My respect for Gearbox just went up. Big time

1ceTr0n · Feb 12, 2013

I know its old news and most may have heard about it in some shape or form but because I didn't care about Borderlands 1 much when it came out, I paid no attention to any stories related to it up until I got Borderlands 2 for free with my new 670 FTW and gave the game another shot and almost couldn't stop playing.

Looking through some youtube vids recently, I came across some really heart touching and awesome news and videos about how far Gearbox goes to keep in touch with its fanbase of gamers and dedicated customers. Major, major props Gearbox, I salute you and will play Borderlands 2 now with pride and honor.

Gearbox and Claptrap help fellow gamer propose

http://kotaku.com/5795066/claptrap-has-a-proposal-for-you-tora

Borderlands' Modest Proposal - YouTube

Claptrap gives eulogy for dedicated fan of Borderlands

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/05/gearbox-and-claptrap-honor-late-borderlands-fan-with-eulogy-npc/

https://soundcloud.com/tony-12-2/claptrap-eulogy-for-michael/s-tmwpd

Frick · Feb 12, 2013

Borderlands is Fallout done wrong.

zithe · Feb 12, 2013

Frick said:
Borderlands is Fallout done wrong.

Fallout 3 was obviously the first post apocalyptic video game ever made.

1ceTr0n · Feb 12, 2013

Frick said:
Borderlands is Fallout done wrong.

Well screw you too buzzkillington

Frick · Feb 12, 2013

My job here is done.

Frag_Maniac · Feb 12, 2013

One of the bigest reasons AMD has sold so many GPUs lately is they bundled Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution and Far Cry 3, while Nvidia only had Borderlands 2.

I'd take any one of those games over Borderlands 2, but all 3, no contest.

DannibusX · Feb 12, 2013

I love the Borderlands games. I'm not a Gearbox fanboy by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm getting excited about Aliens: Colonial Marines and I have (some) hope for a proper Duke Nukem FPS someday.

Frick · Feb 12, 2013

DannibusX said:
I love the Borderlands games. I'm not a Gearbox fanboy by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm getting excited about Aliens: Colonial Marines and I have (some) hope for a proper Duke Nukem FPS someday.

Haven't played Aliens: CM but this review is scathing.

Jack1n · Feb 12, 2013

zithe said:
Fallout 3 was obviously the first post apocalyptic video game ever made.

No it wasn't.

DannibusX · Feb 12, 2013

Frick said:
Haven't played Aliens: CM but this review is scathing.

Oh, god. Rogue Warrior in space.

I'll probably give a rent to see if it's really that bad, but I trust Ars on issues like this.

Frag_Maniac · Feb 12, 2013

Frick said:
Haven't played Aliens: CM but this review is scathing.

Oh joy, another ugly, clumsy horror game with crap AI. My interest just sank to underwhelmed.

Seems most devs these days want to skate by on what they think is adequate based on what console players are used to, and in this case, the bar appears even lower than that.

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My respect for Gearbox just went up. Big time

1ceTr0n

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

zithe

1ceTr0n

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

Frag_Maniac

DannibusX

Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

Jack1n

DannibusX

Frag_Maniac

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