Borderlands 2 $36

[Klaus]

Green Man Gaming (http://www.techbargains.com/jump.cfm?clkSubId=A0AC13A00314479C6360&afsrc=1&id=7560) is offering 25% off select game after Coupon Code: "GMG25-1BW0K-K1A3G" (Exp 9/17).Below are some current new release or pre-order games that don't get discounted often:


Borderlands 2 (http://www.techbargains.com/jump.cfm?clkSubId=A0AC13A01314479C6360&afsrc=1&id=7561&arg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenmangaming.com%2Fs%2Fus%2 Fen%2Fpc%2Fgames%2Frpgs%2Fborderlands-2-na%2F) (PC Digital Download, Releases 9/18) $36.00 after code

[Chadwick]

What is the attraction here? Looks kinda dumb to me.

[Klaus]

Good question. I am not 100% sold that I will like this game but for $35 I will try it. My understanding is that you play it like a first person coop game. You level up and unlock skills as you travel around with your friends. Joe will have better info he played the first one.

[Jomama]

You're dumb..



I didn't play the first one, but it was hugely popular, and BL2 is getting exceptional reviews from basically everyone (except Chad)..

Its a FPS with elements of an RPG, w/co-op and a completely unique look to it. Great story (humor) and dialog. The RPG influence ads a variability not found in other fps. There are 4 classes but then each class has 3 skill trees. There is a random weapon generator so everyone is not running around with the same guns. There are literally thousands of weapons avail.

http://i.imgur.com/p0F8th.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8fMvNh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/g3rClh.jpg

[Chadwick]

You're dumb..

NO! YOU!!!

good grief...lol

[Eric]

/popcorn

[Jomama]

I missed the $36 GMG deal but then they had another deal yesterday for $38.40, still pretty good, but you have to find the right bank or CC that will send payment to GMG since they are overseas.

I played a little last night, pretty fun, looks great, and the little companion robot has some humorous dialog (a'la Portal).. The inventory system seems a bit clunky, but its cool that you can swap weapons mid fight when you run out of ammo, but its going to be a pita to track which are the best weapons to keep and which to throw away, bunch of the pistols look the same..

I started with the guy that can deploy turrets (forgot the name already).

This is probably the first digital game I have bought where installation went w/out error and I actually got the game to work on the release day...

[Klaus]

How's it look? I downloaded but with moving I might not get to log on for a couple days.

[Jomama]

Its like being in a comic book for lack of a better example... Great colors and shading, etc.. TF2 on steroids.

When you get killed, you get a chance to "revive" yourself too, everything goes black and white, and if you can get 1 more kill before a time bar drains, you don't die. And even if you do die, and you were last saved farther back on the map, you don't have to re-kill something you already did. So if a boss involves 2 elites (or w/e you want to call them) and you only killed 1 before you died, when you try again the one you killed will still be dead.

Boss's were tough too, both times I died, and these are at like level 2 and 4 or something... Co-op is going to be very helpful.

[Klaus]

Started the mission when I got home - having some crashes and not sure why. I will attempt to play again later.

[Moradrim]

Having a lot of fun with this one so far :)

Sniping is great :D

[Jomama]

Sniping is great :D

Yeah I figured that out last night, very fun!

[Klaus]

Tried again last night but crashed 2 minutes in. I will try on my laptop this weekend.

[Jomama]

Drivers? All that .Net Framework stuff?

[Klaus]

It's gotta be drivers.... I am getting the spikes that shoot out of the guns etc. At first I thought it was the same problem I get in BF3 and underclocked my GPU again but still crashed. Laptop will play it like a champ I am assuming.

[Chadwick]

I figured out my BF3 stuff. I ended up downloading the MSI utility that updates all your MSI related drivers etc. In my case my MB and Vid Card are both MSI. It did a bunch of firmware updates, bios updates, and driver updates on ancilary shit like USB ports etc. After that. No crashes with the newest Nvidia release driver. (306.xx??). Maybe try that?

[Ender]

I picked this game up recently and it is very fun. Doesn't play as realistically as other FPS games like BF3 and the graphics are kinda cartoonish, but I like the humor, UI, and Diablo-like loot system.

[Ender]

The more I play this game, the more I like it. Very fun... highly recommended.

[Ender]

Borderlands 2 wins "Best Shooter" and "Best Multiplayer" awards in the VGAs.

http://www.spike.com/events/video-game-awards-2012-nominees/voting/game-of-the-year

[Ender]

$30 today on Steam Store.