+Da' Melon Not exactly. He's legitimately praising the writing, just saying it's unnecessarily good because the game itself is so bland and the writing didn't save it.
Same here. I really like the game, but I still agree with some the points he made in the video and I can see where people are coming from when they say that they don't like the game.
I think it truly is too multiplayer dependent. I don't think I could have completed all the Borderlands if I weren't playing with another person. When playing multiplayer the loot and shoot mechanics feel a lot more rewarding because you can start trading loots and allocate resources with more tactical options to tackle the maps. The fun dialogue is the icing on the cake. Without multiplayer, it's just a slog fest.
I remember first playing Borderlands and my friend had said "Oh look, this thing is so funny, I love it" towards Claptrap. I seriously to this day have not forgiven him for it :D
While I love both Borderlands games, a game can't rely on multiplayer as its measure of quality. Once the servers go down, all you're left with is a shit solo experience and maybe local co op.
Having never played it on anything but solo or local co-op, I really don't think there's much to lose there. As a local co-op experience it's pretty damn good, providing you and that friend are the kind of people who are patient (don't mind waiting for other people to finish fiddling with their inventory) and actually enjoy working as a team, not just in the same space.
I love Borderlands, I played it so hard and knew whatever there is to know about it. So I was somewhat skeptical about watching this one but I ended up laughing so hard because it's so hilariously true.
I seriously loved solo Borderlands. I definitely cannot stand multiplayer though. All the people I get are shit, or there's a small chance of them being good. Then the good ones always invite you to EVERY mission. They added a lot to Borderlands 2 though, and it is better.
I love borderlands, to the point that I got a borderlands tattoo because of my buddy, with that said, I still love your review of this game. I feel like I’m aware enough of the flaws to know the game isn’t perfect so I love hearing someone point out the flaws so comically. Keep on keeping on bud!
One thing the first one does better than all the ones that came after is it nails that desolate "Mad Max meets Starchaser: The Legend of Orin on the set of WALL-E" vibe perfectly.
I love how there's an extremely brief part in this review where he actually compliments the writing, yet no one would ever notice it because he's just shitting all over this game. At least he actually does know what he's talking about, the only thing worth salvaging in this game is the writing.
Christopher Miller When he was talking about the writing in that review, I think he was more on the subject of the actual storyline rather than the humor style and execution.
After borderlands 1 success becoming the first RPS, now is one of the new series that every fan loves because of the characters, gameplay, setting, etc.
the biggest problem i had with borderlands was scaling, i.e. there was none. this means, if you'll go and complete all the sidequests parallel to the main quest, you'll out-level all the enemies half way throught the game and this will make the already anti-climatic final boss even more mundane. the game is not as grasping as the sequel and the replay value didn't last very long for me, but co-op with friends really balances the drawbacks. so, if you are going to play alone and are looking for a challenge: skip the bulk of the side quests and stick to the main story. if you're left wanting more, switch to the dlcs rather than pursuing 100% completion or a second walkthrough.
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH THIS MORE! I finished the game yesterday, and just as I thought it was getting good it threw me at the final boss which was extremely easy! I only moved twice during the whole fight and beat it without dying or even losing my shield ONCE! At first I thought it was a trick ending until it gave me 20000 dollars and told me to go fuck myself with two low tier weapons and a better luck next time.
I strongly doubt any of the Elder Scrolls or Fallout games would be more fun with multiplayer. Really it's mostly a matter of preference. I'd say Minecraft is sometimes more fun singleplayer, I think GTA is more fun singleplayer and in my opinion Assassin's Creed is a fine singleplayer game.
RandomGuy1994 Well that would depend on what kind of friends a person has Is it online ones who scream "Stop Kill stealing or ill feed" or the ones who start to giggle because he though of something stupid then you can't help but laugh too
Frank J I've been a griefer for years... Some of my most prominent childhood gaming memories are those of seeing just how bad I could screw over my friends whilst appearing to not be paying attention.
I actually really like the Borderlands series but still enjoyed this review anyway :-) This has to be said Borderlands 1 still had a better plot than Destiny :-D
I'm actually very happy right now, not only have I seen a reviewer that doesn't like Borderlands, but I see the comment section is full of people who didn't like Borderlands! It's not like a hate train thing, but it was just so boring and at some point I really lost interest in this game overall because let's face it. The long traveling, repetitive gameplay (which was kind of interesting at first) and small enemy pool was used up in about the first 30 to 60 minutes of game time.
I'm weird when it comes to Borderlands, I want to like it - I like the writing (Particularly in #2, then again I really like Ashley and Anthony Burch), I like the art and style, but I just find the games dull and repetitive and even with friends I just can't get into it. I normally like Dungeony-Crawley type games and I don't disagree when people say its like Diablo but in first person, but that doesn't change the fact that it's like Diablo in first person... if it were really dull.
Asylum Demon I honestly find this assumption annoying. Yahtzee does NOT hate everything, bleh, he admits to liking plenty of games. Is he a little more jaded, cynical, and picky? Yeah, but he isn't just EVERY GAME SUX. Plus he sometimes plays it up more for laughs.
Kay Bardsley ill admit you have a point there but i really cant take a reviewer seriously when they only point out the bad points in a game borderlands is plenty fun
Asylum Demon Go watch his review of Portal, he actually says tons of good things about the game. He says good things about quite a few games actually, and you'd probably know that if you watched all of his videos. It's understandable if you didn't have the time or patience to, BUT, he doesn't hate everything and he doesn't always just point out the bad things in games. And if you actually watched this video all the way through you would have heard him say that it was a well presented game with really good writing, but it isn't very entertaining and that's just HIS opinion. What is entertaining to one person might not be entertaining to another, not everyone is going to like the same things.
Most Yahtzee videos have auto-generated captions enabled, this one seems to be missing the option. If anyone at the Escapist happens to see this, auto-captions aren't always accurate but they're a lot better than nothing for those of us deaf or hard of hearing :)
For some reason I can't stand Borderlands multiplayer. I enjoyed the first game playing by myself, where I could keep all the guns for myself, do the quests at my own pace without people wanting to do them in a different order which would fuck up my quest tracking and mostly because I don't like playing with other people that much. I've played enough League of Legends to feel like Yahtzee and give up any form of human interaction over the internet with people I don't know.
I liked singleplayer, because you could enable the 4 player difficulty mode whilst playing as one guy, and actually have a challenging experience like Dark Souls
His reviews always make me laugh and I'm glad he gets paid to do this, but I always disagree with the notion a game needs to be good without co-op. Sometimes co-op and versus is just so damn fun.
I remember the first time I saw this review I thought he was being overly critical, then I played the game from beginning to end... "bored to tears" in an understatement.
I played borderlands for 4 days straight and didn't know what the hell i was doing until i was doing a mission to over throw a bandit town ruled by the quest givers brother. Only for the brother to give me the same quest again. That's when i asked myself "how does this link with the main plot?" turns out i was turning in quest after quest, some one would ask me to do a quest and i would go "fine" then they would go "oh by the way..." and i did that until i was doing anything which was not involved at all with the main story. so in the end i was making no progress at all so i went "fuck it i'll give it to my cousin and maybe he could sell it while he's at it"
thomas jones Are you trying to say you were doing side quests, and it surprised you that it wasn't advancing the main plot? Was this your first RPG ever?
Borderlands is one of those games for people who pride themselves on being smarter than Halo fans who pride themselves on being smarter than CoD fans. Yet, they're all boring in their own right. But Borderlands is "quirky", so the basic bitches that make up the majority of consumers think it's amazing. Mediocrity sells so well to the masses
The greatest challenge of this game was deciding wether to use high rate of fire or higher damage. I found myself nit picking at all the weapons I'd find from the many dead things I killed. Anything that was worse or not of interest I sold.
I wish I would've seen this before I bought the damn game. Basically everyone I know says good things about this game and yet when I finally bought it for 20$ it was about as fun and engaging as watching paint dry. I find it hilarious however, that on the steam page one of the reviews say "Borderlands is persistently fresh", and yet by the time I had even started the game it it already felt stagnant.
You're confusing him doing his job with him hating everything. Yahtzee is a critic, it's not his job to do what a lot of "game journalists" do, basically droll over any game, he points out the flaws. He doesn't hate them, he's just explaining why they aren't perfect.
I love Borderlands to pieces, and yet I still laughed my backside off at this review. Oh Yahtzee. Even when you're pissing all over something I love, you still manage to make me laugh.
I came to the franchise via Borderlands 2. I was surprised to see that some people thought this game was better. **shrugs** To each, their own. From my perspective, this game is a grind-fest, with no apparent direction. The side-quests are often mind-numbingly boring and what's worse is that you're compelled to play them through unless you wish to save and then start over from the beginning. (An example of poor game design.) And seriously... What kind of game demands that you play through it multiple times in order to get the true experience the developers intended?
***** Having said all the above, if I'm to endure what the developers intended, I'd rather do it in Borderlands 2 than here. I can barely find the motivation to continue playing this game, and by many accounts, I'm not looking forward to doing so while knowing that there's a shitty ending waiting for me.
watching him is like watching Stephen Colbert making fun of a politician you like. you dont care how much he rips them apart it's just so goddamn funny
Also, in addition to Molly's point, James Cameron had a script for Avatar well before Borderlands was even thought of. The only reason he didn't make it at the time was it would've been too expensive at the time around the 1980's I think.
I can't believe how much I can like such a shity, incomplete feeling game like Borderlands. It has all the necessary incredients to be a crappy failure but can still pull you into it and let you have fun.
Costin Simon I think it's very good at manufacturing something psychologically satisfying. All the variety of weapons to compare and skillpoints (i.e. typical RPG factors) seem to appeal to my perfectionist take-your-time mindset.
hahahahha!! "deliberately annoying is still annoying" 😂😂 that's is true!!! I love the game I must say, and though claptrap doesn't bother me, my husband hates him!! with exactly that reason 😂😂😂😂😂
R'Kdairos Zo'dhyac Don't care I boycott them. Honestly if I met one of their employees I would reactionary bitch slap them for robbing my wallet of 60 bucks
This is the only game review I've ever disagreed with you on. I thought I'd disagree with Quantum conundrum, being that it was made by the developers of portal, but you were right it sucked. Borderlands, however, is in my personal top 5 favorite games of all time, and I can't really seem to understand why you don't like it. All the complaints in this review are either so minor I didn't care, or I just plain think you must have been playing a different game. The GUI for example I thought was well done, not excellent mind you but better than most, and the story is at worst good and at best spectacular. Lastly I find claptrap very entertaining and only annoying in the little brother kind of way where you want him to stop saying why at the end of every sentence, but you love him because he's fun to throw eggs at, or in this case MIRV grenades.
True, but I thought borderlands had a lot more to offer than just grinding. I mean the character developement and storyline rival any other recent fps if not surpass it (with the exception of bioshock).
I really dont get why people like borderlands so much. It's super repetitive and it is made worse by the fact that if you try to play with someone else, chances are that they have modded shit making the game super easy and 100x as boring.
@sladikk Disaster: Day of Crisis came out in 2008. Also, I only mentioned the ones that sprung to mind. It's also very difficult to get a hold on what franchises Nintendo actually owns because they co-develop a hell of a lot of games/franchises released on their platforms.
I just complete Borderlands. I like the game, and totally agree with everything he said. I would've mentioned the good characteriation of a few of the NPC's though (but they are functionally identical)
It's becouse it dropped before from the "weird part of RUclips" and now it's going up whenever something makes sense and is hilarious at the same time.
Unfortunately I can only play with you if you've got the retail version of Borderlands. However, feel free to add SeniorPenismoor to your gamespy friends list.
Yeah that's all true, but the multiplayer of a game is still an important part of it's whole design and for many people, the quality of that is what makes or breaks their enjoyment of the game, so I just see it as an aspect that should be acknowledged as any other.
"deliberately annoying is still annoying"
so _this_ is where I first heard that.
Needless to say, I agree 100%
"...some unnecessarily good writing..."
I FOUND A COMPLIMENT
+Soozo Fay It IS unnecessary; he just snuck it in there to say what was actually good with the game.
+Brandon Fedie A backhanded compliment, but I digress.
Crazy. I just picked up on that line for the first time too and was about to comment only to find it had already been done.
+Da' Melon Not exactly. He's legitimately praising the writing, just saying it's unnecessarily good because the game itself is so bland and the writing didn't save it.
NURSE!
1:17 was that an inhale?! It can't be...
nice SU profile photo
Marie Assi Thanks
Marie Assi why is your kind everywhere?
Rip of failure What...I like SU
2011. Our little Yahtzee only learns to talk
I like Borderlands but Yahtzees description is still correct.
"This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Borderlands."
That is a pretty accurate description.
Saddly yep
Same here. I really like the game, but I still agree with some the points he made in the video and I can see where people are coming from when they say that they don't like the game.
If borderlands 1 is made out wood then borderlands 2 is made out of bricks.
I think it truly is too multiplayer dependent. I don't think I could have completed all the Borderlands if I weren't playing with another person. When playing multiplayer the loot and shoot mechanics feel a lot more rewarding because you can start trading loots and allocate resources with more tactical options to tackle the maps. The fun dialogue is the icing on the cake. Without multiplayer, it's just a slog fest.
I remember first playing Borderlands and my friend had said "Oh look, this thing is so funny, I love it" towards Claptrap. I seriously to this day have not forgiven him for it :D
..still holding into that grudge, are you?
Yes even today
Holy crap! I didn't think that there was a single other person who found him funny.
a BILLION weapons, and featuring ten whole enemies!
I wouldn't count the same weapon but with a different scope as two completely different ones.
A billion weapons that become worthless and pointless in an hour if not before they were picked up.
While I love both Borderlands games, a game can't rely on multiplayer as its measure of quality. Once the servers go down, all you're left with is a shit solo experience and maybe local co op.
Having never played it on anything but solo or local co-op, I really don't think there's much to lose there.
As a local co-op experience it's pretty damn good, providing you and that friend are the kind of people who are patient (don't mind waiting for other people to finish fiddling with their inventory) and actually enjoy working as a team, not just in the same space.
@@ScaryWombat played this with my brother, the best example of us getting along ever. We even shared loot without arguing.
I love playing this game solo tbh, but everyone is different. And so is Yatzhee
Only played solo, still love the games
I only play them solo and have plenty of fun.
I love Borderlands, I played it so hard and knew whatever there is to know about it.
So I was somewhat skeptical about watching this one but I ended up laughing so hard because it's so hilariously true.
I seriously loved solo Borderlands. I definitely cannot stand multiplayer though. All the people I get are shit, or there's a small chance of them being good. Then the good ones always invite you to EVERY mission.
They added a lot to Borderlands 2 though, and it is better.
"Fps Rpg (Omg)"
Gets me every time xD
I love borderlands, to the point that I got a borderlands tattoo because of my buddy, with that said, I still love your review of this game. I feel like I’m aware enough of the flaws to know the game isn’t perfect so I love hearing someone point out the flaws so comically. Keep on keeping on bud!
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Olo
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I got two minutes in before I completely lost interest in finally trying this game out all these years later. Thanks, Yhatzee, for sparing my sanity.
One thing the first one does better than all the ones that came after is it nails that desolate "Mad Max meets Starchaser: The Legend of Orin on the set of WALL-E" vibe perfectly.
"Oh hey I'll just watch one real quick!"
*the next day*
I am Sorry professor Asma I didn't do the Philosophy homework... something came up...
I love how there's an extremely brief part in this review where he actually compliments the writing, yet no one would ever notice it because he's just shitting all over this game. At least he actually does know what he's talking about, the only thing worth salvaging in this game is the writing.
Oddly he uses this game in a later review as example of shitty writing o_0
Christopher Miller Which review?
Me2 about 3:53 in.
Christopher Miller When he was talking about the writing in that review, I think he was more on the subject of the actual storyline rather than the humor style and execution.
Fair enough, you're probably right.
Many valid points, that said, borderlands franchise became a way of life for me and that annoying robot buddy my hero.
Cheeky Squirrel Nuts tbh I really didnt like borderlands tps
Duncan Wallace IMO the first was the only good one the rest were just cash grabs
ThatOneGuy No way, for me the first one was a bit boring, second was great, pre-sequel was freaking awesome!
Damn good review anyways, despite me being an actual fan of the game. I will admit he does hit the nail on the head pretty fucking hard.
After borderlands 1 success becoming the first RPS, now is one of the new series that every fan loves because of the characters, gameplay, setting, etc.
the biggest problem i had with borderlands was scaling, i.e. there was none. this means, if you'll go and complete all the sidequests parallel to the main quest, you'll out-level all the enemies half way throught the game and this will make the already anti-climatic final boss even more mundane. the game is not as grasping as the sequel and the replay value didn't last very long for me, but co-op with friends really balances the drawbacks.
so, if you are going to play alone and are looking for a challenge: skip the bulk of the side quests and stick to the main story. if you're left wanting more, switch to the dlcs rather than pursuing 100% completion or a second walkthrough.
I COULD NOT AGREE WITH THIS MORE! I finished the game yesterday, and just as I thought it was getting good it threw me at the final boss which was extremely easy! I only moved twice during the whole fight and beat it without dying or even losing my shield ONCE! At first I thought it was a trick ending until it gave me 20000 dollars and told me to go fuck myself with two low tier weapons and a better luck next time.
Borderlands came out.. 7 years ago? I feel so old.
Borderlands came out 10 years ago? I feel so old...
This reply came out.. 4 years ago? I feel so old.
Tomb raider came out 24 years ago. Fuck I'm old.
Freddie Mercury came out.. 34 years ago? I feel so old.
WW1 came out 107 years ago? I feel so old...
"The game is better in multilayer!"
So is anything else... HELL waiting for the dentist is fun with friends is fun
I strongly doubt any of the Elder Scrolls or Fallout games would be more fun with multiplayer.
Really it's mostly a matter of preference. I'd say Minecraft is sometimes more fun singleplayer, I think GTA is more fun singleplayer and in my opinion Assassin's Creed is a fine singleplayer game.
RandomGuy1994 Well that would depend on what kind of friends a person has
Is it online ones who scream "Stop Kill stealing or ill feed" or the ones who start to giggle because he though of something stupid then you can't help but laugh too
RandomGuy1994 Playing Skyrim with others is fun as long as you and everyone else make fun of it the entire time.
RandomGuy1994 One of my friends is the kinda guy that keeps shooting you on purpose when playing Left 4 Dead sooo yeah..
Frank J I've been a griefer for years... Some of my most prominent childhood gaming memories are those of seeing just how bad I could screw over my friends whilst appearing to not be paying attention.
I actually really like the Borderlands series but still enjoyed this review anyway :-)
This has to be said Borderlands 1 still had a better plot than Destiny :-D
Clara Pagett Thats not saying much. Thats like saying "This sexual lubricant was way better then the one that made my dick burst out in warts!"
Billy Weed "This sexual lubricant is way better than partly melted wax!"
It's like saying still a better love story than twilight!
It had to be said.
Clara Pagett Story yes, Plot no.
Put a razor-wired electric flaming toxic jizzed covered claymore up my cockhole.
For I am
A lonely, lonely furry.
Needs more love for TK.
Hmm, now why would this come up in my feed 8 years later? 🤔
It was remastered recently
@@ZAP0161 wooosh
@@shooty5113 you realize sarcasm doesn't come across in text?
@@ZAP0161 well why didn't you say (sarcasm) "text"? Simple fix :P
That is an excellent question.
I'm actually very happy right now, not only have I seen a reviewer that doesn't like Borderlands, but I see the comment section is full of people who didn't like Borderlands! It's not like a hate train thing, but it was just so boring and at some point I really lost interest in this game overall because let's face it. The long traveling, repetitive gameplay (which was kind of interesting at first) and small enemy pool was used up in about the first 30 to 60 minutes of game time.
but this reviewer pretty much hates everything so its not much to go on
I'm weird when it comes to Borderlands, I want to like it - I like the writing (Particularly in #2, then again I really like Ashley and Anthony Burch), I like the art and style, but I just find the games dull and repetitive and even with friends I just can't get into it. I normally like Dungeony-Crawley type games and I don't disagree when people say its like Diablo but in first person, but that doesn't change the fact that it's like Diablo in first person... if it were really dull.
Asylum Demon I honestly find this assumption annoying. Yahtzee does NOT hate everything, bleh, he admits to liking plenty of games. Is he a little more jaded, cynical, and picky? Yeah, but he isn't just EVERY GAME SUX. Plus he sometimes plays it up more for laughs.
Kay Bardsley ill admit you have a point there but i really cant take a reviewer seriously when they only point out the bad points in a game borderlands is plenty fun
Asylum Demon Go watch his review of Portal, he actually says tons of good things about the game. He says good things about quite a few games actually, and you'd probably know that if you watched all of his videos. It's understandable if you didn't have the time or patience to, BUT, he doesn't hate everything and he doesn't always just point out the bad things in games. And if you actually watched this video all the way through you would have heard him say that it was a well presented game with really good writing, but it isn't very entertaining and that's just HIS opinion. What is entertaining to one person might not be entertaining to another, not everyone is going to like the same things.
The only reviews I trusted during this time.
No, no, I love this guy, and how he rips apart my favorite games XD
Most Yahtzee videos have auto-generated captions enabled, this one seems to be missing the option. If anyone at the Escapist happens to see this, auto-captions aren't always accurate but they're a lot better than nothing for those of us deaf or hard of hearing :)
You should "remaster" this episode for borderlands enhanced 😂
The way he explained pandora was priceless.
For some reason I can't stand Borderlands multiplayer. I enjoyed the first game playing by myself, where I could keep all the guns for myself, do the quests at my own pace without people wanting to do them in a different order which would fuck up my quest tracking and mostly because I don't like playing with other people that much. I've played enough League of Legends to feel like Yahtzee and give up any form of human interaction over the internet with people I don't know.
Azure Kite The dumbed-down drones far out- number critical , logical thinkers who aren't shallow .
I liked singleplayer, because you could enable the 4 player difficulty mode whilst playing as one guy, and actually have a challenging experience like Dark Souls
Before i was like "on noes, don't be mean to Borderlands", then after i was like "never mind, it deserved it."
That bowel cancer joke... R.I.P John.
The painful thing is, Yahtzee and TB were quite good friends, so it's a depressing analogy in hindsight.
I've been watching so many ZP videos that they're showing up in the recommendation section of every single video I watch now.
So far the only fun I had in Borderlands was running over bandits and making them burst into pieces with the slightest touch of a buggy.
Despite Borderlands hanging very high on my list of favorite games of all time, I still love you Yahtzee
The only memory I have of this game was shoot 200 bullets at a rat until it died.
Pretty sure you're thinking of a different game, and it's not just because there aren't any rats. Maybe you're thinking of every single rpg ever...
madkabal same
I play Borderlands for the puns. A really dumb reason to solo a multiplayer game but God do I love puns.
"Niggling Burgerpipe"
fuck it next video
its too good
too good
1:42
that is the most accurate description of the world of borderlands ive ever heard XD
His reviews always make me laugh and I'm glad he gets paid to do this, but I always disagree with the notion a game needs to be good without co-op.
Sometimes co-op and versus is just so damn fun.
1:17 that was the first time I've ever heard yahtzee take a breath
I remember the first time I saw this review I thought he was being overly critical, then I played the game from beginning to end... "bored to tears" in an understatement.
I played borderlands for 4 days straight and didn't know what the hell i was doing until i was doing a mission to over throw a bandit town ruled by the quest givers brother. Only for the brother to give me the same quest again. That's when i asked myself "how does this link with the main plot?" turns out i was turning in quest after quest, some one would ask me to do a quest and i would go "fine" then they would go "oh by the way..." and i did that until i was doing anything which was not involved at all with the main story.
so in the end i was making no progress at all so i went "fuck it i'll give it to my cousin and maybe he could sell it while he's at it"
thomas jones Are you trying to say you were doing side quests, and it surprised you that it wasn't advancing the main plot? Was this your first RPG ever?
HeyZeusss honestly after hearing clap-traps voice after a while my brain switched off and then back on again 4 hours later
Borderlands is one of those games for people who pride themselves on being smarter than Halo fans who pride themselves on being smarter than CoD fans.
Yet, they're all boring in their own right. But Borderlands is "quirky", so the basic bitches that make up the majority of consumers think it's amazing. Mediocrity sells so well to the masses
I like that he said missions get too trivial to deal with, and that's actually what the lowest mission difficulty is called.
That was probably intentional, as he was both making a pun and poking fun at the game.
I can't wait for borderlands 3 review
2:49 is basically what idle/click games are tbh
It wasn't that bad... Who am I kidding, it took me forever to finish it because of the constant grinding.
The greatest challenge of this game was deciding wether to use high rate of fire or higher damage. I found myself nit picking at all the weapons I'd find from the many dead things I killed. Anything that was worse or not of interest I sold.
I wish I would've seen this before I bought the damn game. Basically everyone I know says good things about this game and yet when I finally bought it for 20$ it was about as fun and engaging as watching paint dry.
I find it hilarious however, that on the steam page one of the reviews say "Borderlands is persistently fresh", and yet by the time I had even started the game it it already felt stagnant.
That's probably one of the best arguments out there. I'm definately gonna use that one.
I COMPLETED ALL THE QUESTS!!!! MULTIPLE TIMES!!!!
How does that make the game better or justify your opinion?
You're confusing him doing his job with him hating everything. Yahtzee is a critic, it's not his job to do what a lot of "game journalists" do, basically droll over any game, he points out the flaws. He doesn't hate them, he's just explaining why they aren't perfect.
for some reason this review convinced me to try this and omg it was awsome whats wrong with me
I love Borderlands to pieces, and yet I still laughed my backside off at this review. Oh Yahtzee. Even when you're pissing all over something I love, you still manage to make me laugh.
I came to the franchise via Borderlands 2. I was surprised to see that some people thought this game was better. **shrugs** To each, their own. From my perspective, this game is a grind-fest, with no apparent direction. The side-quests are often mind-numbingly boring and what's worse is that you're compelled to play them through unless you wish to save and then start over from the beginning. (An example of poor game design.) And seriously... What kind of game demands that you play through it multiple times in order to get the true experience the developers intended?
***** Having said all the above, if I'm to endure what the developers intended, I'd rather do it in Borderlands 2 than here. I can barely find the motivation to continue playing this game, and by many accounts, I'm not looking forward to doing so while knowing that there's a shitty ending waiting for me.
+ONII CHAN HARDER ONII-CHAN -- It's a period that was doing undercover research on grammar nerds?
watching him is like watching Stephen Colbert making fun of a politician you like. you dont care how much he rips them apart it's just so goddamn funny
im not a fan of shooters, but this game has a pretty good atmosphere. i cant really agree on most of his points
He has, it's just not gotten to youtube yet. It's on that magazine thing's website though.
Just took a pic of my 300k km odometer but have avoided this game somehow lol
Also, in addition to Molly's point, James Cameron had a script for Avatar well before Borderlands was even thought of. The only reason he didn't make it at the time was it would've been too expensive at the time around the 1980's I think.
BL1 has much better writing than the other 2 literally reddit and tumbler that came after it.
Exactly. The other ones were wayyy too memelike.
He made a series of fantastic point and click adventure games.
I can't believe how much I can like such a shity, incomplete feeling game like Borderlands. It has all the necessary incredients to be a crappy failure but can still pull you into it and let you have fun.
Costin Simon I think it's very good at manufacturing something psychologically satisfying. All the variety of weapons to compare and skillpoints (i.e. typical RPG factors) seem to appeal to my perfectionist take-your-time mindset.
He already has. It's up on The Escapist.
i did actually enjoy borderlands, though he does have good points.
hahahahha!! "deliberately annoying is still annoying" 😂😂 that's is true!!! I love the game I must say, and though claptrap doesn't bother me, my husband hates him!! with exactly that reason 😂😂😂😂😂
See I hear good things about Borderlands but I won't ever know because it was made by Gearbox....fuck Gearbox.
whats wrong with gearbox?
Anthony Fischer I am an aliens fan....that is what is wrong with gearbox.
R'Kdairos Zo'dhyac See...but it is tainted by Gearbox.
R'Kdairos Zo'dhyac i think borderlands 2 was awful
R'Kdairos Zo'dhyac Don't care I boycott them. Honestly if I met one of their employees I would reactionary bitch slap them for robbing my wallet of 60 bucks
Yay! DnD Reference! *hugs Yahtzee for tickling her inner geek, then remembers he hates human contact and lets him go back to his hermitage*
Claptrap is way better in the sequel.
Stevy Chips haha he preffered the one in the first
Stevy Chips It's not nice to lie.
Stevy Chips It's not nice to lie.
is it just me or is it everyone who watches the reviews of the games you love because it makes piss ass funny
So, in short: Borderlands is worse than dying of bowel cancer. Interesting.
1:16 HE BREATHED!!!
This is the only game review I've ever disagreed with you on. I thought I'd disagree with Quantum conundrum, being that it was made by the developers of portal, but you were right it sucked. Borderlands, however, is in my personal top 5 favorite games of all time, and I can't really seem to understand why you don't like it. All the complaints in this review are either so minor I didn't care, or I just plain think you must have been playing a different game. The GUI for example I thought was well done, not excellent mind you but better than most, and the story is at worst good and at best spectacular. Lastly I find claptrap very entertaining and only annoying in the little brother kind of way where you want him to stop saying why at the end of every sentence, but you love him because he's fun to throw eggs at, or in this case MIRV grenades.
True, but I thought borderlands had a lot more to offer than just grinding. I mean the character developement and storyline rival any other recent fps if not surpass it (with the exception of bioshock).
Carson T
maybe blands 2 is good but 1? that was a boring shit fest
I didn't like borderlands, too much of a grinding shitfest for me. I don't really like games with grinding, so this wasn't for me.
has anyone else watched so many of these that it seems like he is narrating everything you do
ooooo hellz no u did not just dis cl4p tp/clap trap
His robotic lungs malfunctioned for a second.
#Borderlands the biggest load of spunk gargle wee wee since COD
"Parp" is now one of my new favorite words.
I really dont get why people like borderlands so much. It's super repetitive and it is made worse by the fact that if you try to play with someone else, chances are that they have modded shit making the game super easy and 100x as boring.
nah, i love watching videos he puts down that i like because i usually agree, but i know the games i still like afterwards means they really ARE good.
Borderlands 2 is better... Alot better.
FunnyJoker9227
Yes, it is, but even then, I still found BL2 to be pretty bad.
Yes at times but then again not all games are for everyone
Been in it for about 5 hours now and i've found the perfect name for it: "Fetchquest adventure"
And they are all AWESOME
Same. I honestly think it's kind of underrated.it deserves at LEAST a 9, to me at least.
How could I forget it? It was the first movie I ever saw.
@sladikk
Disaster: Day of Crisis came out in 2008. Also, I only mentioned the ones that sprung to mind. It's also very difficult to get a hold on what franchises Nintendo actually owns because they co-develop a hell of a lot of games/franchises released on their platforms.
Kinda of nice to watch this, and have a few occasions where I think "Hey! They fixed that in borderlands 2!"
Borderlands is an SMG shooter, you turn up the metal, run and kill shit as quick as possible, and the revel in the blood, GLORIOUS GLORIOUS BLOOD
I just complete Borderlands. I like the game, and totally agree with everything he said. I would've mentioned the good characteriation of a few of the NPC's though (but they are functionally identical)
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HOLY PHOQUE, YOU'RE RIGHT! By the way it was actually at 1:18. Outdorked.
He's a game critic for TheEscapistMagazine. It's his job to point out flaws, buddy.
3:24 isnt that the guy who played sherlock?
It's becouse it dropped before from the "weird part of RUclips" and now it's going up whenever something makes sense and is hilarious at the same time.
Unfortunately I can only play with you if you've got the retail version of Borderlands.
However, feel free to add SeniorPenismoor to your gamespy friends list.
@Crazelord91 that's because he's talking about the original posting of the review on the escapist website.
Yeah that's all true, but the multiplayer of a game is still an important part of it's whole design and for many people, the quality of that is what makes or breaks their enjoyment of the game, so I just see it as an aspect that should be acknowledged as any other.
"The less clicks, the better."
Dolphins make a clicking sound.