Bioshock or Borderlands?

[Annie Williams]

Edit: I'm not so sure about buying either after looking more into their genres, thanks for the links and advice that I should wait until winter sale though!

not "which is better" more like which would you recommend for me to buy first? I'm not really a gamer but I did use to love TLOZ, the God Of War franchise and The Walking Dead when I had a console and better pc, but lost both along with the interest for games, now it's back, and I want to try some classics starting by these 2 but I can't afford them both atm, so, title? x)

[Annie Williams]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AustrAlien2010:

Well. There is a demo section, which I always find very helpful.
https://store.steampowered.com/demos/

That is one way to stay away from the masses.

thanks again idk how to use this site

[AustrAlien2010]

They are small parts of games, if you uninstall them, they are gone from your computer. They do not cost anything, but they are not complete games, just small parts of them to try out.

[FPS]

If you have some friends to play with, get Borderlands (and maybe buy extra copies for your friends). Borerlands series really shines in coop.
If you're looking for a singleplayer game firstmost, go with the Bioshock series.

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Bioshock if you're looking for something with a good story, Borderlands if you're looking for lots of guns and explosions.

[Crazy Tiger]

Diposting pertama kali oleh happy:

that last part tho... I started playing league and some war shooter which name I forgot, just to chill with my friends, but ended up upset everytime because of how much I died and there was no plot to make up for it. On the other hand Life is strange is actually one of my favorite games but before I gave it a chance I used to think it would be cringe bc of some comments from youtubers, and I was used to action only, I was proved wrong, I do need to stop following the masses

My advice is to not listen to influencers and don't play games because they're popular or miss out on games because they're unpopular. Find out what you like about games, wishlist games that fit your bill and do a little bit of research about them. Perhaps look up part of a Let's Play (I always mute them, don't care about their opinions) to see a bit of gameplay. And when they're on the cheap, purchase them if you think they're fun enough.
Same goes for venturing into genres you hadn't thought about. Certainly if they're very cheap (Steam sales or on sites like Humble/Fanatical) it might be worth it to simply purchase one and see what's what.

Games are entertainment, so if you enjoy yourself, then it's good.

[AustrAlien2010]

Sorry!

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AustrAlien2010:

Personally, I would not recommend Borderlands at all, because I find that a boring game series, and is totally not my thing. I have it, I tried playing it, I thought it was a very uninteresting game title.
But that's just me. Apparently it was very popular, but I never understood why.

Yeah, that's called personal preference. Everyone has it.

[AustrAlien2010]

Sorry.

[ReBoot]

Borderlands for MP, Bioshock for SP

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Diposting pertama kali oleh AustrAlien2010:

True. There wasn't anything wrong with it. I just found Borderlands boring. Borderlands, more like Boringlands. Uninteresting characters. Uninteresting world. Uninteresting visual style. Everything about Borderlands was just boring and bland.
Constantly managing your inventory. Swapping items. Comparing them. Only to have like 1% more damage. Just terrible. Borderlands was also very easy. Hardly a challenge. But then again, I never came far. I just had to put Borderlands away at some point, because I was bored out of my mind. You could cheese everything. Like... do some very easy tactic, and adversaries would not even become a threat. More of a nuisance.

You were literally fighting monkeys or apes, or something, that threw rocks at you. Completely stupid. The story was not going anywhere, or even remotely interesting.


There. Opinion.

And I did try Borderlands. More then 60 hours I looked at Borderlands, trying to figure out why everyone was so excited about that, but I could not find the factor. Was Borderlands a technical success? Sure. Did I found Borderlands interesting to play? No.
I think they accidentally switched reviews when they reviewed Duke Nukem Forever and Borderlands, because DNF was great, but apparently, that one had to be burned to the ground, and gamers had to play a game with rock throwing monkeys, which they all did, because hey, Borderlands was the most popular. Right? And people said Borderlands was good. And Duke Nukem was supposed to be bad, so they did not even tried.
You can't believe anything but yourself, and like what you like. Because opinions can be so misleading. For all you know, you could end up playing completely terrible, terrible games, because people happen to recommend them, who have completely different views on things, and those games may not even that good for you.

So yeah, make your own choice. That's always more interesting than following some wanker on the internet, who does not even know you, and accidently ending up with a game with monkeys that throw rocks at you.

Never again, would I listen to the gaming preference of someone else, above what I know I like. :duke:

And in bioshock you use genetically modified powers to beat up gene splicing junkies. Every game has weird nonsensical things in it. That's why they're games.

[AustrAlien2010]

I am sorry for what I wrote.

[Start_Running]

Yeah... I'd say go with Borderlands. THough both those franchaises are rather different in their tone, and mechanics.

[Annie Williams]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Start_Running:

Yeah... I'd say go with Borderlands. THough both those franchaises are rather different in their tone, and mechanics.

I hadn't looked up enough so I assumed they were of the same style and story driven judging by the tags.

[Gallifrey - CSSC Gaming Founder]

Unusual for me to side with Start Running but ...

Bioshock has one of the best openings in gaming and an excellent premise. Although there are some nice graphical touches it's 90% about screaming maniacs coming out of the dark at you.

Bioshock 2 I think is underrated and provides far better use of the location from the first game.

Bioshock Infinite sets up in the first half hour what looks to be the most awesome and interesting RPG - and then spoils it by becoming another on rails shooter. Bioshock 2's combat is better.

Borderlands is far more open world. Yes, you're usually going around shooting things but there's lots of different things to shoot and the story and characters are a lot better than Bioshock's which is a shaggy dog story with a twist.

Borderlands 2 basically takes the first game to a whole new level.

And the Pre-Sequel, which is usually rated comparatively poorly, is reasonably good fun once you get used to its idiosyncracies. Definitely more platforming than either of its predecessors.

Given a choice - clear win Borderlands. Story, narrow win, NPCs - clear win, length of game, DLC, and multiplayer.

S.x.

[Start_Running]

Diposting pertama kali oleh happy:

Diposting pertama kali oleh Start_Running:

Yeah... I'd say go with Borderlands. THough both those franchaises are rather different in their tone, and mechanics.

I hadn't looked up enough so I assumed they were of the same style and story driven judging by the tags.

Oh yeah they are but Borderlands has a bit more humor in its writing.