Borderlands!

[Nekron99]

Anyone playing this?

http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/home.html

I just picked it up on a whim, and kinda got stuck in it. I really like the comic-book graphic novel artwork. It reminds me of the original Heavy Metal movie if it was crossed with MAd MAx. The AI is pretty dumb, but I kinda like the creatures and bad guys.

And theres tons of guns.

[Fulminata]

Fun game. I never finished it, mainly because Dragon Age came out before I did, but I plan on eventually getting back to it after the craziness of the holidays.

It's even better if you can get a couple of friends to play in co-op. Really had a blast doing it that way.

[RexTalon]

Nekron got it for me for xmas. It would be really fun if we could get coop to work.

[Fulminata]

Yeah, now that you mention it, I remember that getting the co-op to work required a lot of searching around for correct ports to open. The information from the developer and publisher left a lot to be desired. One of my friends figured it all out and just told me what to do, but I forget now what all was involved.

[Justicar BillyBob]

I only have this for xbox, and I doubt it's compatable with PC go-ers

[Nekron99]

Rexy and I played for a little while yesterday, its Sooooo much fun with a LAN, and there's no way I could have done some of the missions solo.

I was thinking some of the terrain would be great for a chaos wasteland.

and I really want one of those cars...

[Nekron99]

There has been ALOT of bugs with getting online play. I see tons of games that people host and have "3 open slots" Which basically means they have not opened the ports on their routers to allow other players to join in. Since games are run with a coop 4player group.

The official forums say there is a patch on the way. Considering this game has been out for many months, I still feel its been too long for such a big problem. And its a cool game, so it makes it more frustrating.

There are tons of sites that list the ports to open, and how to do it, so I wont list them here. Its required for the host of the game to open them. Firewalls dont matter, as long as Borderlands is in the list of games allowed to pass through.

One problem we ran into this past weekend that gave us tons of problems was on a LAN game, while offline. No ports or firewalls to worry about, nothing to do but plug in and play, right? Wrong. While we could see the LAN game listed in the host list, and even details of it (levels, mission, etc) but could not join the lobby as it kept "timing out". We tried ethernet cables, crossover cables, wireless ad-hoc networks, hardwired routers, everything. My coworker (Thanks RJ!) finally figured it out and got us in with no problems after that.

For Win Vista, You have to go into your "Manage Network Connections" window and DISABLE every other network except the one that BL is on. Apparently it gets confused which network to play on. So once you have them disabled, youre gold. We used a crossover cable, though I hear most current PCs will swap what they need to electronically so you can just use a regular ethernet cable and connect directly. A router will also work, or wireless, once its the only network ENABLED.

Pain in the ass, but worth it. Im liking this game alot.

[Justicar BillyBob]

So, what you're saying is, go buy this for the PC to harrass Rexy and yourself?
I may... I may...

[Nekron99]

Almost. That geek RexT has already finished the game. He decided to take a week off work - JUST TO PLAY THIS GAME - and went ahead and finished the dam thing. Without me.

So, get the game, get on Steam and you can play w/ me.

[RexTalon]

I did finish the story line, but I've played on line a few times with others and found that there are much more powerful weapons and monsters lurking around.

I have to say, having finished the game, the ending has a slight 40K feel to it. I think I'll play through it again at a slightly decelerated pace.

[Nekron99]

Anyone notice the TCB Belt Buckle on Brick?

Considering its the King's B-day today, I think its pretty cool. I was looking for one like it on ebay.

[Nekron99]

OK, so a bit of an update for me: This game has become my obsession. Ive finished it twice as a hunter, all the DLC expansions, and Im on my third playthrough with the Siren. Ive played with modded weapons, shields, etc, looted the armory many times, and farmed Crawmerax for pearls.

Ive even geared my 40K terrain to a Borderlands theme, and Im thinking up rules for a BL/40K game.

I havnt been so preoccupied with a single game in a while. Heres hoping Gearbox makes some more DLC.

[RexTalon]

I'm honestly a little worried.

[Necromutant]

Yea, this game does look sweet. If they ever get a version of this on Mac/Steam I'll grab it up for sure. By that time you guys will probably be done with the game though.

[RexTalon]

TLDR: Turn in your missions before saving.

So, I followed Nekrons advice and got the Armory of General Knoxx DLC for Borderlands. It's a whole new set of missions and maps, sort of like playing Borderlands 2.

When you're playing, it's sometimes easier to get all the missions that are on one map done at the same time. The thing is, I was going through all these missions and had like 3 of them complete. I didn't feel like traveling all the way back to the main map to turn them in so I just quit the game for the night and decided to turn them in next time I played. When I fired it back up one of the missions glitched out and it won't let me turn it in or press forward in the story line.

I think something's wrong anyway because sometimes characters will talk to you but I can't hear their voices, which sucks cause character development is part of the fun of playing this game.

Now I have to use this hacking tool called willowtree to edit my save game file so it will show the mission completed. But I'll miss out on the dialog and reward for completing it. Suuuuuck!