By Jim Rossignol on July 24th, 2009 at 11:55 am.
Looks like Gamespot managed to get first dibs on the new Borderlands trailer – I’ve posted it below. Lots of splattery monster killing, some bits and pieces of game footage, and plenty of random post-apocalyptic carnage. There also appears to be a comedy robot. Borderlands is, as someone pointed out in the previous release-date post, being sold as a role-playing shooter: an RPS.
Does that bode well? Go take a look.
24/07/2009 at 11:59 Bobsy says:
Not until October? MAN! I need something now!
Anyway, Fallout 3 with a sense of fun would be very, very welcome. Also, I’d love to make my first playthrough of this co-op.
24/07/2009 at 12:02 Sajmn says:
Looks rather promising.
24/07/2009 at 12:05 MatureAge says:
I’m still waiting for reviews first on this one. It could be the next Hellgate: London.
24/07/2009 at 12:13 The Hammer says:
That’s one funky trailer.
24/07/2009 at 12:14 Bobsy says:
Apparently there’s only 9 types of alien creature? Hrm.
But right now my main query is character customisation. All the media Gearbox have released seems to feature the same four uninspiring characters: Big Guy, Black Guy, Pretty Girl and Rock Chick Girl. The more say I have in who I am in-game, the better.
24/07/2009 at 12:14 Jockie says:
Interesting that they’ve decided to make numbers pop out of the enemies heads when you shoot them, I assume to reinforce that the game is an rpg. Hope the gunplay is good however, traditionally in RPS’s (are we accepting that as a proper genre now?) the shooting feels a wee bit clunky.
Game seems to have a sense of style and a sense of humour, now all it needs is to be good!
24/07/2009 at 12:17 Sitting Duck says:
that 4 player co-op section of the video sounds like the characters are firing staple guns. And are they ant-lions i see?
24/07/2009 at 12:19 Nighthood says:
@Jockie: You think Stalker’s shooting was clunky? I beg to differ.
24/07/2009 at 12:24 Elos says:
I still think the old look was better, somehow that new comic shit they’ve got going on seems forced.
24/07/2009 at 12:26 Ian says:
Everybody knows it’ll only be, like, 10 bazillion guns in different colours.
MORE GAMES DEV LIES.
24/07/2009 at 12:26 Sartoris says:
Now that’s how you make a fun trailer! Learn from this, Dragon Age people.
24/07/2009 at 12:28 schizoslayer says:
It’ll be shit.
24/07/2009 at 12:30 M.P. says:
Cool soundtrack!
24/07/2009 at 12:32 derFeef says:
@ Bobsy
Its only one girl.
24/07/2009 at 12:32 Clockwork Harlequin says:
I’m a sucker for RPSs. But I’ll never be able to play another one without some disappointment; Stalker set the bar too high.
24/07/2009 at 12:33 Captain Bland says:
In singleplayer will you be accompanied by 3 AI at all times, or will the other characters only appear for the co-op? Does anyone know?
24/07/2009 at 12:34 MrBejeebus says:
87 bazillion guns you say? i want a picture of each one.
*going to buy*
24/07/2009 at 12:41 ImperialCreed says:
Anyone know the name of the music track used in the trailer?
Borderlands has been a day one purchase for me since they changed the art style. Looks to be shaping up nicely.
24/07/2009 at 12:48 Bobsy says:
@derfeef: Er. Really? Whoops.
I should probably ring my girlfriend. I need to check something.
@schizoslayer: Well I WAS going to invite you in on the co-op, but not now.
@MrBejeebus: Most of them are untextured AK-47s.
24/07/2009 at 12:49 The Sombrero Kid says:
it’s just diablo with guns lol, no seriously this is going to be amazing!!!!!!
24/07/2009 at 12:53 c-Row says:
DJ Champion – No Heaven
24/07/2009 at 12:53 Azradesh says:
Hmm I hope this is good, I want this to be good. Looks smashing :D
24/07/2009 at 12:54 schizoslayer says:
@Bobsy: This is not the post-apocalyptic Mad Max Game you are looking for.
Seriously that Trailer couldn’t have made me want to play the game any less. It just seemed very pedestrian and unambiguously average throughout.
24/07/2009 at 12:55 Okami says:
Bah.. It’s just Morrowind with guns…
24/07/2009 at 12:56 Jockie says:
@Nighthood: I don’t consider Stalker to really be an RPG, the only RPG-esque bits were customizing your weapons, and a bit of selling/trading. No levelling up, no actual character stats, no customization of the character you play.
I was referring more to games like System shock 2, Deus ex 1&2, Hellgate: London etc (IE RPG first, shooter second, whereas Stalker was shooter first, RPG about 9th). Other similarity with Hellgate is that Hellgate too boasted loads of weapons and they were all rubbish!
24/07/2009 at 13:01 Howard says:
Still leaves me utterly cold. Neither moved by it nor repulsed: just…meh
24/07/2009 at 13:05 ZenMetzger says:
Wow, it looks kinda like fallout 3, but you know, with combat that doesn’t suck and less brown.
The graphic style and tone of the trailers give me this tingly feeling I had before TF2 was released.
24/07/2009 at 13:13 Aphotique says:
That 8 minute long gameplay video linked in the release thread did a lot more toward making this a must buy for me then any of these theatrical trailers would.
It can be total ass (I don’t think it will be personally) and I’d still play it and probably enjoy it. I enjoyed Hellgate for the same reasons as I’ll probably enjoy this, so bring it on I say. Plus…running over enemies with vehicles? Come on? Who didn’t want to run down some possessed in diablo?
24/07/2009 at 13:14 FinDude says:
censorfail
24/07/2009 at 13:14 Aphotique says:
If by possessed I mean Fallen. I should never be awake this early.
24/07/2009 at 13:14 airtekh says:
While I don’t base my opinions of unreleased games on trailers, I have to admit that a coop FPS RPG with comedy robots has me intrigued…
24/07/2009 at 13:25 hJ says:
This looks promising, can’t wait !
Though it’s interesting to see a change in “musical mood” of games, recently. I mean, for years it was hiphop/rap/gangsta or techno for some.
But for sure never rock/metal style : finally, brutal legend was put to “trash” because of that, being asked to make it in a more popular music style, like hiphop, or maybe country.
And now, not sure why, brutal legend is highly expected, this Borderlands is in the same kind of “mood”, it’s fun to see such changes.
What happened ?
Was that all because of the Guitar heroes and sons ?
Because I don’t think that the musical tastes of gamers really changed recently, so what ? Publishers noticed that there is a public for that only since last years ?
24/07/2009 at 13:32 catmorbid says:
This game went a helluva lot worse when they changed the art-style from realistic to cartoonish. Now it looks like fucking WoW with guns, and with all the fucking damage numbers floating around a huge fucking level up signs telling you what’s obvious. I guess I’ll have to wait for Rage to get my gritty post-apocalyptic shooter-driver then, this in my view this one was made for the kids. I feel angry now.
24/07/2009 at 13:32 matin says:
For those asking, soundtrack is “No Heaven” from Champion, a Canadian indie. Google “djchampion”.
24/07/2009 at 13:36 hJ says:
@catmorbid : Yeah, because only kids appreciate cellshaded cartoony-style…
24/07/2009 at 13:42 NuZZ says:
Anyone else wishing this was REALLY the baby of diablo and [great FPS game here] merged?
Likely it will be lacking and forgotten ;(. Well, I’m at least trying before im buying. Perhaps I will only be trying though.
24/07/2009 at 13:44 Paul Moloney says:
That looks like fun, and I’m now officially intrigued by this game.
24/07/2009 at 13:46 torchedEARTH says:
With so many good things going for it, and quite frankly cel-shading is a boon compared to the realistic grey and brown worlds I’ve been living in, I can’t see how they will mess this one up enough for me not to want to buy it.
24/07/2009 at 13:48 tekDragon says:
Nice one on the DJ Champion tune.
24/07/2009 at 13:49 torchedEARTH says:
@catmorbid : guess I’ll have to wait for Rage
Oh yeah, Rage, whatever happened to that game?
24/07/2009 at 13:57 Kadayi says:
I like the cel shaded effect, however I’m not so sure about the exaggerated character models. The big guy just looks ridiculous. Probably getting this for the look, assuming it holds up under review.
24/07/2009 at 13:59 CMaster says:
Like others have said, I hope the shooter bit is solid enough and not too cluky, and the online element easy enough to set up. If so, this could be just the game for me for a while.
As I’ve said before though, the fact that it’s Gearbox makes me a little nervous.
24/07/2009 at 14:04 Jason says:
i like the way it looks. But the game play looked, confused. I loved the animations in-between though, the robot rocked. and YES to different art style and YES to people not liking them. we are not all meant to like the same things, embrace this art directors.
24/07/2009 at 14:05 l1ddl3monkey says:
NAME THAT TUNE (I win): Champion “No Heaven”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwPyNO
Awesome trailer
24/07/2009 at 14:06 l1ddl3monkey says:
Ok – I win apart from that other guy who got there first. Didn’t the same guy also do some music for Dirt?
24/07/2009 at 14:17 N-Al says:
@ hJ:
Yes, it is because of GH and sons.
24/07/2009 at 14:20 Optimaximal says:
Because it would have looked so much better with the realistic art style and numbers still flying around?
24/07/2009 at 14:25 Andresito says:
HOT!
24/07/2009 at 14:26 Flint says:
The mixture of Diablo and FPS still sounds like the most awesome thing ever to my ears.
24/07/2009 at 14:27 lumpi says:
Heh, yea, they do not really “get” that TF2 style, do they?
I absolutely welcome the return of apocalyptic wastelands to gaming, though. This, Rage, the new Fallout…
24/07/2009 at 14:33 Dave says:
Okay, this looks great. I didn’t like the “cel-shaded” look in the screenshots at first, but it works.
Diablo With Guns is so far a tiny genre that really needs a standout game; maybe this will be it.
24/07/2009 at 14:42 catmorbid says:
@hJ
Properly done, cel-shading give a nice comic-like appearance, but when badly done, a supposedly serious game gets a disney appearance and loses all of it’s grittiness. Prince of Persia was example of good cel-shading, Borderlands a bad one. It’s not just about cel-shading, it’s about the graphical style as whole.
@torchedEARTH:
Last I heard, they went kinda underground with it and release is supposed to be around 2010 maybe, i.e. later.
24/07/2009 at 14:43 Shadowcat says:
Fun trailer, but if you’re going to plaster a “Big Finish” label across the screen, you’d better deliver.
I didn’t really get a sense of the gameplay from that, anyhow. If the reviews are good, I’ll have another look.
24/07/2009 at 14:43 Serenegoose says:
That was a cool trailer, but it did involve my pet hate in FPS games. The melee enemy where the only tactics is CRAZY SHOOTING WHILST BACKPEDALLING. it always feels so forced that I cry a little. Beyond that the trailer oozed cool, and I’m very interested in this. Just more for the enemies that fight back than the ones who’ll just plod towards me until either I or they stop moving.
24/07/2009 at 14:46 cullnean says:
the playfull 87 bazzilion guns made me smile
24/07/2009 at 14:52 Matt says:
This game is currently on my “wait and see” list. It looks fantastic, but there’s a lot about the concept that’s unproven. Keeping my fingers crossed that it turns out to be every bit as good as it looks.
24/07/2009 at 15:10 merc says:
OK looks pretty entertaining, good trailer.
Although I’m bemused that the hybrid of RPG and FPS seems to mean an FPS with levels and stats, rather than an FPS with choice and interaction with the story (or at least I don’t get the impression those sorts of RPG elements are included from the trailers).
24/07/2009 at 15:19 Whiskey Jak says:
That trailer was refreshing, I like it. I also expect that I’m going to thoroughly enjoy this game. With this and Dragon Age coming out on the same day, I’m going to be very occupied and very entertained methinks.
24/07/2009 at 15:21 Shnyker says:
Finally a real trailer. Nice to see the style coming out. Can’t wait for October, any game with thousands of shotguns alone is going to be a favorite of mine.
24/07/2009 at 15:38 Upsilon says:
Do you think it’s just a coincidence that Mordecai, who eventually gets a falcon-like creature, has the same name as a falcon from the movie “The Royal Tenenbaums”?
24/07/2009 at 15:46 Gutter says:
@Serenegoose : You are right. I want a RPS where I can stand my ground… All RPS I played so far were more an exercise of remembering if i had cleaned the path behind me on my way in more than anything else.
If all you do it backpedal while hitting the stimpack hotkey in Borderland, this will stay a rental.
24/07/2009 at 15:52 Some Guy says:
great traler, like the black outline art style
24/07/2009 at 16:05 Clayton H says:
Okay, I’ve had a growing interest in this game for the past… while, so I’m obviously sucking on the hype-teat and can’t be trusted.
With that said, that trailer was nice and refreshing. I loved the quirky style. I laughed pretty loud at the time-for-the-big-finish message.
24/07/2009 at 16:07 Mark O'Brien says:
I seem to remember when Blizzard were marketing Warcraft 3 as a role-playing strategy (RPS) game.
24/07/2009 at 16:12 silverhammermba says:
It certainly looks cool. Not sure if it will be fun yet. If it’s more Deus Ex than Mass Effect then I’ll be happy.
24/07/2009 at 16:51 gulag says:
LEVEL UP!
yay \o/.
Throw in a decent story or decent faction play, or sweetness above, both, and is should be a cracker.
24/07/2009 at 17:00 panik says:
it had me at the dancing robot
24/07/2009 at 17:17 Rei Onryou says:
And so the run up to XMas games begins. :) Can. Not. Wait…
24/07/2009 at 17:17 High Memetic 80s Hero says:
I’ll wait for the reviews, Gearbox games can be a bit iffy and they don’t often give much support for the PC version of said games.
The MP in Hell’s Highway was so broken and unfinished.
24/07/2009 at 17:21 SiUnit says:
dancing robots + 87 bazillion guns = erection
24/07/2009 at 17:39 Kakrafoon says:
They should rather say: Hellgate, Fallout and FUEL fell into a DNA grinder, and this is what came of it.
24/07/2009 at 17:42 ZenArcade says:
A Role playing shooter is a good idea. I’ve been wanting someone to do this since Doom ¬_¬
Someone should do Doom as an RPG, and not that Diablo game some guy did, i mean, a mod for the original doom, to add XP and skills and inventories etc. That’d be super fun and addictive.
24/07/2009 at 17:49 Mister Hands says:
That looks very Fun.
24/07/2009 at 18:56 Professor says:
My first reaction was: “holy shit this is gonna be awesome”
After a few viewings, I recalled hellgate: london also claimed itself as an RPS. I hope that this won’t follow HGL.
24/07/2009 at 19:40 Jake R. says:
@Professor: At this point I feel like Borderlands is already delivering on almost everything that HGL promised and failed at. The only thing of note missing from the equation is the randomized dungeons, which makes me sad, but eh. Much more in-game footage here. Bonus points if you speak Italian. http://multiplayer.it/video/borderlands-per-pc/borderlands-videoanteprima.lo/
24/07/2009 at 20:24 Psychopomp says:
@catmorbid
KID DETECTED
On another note, that trailer was awesome. What is it with good music in trailers all of the sudden? ARE YOU WATCHING THIS BIOWARE? >:|
24/07/2009 at 20:34 inanimotion says:
Looks very arcadey. Not sure how I feel about it yet. But I’ll probably end up buying it ><
24/07/2009 at 20:51 Joshua says:
The mixture of Diablo and FPS still sounds like the most awesome thing ever to my ears.
Wasn’t that supposed to be Hellgate: London?
24/07/2009 at 20:55 Railick says:
I actaully enjoyed Hellgate: London I’m really not sure why it got such a bad rap other than the horrible support and the company going under in a few months after launching the game lol. Also the CD I got for it stopped working about 3 months after I baught it so I can’t even reinstall it now.
24/07/2009 at 21:08 Cedge says:
God damn what a cool trailer.
Nice to see an FPS be able to look so “tough,” and yet still not take itself so incredibly seriously.
25/07/2009 at 00:40 Dorian Cornelius Jasper says:
It’s just Fallout with guns.
25/07/2009 at 00:41 Railick says:
LMAO
25/07/2009 at 00:41 Railick says:
LMAO
25/07/2009 at 01:17 negativedge says:
I hope this thing is good – it’s right up my alley. I mean, people are all like it’s just Diablo with guns Well, fuck, if I can get Diablo with guns and an art style I dig that doesn’t take itself too seriously, that sounds pretty great. I’ll buy that.
25/07/2009 at 01:39 RC-1290'Dreadnought' says:
Animations look good. When something walks, it really walks. The floaty animations that a lot of games have (even a game I really like, fallout3), put me off. This stuff feels real-ish. I’m looking forward to this game. Let’s hope they allow modding, in case it needs tweaking.
25/07/2009 at 02:29 Howl says:
I love me some post-apocalyptic wasteland so why did this trailer leave me feeling completely.. meh?
Change the art style, make it a persistent world MMOFPRPG with large-scale, clan-based ‘DAoC’ style warfare over player owned territory and resources, on a ‘Fuel’ scale and stick in some shit hot vehicular warfare a la Interstate 76 and I would be changing my pants for sure.
But not for some Diablo/Fallout/L4D moneyz making generic looking thing.
25/07/2009 at 02:39 partyhat says:
Looks incredible!
25/07/2009 at 03:41 Dorian Cornelius Jasper says:
Art style’s fine. And would rather not make it an MMO, which these days is the most generic way people attempt to make moneyz these days.
25/07/2009 at 04:28 CJWhite says:
I was already looking forward to this game, but that trailers pure sense of fun just pushed it over the edge.
Very cool song too. Something tells me the in-game music will be far more ambient and broodingish, but now I kinda want a game with some funky, sultry, electro rock groove in the soundtrack.
25/07/2009 at 06:22 Muzman says:
I don’t mind the post effect style really, but that big guy in the screeny up there is the first …bit of the game I’d say genuinely looks like a comic drawing. Mayeb they’re refining it as they go.
Also; they call this an RPG but it looks more like and arcade game with power ups and such. I never got into Diablo though so maybe I’m missing something.
25/07/2009 at 12:39 NickS says:
Over 1 million guns? Randomised face-eating animal AI behaviour? Developers saying “We realized that plausibility can eat shit and die,” when talking about the advantages of the cartoony cell-shading?
A w e s o m e
I want, or more precisely I hope my ageing rig can play it. Because this sounds like pure fun, if they pull it off that is.
25/07/2009 at 13:50 cowthief skank says:
Actually interested now. Was vaguely curious before, liked the idea and all, but this trailer was pretty interesting. Gonna go track down the eight-minute video mentioned earlier…
PS. Any developers reading this: more vaguely humourous statements in videos please. I like the word bazillion. Thanks.
25/07/2009 at 13:59 invisiblejesus says:
It has my attention. Liking the art style, 4 player coop is a big plus for me, and just the general sense of fun is really appealing. Also, that robot appears to be dancing. I approve of dancing robots.
25/07/2009 at 14:03 Baris says:
Now that is how you make a god damn trailer, Dragon Age marketing should take notes.
Also, did anyone else get an Afro Samurai vibe while watching the thing? No ide why…
25/07/2009 at 16:08 Quests says:
wow, this is bullshit with no borders.
Now im sad it’s not a console-only game.
Warming up my mule.
25/07/2009 at 16:45 Sajmn says:
Since when is role-playing the same as leveling up?
25/07/2009 at 16:52 Jim Rossignol says:
Since the great Diablo purges of 1996.
25/07/2009 at 16:57 Vandelay says:
@Howl – So you want them to make a complete different game then the one they are doing?
Looks like a lot of fun to me. Was only marginally interested before, but now this is looking like it may become my most anticipated game for October. This year’s L4D possibly.
25/07/2009 at 20:03 DMJ says:
The art of making a good trailer is not dead! When will (most) games companies realise that you shouldn’t let marketing guys, programmers, or tea boys make trailers?
25/07/2009 at 20:13 Firx says:
so it seems it’s RPS time…
Global Agenda is also walking a similar path…. but I think it’ll be much cooler than this.
We’ll see
25/07/2009 at 20:29 Psychopomp says:
“But not for some Diablo/Fallout/L4D moneyz making generic looking thing.”
If this looks generic to you, get your eyes checked.
25/07/2009 at 23:09 Hermit says:
Still looking forward to this one, their art style is looking especially fine.
Not sure if it’s just me, but the weapons seem a little weak in the video. That scene where there’s four of them surrounded looks like they’re firing off spud guns instead of machine guns and rifles, so hopefully they’ll tune that up a bit afore release.
26/07/2009 at 00:02 Dan Kelly says:
Looks sweet as!
26/07/2009 at 01:33 Baris says:
@Hermit: I might be wrong, but I think the weapons seemed weak there because it was in slow-motion.
26/07/2009 at 01:52 Clovis says:
That trailer wasn’t too bad until the record scratch. The record scratch should be banned from all media.
26/07/2009 at 02:02 Vinraith says:
Potentially interesting, depending on whether co-op is necessary or optional (and for that matter, whether 4 players are necessary or, say, two will work well).
26/07/2009 at 12:26 Clippit says:
looks boring as :(
no real info about this (honestly – it’s a shooter, there are some guns… some.. bad guys? there are also good guys! hey and yeah there’s stats! and hats! vehicles too! 130 quests! that’s a lot, right? we could do more… if you want), and that it uses Unreal Engine 3, is making me decidedly nonplussed about it. what’s all the excitement about?
26/07/2009 at 14:37 UK_John says:
The whole tone of this video, from the graphics to the music to the editing, to the use of the word ‘gazillion’ and the use of ‘kids’ all point to this being a game re-developed for teenage console gamers that just want to blast stuff and not think too much. I have a feeling this will be the bastard child of Far Cry 2 and Fuel, big, empty, and repetitive….
26/07/2009 at 15:12 Cutman says:
All I care about is that 4 player co-op. Even if it’s not as good as they intend it to be, with three of my friends I’ll still have a memorable time.
27/07/2009 at 01:56 Jake R. says:
Gonna go ahead and repeat myself, there’s about six minutes of fresh gameplay footage here. The voiceover is in Italian, but it’s fairly undiluted and full of little bugs and mild unpolishedness and still looks pretty glorious. http://multiplayer.it/video/borderlands-per-pc/borderlands-videoanteprima.lo/
27/07/2009 at 12:28 Hmm-Hmm. says:
The art-style looks good enough to me, and if there is more to the gameplay than just hacking and shooting, things could be looking good. But the trailer didn’t really satisfy me on that point. Even so, it’s looking much better than Dragon Age at this point.
29/07/2009 at 00:05 Haldir says:
“fallout 3, but you know, with combat that doesn’t suck and less brown”
Haha, that sounds so much like what I would have said it’s amazing.