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Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt Drops Today

DLC drops today and it looks like more awesome Borderlands 2. You planning on picking this up or do you have this as part of the Season Pass?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/213250

Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage

Moar DLC to whet your Borderlands 2 palate in Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage. According to Gearbox this DLC will be released next week.

Excited? Interested? Looks pretty bad ass.

New Season of Clap Trap's Web Series

You might not have known that during the original run of Borderlands Claptrap had his very own web series. Gearbox recently released a new season and episode. Ill link to the previous episodes at the bottom of this post. Now you can get even more Claptrap!

A few other interesting Borderlands 2 bits. You can now pre-order the new Art of Borderlands 2 book. Sort of thing they should have released in the collectors edition but better late than never I suppose.

Gearbox is also outsourcing the Mac port and it should be released sometime soon. I hope this means Mac/PC Steamplay. The original Borderlands had a Mac port but it wasn't available via Steamplay, it was available on... Read All

Zillions of Things Attached to Transients

Borderlands 2 is quite a lot of fun. As I continue on with it I keep running into quests and events that make me smile. The loot I am collecting is pretty bad-ass too. Compared to other loot based games like Diablo 3, Borderlands has it beat in my view. I never feel like any weapon I collected in Diablo 3 held any advantage over another save attack power going through it the first time. I have nabbed a few items now in Borderlands 2 that are not just overpowered awesomeness, but have unique abilities that actually can change how you play the game.

For instance, I got a shield that when depleted, explodes a few times. When the shield depletes and the explosions start I... Read All Borderlands 2 is quite a lot of fun. As I continue on with it I keep running into quests and events that make me smile. The loot I am collecting is pretty bad-ass too. Compared to other loot based games like Diablo 3, Borderlands has it beat in my view. I never feel like any weapon I collected in Diablo 3 held any advantage over another save attack power going through it the first time. I have nabbed a few items now in Borderlands 2 that are not just overpowered awesomeness, but have unique abilities that actually can change how you play the game.

For instance, I got a shield that when depleted, explodes a few times. When the shield depletes and the explosions start I jump further into the fray. This can be used to totally level a room and is quite a bit of fun to boot. Sometimes it doesn't work, but death isn't a huge deal in Borderlands. Paired with the Gunzerkers healing when you pop into Gunzerk mode, this shield ability is pretty powerful. I held it for quite along time until just recently I picked up a shield that has a chance to absorb bullets and return them to my inventory. All this awesome stuff and I am only level 15.

Came across two quests I thought were really awesome I wanted to share. "Splinter Group" is a quest where you head off to kill mutants. You have to start off by getting a pizza from Mad Moxi's to deliver. The mission starts out with you killing mutant rat men and finally end off taking down 4 dude talking mutants with ninja weapons. The gun you get for completing this mission looks an aweful lot like the Ninja Turtle van as well. As you start the mission there is a QR code on the Pizza Box and after a ton of screwing around got it to translate on my phone to:

"Wise man say, forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza. -Captain Picard"

Another such themed mission was a serious nod to Top Gun and it was fun to notice the person that gave me the quest was called "Loggins."

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Splinter_Group

Travis Admin wrote on 11/06/2012 at 05:08pm

It's very hard not to think of Diablo and Borderlands similarly. Take Diablo, make it first person, put it in a futuristic setting, and you have something close to Borderlands. A few more tweaks, and you're done.

Also, all the scanning in the world was never able to get that QR code to work. I haven't done that mission yet, but there's pizza all over Moxxi's place anyway. Nice to know what the reference is.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/06/2012 at 08:17pm

Borderlands is similar to Diablo but somehow I love it more than Diablo 3. I just think its more akin to my style.

When I unlock any other QR codes ill post the text.

How far are you in Borderlands 2?

Travis Admin wrote on 11/06/2012 at 08:28pm

I have a level 10 Gaige and level 14 Maya.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/06/2012 at 11:47pm

16 Gunzerker, 11 Siren, 11 Mecromancer, 7 Axton

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Borderlands 2's Nutshell

So I was asked by Jdodson to give my thoughts and opinions on borderlands 2 after playing just about everything the game has to offer. I am a level 50. I've never cheated and played it duo with my cousin and we have everything. This has NO SPOILERS. It's simply an objective look at the game as a whole.

Pros:
+Better Characters
+More Varied Environments
+Better Enemies
+More Challenging

Cons:
-Change to the gun system (It's also a plus but let me describe it later in the review)
-A few broken new mechanics (completely objective)
-Not as much endgame as I feel was promised

So let's start off with characters. The characters this time around are quite humorous. Tiny Tina herself is... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/02/2012 at 02:57am

I think I agree with you on gun type. For me it wasn't game breaking, but it wasn't as cool as before in the way you describe. It just seems strange to have all fire damage guns be of a certain type only.

Can you re-play most of the higher level bosses again?

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 11/02/2012 at 03:17am

you can replay every boss in the game again. This goes for every part in the game too. If at any time you want to go face the first boss again. You can just go back to the area their in and they respawn.

edit: Also on gun type. I just want to reiterate. It WAS a good idea on their part but again. They needed to make them unique with completely NEW variables. Not old ones that already existed. It got rid of gun types that already existed. There are more guns but in reality it seems limited like theres even less. Hopefully they combine the old and the new in a borderlands 3.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/02/2012 at 03:24am

Guns: that makes sense.

Boss Spawns: One of the biggest let downs of the original Borderlands what that I couldn't come back and re-play the rack hive boss fight in the main campaign.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 11/02/2012 at 03:50am

Ha I totally agree. Me and my cousin are heavy heavy borderlands players. We both talked about that same fight numerous times while playing through borderlands 2. He looked over my review after I wrote it and totally agrees with it all. I wrote it based on conversations we had as we played through the whole thing. We always talked about what could be better in certain areas. There's just not a lot of co op games left so critiquing the ones left is important.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/02/2012 at 04:13am

I agree. Diablo 3 has co-op and its a fun part of that game and BL2 shines with it.

More co-op the better.

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Borderlands Legends coming to Mobile

Rumors have surfaced on the web of a new Borderlands game to be released soon on mobile. A screenshot found by someone on the Gearbox forums. Borderlands on mobile sounds awesome and I will pick this up when it comes out.

Hopefully it will be an awesome slice of one of the best games released this year! Will you pick up Borderlands mobile?

http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=3001117#post3001117
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/22/3537580/borderlands-legends-ios-october-gearbox-ad
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/12/analyst-borderlands-2-sold-1-4-million-in-us/

In other Borderlands news, looks like Borderlands 2 shipped 1.4 million units since its launch to date.... Read All

Captain Scarlett DLC Drops Today

Are you picking this up? If you have how does it play? Did you get it as part of the season pass or on its own?

Yarrrr!

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 10/17/2012 at 10:23pm

Finally today I will be able to get the season pass. Pretty excited because I love pirate stuff.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/17/2012 at 11:26pm

Awesome, let me know how it plays. I think I am going to hold off on getting the DLC for a bit.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 10/17/2012 at 11:39pm

I bought the season pass, but I haven't installed the DLC yet. I think I'm going to hold off on this until I finish the main game first.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/18/2012 at 12:09am

DUDE MOAR SHINY, INSTALL INSTALL!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/18/2012 at 12:10am

But yeah, I got GOTY on PS3 and the DLC was on disc. I waited until way later to install it, just wanting to go through the game proper first. Close to the end I installed it for fun.

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 10/18/2012 at 09:18pm

Ah well then I'm right with you guys in that respect. I am indeed installing it after I beat the game. However, that happened last night (on playthrough 2). My duo character of zero with my cousin having maya just hit level 50 yesterday. We didn't cheat or rush through or anything. We just played a lot.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/18/2012 at 09:29pm

Awesome Jacob! Gratz on beating it! Write up something on how your whole experience was sometime, id love to hear your thoughts.

Maybe not spoilers, but yeah, how was the ending as compared to BL1 :D

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Mecromancer Backstory

As there have been many Borderlands 2 posts recently and I wanted to celebrate the event with one more!

Gearbox dropped the last echo log entry for Gaige completing her entire back story. I really enjoy these recordings and they paint a compelling picture of her character and how she became a vault hunter. Gearbox writing style has stepped up with Borderlands 2 and the Mecromancer back story is a great example of it.

Without further text, here are all of the echo logs for Gaige:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijs-FEk3OIk&list=UUSRO0JNUYTCjsk7VmMdNYKw&index=4&feature=plcp

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So we all got access to the Mechromancer early (yay!) Today

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2012/10/captainscarlett.jpg

So we all got access to the Mechromancer early (yay!)

Today it was announced that the next DLC installment will release next week (wha..?)

Here's a link to Joystiq's article on the upcoming DLC, titled Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/11/borderlands-2s-captain-scarlett-dlc-lands-on-october-16/

While I'm happy for more Borderlands, and I definitely am going to buy this* I don't even have 4 gun slots open on any of my characters yet and we're already getting our second dose of DLC. That... seems kind of quick. What are your thoughts on the new DLC?

*Actually I'm just going to spring for the season pass. I know I'm going to buy all the... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/12/2012 at 12:46am

I barley played any of the original BL DLC because as I completed the game I got a new PC and got into that pretty heavy. That said, I DO plan on going back and completing BL1 DLC. I imagine after I finish BL2 and BL1 DLC ill obtain the BL2 DLC on Steam in a game+all dlc bundle is the plan.

I do think this DLC drop is quick but that is the way of things it seems now. Thank goodness for Game of the Year Editions.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/12/2012 at 12:47am

On the Pirate's Booty DLC itself... I really like the theme of this. Adding stuff to increase the re-playability of the game is a win as well.

How many hours were the previous DLC packs?

Timogorgon Member Post Author wrote on 10/12/2012 at 08:09pm

I never finished the General Knoxx add-on but I heard it was pretty expansive. The zombie add on was pretty short but fun. I think it took me and my wife about 3-4 hours to finish. The Claptrap Revolution add on was pretty big too, took us somewhere around 8-10 hours to complete.

Keep in mind these times are just estimates, it's been awhile since we went through them, so I could be off. Never-the-less, the zombie one was much shorter than the Claptrap one. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/13/2012 at 07:36am

Ok awesome, thanks!

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So last night @jdodson, my brother-in-law and I took the new

So last night @jdodson, my brother-in-law and I took the new Mecromancer class for a spin. And wow, is she awesome.

DeathTrap is quite possibly the most helpful special ability in the early levels. At level 9 I ran into a pair of Badasses (one Psycho, one Nomad with a shield) and DT tanked them both without any trouble! His damage so far is pretty impressive too.

As far as the Mechromancer's skills go, I haven't gotten very far into the Little Big Trouble skill tree to comment too much on it. For one, the skills I've gotten so far buff my chance to cause elemental effects, but I've only found a handful of fire weapons. That said, it did seem like the fire SMG I picked up... Read All