At various points during the later stages of Borderlands I found myself thinking about the possibilities of a sequel, hoping that the game sold well enough to warrant a follow-up. The fact that I let my mind wander out of the moment says a lot about the bugs in the game, but it also speaks to the raw awesomeness of midget-punching shooter RPG. I’m not alone in my thinking, my desire for a sequel, and the good news is that Gearbox Studios believes there’s a chance Borderlands 2 could happen -- the key being a cold hard business decision and consumer desire for another.
“Yes, I can probably confirm that there’s a chance of a Borderlands 2,” creative director Mike Neumann told VG247 in a recent interview when asked about the possibilities of a Borderlands 2. “I mean, with anything, especially a new IP, if people want more and you can make more, and everybody can make money and do good business there, it obviously makes really good sense to do that.”
Neumann then added that DLC is on the way and no substantial talks have been had other than the “water cooler” variety, which I’m sure would hilarious to overhear.
“So yeah,” Neumann said after revealing that Gearbox loves the “franchise,” if everything makes sense, Borderlands 2 seems like a no-brainer to me.”
Nothing confirmed yet, but it's obvious Gearbox is willing to look into creating a sequel. You guys want one, right?
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11:20 AM on 11.12.2009
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And I'm SPUER optimistic about the phrase "I can probably confirm the chance of Borderlands 2." Does that mean I can pre-order yet or what?
A sequel, or at least a serious expansion which raises level cap with new skills, enemies, areas, etc. . .
First things first, I'll see where the DLC goes, if it's just more maps/enemies/guns. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but yeah, the lack of story was the thing that brought down the game for me a bit.
My only issue with the game is it needs a stronger story, though they built a nice foundation to work from in a sequel.
Guns, sheilds, Class Perks should remain the way they are.
Also, I'm seeing some glitch complaints. I haven't encountered a single one for PC and I'm level 40. However, I haven't played multiplayer either. Is this where a lot of the glitches are?
Make it longer or have more open areas to explore and cosider it sold.
For all that Gearbox want to make a sequel, they have only sold approx 550 - 600k copies worldwide to date. [and that's taking VGchartz regularly over-inflated numbers at face value]. Borderlands was an expensive game, developed for 3 years. they will need nothing less than 2m units JUST to break even, let alone get a profit back. Their sales 'hot' period is now over now that the big boys are destroying xmas sales [mw2, ass2, l4d2, uncharted]. basically for as much as i love the team and this awesome game, they're never reaching 2m or even 1.5m.
If it's anything like the first one, GOD NO.
PS:I hear the boycotters getting near...
Personally, I don't care about the story, but I would like to see more characterization. I thought Borderlands would be the kind of game with such great characters that you wouldn't care about the story. Too bad most of them are paper-thin in personality. Maybe have some in-game conversations between characters if you're playing co-op? I'd think it'd be hilarious to see what a conversation between Brick and Mordecai would be like.