Borderlands: Lookin' for a few good recruits

Darkmoon · July 02, 2010, 08:57:48 AM

So, after playing last night with Mab and Basilisk, I've realized that what my gaming in the land of "Borderlands" has been missing is the social side of it.

And so, if anyone wants to jump on sometime and run around, I'm working on my Level 44 Siren (Underdome on first playthrough, Headlands on second). I'm down to needing to finish the second playthrough and finishing off the multi-player achievements.

Keleth · July 02, 2010, 10:07:52 AM

Is this the console or the PC version?

Mao · July 02, 2010, 10:35:37 AM

You guys and your late night gaming when I have to work in the morning.

Darkmoon · July 02, 2010, 10:53:14 AM

XBox. Damaris148 on XBL.

Mao: I was on earlier as well, but no one else was, so I just rampaged around the Underdome for a while.

Keleth · July 02, 2010, 11:12:47 AM

I'll have to see about locating a decent copy of borderlands around here.

Last time I seen it, Gamestop and Futureshop still wanted 70 bucks for it.

Darkmoon · July 02, 2010, 11:20:02 AM

I paid 30 for it at Best Buy.

EDIT: http://www.amazon.com/Borderlands-Xbox-360/dp/B000WMEEB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278084010&sr=8-1 36 on amazon.

Mao · July 02, 2010, 11:55:51 AM

He's a Canadian, like me. He'll be paying at *least* 49.99 for it.

Darkmoon · July 02, 2010, 01:15:47 PM

Quote from: Mao Laoren on July 02, 2010, 11:55:51 AM
He's a Canadian, like me. He'll be paying at *least* 49.99 for it.

Fine then:

http://www.amazon.ca/Take-2-39329-Borderlands/dp/B000WMEEB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278090903&sr=8-1

48.99, plus shipping (of course). Still better than 70+.

Mao · July 02, 2010, 01:35:38 PM

Oooh, they're undercutting future shop by a dollar. Those fiends.

llearch n'n'daCorna · July 02, 2010, 02:29:29 PM

... I'd have to get an xbox to play it on. Hrm. Do I want to give MS more of my money?

... nah. Not that much.

Darkmoon · July 02, 2010, 03:34:55 PM

The XBox is a really good system. I know a lot of MS haters that still love the system.

superluser · July 02, 2010, 04:48:53 PM

Quote from: Darkmoon on July 02, 2010, 03:34:55 PMThe XBox is a really good system. I know a lot of MS haters that still love the system.

The controller's pretty nice if you have only one good hand, actually. Other than that, I only bought one because I didn't want to import/region shift Shenmue II for Dreamcast, and I wasn't very impressed (nor particularly underwhelmed) with the system overall.

This is the original Xbox, by the way. I won't buy an Xbox360 until there's a killer console game for it, and even then, probably not until the successor to the 360 comes out.

Darkmoon · July 02, 2010, 06:15:18 PM

Your loss.

And before this sounds like a Microsoft fanboy, I'm actually a Nintendo fan. The 360 just won me over.

llearch n'n'daCorna · July 02, 2010, 06:21:13 PM

Quote from: Darkmoon on July 02, 2010, 03:34:55 PM
The XBox is a really good system. I know a lot of MS haters that still love the system.

It is, however, a bit overkill to purchase one to play, sporadically, a single game. ;-]

Keleth · July 02, 2010, 07:00:43 PM

Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on July 02, 2010, 06:21:13 PM
Quote from: Darkmoon on July 02, 2010, 03:34:55 PM
The XBox is a really good system. I know a lot of MS haters that still love the system.

It is, however, a bit overkill to purchase one to play, sporadically, a single game. ;-]

Yes, but that does apply to every console. It's not exclusive to just the 360.

Reese Tora · July 03, 2010, 02:07:21 AM

I have borderlands on PC.

Lisky · July 03, 2010, 10:05:57 AM

feel free to prod me whenever you're around X3 i'd gladly go shoot up some more bad guys with ya

ooklah · July 03, 2010, 11:24:53 AM

I've got borderlands on steam. Not that that helps you out at all.

Darkmoon · July 03, 2010, 11:29:26 AM

Helps the PC players, though.

llearch n'n'daCorna · July 03, 2010, 02:32:51 PM

Quote from: Drathorin on July 02, 2010, 07:00:43 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on July 02, 2010, 06:21:13 PM
It is, however, a bit overkill to purchase one to play, sporadically, a single game. ;-]
Yes, but that does apply to every console. It's not exclusive to just the 360.

True. I'm not about to buy a PS3 for the same reason.

I might move the wii around, so that I can use it without keeping the wife awake, but that'd be about the limits.

Inumo · July 03, 2010, 10:41:15 PM

I thought PC players could connect to Xbox Live...? Or was that just on certain games... Anyways, I play on PS3. Got it from my dad, and less chance for failures that can't be fixed permanently.

Darkmoon · July 03, 2010, 11:12:10 PM

Certain games.

Reese Tora · July 04, 2010, 01:39:44 PM

Quote from: Inumo on July 03, 2010, 10:41:15 PM
I thought PC players could connect to Xbox Live...? Or was that just on certain games... Anyways, I play on PS3. Got it from my dad, and less chance for failures that can't be fixed permanently.

Unfortunately, this game has three different corralled multi-player areas- XBox360, PS3, and PC via Gamespy (yeah, PC multi-player does not use steam, despite the fact it's distributed by steam among other sources)

Darkmoon · July 04, 2010, 02:55:41 PM

I know Valve are cranky with Microsoft over that, and all future Valve games will be compatible between XBox and Steam, otherwise MS will lose all games on the Steam network.

ShadesFox · July 05, 2010, 03:14:32 PM

Meh. I have the PC version already. And it wasn't good enough to get twice.

llearch n'n'daCorna · July 06, 2010, 07:03:58 AM

I've gotta say, Mao and Ambaargh seemed to have entirely too much fun messing about in the cars.

... almost made me tempted enough to go find an xbox and a copy of the game, in fact.