Battleborn - New Gearbox IP

calex71

Not much in the way of details as of yet, will have 5 player co-op. Think they have managed to implement co-op very well in the past , Borderlands , Brothers in Arms so will be interested to see what comes of this one.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/07/08/game-informer-august-cover-reveal-gearbox-battleborn-654814351318.aspx

EoinMcLovin

Here is the announcement trailer for Battleborn from Gearbox Software, the makers of Borderlands. Loving the art style and characters.

johnny_ultimate

Think there might have been like three seconds between the two of you posting threads on this game :pac:

calex71

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Think there might have been like three seconds between the two of you posting threads on this game :pac:

ha ha ha great minds and all that :pac:

cherryghost

It's a MOBA game.

Varik

Doesn't have borderlands in the name, so recent history says it'll suck.

richymcdermott

Found borderlands series to be very boring so by default I am not looking forward to this

Varik

Just realized they're also making both the new and the collection of Homeworld, so hopefully I'm wrong and Duke Nuke & Aliens were terrible flukes.

Skerries

MOBA games scare me!

Generic Dreadhead

I love the art style

Penn

Very interested in seeing how this turns out. Looks fantastic.

ShadowHearth

Emmmm, Trailer looked cool and I was very sceptical before watching it. So ill ask here. Where there is so much hate for it? Or thats colonial Marines still biting Gearbox in the arse?

Penn

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Emmmm, Trailer looked cool and I was very sceptical before watching it. So ill ask here. Where there is so much hate for it? Or thats colonial Marines still biting Gearbox in the arse?

Combination of Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem, I think.

I'd say another bit of criticism it's likely getting is that so far it seems fairly similar to Borderlands. Obviously there's not a lot to go on yet, but add some cel-shading to that trailer and tell me it's Borderlands 3, and I'd believe you.

EoinMcLovin

nobody seems to be talking about this anymore. Out February next year and looks class. 25 playable characters, story mode and single player

Retr0gamer

I'll be on the fence on this one. Borderlands didn't do it for me and I found it the churning out of memes and pop culture references that are already dated lazy and just not funny.

Generic Dreadhead

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'll be on the fence on this one. Borderlands didn't do it for me and I found it the churning out of memes and pop culture references that are already dated lazy and just not funny.

Blasphemy!

Retr0gamer

Cormac... wrote: »

Blasphemy!

In my defense loot based games like Diablo have yet to click with me, I might have to give something like Torchlight or Diablo 3 a proper go sometime to see if they grab me.

Generic Dreadhead

I was referring to your bashing of the humour!
Totally forgot about the gameplay and loot :P
At least BL2 + DLC is value for money and the pinnacle of "good DLC"

Back on the subject of Battleborn though, kind of surprised theres been so little said about it, I guess the hype train has yet to get going

dreamers75

I "heard" there was a closed technical test happening very shortly.

EoinHef

Just "heard" the same thing. Wasnt really on my radar but ill give it a bash

dreamers75

"heard" the test was on oct 29th

Mr E

Just got this by email.


The team that brought you Borderlands has been hard at work creating the all-new hero shooter Battleborn, releasing February 9, 2016, but a select group of gamers won’t have to wait that long to play. Starting on October 29th we will be conducting a series of Closed Technical Tests to balance characters, stress servers, squash bugs, and test the online infrastructure – and we need your help!

The Closed Technical Test will take place on PS4, XBOX ONE, and PC. If you’re interested in helping us test out Battleborn and want to be one of the first people in the world to get their hands on this new breed of first-person shooters, you can register by going to http://rsvp.battleborn.com/.

REGISTER NOW FOR THE CLOSED TECHNICAL TEST STARTING OCTOBER 29TH
For more information about Battleborn, its 25 playable heroes, co-op story mode, and three competitive multiplayer modes, visit www.battleborn.com.

dreamers75

Preloading it now.

Watched a video of it earlier and its doesnt really float my boat, shame the key is tied to my shift account.

Dcully

Got my beta invite too.

Skerries

how long is the beta for as I got my key?

nocal

I got my beta key also. Will give it a bash over the weekend.

Generic Dreadhead

I got a PS4 key, any idea how long the Beta lasts hope it's not a few hours, I'm not available tonight,

dreamers75

Very slick menus, possibly the best I have ever seen in a technical test.

Anyone manage to get a game?

Skerries

everyone still waiting?

dreamers75

Skerries wrote: »

everyone still waiting?

yup


https://twitter.com/battleborn/status/659818438567723008

DeSelby83

Has anyone gotten into this yet. I get put in a queue for 10/15 mins and nothing

EoinMcLovin

DeSelby83 wrote:

Has anyone gotten into this yet. I get put in a queue for 10/15 mins and nothing

Got in no problem this morning, just played story mission. On now trying versus and its taking a while to find players. Its says on one of the menus that if having problems connecting to versus on your own to try with a friend.

dreamers75

Got into a 5v5 last night herding some minions or something.

Hadnt a clue what to do.

Generic Dreadhead

When does the Beta end?

Played a handful of games (Co-oP and PvP) last night, seems like it would be better with a group.

I haven't a clue what I'm doing most of the time.

cherryghost

Definitely more MOBA based than shooter based anyway. It's ok what I played so far.

Dcully

Played a couple of hours over the weekend wasnt impressed at all.

Generic Dreadhead

Dcully wrote: »

Played a couple of hours over the weekend wasnt impressed at all.

I agree, I don't really play MOBAs so I know I'm not the target market (maybe you need a hardcore group of 5 where you all compliment each others powers etc)

But I found it very Clunky controls wise, I couldn't hit jack-$hite with that Bow and Arrow girl or do much damage with the machine gun guy

Was very underwhelmed.

But I did like the humour in the Story mission

"Aaaaaaaarrrachnis!"

EoinMcLovin

Now releasing May 3, 2016

ShadowHearth

Played this on Tuesday at friends house. I played overwatch too and I have to say that I like this a lot more. Its more moba style, wheres overwatch more TF2 style.

Kind of looking forward to this now.

Kiith

TotalBiscuit gives it a lot of praise. No micro-transactions is nice to see (though we'll see how long that lasts)

EoinMcLovin

Open beta now live on PS4 and PS4 players will receive the first DLC pack for free. Xbox One and PC can play beta from Wednesday

cherryghost

I hope they fix the utter boredom of the previous beta. It's miles behind Overwatch and Paragon.

Mickeroo

Open beta is available for the weekend on all platforms. Bad timing with Dark Souls only just out but I might try and get an hour in at some stage to see what it's like.

Dcully

Played it for about 2 hours lastnight and had a blast, feels so much better than the last beta.

Dcully

Played some more and meh its ok, really depends on finding a class/hero you enjoy but overall the game is so so.
It takes screen clutter to a whole new level.

Got a beta code for Paladins yesterday and its a far better experience.

DeSelby83

I definitely enjoyed it more than the beta and the single player was more fun than i thought but im sure it will sell too much with a cut price overwatch also coming out and paragon as f2p. Hope to be able to play paragon too though, looks like more of a 'serious' mmo game

Shiminay

Couldn't get into any multiplayer games at the weekend (unless you're supposed to wait for more than 3 minutes, but if it's that bad at matchmaking or whatever it does, then I'm already out). Tried the story as a private game, was enjoyable enough but obviously quite hobbled by the fact that I had to play alone.

I feel sorta meh about it though not having been able to play it multi, so I'll continue to wait and see.

Andrew76

Is this pretty much the same type of game as Overwatch? Blizzard's effort seems to be getting great reviews so far.

SeantheMan

Andrew76 wrote: »

Is this pretty much the same type of game as Overwatch? Blizzard's effort seems to be getting great reviews so far.

No. it's completely different to Overwatch, and that's the issue...people seem to be confusing both as very similar games.

If you watch Total Biscuits take on it, he gives a great explanation and review of the game etc.

I also thought they were 2 in the same thing, and was just going to get 1...but now I'll probably get both.

(Same video was posted by Kiith on the previous page, but for those who don't go through the whole threads)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8PtDxxHpU

Dcully

Nah its similar while being very different to Overwatch.

Paladins and Overwatch share a lot more similarities.

I cannot recommend Paladins enough,plenty of beta codes going round unlike Overwatch.

ktulu123

Anyone going to be playing this tomorrow? I don't think i've been this excited for a game in a long time. Really enjoyed the beta. Takes a bit to get your head around it but once you do it's fecking amazing