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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Borderlands 2
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 13:17:45 -0700
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On 6/8/2025 10:27 AM, Xocyll wrote:
> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
> say:
> 
>> On Sat, 7 Jun 2025 18:54:44 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I still haven't played the first one! They should give that one away. :P
>>>
>> I looked to see if the original "Borderlands" was ever a freebie. At
>> one point or another all the other games seem to have been given away,
>> but it seems like the first game has been excluded from this
>> generosity. Of course, it could be that maybe it was and I'm not
>> seeing any mention of it, but the closest I found was a 'play-for-free
>> weekend' offer back in 2019.
>>
>> Personally, I think you're better off starting with the second. The
>> story/setting is extremely simplistic in these games, so you don't
>> really need to start from the first, and B2 added various QOL
>> refinements that just made it a better experience (assuming you liked
>> the gameplay, obviously). BL1 is only for die-hard fans and weirdos
>> who like playing games for their historical value ;-)
> 
> and prefer a villain who isn't a retarded ass monkey.
> and want a story that wasn't written by one.
> and prefer better weapons (remember explosive submachine guns?)
> BL2+ explosive (torgue) weapons are only slow as hell firing pistols,
> marginally faster shotguns and rifles and rocket launchers.
> 
> when the hell did vault hunter (treasure seeker) become "savior of us
> all"  and why?
> 
> BL1 vault hunters are just that, people who came to the planet to find
> and open a vault and became rich as fuck.
> They aren't celebrities, superheros or activists, they're the equivalent
> of those guys hunting sunken ships or pirate treasure - motivated by
> greed.
> 
> What's next, a GTA game where the criminal protagonist gets elected
> Pope?
> 
No, a Borderlands movie.  *evil grin*

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