Anyone picking up Borderlands 2 for the Xbox 360 next week?

I read a post in the Community Hall and quite a few players are getting Borderlands 2 for the PC. I have it preordered for the Xbox.

My brother and I are making an event around this games release. We're gonna get together at his lake and game till our eyes bleed. Looking forward to it.

Awesome bisher! That sounds like fun. Hopefully, there are enough players here at SimHQ to get some 4 player coop teams going.

I liked the first one but I'll be passing on this just because once the BF3 Armored Kill DLC comes out tomorrow I'll be playing nothing else for weeks. By then, Medal of Honor: Warfighter will be out.

Borderlands 2 looks fun though. Might pick it up at a later date.

I was, until I got a new PC a couple months back. Most likely be getting the PC version now. If my new puppy ever lets me have time to play games that is...

I'll definitely pick this up day 1 for the 360! Loved the first one and have been waiting for this one a long time. If you need some coop help, hit me up. GT: slash9107. I'm usually on after about 8:00pm eastern time. Depending on workload I usually get some playing time during the day as well but that is a bit more hit or miss.

Will do Slash. I'll send you a friend request next time I'm on Xbox Live. I'm going to the midnight madness launch party for Borderlands 2 tonight after work. So I should be playing early Tuesday morning and then on and off throughout the day. Coop is where this game shines!

Hmmmm, midnight release you say. Wonder if they will have that here, gotta look into it

Some of our local Gamestop stores (like many others around the country) do that with the really popular game releases.

Im going to the local midnight release party in my boxers.... oh wait Im buying it on steam...

I am really interested to know how it plays on the consoles though. I may pick it up again on the xbox to play with my wife.

LOL! I was surprised to see about 50 people there picking up Borderlands 2 at midnight. The store had a raffle and gave away Borderlands 2 stuff, t-shirts, strategy guides, posters, etc. They had a Gamestop truck there with 4 game stations and big screens playing games to keep people occupied while they waited. I was leaving the parking lot with game in hand at 12:10 AM, so it was tolerable.

Dang this game must have some major allure.

IMO Borderlands is a game people like or don't like without much middle ground. The graphics and presentation are cartoonish. The weapons are hybrids and completely fictional. Some people are put off by the numbers that are displayed (health points) on the screen when you attack an enemy. Some of the enemies are people and others are creatures. There is a sarcastic sense of humor with the main characters and the enemies. The game physics are not realistic for the most part. For example, you can jump from some high places and not sustain any damage. Jumping from really high places will still kill you though. I'm pretty sure that weapon trajectory isn't modeled and bullet flight is like a laser beam. You play a vault hunter on the planet Pandora and there are 4 characters to choose from with different skills.

It's really an over the top game that is akin to playing a role in a comic book. With all that said, the game is a lot of fun. There are vehicles in the game to use for travel and combat. The game supports 4 player coop and the entire story can be played that way. The coop games are lots of fun. I played the original Borderlands and the DLC for hundreds of hours. For me, it's a nice change from the more realistic shooters.

I have played both the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Borderlands 2. The game is definitely designed for the consoles and the PC version is a port. The Xbox version works better with the UI and just better in general.

I watched a video and my brain was overwhelmed by what was going on on-screen.

LOL! Yep, it gets insane at times. Especially when you are playing it alone. The enemy focuses their attack on you alone. I played for a couple hours on the Xbox this morning using the soldier. The deployable turret levels the playing field and draws fire. Now the soldier can reclaim it before it is spent if needed. That is an improvement over the original game. Previously, once you deployed the turret it would stay until it was spent regardless if it was shooting or not. All the players action skills have a cool down period before they can be used again. So if you reclaim it, the cool down period is shorter. I noticed that the enemy AI seems a little bit smarter now. They will try to flank you to gain an advantage.

Good times, fun stuff for what it is.

I have it for 360 if you want to coop it up, this game is way harder than BL1 was, and thats a good thing

Hey dude,I think I played some coop with you and some other guys here when BL1 was first released. I'll send you a friend request tomorrow morning. Looking forward to some good coop games!

Anyone planning on a SimHQ get together this weekend like the old Saturday stuff?

I don't think you will see anything really organized like the super Saturdays for Borderlands 2. As far as I can tell, there are only about a half dozen here that have it for the Xbox 360. I played a lot of BL2 on Sunday with a friend's son. I went from a level 6 soldier to a level 19 in one gaming session.

ForSquirrels, I tried to send you a friend request in XBL, but it said that the gamertag in your signature doesn't exist.

sounds good, are you snakeyes on 360?

Yep, the spelling is the same as it is here in the forum.

I forgot to change that when XBL forced me to change my gamertag for being obscene. It is fmdckr81 now.

I'll resend it as soon as I get back on XBL. Thanks ...