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Kittt_Walker 4 Jun 2014 08:09:33 339 posts
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Just by reading everyones reactions to this I want to go and buy off the ps store asap but concerned about the co-op. How successful (and stable) does it work if anyone has had much experience with it so far please?

Help_me 4 Jun 2014 09:47:41 1,090 posts
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santashi wrote:

Help_me wrote:
Going digital - currently psn is showing the game twice. Presume that should not be a problem?
Is there a difference between the two versions? Ratings aside, that is.

Edit: I'll just assume that the version with the higher number of ratings is the 'correct' one, if there is a difference.

I bought the one that wasn't dated. Came through fine.

RunningMan 4 Jun 2014 09:59:45 3,098 posts
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All these shift keys work on vita,

CTWTB-X3TFH-WBWZ5-H3KTJ-3JK9H (Skin Pack)

WBK3B-FKWCT-KWKWB-SJWTB-XCZK3 (5 keys)

CBKBT-CCJBS-6SFWJ-ZBWTB-CJHHS (5 keys)

CBKTT-66RHB-ZHK5B-SB53J-SJ3KT (5 keys)

5BWT3-6CTRS-K3CSC-9BK33-KTTR5 (3 keys)

CT5J3-6WBTS-F96K3-93CBJ-9XJ5H (5 keys)

WJWTT-FBJTZ-RHR5J-ZBKT3-5XFX3 (5 keys)

5JCBJ-3WF3B-WTJWR-563T3-K399K (3 keys)

CT5JT-B6C59-BFF5T-HBCB3-R5FJK (5 keys)

5B5T3-XR5WZ-J66W3-9BK3B-FH595 (5 keys)

53CTT-6KX3T-K3T5R-5RBBB-XJJ33 (3 keys)

53WTB-HRXHC-H9W53-9JW33-HRRSB (3 keys)

WTW3J-39F95-ZZKKJ-9TKT3-Z3HBT (3 keys)

CTKT3-K5RTB-CTTWX-CXJBJ-RFJWZ (3 keys)

TenderChicken 4 Jun 2014 10:03:22 3,539 posts
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Kittt_Walker wrote:
Just by reading everyones reactions to this I want to go and buy off the ps store asap but concerned about the co-op. How successful (and stable) does it work if anyone has had much experience with it so far please?

Absolutely perfectly in my experience.

aros 4 Jun 2014 10:05:43 4,260 posts
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Is it kind of cheating using shift codes, as in will I get really OP gear and looting will feel pointless or will the game still be fun?

DUFFMAN5 4 Jun 2014 10:06:45 26,894 posts
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TenderChicken wrote:

Kittt_Walker wrote:
Just by reading everyones reactions to this I want to go and buy off the ps store asap but concerned about the co-op. How successful (and stable) does it work if anyone has had much experience with it so far please?
Absolutely perfectly in my experience.

Coop is fine and great fun, So strange talking into my vita last night while in the badlands and having a conversation with no headset on...welcome to the future

Ziz0u 4 Jun 2014 10:07:14 11,006 posts
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What are Shift keys? Free gear? Is it predetermined or random weapons?

Thanks for posting them.

StarchildHypocrethes 4 Jun 2014 10:09:51 33,974 posts
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Type in the code and you get a key that unlocks the chest in that transport station thingy in Sanctuary.

It generally pops out a purple or orange item scaled to your current level.

Kittt_Walker 4 Jun 2014 10:10:51 339 posts
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Thanks for the replies, off to the ps store I go😄

Ziz0u 4 Jun 2014 10:19:36 11,006 posts
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StarchildHypocrethes wrote:
Type in the code and you get a key that unlocks the chest in that transport station thingy in Sanctuary.

It generally pops out a purple or orange item scaled to your current level.

Excellent.

aros 4 Jun 2014 10:20:05 4,260 posts
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Interesting - may have to use a couple, perhaps limiting myself to ensure the fun doesn't get sucked away.

Flying_Pig 4 Jun 2014 10:21:37 16,956 posts
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@aros - It's not cheating and you can still find some cool weapons through general looting.

Grab yourself a few and see how you feel about using them

Help_me 4 Jun 2014 10:44:14 1,090 posts
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Do it. Takes a long time to download the six or seven packs!

TenderChicken 4 Jun 2014 11:24:27 3,539 posts
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Here's the full list of redeemable shift codes. Every single one I've tried worked - and there are some that give you ten keys!

Edited by TenderChicken at 11:24:43 04-06-2014

Rodney 4 Jun 2014 11:31:12 5,029 posts
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Just did some Tiny Tina missions, things got a little juddery but it was absolute chaos, stuff going off all around me, I'm sure there are more than six enemies on screen at a time like the early previews said. It feels very busy sometimes, a lot of fun.

My work commute goes too quickly when I'm playing this.

kadooosh 4 Jun 2014 12:16:41 3,239 posts
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So this is worth getting? Anyone had any major issues with it?

aros 4 Jun 2014 12:52:35 4,260 posts
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Kadooosh - definitely worth getting.

Rodney, I'm sure I've seen sections with more than 6 enemies in the main game - I'm starting to suspect reviewers played till Sanctuary then wrote their review?

dsmx 4 Jun 2014 14:00:11 8,640 posts
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I'm beginning to think reviewers aren't playing the same game as me, yes it chugs every now and then but personally I'm used to the PC version, a version I play at maximum setttings at 1080p60 and I'm finding it perfectly playable on the vita.

If anything I'm enjoying it more on the vita firstly because now my bullets always cause the enemies to explode which is far more satisfying and secondly because when I'm at work on my break I'm playing borderlands 2 and not some shitty pay2win title that dominate the kind of "games" you get on smart phones.

aros 4 Jun 2014 14:20:55 4,260 posts
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dsmx wrote:
If anything I'm enjoying it more on the vita firstly because now my bullets always cause the enemies to explode which is far more satisfying

Now I've seen quite a few people here comment on this, I'm finding it odd it was a big complaint in reviews when it's a positive in the eyes of everyone here? Weird.

SomaticSense 4 Jun 2014 14:34:37 15,062 posts
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aros wrote:

dsmx wrote:
If anything I'm enjoying it more on the vita firstly because now my bullets always cause the enemies to explode which is far more satisfying
Now I've seen quite a few people here comment on this, I'm finding it odd it was a big complaint in reviews when it's a positive in the eyes of everyone here? Weird.

Because it seems a lot of reviews now are so focused on the technicals and narrative, that they forget what makes us gamers tick. That in our eyes, fun, controls, and visual feedback overrules everything.

Ror 4 Jun 2014 14:41:38 20,336 posts
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Probably just preference. Just because some of us prefer it that way doesn't mean everyone will.

Having said that, it does seem a bit nit-picky considering it's likely a compromise to help the game run well and has little to no bearing on gameplay. Doubly so, considering bodies just fade away after a short period of time on console - at least, they were on the PS3 version I played yesterday.

I like it a lot though, especially as I am focusing on ranged weapons a lot; I line up a critical headshot with my sniper rifle, the enemy explodes in a shower of giblets, and my Mechromancer shouts "NEWB!"

TenderChicken 4 Jun 2014 15:04:13 3,539 posts
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SomaticSense wrote:

aros wrote:

dsmx wrote:
If anything I'm enjoying it more on the vita firstly because now my bullets always cause the enemies to explode which is far more satisfying
Now I've seen quite a few people here comment on this, I'm finding it odd it was a big complaint in reviews when it's a positive in the eyes of everyone here? Weird.
Because it seems a lot of reviews now are so focused on the technicals and narrative, that they forget what makes us gamers tick. That in our eyes, fun, controls, and visual feedback overrules everything.

Case and point, Eurogamer's Wolfenstein review.

Speaking of which, it's strange they've not reviewed it yet. Going by their current slant, I'm expecting a 4/10.

Help_me 4 Jun 2014 15:06:19 1,090 posts
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I started playing this morning on the train into work. I stopped playing when the lady next to me was getting p'd off because the train had pulled into Kings Cross, stopped and I still hadn't moved. Only did about two levels.

As far as I'm concerned a game well worth buying.

Oh and on the exploding bodies: I never played the original so don't know what I am missing but as someone said a couple of pages ago it reminds me of doom so a good thing in my eyes. Maybe all the reviewers are too young to have played doom?

Edited by Help_me at 15:07:19 04-06-2014

dsmx 4 Jun 2014 15:50:17 8,640 posts
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@Help_me To be honest I think it's a case of game reviewers being to old, they've forgotten about the fun aspect of playing games.

Summing up BL2 on the vita: Some technical hiccups but it doesn't impact the fun of the game, if you liked borderlands 1 and 2 you'll love having borderlands 2 to play wherever you go and if you have the PS3 version you can carry on your game wherever you go thanks to cross save. That is what a review of it should be because nothing more needs to be said, your playing basically the same game as you got on the consoles and PC on a device that fits in your pocket.

Edited by dsmx at 15:51:33 04-06-2014

Help_me 4 Jun 2014 16:33:21 1,090 posts
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^ Just out of interest, what classes as too old?

SomaticSense 4 Jun 2014 16:38:51 15,062 posts
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Help_me wrote:
^ Just out of interest, what classes as too old?

When you class a point blank shotgun blast gibbing an enemy to oblivion rather than their body collapsing to the floor in a repetitive scripted animation, and then bizarrely disappearing into thin air a few seconds later, as a negative.

I imagine

dsmx 4 Jun 2014 16:50:54 8,640 posts
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@Help_me Probably around the time when you start reviewing games as art or on it's technical merits rather than as the fun you had with them.

While there is a place for that kind of analysis the vast majority of people play games for fun not because they have some deeper meaning or say something profound about our society.

Edited by dsmx at 16:51:16 04-06-2014

don81 4 Jun 2014 16:56:57 241 posts
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What is the single player game like? What do you do on it? is it a standard campaign> As tempted. What about the graphics and slowdown? All reviews mention this but i want real peoples opinions. Don't do multiplayer as i am rubbish but love single player? Worth it?

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