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    Image of Lokicharms Lokicharms
    04/10/09

    In reply to Here's What Borderlands Looks Like Now
    If it is, in point of fact, cell-shaded, why in the fuck did they get all ass-hurt and deny it in the firt place? When will people learn that the digital age is upon us, and you cannot hide shit anylonger. Goddamn it devs, just fess when the jigg is up (eyeing you Sony and the PSP2...).
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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    04/10/09

    @Lokicharms: Because it's not cel-shaded?


    Black borders != cell-shading

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    Image of Lokicharms Lokicharms
    04/10/09

    @mind in rewind: I sure do see a definite black border...ergo, it is cell-shaded or cel-shaded or whatever silly ass term is in style to describe a comic book/anime look.
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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    04/10/09

    @Lokicharms: Once again,


    black borders != cell-shading

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    Image of Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire
    04/10/09

    In reply to Here's What Borderlands Looks Like Now
    holy crap i thought that was drawn out. cell shading has come a very long way.
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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/10/09

    In reply to Here's What Borderlands Looks Like Now
    I like the style, but that character design looks like a colossus's ass....(which i'm not saying is a bad thing....)
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    Image of n00b_pwner n00b_pwner
    04/10/09

    @LllusionX:Cooking grenades for the Helghast: Maybe in the upcoming SoTC movie you'll get to see some sweet hawt colossi ass
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    Image of Sensai Sensai
    04/10/09

    @n00b_pwner: Dammit.


    Some of us were doing alright in our quest to forget that they were making a movie about that game. Thanks for ruining the illusion.

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    Image of Sullyville Sullyville
    04/10/09

    In reply to Here's What Borderlands Looks Like Now
    Looks good to me.

    This is like a hot chick who

    gets a piercing because she wants

    people to think of her as more

    interesting than just a hot chick.

    Cel-shaded.

    Cartoon-shaded.

    Whatevs.

    S'hot.
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    Image of Gray665 Gray665
    04/10/09

    @Sullyville: Piercing > Tramp Stamp
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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/10/09

    @Gray665: depending on where it is. if either are in their under arms, then it's a fail.
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    Image of abort_user abort_user
    04/10/09

    In reply to Here's What Borderlands Looks Like Now
    strangely im more concerned with whatever is on pg 70!
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    04/10/09

    @abort_user: lol
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    Image of jandlecack jandlecack
    04/10/09

    In reply to Here's What Borderlands Looks Like Now
    I find this whole ordeal underwhelming. I like the look of it better in the previous trailers. There was nothing at all wrong with it.


    Now it's trying to be "different" for all the wrong reasons. The game had a really good premise that made it stand out enough. That is, if Gearbox ever decided to show the freakin' thing to the public. There's virtually no public media available.

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    Image of FP_slomo788 FP_slomo788
    04/10/09

    @Jandlecack: I don't think it's trying to "be different." I just think they had to make some sacrifices to deliver everything they wanted (most devs overestimated this gen's hardware capabilities) they promised. And this is obviously one of the least painful sacrifices. Sort of like TF2.


    Personally, I think that if games looked like cartoons but played like the real thing (more open world, more destructibility, more effects, real physics etc), they would be 10x better.

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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    04/10/09

    In reply to Here's What Borderlands Looks Like Now
    So comic shading. I smell a new tagline that'll be overused to death!
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    Image of Blue Wizard 422 Blue Wizard 422
    04/10/09

    @excel_excel: When Sly Cooper on PS2 was being developed, Sucker Punch decided to call their style "Toon Shading"...


    We saw how long that lasted.

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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    04/10/09

    @BlueWizard422: ah good point.
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    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    04/10/09

    @BlueWizard422: Toon Shading and cel-shading are the same though. It could very well be rotoscoped which probably means that there would be an in-game filter to give it the effect.
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    Image of LllusionX Mailed the Fission LllusionX Mailed the Fission
    04/10/09

    @WhatTheFrag: so like some games, do you think we'll be able to turn off that filter and see what it'd look like in a different form? i liked how in legacy of kain (not sure which one) for the PS2, i could use a cheat to make it in wire frame mode, and a couple other modes.
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