Comments on: Borderlands Release Date Set: 23rd October

By: Bret

Bret — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:45:33 +0000

Looks nifty.

I have nothing more to say on the matter, other than that Super Exciting Game IV’s procedural AI is failzors. lol.

Wow. I’m disgusted with myself for posting in that manner even parodically.

By: TariqOne

TariqOne — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:41:59 +0000

Back on point, three cheers for this title. At least one option for female gamers to be a female, plus online drop-in storyline co-op equals all I need to be happy.

RPG elements, procedurally generated weaponry, fun art direction, loads of vehicles, and dystopic-future setting push me from happy into squealing-like-a-schoolgirl territory.

By: TariqOne

TariqOne — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:31:49 +0000

Oh. Brain just sputtered back to life. Nothing to see here. Terribly sorry.

By: TariqOne

TariqOne — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:30:36 +0000

Forgive me for being braindead, but what the hell is Super Exciting Game IV?

By: nabeel

nabeel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:09:16 +0000

They’re calling it a “Role-Playing Shooter” … an RPS!

By: The Apologist

The Apologist — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:45:57 +0000

Tops :)

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:46:43 +0000

dr_demento said:

Do people not get that Gears is a parody, like Scream? In what universe is “It’s a giant worm! They’re sinking cities with a giant worm!” a reasonable thing to write into your serious game?

I forget where I read it, but I like the idea the whole series is subversive- that in Gears, the human are the true villains.

By: Tuor

Tuor — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:51:44 +0000

I doubt it was sarcasm. If it was, it still happens to mirror my general attitude towards console games. And if PC games haven’t outshown console games in the past few years, it’s because many of them are ports from console games.

And yes, I do believe that the demographics of console users are different than that of PC users: publishers would be foolish not to take that into consideration, and they do.

By: Whiskey Jak

Whiskey Jak — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:20:55 +0000

@ Wulf

I hope that was sarcasm. Frankly, I have a hard time thinking of a ton of PC games that have outshone the console games story wise in the last couple of years. Few exceptions maybe, but not on a wide scale. It’s not like WoW and The Sims did something to impress me in that department. The only PC game that comes to my mind real quickly that had a rather good story and is not on console is The Witcher.

Don’t get me wrong, I do love my PC gaming, but I certainly don’t see its superiority in the storytelling department over the console games, not at a large scale anyways… and not without going back more than a few years. And it’s not like the consoles, or the console players, couldn’t handle the same plots, narrative and stories that PC players can, at least I’ve seen no evidence supporting that notion.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:05:48 +0000

@Wulf
I am intrigued by this lady-humping game. Link please.

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:28:41 +0000

October is a good choice. Most releases after MW2 are probably doomed (L4D2 and AC2 being the only exceptions).

By: Larington

Larington — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:07:11 +0000

Finally starting to build up a solid idea of what games I want towards the end of the year, Modern Warfare 2 isn’t on the list. This just might be.