First Post!
So amongst other things I've been playing Borderlands for at least some of the weekend. It was a slightly impulse buy (I looked at the pictures and decided that it looked nice enough to convince G to buy it) but I have been enjoying it - to an extent.
I've created two characters (what's with not letting you skip past the entry video?? I liked it the first time but I was bored 5 seconds into the repeat) a siren (level 9) and a hunter (level 14) and I wish they had allowed us a little more customisation of the standard models... but still, I've had less issues playing a male character than I thought - maybe because I called him Louis? At this stage I think the characters play fairly simularly but I haven't really begun pumping stat points into any powers that are going to make much difference... my main annoyance with the hunter has been only getting three rounds into my favourite sniper rifle - all that reloading and retargeting means the skags are on me too quick :)
My main issue with the game so far is the lack of multiplayer fun I'd hoped for. We opted for a 4 pack purchase through steam, roped a couple of people in and saved a bit of cash hoping for some fun co-op play. We then rounded said 4 people up on Sunday afternoon to get started. Only... multiplayer has been hacked on in such an unfortunate way we didn't actually play. The natural assumption when you're buying a game through steam (for me) was that the multiplayer part would be handled via Steam, maybe even using the awesome match making that's built into Left 4 Dead. But no. Sigh. So G and I played on the LAN. It was good fun, don't get me wrong, I just think it would have been more fun with 4. As long as we all had headsets. Fingers crossed they get the damn thing patched before Left 4 Dead 2 arrives otherwise I think it will end up being a poor second cousin to that. Oh and claptrap needs a good kicking.
In other news we emptied half the kitchen and put all the old stuff out and ready for Freecycle... not as much stuff as I thought, but the cupboards are now mostly empty. It kinda feels like we're moving, but overall it's starting to feel exciting that we will have a new kitchen (almost) by the end of this month.
Went in HMV on Saturday, was meant to be looking for Medium Season 2 - which they had for £18 (seemed a bargain) - but ended up adding Smallville Season 8 and True Blood Season 1 into the mix. Now just to actually watch them :O
The Bubble has been fairly quiet - very strange to see someone appearing on my watchlist with their avatar as something I created. Good strange tho. In a halloween mood I created this.
I've created two characters (what's with not letting you skip past the entry video?? I liked it the first time but I was bored 5 seconds into the repeat) a siren (level 9) and a hunter (level 14) and I wish they had allowed us a little more customisation of the standard models... but still, I've had less issues playing a male character than I thought - maybe because I called him Louis? At this stage I think the characters play fairly simularly but I haven't really begun pumping stat points into any powers that are going to make much difference... my main annoyance with the hunter has been only getting three rounds into my favourite sniper rifle - all that reloading and retargeting means the skags are on me too quick :)
My main issue with the game so far is the lack of multiplayer fun I'd hoped for. We opted for a 4 pack purchase through steam, roped a couple of people in and saved a bit of cash hoping for some fun co-op play. We then rounded said 4 people up on Sunday afternoon to get started. Only... multiplayer has been hacked on in such an unfortunate way we didn't actually play. The natural assumption when you're buying a game through steam (for me) was that the multiplayer part would be handled via Steam, maybe even using the awesome match making that's built into Left 4 Dead. But no. Sigh. So G and I played on the LAN. It was good fun, don't get me wrong, I just think it would have been more fun with 4. As long as we all had headsets. Fingers crossed they get the damn thing patched before Left 4 Dead 2 arrives otherwise I think it will end up being a poor second cousin to that. Oh and claptrap needs a good kicking.
In other news we emptied half the kitchen and put all the old stuff out and ready for Freecycle... not as much stuff as I thought, but the cupboards are now mostly empty. It kinda feels like we're moving, but overall it's starting to feel exciting that we will have a new kitchen (almost) by the end of this month.
Went in HMV on Saturday, was meant to be looking for Medium Season 2 - which they had for £18 (seemed a bargain) - but ended up adding Smallville Season 8 and True Blood Season 1 into the mix. Now just to actually watch them :O
The Bubble has been fairly quiet - very strange to see someone appearing on my watchlist with their avatar as something I created. Good strange tho. In a halloween mood I created this.
I've started work on my L4D2 t-shirt. My girl looks fairly awesome :) And I'm still trying to pull something out of the hat for the Infectious Tee Party and the Wagamama Positive Design contest... but my ideas just haven't taken enough form yet. Have a feeling I may miss the deadline for both...
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