Borderlands 2 Is Officially a Thing

I can spot an Alex Navarro headline from a mile away

Saying that Borderlands' singleplayer experience is boring is like saying football or monopoly isn't any fun on your own. Obvious and redundant.

Fuck yes! Loved Borderlands.

It had issues sure, my main gripe was the balancing; some enemies were nigh impossible to defeat with certain characters at certain levels. But I need my loot itch scratched and there aint no party like a Borderlands party.

I mean I liked the first Borderlands' gameplay, but the story did not do it for me. The only thing that I thought really separated it from the pack, was the cool visual style. However I think Rage will be a superior game especially after Alex's writeup of his 3 hours with it.  

Really stoked for this. I've been saying to friends for the past 6 months I can't wait for Borderlands 2. It was inevitable it was in the works.

Unless Jeff plays it and reports that gameplay involves less running backwards while shooting, I'm going to be over here squinting skeptically.

NICE! I love me some Borderlands. Own it on both PC and PS3, and have put sooooooo many hours into both. Looking forward to the second one.

Awesome news! I'm excited!

Judging by the picture, I wonder if we can expect duel wielding.

Fuck yes. Can't wait to hear what it will be like.

I'm hoping for actual dialog and a good story in BL2. I think they already nailed the gameplay and atmosphere...

Got the GOTY edition not long ago. Good game. Looking forward to more.

Borderlands was definitely not a perfect game, but I had a ton of fun with it. Getting together with some friends and playing co op while waves of giant cave spiders (among other things) charge at you and everyone is firing different crazy ass guns is a blast. Hopefully, Borderlands two is even better.

@BristolRICH said:

one of the very few games I'd buy day one! I had a fairly serious addiction to Borderlands and I had to get rid before any DLC. Might get the GOTY some time soon to play all the DLC. Worth it?

Definitely. I'd go so far as to say that General Knoxx is an essential piece of content. The game as a whole feels much more complete with it.

i played borderlands as much as i've played any other game this gen. 99.9% solo.
 
the one time i went into the online MP i ended up with a shield that made me invincible and that i could not remove, thus permanently ruining a character that i had been using for like 40 hours.
 
my only request is that they somehow police the cheaters/hackers/modders and keep them from ruining other people's games. or eliminate any MP achievements, which was the only reason i ever even tried to play MP.

one of the very few games I'd buy day one! I had a fairly serious addiction to Borderlands and I had to get rid before any DLC.
Might get the GOTY some time soon to play all the DLC.
Worth it?

Great cover and encouraging news about what Borderlands 2 will be like. If they can deliver a better story (and a more sensible ending) then it could end up being perfect.

i came.

All i am hearing is bitching and complaining.. I bet you play Cod, Did you play single player cod? Because if you did then you would know how boring and disgusting of a singleplayer campaign it was. Same with BFBC2 and almost every other FPS out there.. Least with Borderlands it had quests and RPG elements in it besides the "Walk down this corridor and shoot whatever pops out at you but dont go into the rooms because there is a chair fallen over in the doorway."

Delivering a better story is good, heck any story at all is amazing in Borderlands. Now if they actually do a good port job to the PC it will seal the deal. Best news all week, and a day one purchase regardless of my requests being granted or not.

borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

I just hope there's more guns to shoot more guys, Borderlands grew on me and I played most of it alone. Maybe they'll be a story this time.

Awesome news. Had a lot of fun with borderlands in a surprising "not on my radar but let me try out this game" kind of way
 
Only thing i particularly didn't like was that, playing through the game about 2.5x (primarily solo) i've yet to find "Awesome" weapons. Any new weaponry that i find is usually just slightly better then what i already have. 
 
With the concept of "A bazillion" guns i was convinced by this point i'd have tons of weapons that had awesome damage and crazy elemental effects and perks that would make me feel like a bad ass and just make the game more fun on repeated playthroughs. Eh not so much. If memory serves, my main go to guns are pretty standard conventional guns with no elemental effects or crazy "perk"
 
Although i will say , i had a blast going through General Knoxx DLC with corrosive weapons. TONS OF FUN! Bought claptrap DLC primarily thinking that my corrosive weapons would be put to good use again being that claptraps are made out of metal right? Nope, not at all.

I was hoping that Borderlands 2 would revolve around building your own guns with tons of parts.

And i was just thinking about going thru the game a 4th around...

PC eh? Hope they actually put some effort into it this time. I had to apologise to friends last time for getting them to purchase that POS. I later bought it on the 360 and it's a great game there. Shame about it's counterpart. Maybe they should actually like test it this time? Working multiplayer without VPN or port forwarding would be a great way to enter the 21st century.

How did I know such a stupid, lazy headline would be written by Alex? I must be a goddamned psychic.

Hopefully there will be a story this time.

Booo for phat beard and lame mohawk. Baldbeardos are discriminated against in videogames.

Just yesterday on these forums i let known my wish for a new Borderlands. I think Randy Pitchford was watching.

@FireBurger said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Laketown said:

borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

My sentiments exactly.

Yeah, it was pretty bland and boring when I played by myself, but got a lot better with another player. Still a lot of room for improvement in both narrative and gameplay variety, though.

Eh, I played the entire game by myself and had a ton of fun.

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Creamypies said:

The game was created from the ground up to be played with others, this sort of criticism ain't fair.

Having said that, I think it was perfectly fine as a single player experience.

Well I don't have others to play it with, so what's wrong with me wanting them to improve the experience for single player? I didn't think playing solo was fine and it was immensely boring. If developers will let players play single player, then they also need to take the time to make sure that their game is fun in that mode. If they don't want to support it, then they should just disable all players from playing single player.

All i am hearing is bitching and complaining.. I bet you play Cod, Did you play single player cod? Because if you did then you would know how boring and disgusting of a singleplayer campaign it was. Same with BFBC2 and almost every other FPS out there.. Least with Borderlands it had quests and RPG elements in it besides the "Walk down this corridor and shoot whatever pops out at you but dont go into the rooms because there is a chair fallen over in the doorway."

More like BORINGlands, am I right folks? *slide whistle*

Dumb jokes aside, I still don't get the fondness Jeff and others have for the original. You play as a soldier (because the class balancing is so broken it doesn't make a lot of sense to play as anything else), shoot bugs/lizards/mutant guys that are bullet sponges and take far too long to go down, then you get loot that consists of THOUSANDS OF UNIQUE WEAPONS (that are all mostly exactly the same, except for some stat and elemental effects). Oh, and there are sometimes car sections with bad controls. The fact it has co-op doesn't change any of these problems I have with it.

Between BL1 and Duke Nukem Forever, Gearbox is going to have to do something huge to pique my interest

@FireBurger said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Laketown said:

borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

My sentiments exactly.

Yeah, it was pretty bland and boring when I played by myself, but got a lot better with another player. Still a lot of room for improvement in both narrative and gameplay variety, though.

Eh, I played the entire game by myself and had a ton of fun.

I wake up, get on skype, and see my friend had posted

[11:13:51 AM] Mr. Hero: Borderlands 2 just got annouced.

so after yelling out and rushing to giantbomb and then scrolling furiously through skype messages, this was my reaction:

[12:20:16 PM] Me: HERO I JUST CAME EVERYWHERE

[12:20:18 PM] Me: IINTENSELY

FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[12:20:29 PM] Me: BORDERLANDS

[12:20:31 PM] Me: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[12:20:35 PM] Me: YES YES YES YES YES

[12:20:56 PM] Mr. Hero: You see the article?

[12:21:13 PM] Mr. Hero: The dude on the picture looks pretty badass.

[12:21:21 PM] Mr. Hero: I hope that's the new big guy.

[12:21:31 PM] Me: Yeah! As soon as I saw what you said I eeped and rushed to Giantbomb. That cover looks bad ass.

I am so goddamn happy. This is like Diablo 3 all over again.

Best gaming news of the year, as far as I'm concerned. I've probably put more time into Borderlands than any other game. Can't wait to do it again. BRING THAT SHIT, YO.

Please have custom characters.  One of the best parts of these loot grind games is going out and seeing how crazy the other people online have tricked out their character.  The weapon is only one part of that.  At very least a few options for a base model that could be improved as you play would be awesome.

this announced after i just went through borderlands the whole way through again!!! awesome!!! best news I have heard all year!

The three things in the quote they said there would be improvements on are the three things I wanted improvements on.  Looking forward to this!

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL YEA!

Borderlands came at a good time for me, when I needed a mindless shooter, so I definitely had some enjoyment.  That said, it was pretty boring and not very challenging.

I'm so pumped right now.

YEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

@Laketown said:

borderlands was boring, hope they make it more engaging for solo players.

My sentiments exactly.

The first was very bland, hopefully they'll get more creative this run around.

I actually played the game mostly single player though I did help a lot of other players in coop when I reached the level cap. I felt that the singleplayer experience was fine, and not that inferior to the coop imo, especially considering that my recent coop experiences with random often involved 13 year olds asking me if I have any pearlescents.

I hope Anthony Burch is working on this!

Going to Prime and just got incredibly gitty with excitement