Is it actually good? The commercials piss me off so I haven’t looked into it.

(I also never touched Borderlands because the cover looks like Red Hot Chili Peppers album, I sure am awesome.)

i dont own ps4, nor have played destiny (I agree with @anduin about borderlands) but i support your desire @maraun to kick walmart doors open. preferably with a car.

I don’t mean to derail this thread.

@m, I’ll warn you about Borderlands. Cause there is a lot of criticism for its lack of story. (Especially the first one). It is essentially a space aged Diablo (1&2, not played 3 myself) style game. It’s got more jokes, but it’s basically all side quests and it’s fun cause the mechanics are fun.

Based on the nerdy show episode, I think destiny is similar, but I’m not sure how the comedy or story ranks.

I like Borderlands, but I also have a twinge in my hand for playing too much Diablo.

I agree about the cover being obnoxious. I thought the sane thing if the first cover. It was advertised towards the non gamer, rock asshole-esk crowd in my opinion. I knew a few that considered the game just because of the music in the commercial.

Borderlands 1 plays into this “style” a lot, but it’s still a nerd game at its core with achievements and Easter eggs abound.
Borderlands 2 multiplies the nerd factor by 20 and adds more character development.

From the NS review of Destiny, the game play and mechanics seem to similar to BL, and I’ve not had the time to dig any deeper into the aesthetics.
The cover makes me think meh.

I’m still playing it with Tony, and on occasion Brandon and Colin. Not as much anymore mind you, but that has more to do with the fact that I scored all the gear I needed for lvl 30 and maxed out the stats on my weapons of choice, so there really wasn’t anything more for me to do until the new content dropped today.

@Maraun If you’re looking for a shooter to play with friends, pick up Destiny, it’s worth it and is about as much fun as playing Halo’s campaign co-op was, just minus the story. If you’re looking for that deep, engaging story through, then you’re better off skipping it for now since there’s only the bare bones skeleton of a story and lots of promises of it being fleshed out more in the future.

@M that’s because those are player characters in the trailer. The NPCs aren’t really any better though, just swap “acting cool” for “vaguely alluding to past or present events”.

@Anduin As far as comedy goes, Borderlands wins, hands down. Unless you want to count poking fun at Peter Dinklage’s terribly directed voice acting.