pretty much everything he said about this game wasnt even true, time to get a real job yahtzee

 

[VaporFox]

Uh, yeah. Uncharted 1 was semi-forgettable. Uncharted 2 was game of the year material. So I'd say they were different enough to warrant 2 reviews.

 

[VaporFox]

wow this reveiw was shit yahtzee has lost his talent, he used to be funny now hes just lame pretty much everything he said about this game wasnt even true, time to get a real job yahtzee

Really? Borderlands doesn't have atrocious in-game menus? The story isn't as bare bones as stories get? Every other enemy you encounter doesn't look like they bought their wardrobe at a Halloween shop that was having a clearance sale on Jason Vorhees masks?

Time to get some glasses, "blinkybilll."

 

[VaporFox]

I'm surprised I thought this week might Army of two:40th day or Dante's Inferno or MAG???

MAG? A guy who hates and refuses to play online multiplayer for a 4 player co op game and you think he's going to review an online only competitive mp game?

Yeah, and why would he waste his time reviewing Army of Two: The 40th Day? He already thoroughly trashed the first game (and rightfully so), and from what I've read in reviews, the sequel is just more of the same. Don't need to eat a turd sandwich twice to know I'm going to hate the taste.

Didn't stop him from reviewing both Uncharted games, did it? I don't recall observations on how drastically different those two games were.

Uh, yeah. Uncharted 1 was semi-forgettable. Uncharted 2 was game of the year material in most people's eyes. So I'd say they were different enough to warrant 2 reviews. Like I said, both Army of Two games were utter tripe, and there's plenty of other more worthwhile dead horses that Yahtzee could beat into oblivion.

 

[Sheogoroth]

I'm beginning to trust Yahtzee more than my Game-informer, I bought it on their review but I agree with Yahtzee it is a boring, steaming, pile.

 

[silensay]

Ben, that's not cool.

I liked Hudson Hawk.

p.s. Well, you're wrong about your opinions being right, but you're funny. Also, you predicted my dismissal of your opinions (in a visually accurate manner, might I add), so you're also psychic.

 

[DeadlyFred]

I've been trying hard to like this game but I think he's right. Didn't even bother to mention the identity crisis going on between the game being unable to decide whether its Call of Duty or Serious Sam.

And RPG? lol... I guess they didn't want to play that aspect up too much for fear of being labeled as Fallout copy-cats. You know, with all the desolate wastelands and the VAULT and all. But hey, it takes place on another planet so its all good!.

 

[Kronosad]

well i have only played multiplayer via lan with a good friend so there was no racing to complete objectives and to get the best items. We even went through our inventories at the end of each mission and swapped around weapons. it was great fun!

 

[Kronosad]

wow this reveiw was shit yahtzee has lost his talent, he used to be funny now hes just lame pretty much everything he said about this game wasnt even true, time to get a real job yahtzee

well actually yahtzee was right about every single thing he mentioned... Thats not to say i dont like the game. I agree with yahtzee though...

 

[Kyouki1980]

I like Mr Croshaw. We share a deep disgust and hatred for people in general. We could hang out and just discuss the various ways people are stupid and the worlds better off without them. ANY OF THEM!

 

[Jallis370]

I'm a Borderlands fanboy. And I loved this review. But I expected it to get trashed.

Yahtzee, if you need a friend just ask.

 

[Sentient6]

Couldn't stomach Borderlands. It was too much of an RPG and not enough of a shooter for me. I mean, so fucking what if the guy is one level above me - when I shoot him in the head from a high powered sniper rifle, I wan't AT LEAST half his fucking life bar to disappear, not 1%...
Besides, the lag, even with all the ports properly forwarded, was unbearable. And it wasn't the "3 frames per second" lag - I might have understood that (even though my rig is very respectable) - it was the "2 second delay between when you press the button and when the action is performed" lag.... Nothing like trying to snipe a moving guy when the rifle fires 2 seconds after the moment you want it to fire...