Picked my copy today, co-op sounds like fun with friends, randoms is hit & miss as usual.
I’ve only played single player, and I haven’t even beaten it yet, but these are my first impressions
Good
-Gun play is fun
-Nice graphics, good style fairly diverse enviroments (compared to say…fallout 3)
-Story doesn’t get in the way of the shooting, pretty decent voice acting
-Addictive pursuit of slightly better guns
-Generous loot drops
-Some nice character specialization
-Side quests make leveling up fun
Bad:
-Some dumb enemy AI, lost of running straight at you, most of the challenge come from overwhelming numbers
-Fairly repetitive enemies, not a huge amount of strategy is needed
-lots of junk loot
-Occasional bullshit death from enemies spawning behind you in the middle of a fight. Some of the smaller, faster enemies can mess up your “damage detection” (red bars on the side of the screen to show you what direction you’re being attacked from)
Meh:
-Pretty formulaic gameplay, fight your way to point A, shoot everything and/or fetch something, return to where you got your quest. Occasionally they mix it up a bit, but expect to be shooting things.
-Death doesn’t carry a very heavy price…you just respawn at the nearest save point minus about 10 percent of your cash
-Vehicles are more of an afterthought
-Not really a bazillion guns, maybe a few hundred with very few slight variations.
-Could use some more customization options
-Sometimes looting can be underwhelming, considering there are lootable objects everywhere, it sometimes is frustrating when you go through a bunch just to come out with a couple of bullets
-After waiting and waiting, looting and looting and then saving up fto buy a new gun, the game always seems to throw me one that is as, or almost as good as the one I just got, just to taunt me.
Overall its a fun game, its not perfect, but if you can pick it up for 40 bucks and you like shooters/diablo style RPGs, you can’t really go wrong.
From what I’ve heard and read about multiplayer the lack of trading and loot sharing really hurts the experience, so play with people you know, I guess.
Got my copy yesterday but I’ve been busy playing other games.
I’ll probably start up a file tonight.
Finally beat it; not sure how much time I put into it. Maybe 20 hours or so, 95% of it solo.
When I did play co-op, it was pretty fun.
Fire, ladies, is your friend.
I have a level 30 Brick with an Scoped SMG with x4 Ignite, and he mows through those dudes like a laser knife through butter.
And its this kind of shit that will keep me from playing co-op with anyone other than friends - especially after last night, and my very first BL co-op experience.
I was blowing through the game with my Brick, and a Mord popped in, and we played together for like fifteen minutes before getting to the Salt Plains boss - the dude with Hanz and Franz as his mini-bosses, who totes bad-ass shotgun.
Anyways, I’m slaughtering shit, then we get to the boss, and, as I am Brick i.e. the tank, I unload SMGx4Ignite on him until I close the distance, then I pop into berserk mode and start flailing on him and maul him pretty much solo, as the Mord didn’t do much at all. I kill the boss, but he takes me out on the last hit. Then the Mord kills the remaining fodder, leaving me with no means to give myself a second wind. Then he goes and loots everything around him before he revives me - dashing off immediately after to get to the boss chests up top.
I disconnected the game right then and there - cutting him off before he could cheap exploit the good chest.
Asshole.
Don’t play with randoms.
My only gripe with the game is that looting is a nuisance at times, and that any weapon you loot gets equipped if you have slots open. I was fine with just 2 weapon slots…
Don’t hold the pickup button lol
This game is too good. Got it yesterday and am only up to level 15, but been playing with 2 buddies and its just awesome.
Going with a hunter… havn’t decided on my final build yet, but sniping people for over 1000 damage is pretty damn fun 
This game is fun but it’s a crippling reminder of how bad I really am at FPS’. :lol:
haha - oddly enough I was really excited that the controls are almost exactly the same as Modern Warfare… I been playing the shit out of that to prepare for MW2, so this can ONLY help 
:cybot:
for the hunters, if you want an incredibly easy solo experience, birds of prey = auto win. your exp gain sucks, but i can run into pretty much anywhere without badass units and just loot the place up and move on as soon as my glowing chicken starts flying around. pretty sure i’m gonna go pistol/birds.
I originally wanted to focus on Snipers, but I read the Bird/Gunslinger thread on the Borderlands Forums and it just seems so overpowered I gotta try it. Im only at level 16 or 17, so i got a ways to go, but so far that bird is pretty beastly.
Pretty sure I had the same gun, and I used it all the way to 50.
I had a class mod equipped that upped ignite damage by like 50% and it was hilarious.
Also, the armored guys are also susceptible to acid damage. After which, you can pull out a different gun, and then you do more damage.
Paid for my PC copy today, can’t wait.
Yeah.
On another note: OMMFG is the Vault boss hella stupid.
Killing him was too easy
Spoiler
I stood on a box directly behind one of the pieces of stone nearest him, and unloaded my 6-shot unlimited ammo revolver on whatever part of him was visible until he was down to a sliver of life, then berserked and went in and finished him off with my fists.
I’m using a level 12 rocket that shoots 5 rockets per shot. Lol that shit kills anyone in Duel in just 1 shot haha.
- my Brick character also has launcher speed, + Launcher damage + firerate + regen ammos
That gun is a beast lol!
got my copy today for the 360
can’t wait to finally get started once i get some free time
add me zazzzzzz
oooo yay
i finally get to play today :looney:
Ok heres the deal… Im still on my first playthrough and a have some great guns and goodies. If i start again with a hunter/brick/lilith, can i carry items over? i have class mods/elements for other classes that are taking up space.