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The one benefit to playing Borderlands 2 on the PS3 is

The one benefit to playing Borderlands 2 on the PS3 is split-screen multi-player with friends. Tonight one of my friends came over and we played a few hours together. He went Gunzerker and I went Commando. It was a good pairing but it took me a bit to get the hang of Axton. Was used to run and gunning with Salvador so it took me a bit to get used to dropping a turret and staying behind it. Axton's skill tree isn't my cup of tea, but I found one path that was interesting.

As we were playing it went like this: See a group of bad guys, I drop the turret and he pops into Zerk mode and runs in. Clean up. It broke down a few times when we were not working together but overall... Read All

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/22/2012 at 10:49am

You've mentioned a few times about difficulty. I don't know if you've yet to have a run in with a Badass Pyro Threser but, those are by far the most overpowered enemies up to where I'm at. They can take out your shields AND all your hp in almost a single hit with their pyro shockwave. Getting up on something tall is the trick.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/22/2012 at 10:42pm

I haven't, thanks for letting me know. Incendiary damage so far hasn't been too fun. I don't remember taking elemental damage in the original Borderlands. Interesting they added it for regular players to take in 2.

Missile_Drop_Kick wrote on 09/22/2012 at 11:57pm

Hello from Chicago (currently at least)! I played a few hours like you suggested. It got much better in the 2nd and 3rd hour. I actually figured out the weapon. I ended up putting in another 2 hours and getting a bunch of video. I need to get home to edit it and figure out how to comment on it. However, it was much better. I finally got to use Zero's disappearing powers. Awesome.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/23/2012 at 07:14am

I agree, the game opens up a bunch after your main power unlock. Also when you start getting awesome drops.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/25/2012 at 06:49pm

I'll definitely say that once you get some cool guns the game becomes a lot better cause it is fun to just blow your enemies to pieces.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 09/26/2012 at 07:00pm

I still haven't had too much time in the game, but I've played a little co-op with my wife and now I've done a little solo playing as well. The game is (at least at this point) more difficult than the original Borderlands, but in a good way. The baddies feel challenging without making me feel like the computer is cheating. One thing I noticed right away was that navigating the menu during co-op was better but still not great. It was better once we swapped our split screen to divide vertically rather than horizontally though.

I'm still pretty early in the game on both my characters so I haven't found any especially awesome guns yet. I have to say that starting with the Gearbox gunpack was nice. The SMG and Sniper Rifle were especially useful in the first couple missions.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/27/2012 at 01:46am

The guns open up more as the game progresses. If memory serves the original Borderlands didn't have awesome guns right away, but then again I did get a shotgun early on that I kept until the end, it was that awesome.

So far nothing that awesome yet, but some good stuff for sure.

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I played WoW a bunch. The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the

I played WoW a bunch. The Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King kept me going for a while, but I dropped out before Cataclysm came out.

I had no idea another another expansion was coming out until I saw a Kung Fu Panda commercial, that ended up being a WoW commercial?!? Mists of Pandaria? What the heck?

It might be drawing me back... thankfully my computer can't handle it, so it'll be a while before I lose myself to it, but I'm definitely interested.

Anyone else picking it up right away?

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/21/2012 at 04:39am

This expansion really interests me and I am not a WoW player. They add a kind of pokemon mini game to it, plus I really like the look of Pandara. I dig the whole dark game thing, but I enjoy bright open worlds too. WoW had that, but maybe I just started as a Undead and... Wait I did :)

That said, the Undead area has its bright places and it was fun. I just can't get around a sub...

TonyJapMayo wrote on 09/21/2012 at 05:33am

is GW2 better than WOW? I might buy GW2..

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 09/21/2012 at 07:23am

I've not played GW2, but hopefully someone else knows :)

Ben_Dodson wrote on 09/21/2012 at 03:40pm

Is GW2 better than WOW? That is like asking the question is Torchlight 2 better than Diablo 3. Both are great games that are similar but everyone has their bias and you then can ask the question what coffee is the best and you will get different responses.

Mist is looking to be a fun expansion. The keep claiming it will get back to the original WOW roots of exploring and Horde v Alliance conflict.

There are many new mini games as Jon talked about Pokemon. If that wasn't enough there will be a type of Farmville with the Tillers faction. There is already a Plants v Zombies in the game.

Cataclysm revamped the Old World in a huge way. The 1-60 leveling is by far the best it has ever been. However the 80-85 content there are many opinions on this and mine is I am glad it is over. I am not going to make a huge post in that regards.

Kung-Fu Panda meets WOW we shall see but from the test I have seen and the feed back I have read this should be good.

And Jon I am sorry but when WOW is under 2Mil subs I am sure they will make it free. Until then 15$ a month.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/23/2012 at 05:42pm

Yeah, I don't think WoW will go F2P for ALONG time, if ever.

The game I want to go F2P though? The original Everquest. That would be awesome.

Missile_Drop_Kick wrote on 09/27/2012 at 01:54am

I can see why you quit WOW when Cataclysm came out. This girl would make me quit too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QFtqIqaYLs

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/27/2012 at 01:58am

This dude is better. He is a character based on gaming stereotypes and I love him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZXNMs8D-Ow&feature=related

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/27/2012 at 02:04am

Oh man, he just dropped this about the Panda expansion, hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VvYGAVvphU&list=UU4_bwov47DseacR1-ttTdOg&index=0&feature=plcp

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Torchlight 2 launches today! Are you getting it? If so

Torchlight 2 launches today! Are you getting it? If so what do you think? How does is stack up to Torchlight 1? Can't beat the $20 price tag!

Recently Runic released the full Torchlight 2 soundtrack for download by Matt Uelmen, you might remember Matt from sucks soundtrack greats as Diablo, Diablo 2, Starcraft, World of Warcraft and Torchlight 1.

http://torchlight2game.com/news/2012/09/18/the-torchlight-ii-soundtrack/

vdogmr25 wrote on 09/20/2012 at 03:14am

I'll be playing as soon as my PC lives again. :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/20/2012 at 03:20am

What happened to it?

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/20/2012 at 09:56am

What game did you really mean stack up to?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/20/2012 at 10:43am

Torchlight 1. Updated the post, thanks Jacob!

vdogmr25 wrote on 09/20/2012 at 04:14pm

HDD death. New one on the way.

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/21/2012 at 02:52am

I have not ever had the chance to try torchlight 1. However, I do look forward to playing some torchlight 2 at some point. Just got a settlement from the FTC. May use that to play it.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/21/2012 at 04:36am

Awesome. I am going to pick up Torchlight 2 at some point, maybe when I am less interested in pick up Diablo 3? Maybe sooner. $20 is a really good deal at any time though.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/21/2012 at 05:24pm

My amazing close friend bought me a copy of it. So far it's definately a lot better than Torchlight 1.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/25/2012 at 06:54pm

I'm glad they decided on a $20 price tag. If it was $60 like diablo 3 I most likely would of 100% not bought it. With a cheaper price I will pick it up when I have the extra coin.

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Do you trust your game developers? Do you feel that the game

Do you trust your game developers? Do you feel that the game they are pitching to you is as good as they say? With a games goes from concept to alpha then beta and if we are lucky enough to release are you satisfied with the game that they made for you?

I am an MMO player. I started with World of Warcraft since the original level 60 cap. I followed Star Wars since the idea and the concept art shown at a convention. With anticipation I saw the rise and fall of 38 Studios. Then I found some games that are great in their form that do not get a lot of attention. I recently found DC Universe Online and that game is amazing. I literally bought into the hype of The Secret Word... Read All Do you trust your game developers? Do you feel that the game they are pitching to you is as good as they say? With a games goes from concept to alpha then beta and if we are lucky enough to release are you satisfied with the game that they made for you?

I am an MMO player. I started with World of Warcraft since the original level 60 cap. I followed Star Wars since the idea and the concept art shown at a convention. With anticipation I saw the rise and fall of 38 Studios. Then I found some games that are great in their form that do not get a lot of attention. I recently found DC Universe Online and that game is amazing. I literally bought into the hype of The Secret Word and since launch I haven’t even played one minute of the game. The Beta killed it for me. Then I found Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) by accident. It is made by Turbine and I think this games concept is amazing and fun to play but it is slightly outdated and because it is Turbine Lord of the Rings Online is because of this game. Give me a hobbit and DDO and we have two games that are ok.

This is just the surface of MMO’s I know that. But when you get all hyped up and the game you are sitting in front of dose not play to the buildup do you feel cheated in anyway. I think the future of MMO’s is free to play. That model is working very well. Starwars is moving there and that leads me to ask “Why was it not free to play since launch?” I felt very taken with Starwars. I did not play beta much. I wanted the game to be fresh but at level 28 I felt the nails of the grind. I know that is a concept of an MMO but why can developers nail it and other fall so short? Blizzard for the most part has changed the game style of their game and the current expansion Cataclysm (until the 25th) changed everything that was of the grind play style. The WOW player base is huge and with that I feel Blizzard can gauge their game and develop in a way that no one else can. This is all a guess but if the entire MMO player base is 15 million and Blizzard has 10 of those that leaves a 5 million player base to be divided up. I do not feel that games can have proper feedback unless you make every game a spin off WOW. My numbers might be off but it makes since. So when you have developers pitching and pitching ideas to the same player base how do you not get numb as a player? How do you believe and share that vision that this MMO will blow your mind and be everything you want an MMO to be.

These are my thoughts, what do you think? I think MMO’s might be going out of style fast unless they bring a new concept to the table. Can they?

My First 5 Hours with Borderlands 2 Picked up Borderlands 2

My First 5 Hours with Borderlands 2

Picked up Borderlands 2 today and started making my way through Pandora after Handsome Jack. My character is Salvador, the Gunzerker as I was most interested in playing him from the other new classes. I have quite a few thoughts about Borderlands 2 and am not really sure where to start. From a high level my first 5 hours were very fun with a few nit picks.

Stuff I Loved

I really like that the game has settings other than desert. So far the game has all been snow for me, but I have heard it has quite a few new settings beyond the snowy mountains. The art style of Borderlands 2 seems pretty much like the first game but much much more... Read All

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/19/2012 at 07:11am

So I've put in a good chunk of time now as well. Thanks again you guys. I'd like to make a few small comments and perspective points of my own.

The rarity relic is stackable when playing with others. so that's 20% higher drop rates. In an rpg standpoint that can be hugely significant especially since this game does not use MF (or magic find).

The guns are hugely varied especially as the game progress's there's even a new special type of weapons you can get similar to the special alien weapons but i won't spoil them for anyone who hasn't yet gotten to that. That to me makes it feel fresh.

You can pimp your vehicles (+ something extra again won't share on here) now and while the customization of characters is not super special. I still find it highly enjoyable to change around how I look and there are a lot of choices in that respect.

The environments truly are varied. And since i can comment on the PC side of things. The physX is off the charts. I got a grenade launcher assault rifle and when you fire it into the air it literally is a hail of shrapnel that falls down from the sky covering a huge distance.

The challenge to me is much desired. Borderlands even a few days ago I went back and played and I can just run over everything without even trying. In borderlands 2 if i wasn't playing with my friend it would probably be quite the challenge. Very engaging and makes some intense "oh shit!" moments.

Overall while there was a few things that kind of are iffy this is an amazing game. Such as running into your team mate who's with you can cause kind of an invisible barrier to prevent you from running forwards. (even after he's moved) Just a few minor issues. However, the game is extremely well optimized. You can even alt tab about 100 times with no slow down in the performance of the game.

As a final note of criticism the skill trees while better and greatly enhanced from borderlands. I still would wish to see them try to amp it up a little farther. Like multiple skills and skill trees for separate things. Like grenade skill trees. Meele skill trees. Athletic skill trees. (This coming from someone who really enjoys rpgs and customizing my character)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/19/2012 at 07:14am

Your right, a few times I got into some crazy awesome fights I barely made it out of! So much fun ;D

Oh, what are you playing as?

I like the customization to, but aside from making Salvador more red I haven't done much with it. Nice to have though.

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/19/2012 at 10:17am

I'm playing as zero right now. But we are starting for real tomorrow with my brother and I'm going to be maya. my bros axton and my cousin will be salvador. Going to make a full speed elementalist build.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/19/2012 at 01:57pm

Awesome!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 09/19/2012 at 05:48pm

Man, reading everyone talk about the game is getting me really excited. My copy should arrive before the weekend gets here, so I know what I'll be doing in the evenings. :D

Travis Admin wrote on 09/20/2012 at 04:52pm

I'm playing as Maya as well. I loved Lilith in the first game, and Maya is similar. I definitely want to try out the other classes more this time around than I did in the first one.

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/21/2012 at 02:56am

True that panicked. I only ever played mordecai in borderlands 1. Going to have to try out all the characters this time. Although I find in ability comparison, zero is the closest to Lilith. Just without the speed. He is able to run through all enemies while invisible. However Maya still feels set around a similar gun set. Especially if you use the elemental tree path. Then it is pretty close to Lilith. Since smg's still seem to be one of the best weapons for elemental effects. Double that by the fact there doesn't seem to be "auto" pistols as much anymore. In borderlands they had some crazy rate-of-fire pistols.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/21/2012 at 04:38am

I know, I had some sick pistols in Borderlands 1. At one point the pistols were better than the sniper rifles I was finding. Then I got some really OP sniper rifles.

This time around I am doing well by incendiary damage pistols and shutguns with the Gunzerker.

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It was the night before Borderlands 2 launch and all through

It was the night before Borderlands 2 launch and all through Pandora... Not a creature was stirring except for a bad-ass Skag wearing a Fedora! 50 bazillion guns were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that would use them to light up the morning air!

@panickedthumb and I were nestled all snug in our cots as visions of loot danced in our XBox(1). @panickedthumb as a Commando and I ask a Gunzerker had just settled our Borderlands game saves for a long nights overture.

When out in the tundra there rose such a clatter I sprang from my cot to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash and blew it open with a shotty that does fire and acid damage...... Read All

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/18/2012 at 10:15am

I really really hate claptrap.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/18/2012 at 02:33pm

Oh? Why is that?

I think he is pretty cool.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/18/2012 at 04:04pm

I find him incredibly annoying and obnoxious. He's like that one friend you know who tries really hard to be funny.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/18/2012 at 04:14pm

I can see that. I didn't respond that way myself.

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/18/2012 at 07:47pm

I guess he get's more respectable over the time.

Tungsten wrote on 09/18/2012 at 11:34pm

Hi. How's the game everyone?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/19/2012 at 12:34am

I am at the character selection screen now. So far, it's good. Report much more later!

BR Supporter wrote on 09/19/2012 at 01:23am

I love claptrap. I find him to be very funny.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/19/2012 at 03:13am

This was a joy to read :)

I thought Claptrap was hilarious in the intro this time around. Way funnier than last time. In the Robolution DLC from the first game, I got so annoyed with Claptrap. I was afraid those old annoyances would spill through to this game, but so far so good.

Missile_Drop_Kick wrote on 09/19/2012 at 04:39am

Dodson, I had rage all over again. I gave this game about an hour and a half to warm up to me (I captured video of me playing until I gave up and turned it off). It sort of did when I got a gun with an explosive round, but I was like. Ugh. Bored. Are there some villagers I can shoot? I guess I'm not a FPS guy. I can see why people like it, but I'll pass.

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I have a few extra DLC bits from PAX I want to give away. I

I have a few extra DLC bits from PAX I want to give away. I only have a few to hand out so only ask for one to start and when this Friday rolls around you can come back and claim the rest.

The goods:

[ 1 Claimed ] 2 Firefall Beta Keys

1 Smite Beta Key

[ Claimed ] 1 League of Legend Champ Skin (Arcade Sona)

[ Claimed ] 1 Planetside 2 Beta Key

[ 1 Claimed ] 2 Offensive Combat Beta Keys

Enjoy!

BR Supporter wrote on 09/16/2012 at 10:25pm

I'll take the lol champ skin.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:17pm

BR: Sent

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:20pm

Mr_Mavvy: I have everyone's email so you don't need to put it in the comments. Id recommend deleting your comment to protect your email from SPAM bots that crawl the web.

Oh and sent :)

Mr_Mavvy wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:22pm

The site runs very smoothly but if I had to be critical, I'd say that it needs some more functionality to compete with others :) LOVE <3

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:27pm

What would you add?

Mr_Mavvy wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:35pm

I'd maybe add some sort of chat interface and some more navigation buttons around the site to get around more effectively myself. <3

Steven_Woral wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:44pm

Could I have the OC key please?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:48pm

Mr_Mavvy: Good suggestions, thanks! Cheerful Ghost is still a very new site and we are always adding new stuff.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:52pm

Steven_Woral: Sent.

Mr_Mavvy wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:52pm

I have it bookmarked already :) Thanks buddy <3

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:52pm

Cool.

Brav wrote on 09/17/2012 at 03:40am

Could I have the Firefall beta key please?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/17/2012 at 04:18am

Brav: Sent

XeSpace52 wrote on 09/17/2012 at 07:25am

Offensive combat please?

Hawky wrote on 09/17/2012 at 04:13pm

can i get firefall beta please?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/18/2012 at 12:06am

XeSpace52: Sent

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/18/2012 at 12:08am

Hawky: Sent

XeSpace52 wrote on 09/18/2012 at 08:56am

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The Borderlands 2 Haiku contest is now over. Weve tallied

The Borderlands 2 Haiku contest is now over. We've tallied the score, and the preliminary winner is Jacob_Richardson with 56 votes! We are only human, so we are going to give the game to the winner tomorrow at this time, to give us and the community time to check our work, and to confirm the validity of all votes cast. Please note that no more votes will be accepted: +1's given after 4PM EST today do not count.

The winning haiku: http://cheerfulghost.com/Jacob_Richardson/posts/495

In a very close second, Axel_Mller's haiku: http://cheerfulghost.com/Axel_Mller/posts/502

Also a shout-out to our winner in the SteamGifts giveaway: http://steamcommunity.com/id/tks_mase/

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:26pm

I want to say that had i not entered TonyJapMayo I really liked yours. Anything done in japanese is pretty impressive to me. I've tried a few times to learn it and it takes a lot of effort.

Balki wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:28pm

Well, it isn't a haiku, but whatever! Congrats Jacob.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:40pm

Thanks to everyone that entered! Fantastic effort!

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/15/2012 at 09:53pm

I want to apologize for my behavior once again. But I also want to thank Jacob for being nice to me despite my before-mentioned behavior. Congratulations. :(

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/15/2012 at 10:34pm

I just woke up got about a 2hour nap. Just wanted to say thanks for that. Wasn't a big deal though.

TonyJapMayo wrote on 09/16/2012 at 06:38am

Thanks Jacob, really glad u like it, I'll like prob anything in Japanese too.. haha.. n Congrats on winning the awesome game =)

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/16/2012 at 07:26am

You should check out my post in general chat about japanese games if your into those.

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Um... duh... Why dont they make a DotA mode for Diablo3?

Um... duh...

Why don't they make a DotA mode for Diablo3? It would take about 2 seconds of coding, and about 3 months of balancing, but it could easily be done, and I'm sure it would be fun. Blizzard kind of invented DotA, I'm surprised they haven't done it yet.

The kickstarter for Planetary Annihilation ended yesterday,

http://drut0rlwqlyed.cloudfront.net/assets/screenshots/PA_013.png

The kickstarter for Planetary Annihilation ended yesterday, and it was a huge success: They raised over $2,200,000 with a goal of only $900,000 dollars. The best part is that they announced everything that they will do with the extra money. There are new planet types, a full orchestral score, a making of documentary...

My personal favorite is that they're adding a Galaxy Meta-Game where each match you play has some effect on a giant war going on in a galaxy. Their vision is having clans battle it out over territory using individual matched games. It looks very fun.

This is my first kickstarter anything, but I hope to be sucked in like this again. It's fun feeling like... Read All