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Gearbox Admits Borderlands' Story Sucked, Borderlands 2 Will Deliver

Posted on Saturday, August 25 @ 18:41:10 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

No game is perfect, and in the case of the original Borderlands the story could have been more impactful. But that's what a sequel is for, right?

Gearbox Interactive's Lead Writer, Anthony Burch, admitted to IGN during an interview that the first Borderlands didn't deliver the memorable story that it could have. He stated the following:

There were lots of cool stories that could have been told. Plus, the ending sucked, and we’ve admitted that a bunch.

Borderlands 2 is getting ready to hit store shelves, and thankfully Gearbox is confident that it will deliver a compelling narrative with interesting characters. In order to accomplish this, the game will spend time both introducing and building character storylines, so you won't feel like you're meeting strangers all the time. Secondly, it will drive a plot that is focused and has both moments of both intensity and relief.

Burch continued with the following:

It makes you feel like you’re part of a story rather than checking off a bunch of things on a shopping list that are free of context.

With improved visuals, more diverse gameplay, and a rich narrative, Borderlands 2 is shaping up to be not only the must-have game of September, but the cooperative game of choice in 2012. If you haven't already, be sure to read our E3 preview where Nicholas Tan dissects and explains why Borderlands 2 is the new and improved game that fans of the original are dying for.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Aug 25th, 2012 at 7:35 pm
    They made up for the ending with Robot Revolution. Either way IDC just give me moar borderlands
    0 3
  • Bretimus_v2
    Bretimus_v2
    Joined: Jan 2009
    Posted: Aug 25th, 2012 at 9:37 pm
    I was coming in here to say this. The DLC had some cool little short stories.
    0 1
  • Ranim
    Ranim
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Aug 26th, 2012 at 12:40 am
    What makes you think the story will be any better if the same chode that wrote the story for the last game is writing this one? What they're really talking about is more cutscenes and more scripted events. Did Diablo 1 and 2, or Titan Quest have an intrusive story like Borderlands? This is cognitive dissonance incarnate, and it wont have any replayability after the first run through like Diablo 3.
    2 0
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Aug 26th, 2012 at 1:19 am
    That's a load of crap, and you know it. Also, the guys at Gearbox are awesome and have probably paid more attention to their fans and game community than any other developer.

    Also, I'm going to play Borderlands 2 at least once through with each character.
    0 2
  • Green_Lantern
    Green_Lantern
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Aug 26th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
    Yeah, except Anthony Burch was still one of the editors of destructoid when the original was released.
    0 1

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