Borderlands 2 - Review Roundup #6

[Myrthos]

For those who are looking into discovering the differences in the Borderlands 2 reviews we have a new overview of reviews that showed up in the last 24 hours (and probably still missing some).

• Front Towards Gaming, 9.5
• 4Player, 9.0
• Saving Content, 4/5 stars
• The Devil's Gameroom, 9.5
• Examiner
• Tech2, 8.5
• Gaming Illustrated, 9.0
• 248am, 4.5/5 stars
• Split Screen Gaming, 4/5
• PC Advisor, 4/5 stars
• EVGA gaming
• Empire Online, 5 stars
• Entertainium, 4/5 stars
• GameFacePlus
• NZGamer, 9.0
• In Motion Gaming, 4.something stars
• The Vine Life, 9.0
• PSRGaming, 9.5
• Active Respawn, 9.0
• Game Judgement, 9.0
• Original Gamer, 10
• Glitch Cat, 9.5
• Nisute
• Vortez
• Hardlocp

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[cptbarkey]

in short, its a good game.

 

[azarhal]

in short, its a good game.

Or it is extremely overhyped...

 

[Cerberus]

I'm loving it, single player is "Okay", but when playing co-op with friends -- the fun factor skyrockets.

 

[Alrik Fassbauer]

A German gaming site reports players being very angry that Borderlands is not violent enough. I quote them : "They demand exploding heads and more blood."

WTF ???

The magazine links to this dicussion : http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=148825


People play so-called "games" for the violence's sake ???

 

[LuckyCarbon]

People play so-called "games" for the violence's sake ???

I have. If the violence is ridiculous enough it can be a great cure for a foul and angry mood.

 

[Pessimeister]

A German gaming site reports players being very angry that Borderlands is not violent enough. I quote them : "They demand exploding heads and more blood."

WTF ???

The magazine links to this dicussion : http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=148825


People play so-called "games" for the violence's sake ???

Ahh, Alrik my dear friend. One day please promise me that you'll sit down and play Fallout 1 with a character that has the "bloody mess" trait.
Perhaps only then will the profound absurdity and joy found within such gratuitous displays of violence will reveal itself to you.