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Mercy Medical
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 Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:03 pm Post subject: Borderlands |
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So who got it? I picked it up on release day and I'm loving it. Haven't had a ton of time to sit down an invest in it yet and I'm still figuring a few things out, but I think that once I get the hang of it, I'll love it even more. Played mostly SP so far, but got some co-op in last night.
Anyone else playing? It'd be pretty sweet to get some all girl co-op going.
EDIT: Whoops! Forgot to say I'm playing on 360.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:20 am Post subject: |
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I couldn't decide if I wanted to rent this or not yesterday, it looks cool, but I hadn't heard anything about it. Guess I'll check it out 
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Mercy Medical
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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There hasn't been a whole lot out there about this game, but I assure you, it is awesome.
If you haven't heard much about it, it's basically an FPS/RPG hybrid. The game play is not linear at all as you can pick up quests here and there and do them as you please (sort of in the same way as WoW). There is crazy tons of lot drops from most mobs as well as loot hidden throughout the game (sort of in the realm of Diablo). The world is completely open so you can go anywhere you please and there are sort of "portals" from one location to another. The gameplay itself is more along the lines of a standard FPS. There are tons of guns you can get from drops (really eliminating any need to ever buy them from a vendor) and there are tons of bad guys to kill. You level up in the game in the say way you would with say WoW, by receiving XP from the mobs you kill and the quests you turn in. As you level up, you're given stat points to use in a stat tree (also very similar to WoW). There are four different classes you can play and for each class there's three different stat tree routes you can take (my toon right now is a hunter class, with a sniper skill tree). You can either play SP or co-op, but both essentially apply to the same game, they aren't separate. Say you start out playing SP and work your way up to level 5 and then the next day find some friends to play with. Any quests/loot/money/XP you receive while playing co-op with friends applies to the exact same game as SP. They're one in the same, you just have the option of playing alone or playing with others.
The co-op play doesn't care what level you are either. You could be a level 5 playing with level 15 friends. The advantage of this is that it's very easy to power level because your higher level friends are capable of beating higher level enemies and you get more XP for killing mobs who are higher levels then you.
I hope that gives a better understanding of the game for those that don't know very much about it. Basically it's an FPS that plays like an RPG. There are quests, tons of loot, tons of guns and tons of mobs whose heads are just waiting to be blown off by your sniper rifle. 
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Kat_Edw
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| Ill be getting it tomorrow. Thanks for the little mini explanation there haha ive ben kinda puzzled what its all about and if it looks any good. |
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Meagan
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I went to pick it up yesterday but of course it was sold out. -_- Looks awesome though.
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Mercy Medical
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:21 am Post subject: |
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If anyone gets it and wants to co-op, add me. Most of my gaming friends are dudes, so it would nice to get a little all female co-op going on.
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Kat_Edw
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:58 am Post subject: |
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Ill add you in advance i guess. If you dont mind.
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Mercy Medical
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| Kat_Edw wrote: | | Ill add you in advance i guess. If you dont mind. |
Go for it!
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Caelrin
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| I got this for the PC... Do you know if you can do any cross over between Xbox and PC players? Or are they separate? |
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Mercy Medical
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| Caelrin wrote: | | I got this for the PC... Do you know if you can do any cross over between Xbox and PC players? Or are they separate? |
It's separate. I think there's only one game out there right now that does cross platform play, otherwise there's nothing...which is really unfortunate.
Cross platform play is the one thing I really, really, really want from the gaming industry right now, but it's so difficult to pull off because the PC gamers have such an advantage over console gamers.
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