Borderlands

Asuka · #1 31-05-2009, 06:46 PM

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3...derlands/49924

Art Direction = win
Music = win
Gameplay = ?

This has a lot going for it.

Krynn72 · #2 31-05-2009, 06:58 PM

How was that good music?

Warped · #3 31-05-2009, 07:04 PM

custom soundtracks FTW! for Fallout 3 I got sick and tired of hearing the same songs from the early-mid 1940s I downloaded some more music from the 1920-40s and a wider variety and it changed the game for me. More songs=more fun. like in Amped 1 and 2, there were over 100 songs and it had a lot of variety. I'm sick of games that put like 8 songs into the game. Come on people can't you try a little bit harder?

Asuka · #4 31-05-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Krynn72

How was that good music?

Because i had never heard of it before and it fit the trailer? Plus maybe just maybe i simply thought it was "good music"

*Shakermaker* · #5 31-05-2009, 09:15 PM

Can't watch it yet, coz I am browsing on my mobile atm, but I am really looking forward to this game.

TheAntipop · #6 31-05-2009, 09:27 PM

I'm not so sure about the art direction. Everything looks a little too cut-out and hard edged in motion. I recall quite liking the screenies but it now I'm not too keen on what I'm seeing. Reminds me of that XIII game a little, but we'll see.

jimbo118 · #7 31-05-2009, 09:47 PM

The change of art direction that was revealed a few months back in the screens PC Gamer had is a good thing imo.

*Shakermaker* · #8 31-05-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbo118

The change of art direction that was revealed a few months back in the screens PC Gamer had is a good thing imo.

It looks awesome imho. The cell shading looks really good. This game can't come fast enough.

Q. Will there be multiplayer or is this game SP-only?

Krynn72 · #9 31-05-2009, 10:23 PM

Its not really cel shading, its more like "thick black outlines everywhere" shading.

Looks cool imo.

And it doesnt look anything like XIII, which was actually cel shading.

Anyways, i'm hoping the gameplay is going to be good. I remember reading a game informer mag with a preview of it and being interested, but that was years ago. I'm also hoping that this will be SP only, because then the SP wont suffer for the sakes of having multiplayer.

the cow says moo · #10 31-05-2009, 10:27 PM

I can't wait for this game either.

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Originally Posted by Shakermaker

It looks awesome imho. The cell shading looks really good. This game can't come fast enough.

Q. Will there be multiplayer or is this game SP-only?

It's not cell-shading. I thought so too, but apparently it's a new art style that Gearbox is calling Concept Art Style. They changed it to this, because they thought concept art always looks much better than the actual thing. I have to say, I'm already in love with it.

It will have four-player co-op, but I'm not sure about multiplayer.

They said they didn't change the gameplay when they changed the art style, so what they showed in the old trailers is presumed to be about the same. It looked good from what I could tell.

*Shakermaker* · #11 01-06-2009, 12:15 AM

Yeah, I know the whole "It's not cel-shading" mantra. Technically Gearbox is probably right, but I agree with what Kotaku wrote on the subject a couple of weeks ago:

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"Concept Art Style"? It's cel-shaded. And Gearbox: it's cool. This isn't 2003. You can render your game in whatever art style you want, and so long as the game is good, people will dig it. Prince of Persia looked great, people loved it. Crackdown looked great, people loved it. And Borderlands looks great.

And co-op multiplayer sounds good, especially when combined with the Diablo-like weapon system.

TheAntipop · #12 01-06-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Krynn72

Its not really cel shading, its more like "thick black outlines everywhere" shading.

Looks cool imo.

And it doesnt look anything like XIII, which was actually cel shading.

I said it reminded me of XIII, not that it looked like XIII. I never mentioned any technical terms for it, it just reminded me because of how cardboard cut out the characters and environments look. I love my comics - ****, Mike Mignola is my favourite illustrator and that guy is the King of Flat - but I find the style quite jarring in motion.

zombieturtle01 · #13 01-06-2009, 03:04 AM

I like how it looks, graphic novelish.

the cow says moo · #14 01-06-2009, 05:52 AM

You can read an interview ign recently had with gearbox about the new look hear.

TwwIX · #15 01-06-2009, 06:33 AM

I don't mind cell shading as long as it's executed properly. Some games have the setting for it but they end up looking like a dull pieces of crap. In the right hands, it can end up looking spectacular.