Today I started Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (BtPS) again continuing some side missions I was on when co-op happened. I forget exactly why my friend Mark and I started playing the missions co-op, but it was very helpful in the last several story missions to beat the game.
The final boss was one of those classic multiple form thingies. You know that moment where you think you've beaten it only to realize that there's an even bigger boss right behind the one you just beat? Yea, that kind. It took quite a while and multiple deaths before victory and a long watch of the credits (Robert Lewellyn, aka Kryton from Red Dwarf, was not a voice in the game; although, I think the actor must have been imitating Kryton). I was amazed at how many graphics happened in this boss fight and all that over the internet playing co-op. There was not a moment hesitation in the action or any hiccups whatsoever. Very impressive.
Of course, this is not the end of BtPS, not by a long shot. I have many side missions to find and complete, True Vault Hunter mode to start, a bunch of achievements to get (after finishing the game, as is typical of most games I've found, I've only done half of them), and upcoming DLC, the first one coming next week. Tomorrow I will do more by mopping up all the side missions and playing the arena level I got for preordering. At the end of all those, if I finish them, is the start of the next difficulty level, True Vault Hunter, and hopefully more legendary item drops. I've found three so far and my buddy Mark, who is a few levels ahead of me, hasn't found a single one. Unfortuneatley you can't use The Grinder to create one because Purple level items don't work in the grinder (that is by themselves. Apparently you can combine two legendaries with a purple to make a better legendary, but I'm not giving up the three I have so far).
I think I might be picking this up tomorrow. $30 for everything.
Finally, I picked up the free game on Xbox Live, Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, and started drooling over the price drops on Xbox One good through the holidays. You can get the Sunset Overdrive white Xbox One bundle for $350. That's pretty sweet and I am so very, very tempted. I think though I will wait for the release of Crackdown next year to jump on the next gen. I really, hope they do a bundle for that game.
This would look very sweet next to my mostly white Star Wars Xbox 360.
Yeah, that bundle is making me lean toward an XBO purchase. I blame that class I took in May where we met Insomniac's PR team in person and ate at their Comissary.
:Ah yea, I remember your blog about that well. I really like Insomniac a lot and so far I've heard nothing but good things about Sunset Overdrive. I'll have to think about it when I wake up tomorrow and see if I'm still just as excited for the new system.
all I want to know is: where is the cheese steak?
It's been hot dogs and beans for the last two weeks. It's way cheap and still good. I've been getting Nathan's hot dogs and they are good. Maybe there are better ones out there though. Any suggestions?
I love hot dogs too, though I really shouldn't. I used to eat them all the time but finally I drew the line. I cooked ballparks in the broiler.
I've been putting pickle relish and mustard on mine, but maybe I should figure out this chili-dog thing.
chili dogs are good. I prefer ketchup, mustard, and onions.
Could never understand the ketchup on hot dogs. Onions though is a great thing I used to get on hot dogs at baseball games.
Well yall can drool over the xbone im leaning toward a ps4 more games I like by sony then microsoft =-)
I like PS4 too. Right now though I only have Killzone Shadowfall as my must-have exclusive. Are there any others?
Robert Lewellyn isn't in this game?
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you lied to me...
Probably for the best seeing tha tI had a chance to get both Borderlands 1 and 2 but passed on them for some retro gaming goodness and bundled deals.
As tempting as it might be in wanting an Xbox One I stgill have to refuse. Though it's good to finally see MS realize what we want as gamers, I'm still learly given all that's happened. Still them offering a 1TB HDD model along with pack in bundle games for $350 is a step in teh right direction, espeically with Xmas coming up.
Now I think Harold Tassiter (Handsome Jack's boss) must be voiced by by James Urbaniak who voiced Dr. Venture in Venture Bros. TV show. I don't think so though. A lot of the voice work seems to be mimicing familiar voices. I heard ClapTrap doing Curly from the Three Stooges once.
I think that COD bundle with the 1 TB drive is $449 even after price drop.
Right. I was thinking about the black friday offerings of a $350 Xbox One and got my bundle packs mixed up.
Yea the Sunset Overdrive bundle was $350. I was seriously considering that.