Quote:Borderlands 2, the appropriately named sequel to Borderlands, is really coming. 2K Games and Gearbox took to the wires this morning to announce that yes, just like the recent rumors stated, Borderlands 2 is in the works. Praise the gaming gods. Borderlands is one of the best PC shooters ever. Let’s just hope it’s not locked down by some nasty DRM scheme.

The release doesn’t lay-out the plot line or tease any tantalizing details, but it does say the game will feature “all-new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment, which come together in an ambitiously crafted story.” They could release a new storyline for the original and I’d be happy.

The original Borderlands is what’s called a role-playing-shooter as it combines the objective gathering and character building aspects of a role-play-game with the point of view and action of a first person shooter. The whole experience is strikingly different from the modern shooter, which tends to have a very linear and scripted path. Where Modern Warfare games feature only one route and storyline for the player, Borderlands allows players to follow dozens of paths through a general storyline. The Internet has been buzzing about a sequel nearly immediately following the original’s release.

The announcement states that the game is slated for a April 1, 2012 release. But as gamers know, that date could be pushed back numerous times. We’re just glad the developer and publisher are toiling away at the sequel.

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I just really, REALLY hope the ending is better. That was just so distracting getting to the end of what was an otherwise awesome game and then getting that bullshit ending.

(08-03-2011, 12:47 PM)Rakia Wrote: Oh man.. I was just about to get the first one, I always wanted it but never got it...

(08-03-2011, 02:27 PM)FRET Wrote: Next Steam sale it'll literally be 5$ for the GOTY version, get it then.

(08-03-2011, 02:57 PM)Key Wrote:

(08-03-2011, 02:27 PM)FRET Wrote: Next Steam sale it'll literally be 5$ for the GOTY version, get it then.

My copy was 100 bucks.

That's what you get for buying a game as soon as it comes out.

(60 bucks for original and 40 bucks for the DLCs)