3001

I tried finding the answer on Google quick-like earlier, but didn’t have any luck.

I had that problem in multiplayer with a buddy of mine, especially in Zombie Island. Most of the zombies will fall to Lilith faster than fuck, but I found Brick to be tremendously useful against Tankensteins with explosive fists. Glorious number clouds…

3002

Played through the game 4 times and I can’t say as I remember hearing any gong sound.

3003

I think it might be when you get a headshot kill, but I also hear it when my partner’s bloodwing kills a baddie.

Maybe I can make or find an MP3.

EDIT: Scratch that - we now think the sound happens when you kill with a critical hit.

3004

Did anyone like the Claptrap DLC? I thought General Knoxx was okay. I’m probably going to get the zombie island just to shoot at something different when I go back to play this game for a few more hours. But I see they didn’t do anything about scaling for my character that just started playthrough 2. I guess I could skip all the side quests to try to catch up to my level.

3005

I thought Claptrap was the 2nd best DLC behind Knoxx. I found it entertaining. They really made a lot of chests take a lot of monkey climbing to get to, which adds a bit of flavor so when you see the chest, you got to figure out how to get to it. It was definitely a challenge depending upon what level you start at.

Per scaling, it’s not that the game scales better (eg, doing side quests will still get you ahead of the game and make it easier), but that you can now revisit all the old areas and the bad guys will scale with you. It’s weird, but the best way to do the quest is to skip all the sidequests, get to the end, then go and do all the sidequests. Much more challenging.

3006

I’m on the fence on whether or not to grab Borderlands GOTY while its on sale. I foresee that my crappy internet connection will probably keep me from playing a lot of MP games.

A couple of questions though: (1) Is Borderlands GOTY good enough as a SP game and (2) the DRM on the DLCs are they really a pain in the neck?

3007

If you’re an FPS fan then yes, Borderlands GOTY is good enough single-player. I don’t remember the DRM being a pain.

3008

The DRM on the DLCs are non-existent.

3009

Hello old thread.

I don’t know if you realize this, but Borderlands is so fun you guys.

I bought it at release and got bored/distracted by something else after about 6 hours. Forgot about it. I fired it up on a whim a couple weeks ago, loaded up my old character, and got absolutely hooked. I blasted through the game (got up to about level 34), finished it last night, and immediately jumped back in and started my second playthrough. I don’t know what it is this time, but the game is definitely scratching an itch for me.

And this is all single player! I haven’t even touched co-op. I’m trying to persuade a friend of mine to buy so I can do that.

What’s the word on DLCs? I’m drawn towards General Knoxx because of the level cap increase, and it seems like the most content-heavy of the four.

Edit: I see there’s some DLC discussion on this very page. So never mind.

3010

The zombie island one is really good. I liked it better than General Knox.

3011

General Knoxx is good but has a lot of driving back and forth. I liked Dr. Ned and Claptrap Revolution as well, both having some fun stuff. If you’re digging the game this much, you’ll probably enjoy all the DLC just because it’s more Borderlands.

3012

Be forewarned: none of the DLC have fast-transit points (apart from the first one), so you end up having to do a lot of backtracking (or quitting & restarting) to get around. Knoxx is particularly bad in that regard, but Ned & Claptrap are also annoying. Also Moxxi’s is nuthin’ but arenas (plus the bank).

3013

That’s good to know. I think I’ll see if my infatuation holds for a bit before picking up any of them. Unless they go on sale again.

3014

Don’t buy the DLC until you have finished the core game once. I made the mistake of doing the first DLC midway through my game and I out-leveled all the content. It really made things way too easy and I got bored.

3015

You out-leveled the content in the DLCs or the main game?

I’ve finished the game once and am diving back in for a second playthrough with the same character. Looking at the DLC info, it looks like all of them say something about having content that scales to higher levels.

3016

To give you some indication. I quit Magicka after about 3 chapters because the save system annoyed me too much. The save system in Dr Ned didn’t bother me too much, but I’m stuck most of the way through Knoxx and reluctant to return to it because of the save system.

So if you’ve played Magicka, that might give you an indication of if the save system in Borderlands will be tolerable to you.

PS. I’m also on the very last level of the original DOW II campaign, and can’t be bothered loading it up because I hate feeling “chained to my PC” for a particular length of time. You can probably guess I’ve always been a PC gamer so I take “save anywhere” for granted.

Tony.

3017

I finished like, all of the subquests in the stock game and the final levels were much too easy IMO. I didn’t even finish at such a high level, maybe 35 or 36. I know it’s tough balancing these things but the game doesn’t seem geared towards completionists in general.

I still need to get started on the DLC so if anyone wants someone to co-op with on 360 let me know.

3018

Yeah, I loved the zombie one, was pretty humorous too.

3019

Not true. The first two (Zombie Island and Mad Moxxi) have 5-machine activation limit SecuROM, and on Steam, cannot be separated from Borderlands itself thus effectively infecting it with the same DRM.

Which I hate, because it means I have to avoid Zombie Island, which I would otherwise really like to play. Unless you mean that the GOTY edition has no DRM, in which case hoorah, I will hope that it reaches $20 or less soon so that I’m not overpaying for the DLC I want (Zombie Island, Claptrap Robolution - I already have Knoxx and don’t care about Moxxi).

3020

I just bought the GOTY edition this week and am enjoying it very much so far.

Some missions are quite hard, but like most RPGs you’ve got to be careful where you go & when based on your level and the mission. At least Borderlands clearly tells you the level so that you can make your own judgement.

Diego