"12 hours to beat." Yeah, right.

[muckymucks]

I finished the story for Borderlands 2 today. When I first started playing it I asked this forum how long it would take to beat. I was told 12 hours. It became a little more than that. Like 70 hours more! Great game but wow it's a huge game. And that 70 hours was for ONE character. I can't iamgine doing it again with another. Maybe in a year.

[''Y'']

I don't know, 12 seems about right for going through the story missions only, especially in weak baby mode (1st and 2nd playthroughs, aka Normal Mode and True Vault Hunter Mode). If by "beat" you mean do most or all of the missions, then yeah, no way it's 12.

[muckymucks]

Originally posted by Yishai:

I don't know, 12 seems about right for going through the story missions only. If by "beat" you mean do most or all of the missions, then yeah, no way it's 12.

Admittedly, I did a lot of side missions to level up and to add variety to the gameplay. I think the counter said I did 90 side missions. Still, I finished the story at level 33 so it wasn't too much.

[Mkunga]

Im searching for co-op, are you up to?

[Dagirkeran]

Someone beat this game in under five hours.

[Crabapentin]

Bahroo did it in 4 hours

[ShinkuTear]

Speedrunning and normal playthrough are very different. First time players and people with 200+ hours are also quite different.

For anyone new, I'd sooner say 1-2 hours per story mission, plus time spent exploring, doing sidequests, leveling...

[Scuba_Steve]

Bahroo beat in in 2 with glitches like infinite ammo, weapon merging but glitchless was 4 hours stop being a PU$$Y fagg0t

[No.]

Originally posted by muckymucks:

Admittedly, I did a lot of side missions to level up and to add variety to the gameplay. I think the counter said I did 90 side missions. Still, I finished the story at level 33 so it wasn't too much.

You get less experience when you fight lesser enemies -as in, guys way weaker than you-, so you could hit level 30, then do a dozen level 20 side quests and barely get enough experience for half a level.

Sometimes I join lower level games just to help people, and I literally get 1 xp from killing enemies, so you could spend 70 hours playing and end up with as much experience as someone who beat the game in 12. Side missions are only there as extra content, but they aren't of any use on the experience department, unless you are super under-leveled.

[muckymucks]

Originally posted by No:

Originally posted by muckymucks:

Admittedly, I did a lot of side missions to level up and to add variety to the gameplay. I think the counter said I did 90 side missions. Still, I finished the story at level 33 so it wasn't too much.

You get less experience when you fight lesser enemies -as in, guys way weaker than you-, so you could hit level 30, then do a dozen level 20 side quests and barely get enough experience for half a level.

Sometimes I join lower level games just to help people, and I literally get 1 xp from killing enemies, so you could spend 70 hours playing and end up with as much experience as someone who beat the game in 12. Side missions are only there as extra content, but they aren't of any use on the experience department, unless you are super under-leveled.

With the amount of time I spent exploring, listening to dialog, read everything, and just looking at maps, I can't imagine anyone finishing the story in 12 hours.

But I've seen some lets play of people playing for the first time and they rush through the minute they start playing. I can't do that. I need to look at everything.