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The Borderlands debate

What the community thinks of Borderlands, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.

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  1. RogueKnight1986

    Borrowed a copy from my cousin during a rough semester and never gave it back, still feel a little bad about that honestly.

  2. QuestBard

    It sits where it should on the list, not higher, not lower (people forget how many games it inspired though), and that alone should count for something in these debates.

  3. ChaddOwl

    I keep coming back to this one, not because it's perfect, far from it, but because the way loot drops keep you moving from one fight to the next is something a lot of newer games try to replicate and just don't quite nail, even with better graphics and bigger budgets.

    Max_1984

    That loop is exactly why I still rank it above stuff with flashier graphics, no contest there.

    LootSamurai87

    Loot chasing you back in, sure, but wasn't that exact loop already feeling dated even at launch?

    ArcadeHunter

    Claro, tan innovador que seguimos comparando el mismo loop de siempre con un lavado de cara

  4. ArcadeOwl

    Replayed it last year with a controller from a modern setup and the shooting still feels tight, better than most people give it credit for.

  5. edwardo_schulist

    Why does everyone compare this to Skyrim when the scope is so different? Isn't it more honest to judge it against something with actual RPG choices, like Dragon Age or The Witcher 2?

    harber_cordia

    "Lost interest completely" pretty much matches my own experience with the early hours, it just doesn't hook everyone the same way.

    Peltier8

    Replying to harber_cordia

    Pareil, j'ai décroché après quelques heures, l'univers ne m'a jamais vraiment retenu comme d'autres jeux du classement.

  6. davis_lelah

    I picked this up during a slow week at work and burned through the first zone in two sittings before losing interest completely.

    Vergie_62

    Two sittings then quitting for good, was it the loot or just the grind that killed it for you?

    Madyson_88

    Replying to Vergie_62

    Same kind of split screen setup here, my sister called every weapon too, it's funny how common that memory seems to be.

    hamon_dominique

    Perdre l'intérêt vite, ça se voit aussi dans les votes, il stagne pas mal ces derniers temps.

  7. Iron_Shields

    Does anyone actually replay this outside of nostalgia, or is it just sitting on reputation at this point?

  8. Frame_Rippin

    booted this up on a whim last month, forgot how satisfying the weapon variety actually is

  9. CoopKnight4

    Played through this with a friend right after it launched, split screen on a tiny TV in his dorm room, took us weeks because we kept getting distracted.

  10. GhostWolf

    People keep saying the writing carries the whole game, but half the humor falls completely flat on repeat playthroughs. The gunplay still holds up though, no argument there.

  11. Iron_Mitchell

    What holds up for me is the gunplay itself, the sheer variety of weapons keeps every encounter feeling different.

    ÁngelesSamurai

    Coincido, las armas variadas ayudan pero no creo que eso lo mueva mucho en el ranking

    karina32

    Replying to ÁngelesSamurai

    I hear the same thing a lot, weapons impressing people without moving their vote. Feels like the ranking rewards other things entirely, whatever those are.

  12. Loot_Sanchez

    Le style graphique a bien vieilli, le rythme des missions un peu moins

    NovaMaster2

    The humor complaint is fair honestly, some of it just doesn't land anymore.

    Ghost_Botsford

    Same here, the missions started blending together after a while, though the visuals still made it worth pushing through.

  13. CoopRider14

    Face à Skyrim ou Dragon Age il joue clairement dans une autre catégorie, plus arcade, moins ambitieux sur le fond mais franchement redoutable en coop entre potes

    CoopRunner

    Coop with my brother is exactly why I still rank it decently, that alone earned it a spot for me.

    QuestLegend2

    I get that coop argument every single duel, funny how it keeps showing up, votes swing hard on nostalgia alone honestly

  14. Gonzalez2008

    Ce qui me frappe c'est que Borderlands a inventé une formule que Skyrim ou Dragon Age n'ont jamais eu besoin de copier : le loot aléatoire comme moteur principal. Contre eux il perd souvent en profondeur narrative, mais sur la boucle de jeu pure il tient très bien la comparaison.

    VinylRex

    Wasn't it seen as the underdog back then, before people started ranking it against those bigger titles at all?

    BossPilot2

    Contra Skyrim pierde en ambición, sí (aunque a mí el humor me sigue pareciendo mejor puesto aquí)

    NovaOwl

    Inventing the loop is one thing, but did it ever really refine it, or did later games just do the same thing better?

    Combo_Goldner

    Loot as the engine, fair, though against Dragon Age the writing gap really shows once the guns stop being novel.

    FramePlayer

    The bigger question is whether Skyrim or Dragon Age even belong in the same bracket as this.

  15. FrameLegend2010

    Comparado con Skyrim de esa misma época, este tenía un humor que a mí me atrapó más rápido.

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