My obsession and me
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 03:19
Wow i can't remember the last time i was so hyped for a game as much as i am for Borderlands. Let's see, i have watched tons of videos ranging from official trailers to few-second-long gameplay trailers that i had to scrounge around for. Not only that but i watch quite a few on an almost daily basis. Yes, i just rewatch alot of them time and time again. I have taken and am currently taking a psychology class and it makes me wonder, what compels a person to like certain things? Why am i so excited for this game when my brother and my girlfriend are not? They said they would play the game with me but it is clearly visible they do not share the same love for this unreleased game as i do.
What makes this game stand out so much for me than any other game? Now i won't say this is already my most favorite game, or that i am this game's biggest fan, but i will say this is the first game in a long time that i have cared so much about and have not even played yet. So why is this? I love rpg's for one thing. I grew up playing them. I have just recently began to play sand box games alot. On top of all that, my favorite gaming genre would have to be Shooters. So the combination of all this is a match made in heaven, right? Well i'm sure this isn't the first time a game like this has strolled around. Maybe the art style? I do crave a game willing to be brave. I demand creativity and originality in all that i purchase. Maybe the whole is trully greater than the sum of it's parts.
Whatever the case may be, i am digging this game and am very glad that it has been made. I am keeping my fingers crossed for a demo. Especially really soon. I hear alot about how this game has a mad max vibe, so i have hunted down and am going to watch all the mad max movies. I listen to 'No heaven' and 'Aint no rest for the wicked' quite a bit now. I have the screen shot of all four playable characters sitting on their car/buggy on my desktop wallpaper.
Borderlands, oh man this game is looking so good right now!
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:32
#2
I only found out about
I only found out about Borderlands a few days ago, but I too am very, very excited about this game. I'm coming from WoW disappointment and burnout, and am looking for something to fully take its place as my game and hobby. At the same time, I'm a huge fan of science fiction and gunslingers (especially those from the American Wild West). I know Borderlands takes its inspiration from Mad Max, but it also has this incredibly slick space cowboy vibe- just thumbs up to Gearbox for that. This game just has so many things I'm pleased and thrilled about.
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 10:26
#3
yeah
ive been waiting since 08 before the art style change and its starting to drive me crazy, thankfully its on about a month away, i too rewatch gameplay videos over and over again, atleast once a day (sometimes more) and this is actually the first game i have ever been this excited about and waited this long for
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 10:54
#4
Borderlands
I'm probably just as excited today as I was the very first day I heard about this game. That very first GameInformer article that promised a wonderful game that mixed FPS with RPG and had 500k different guns. The count now is over 17 million and the art style has changed but I still want this game more than ever lol. No other game has had me this excited in quite some time.
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:25
#5
i agree that gameinformer was
i agree that gameinformer was what did me in. Gearbox really should put a podcast out. that would be the bee's knees
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Sat, 09/19/2009 - 12:02
#6
i wonder if there's a name for it
it's like a disease - obsessing over borderlands - therefore we should name it (borderlands-philia?). also i think borderlands-philia has happened before to another group of people under a different name - remember those "spore" fanatics who would rather kidnap somebody than hear a bad review of "spore" or the "duke nukem forever" people. i have to use quotations so they can't use webcrawlers to find me. as if i wasn't a target already - how about those "twilight" fanatics.
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 12:37
#7
lol
you speak truths.
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 13:03
#8
omfg if this game gets pushed
omfg if this game gets pushed back im going to cry
Sat, 09/19/2009 - 13:31
#9
Release
Borderlands isn't going to be pushed back further than it already has been lol. I don't know how long you've been following Borderlands Chuch but I believe it was supposed to be out Q1 2009, then September, now October.
You pretty much took the words out of my mouth, I too havent been this anxious for a game in a really long time.
Seig Heil Mein Kitty!!!