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Heard Torchlight is awesome, though. #twitter
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btw got my wife addicted to Torchlight as well :) #twitter
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Thing is, Blizzard has never really made any games that are graphically "up-to-date". When Diablo 2 came out, many called it graphically outdated, but that was fine because it meant more people could buy and play the game.
You probably wouldn't need a huge upgrade to play Diablo 3 when it comes out. #twitter
11/08/09
Not enough customisation.In diablo,every classe can be something they should not be cuz of the equip.In borderlands,a hunter,is a hunter and u'll snipe.There's much more in diablo 2 so we can't compare to borderlands...
So.Please gearbox,add stuff trough dlc and keep the game up dated with new skills,maps,weapon,locations and much more and maybe there will still be fans playing online in a year. #twitter
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I've never gotten the same feeling of desperation from a game that I got from the first 15 minutes outside of the vault. That "WTF am I gonna do now man?" feeling. #twitter
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Wait, no! I was talking about Diablo here... I guess some people should actually wait until the hype is gone before making statements like this. Who seriously believe the entire gaming population will remember the ground-breaking never-before-seen Borderland in 10 years to the point where it will actually influence the gaming industry?
Borderland isn't a bad game, but there's no way you can put it on the same level of quality as Diablo.
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Sales don't lie, either. #twitter
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Also, I don't think it is a really good idea to compare review scores from 1996's magazines to what it is today as what gaming journalists perceive as an "average" score is quite higher than before.
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I respectfully disagree with your assessment Borderlands will neither be remembered as ground breaking and is lacking in character/flavor.
Borderlands successfully integrated aspects of rogue, FPS, and RPG games. Considering the sheer amount of "moving parts" game mechanics, I believe Borderlands executed incredibly well. I personally cannot name a single game that did all the above, so well. In essence, I believe Gear Box's Borderlands has established a new genre, and set the bar for customers' expectations of that genre. Not an easy task.
In addition I believe you're not giving the flavor and credit of the game it's due. The characters Crazy Earl, Scooter and the various claptraps are easy to understand, humorous, aren't god awful annoying. That's an opinion obviously but I think it's one this commonly shared.
Scooter:
"And by good buddy, I mean asshole who broke my mama's girl parts."
That's toilet humor at its best and it's all over the game. The art, humor, and voice acting are all well done and well integrated into the game.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say Borderlands is Diablo's superior. That is a Apples and Oranges comparison. Diablo is the paragon of rogue games and my opinion, Borderlands will be the paragon of RPS games. #twitter
11/07/09
And the claptraps I personally found annoying (except for the Sesame Street typerwriter guy impression). #twitter
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And Claptraps are the worst part of the game. Like they tried to make them a mascot. They're no companion cube, no matter how hard they try. #twitter
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It seems like the folks on the internet can take gaming way too serious and comparing game x versus game y and how similar game a is better then similar game b. So hearing stuff like this is a breath of fresh air.
I still need to get Borderlands. Between replaying Fallout 3 and now Dragon Age: Origins my game time is taken up. For a while. #twitter
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Cliff isn't saying 'Borderlands is Diablo', he's saying that Borderlands is the engaging, and fun kind of game for a lot of people now that Diablo was for a lot of people when it was in its hay-day. #twitter
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But of course, the game being nice does not entitle the guy spokesperson of the year. His mouth is as trashy as the Borderlands scenario. #twitter
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The terrible AI can be forgiven in an action-RPG like Diablo, but in a FPS game? I don't think so. The FPS genre has likely had the biggest improvements in computer AI over the years and you better have your AI up to standards if you want any longevity.
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And when friends ask me to play with them, they don't say, "Hey let's go watch the cutscenes and talk to the NPCs together." No, we go grinding and looting. #twitter
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Thus why I enjoy Borderlands. The quests give me just enough information to justify whatever it is I'm doing, and can run off to entertain myself. Already took Hunter and Siren to 50, working on Berserker now. Want the DLC out soon. #twitter
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Gee, I wonder why your friends don't say that. Hmm. Because, you know, they've already beat the game? Probably multiple times like yourself?
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When Diablo 3 comes out, I will probably play it 10 hours a day for the first 6 months after it comes out.
That's all I really have to say on that. #twitter
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That said, I can (not so fondly) recall my time spent in Borderlands as using the same gun for about 10 levels before I found one that was even remotely better. Which, without armour to collect, meant I wasn't really using the whole loot system very much unless it was for vendor trash. Kinda downplays the whole constantly looking for better equip from Diablo.
And I love Borderlands... its just not quite up to Diablo standards. #twitter
11/07/09
AI agree that Diablo is King. But as for there not being crap drops, I remember picking through junk just as much as borderlands.
The comparison is as valid as it is obvious even i the drop system was even more different. The spirit of the game is similar.
Heck amongs the million easter eggs and puns (Mad Mel anyone) is a bird you fight named Rakanishu that drops a cracked sash.
Borderlands is great and did a bit to tide me over until Diablo 3. Rather than loot system I would point out the more significant difference is no random dungeon generation. Although I can see that being rather troublesome to develop. #twitter
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I never said it was. It was the loot system that has kept the game alive all these years, and the pvp that can take place with the right build+loot. #twitter
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What I did, however, was make a mule character to hold all of my shit I didn't need but wanted to keep.. Hmmm...maybe I'll do the same for borderlands.... #twitter
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Borderlands and Diablo do have some similarities but to say it's the new Diablo is a pretty far stretch. You have to look at Diablo I and II beyond just the gameplay, and how it was a phenomenon when it came out. Diablo was a title that was uniqe when it came out and is a title that many older games remember fondly years after they stop playing. Borderlands? It's looking like it'll be forgotten by the game community by next year, if it doesn't get washed out completely by the holiday releases.
And the fact that Borderlands isn't clearly "better" even though Diablo 2 came out years ago isn't a good sign. The game may look prettier, and it's a popular FPS format, but the core of the game isn't better than Diablo 2. There aren't many improvements beyond the outer sheen. For something that's supposed to be the "new" Diablo, the best people can say is that it's the same as Diablo? For it to be the new Diablo people should be saying it's BETTER than Diablo. #twitter
11/08/09
Bonus comment !
The best Diablo clone that seemed sadly over seen, especially considering it did everything right, looked great and played great was Titan Quest. If Blizzard put their name on it it would have been a mega hit. #twitter
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Or that could just be indicative of the current market where games only matter for a month until the marketing departments of the various publishers decide that their exciting new product deserves all the attention.
It has nothing to do with what genre you grew up with, because I grew up playing pretty much everything but FPSs. Yet I can see this happening across so many different games, many of which have nothing to do with the FPS genre. #twitter
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I can't be the only one who thinks of this every time they mention that damn garbage can. #twitter