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Reviews: Borderlands Video Review

Having "bazillions" of guns is a nice selling point, but is the game actually fun?

Giant Bomb delivers the final word on video games in podcast form.

Oct. 21 2009

Cast: Jeff

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Borderlands

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Edited By theberserker

Definitely a great game, very addicting, shoot'n'loot

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Can't wait to get my hands on the PC version.

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Edited By mehteh

Great review Jeff. Cant wait to get my hands on the PC version

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Edited By core1065

Has Jeff lost weight? He looks thinner.
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@core1065 said:
" Has Jeff lost weight? He looks thinner. "
Its because he didnt eat these last 2 weeks because of borderlands!
 
Also its because he's trying to steal my affection away from Vinny, but that wont work!
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Edited By Reverseface

Gonna get this as soon as my friend wants to play it.  Meh =/
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Edited By Crazy_Joe_Davola

Great Review JEFF! 
 
"GIVE ME BACK MY T.K. WAVE"

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This is my favorite review.

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Sounds like a game worth getting.

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Looking for one more person to get the 4 pack special in.

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The Soldier is sick, I'm at level 25 and it's really fun.

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@Jeff: That's sweet, did you get them online? Please hook a brother up.
Don't worry, if I get one we won't bump into each other and have the faux pas of wearing the same thing. (Unless you decide to hang around in Norway)
That one's pretty badass.
I hope the next batch of GB tees are in another color than black as well.
 
As for the game, It'd be sweet if some of my friends and I got it for the co-op, but we've already committed to Left 4 Dead 2. And the game seems a bit too barren for my taste
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this is a great game. everyone should play it.

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@Branthog: hey there's probably a barbie game out there for you if you need that.
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can't wait for this to be released in aus!

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I can't wait for this game--it's all pre-loaded on Steam, just gotta last through the weekend.

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ahhh do want do want!

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CRITICAL BIATCH

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Only 18 hours in the 1st play through and that was with side quests? lol what a joke they obviously held a load of stuff back from this game, expect to see monthly DLC.
 
Too short, shit graphics, no trading system, no need to use more than 1 gun in the whole thing, and no storyline what so ever. Seems pretty lame to me, I'll pass.

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Such a great game its in a league all its own.

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Bad timing, with Forza 3 and GTAIV DLC coming out next week then MW2 and AC2, I'm gonna pass for now; wish they would release it in the June to August timeframe, would've made double the $ at least, poor marketing guys...
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this game is awesome, the more u play it just gets more and more badass. im loving it and im just a level 11
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@nail1080 said:
" Only 18 hours in the 1st play through and that was with side quests? lol what a joke they obviously held a load of stuff back from this game, expect to see monthly DLC.  Too short, shit graphics, no trading system, no need to use more than 1 gun in the whole thing, and no storyline what so ever. Seems pretty lame to me, I'll pass. "
Thanks for starting a sentence with a lol, it's a useful shorthand to let everyone know that your opinion is horrible.
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@nail1080: 18 hours is short? What fucking planet are you living on, dude? WHO THE HELL HAS 18 hours to themselves anymore? jesus.
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What they have done with the graphics is a AWESOME way to stand out from the crowd. Not to mention the great marketing campaign.

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Edited By comradecrash

awesome review!

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Something's not right, This review seem like its was delivered weird. Can't put my finger on it.

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@DeVeAn said:
" Something's not right, This review seem like its was delivered weird. Can't put my finger on it. "
ZOMG MONEYHATS!!
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Huzzah for video reviews! I am pleased that more of them have been coming along as of late, and I hope that this is a trend that will continue.

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@Branthog: well you can change the color of clothes... 
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Woah, someone was off with their green screening for this review.

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Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

Sounds sweet. This and Arkham Asylum are the two games I really wish I had the cash to get right now.

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Edited By WickedCestus

I went out to try to buy this game today in Canada but it was NOWHERE. I guess a bunch of people decided that $40 was too sweet a deal to miss.

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Edited By Masterspeed

god DAMN I HATE THIS!  
 
october i bought brutal legend, aion and uncharted 2...and i really want borderlands...BUT I GOTTA PAY BILLS ON MONDAY! god damn...i really want borderlands but the fricking money is just running out...

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ooooo another satisfying co op to try.

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@nail1080 said:
"Only 18 hours in the 1st play through and that was with side quests? lol what a joke they obviously held a load of stuff back from this game, expect to see monthly DLC.  Too short, shit graphics, no trading system, no need to use more than 1 gun in the whole thing, and no storyline what so ever. Seems pretty lame to me, I'll pass. "

Yes, but the games set up to use all 4 classes - so that's roughly 4*18. Of course, everytime you play through time will vary but thats a rough estimate. There's also co-op and, I think, multiplayer.
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A good fps is a must for me, better than odst for sure.    nothing cant beat some CRITICAL dMG in a headshot way.

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This is what makes GiantBomb the best in the business.

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Ah Roland... He loves shooting bitches.

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I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I did, it really is a good game!

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@august said:
" @nail1080 said:
" Only 18 hours in the 1st play through and that was with side quests? lol what a joke they obviously held a load of stuff back from this game, expect to see monthly DLC.  Too short, shit graphics, no trading system, no need to use more than 1 gun in the whole thing, and no storyline what so ever. Seems pretty lame to me, I'll pass. "
Thanks for starting a sentence with a lol, it's a useful shorthand to let everyone know that your opinion is horrible. "
Everything he said was right though (maybe not shit graphics but I can see his point). This is the textbook example of a overhyped game, god damn.
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@Phonics said:
" @august said:
" @nail1080 said:
" Only 18 hours in the 1st play through and that was with side quests? lol what a joke they obviously held a load of stuff back from this game, expect to see monthly DLC.  Too short, shit graphics, no trading system, no need to use more than 1 gun in the whole thing, and no storyline what so ever. Seems pretty lame to me, I'll pass. "
Thanks for starting a sentence with a lol, it's a useful shorthand to let everyone know that your opinion is horrible. "
Everything he said was right though (maybe not shit graphics but I can see his point). This is the textbook example of a overhyped game, god damn. "
If 18 hours is short then must have absolutely NOTHING to do in your life.
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@Milkman said:
" @Phonics said:
" @august said:
" @nail1080 said:
" Only 18 hours in the 1st play through and that was with side quests? lol what a joke they obviously held a load of stuff back from this game, expect to see monthly DLC.  Too short, shit graphics, no trading system, no need to use more than 1 gun in the whole thing, and no storyline what so ever. Seems pretty lame to me, I'll pass. "
Thanks for starting a sentence with a lol, it's a useful shorthand to let everyone know that your opinion is horrible. "
Everything he said was right though (maybe not shit graphics but I can see his point). This is the textbook example of a overhyped game, god damn. "
If 18 hours is short then must have absolutely NOTHING to do in your life. "
Hey great conclusion buddy. I remember this game being hyped up to be long as holy hell. Its not short when you compare it to the next game, its short when you compare it to what people/developers made it out to be.
 
But I guess I'm a nerd who has 'nothing to do in my life' if I'm slightly disappointed that it took me less than 20 hours to beat this, doing about 80% of the sidequests, when it was supposed to be a game of epic proportions. But why would I  want to do the quests anyway when they consist of go there, kill/collect/activate something, come back repeat 100 times over. I'm sorry if its offending to you that I have a different opinion about a game.
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I agree wholeheartedly with this review. The game is great gameplay wise and artistically. I hated the paper-thin and generic story, but I do enjoy the open endedness in this. I'm hoping that upcoming DLC turns out to be the story I was aching for. 
 
These are some great and lovable characters. Dr. Zed, TK Baha, and Patricia Tannis are kinda hard to top.

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I'm actually sort of glad the story is so unimportant, because when you play online, everybody storms through the quests so quickly there's no time to pay attention to any of it... If I felt like I was missing something significant I wouldn't want to play online.

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Edited By Carlos1408

This game looks like fun especially whilst playing co-op. But is there local co-op, like can 2 or more people play on the same console?

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great review

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@vhold: Yeah it's kinda like playing through Halo 3 in co-op. I went through it the first time in solo mode because I didn't want the end of the trilogy I was waiting 7 years for to be ruined because one of my friends wanted to speedrun it.
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@Carlos1408 said:
" This game looks like fun especially whilst playing co-op. But is there local co-op, like can 2 or more people play on the same console? "
Yes.