Gearbox Declares Borderlands Fastest Selling Original IP of 2009, PC Patch Due Later Today

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  it's not cell shaded. : Sparkimus Prime
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    if it's not, then it's pretty close... looks like high res/poly cell shading : Sixcos
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      Its hand drawn art that is mapped as a texture or some thing of the sort. Totally seperate thing appea... : R4di4ti0n.
      • >.< I would have beat you but I had to double check the screenshots. : Cihte
    • It's hand-drawn textures. Not cel-shading. : Cihte
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      This is a common miunderstanding of what Cell shading is, mainly because Cell shaded games generally have... : thecray
      • Good explanation. : OmegaRed59
    • Cell Shading: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Celshading_teapot_large.png/800px... : JediDwag
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    Of course it's celshaded, denying it is just marketing BS. They used textures with line art drawn in t... : electric_wizard
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      No. Cell shading is a specific thing. This is not cell shading. That's like saying C++ is the same as Jav... : OmegaRed59
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        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cel_shading ... traditional animation is drawn on transparent celluloid shee... : qsylvr
        • yeah, I mistyped it just like almost everyone else :( : OmegaRed59
• Cell-shading is non-existant, it's cel-shading. : BCFire

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• It's crashed after alt-tabbing a few times, I think it bluescreened on me once. I just need some people t... : sirmuffinman
• So why is no one publishing PC numbers of DD and Retail? I am gettting a bit frustrated by this as the "d... : Docace911

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  I will say that there is something about the game that tires me out any time I play it on the PC, due to ... : Masem
  • Yeah, but I can play Dragon Age (when it's not fucking up), COD, Fallout 3, etc for hours without it bugg... : k1ld0r
  • Disable motion blue, and increase the FOV. : abjectblitz
• Look through the gearbox forums for the fov adjustments, and turn it up... set them to your movement keys... : Sparkimus Prime
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  http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=79043 Follow those instructions to turn on vsync... : JediDwag
  • Also, disable mouse smoothing. That makes your input feel sluggish. : melkore

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• These sales really have lit a fire under his ass. An obnoxious fucking fire. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  i have no idea why he's critizing id when id are deveoping a nice new mutiplatform engine : spaceyme
  • And so is Crytek with CryEngine 3. : noleh8r
• That guy is such a fucking idiot. : thecray
• For some reason, the more I read up on Randall, the more the IGN representation of him seems true. I ... : R4di4ti0n.
• I think people are taking a lot of what he says out of context, and not just this. I guess fans of a cert... : darksied
• I had never heard of this guy. shacknews has brought some of the gaming industry's personalities to light... : Dr_Cube
• God forbid someone can make an interesting statement publicly. : ease one
• Seriously, why does everything Pitchford says get blown up into some sort of personal insult about Compan... : xcalibur19
• I think he has a valid point. id's new virtual texturing / unique texturing stuff is very interesting... : markusarv

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• Well, i can finally bring my hunter online. I was scared about losing my points. And I can make a Lilith ... : R4di4ti0n.
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  No FOV fix?? I'm tired of changing my FOV back with F10 every time I get out of a vehicle or sprint. : Leviathan41
  • Set it to your movement keys and deal with the in-car popping. : Sparkimus Prime
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  wow they didn't fix... anything. great job. : Sparkimus Prime
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    They fixed the 2 most game breaking issues, which are the point/proficency issue and the Lilith issue. ... : R4di4ti0n.
    • Well, it's basically the same patch they put out on the consoles opening week right? So 3 weeks later the... : Sparkimus Prime
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  also: restart steam to initiate patch : sixfoot6
  • Confirmed: Patch is out on steam. : Masem
• Unofficial Supplemental Patch Notes: -Shitty console-port interface unchanged for PC -Still no roll s... : Pixelbeast

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• I would imagine so. I cant see anyone owning both choosing PS3 over 360. PS3 games are only ever 720p.... : R4di4ti0n.
• It's not always that big. From what I've noticed 360 games usually sell about 50% more than the PS3 versi... : thecray
• I'd have thought KBM might make a difference : MamiyaOtaru
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  I don't get the Uncharted 2 comparison. The comparison is being made between a game sold for 2 platforms ... : jtthe2nd
  • It is a pretty weird comparison, considering it's not even an original IP. : thecray
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    Uncharted 2 is likely going to be GOTY and it was a heavily promoted, positively reviewed game with gushi... : Dr_Cube
    • Borderlands hasn't been slouching much in the promotion/marketing aspect. I've seen just as many or more ... : jtthe2nd
• It's a good example of the effect of other games. Many probably bought Uncharted 2 in lieu of Borderlands... : Shai-Tan
• Saw an article recently about MW2 selling at least 2x on 360 than on PS3. So it's not always as extreme.... : the_algor

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  looks like the 537 is what U2 sold according to that link : Shai-Tan
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    I definately appears that Faylor failed maths, lol. : thecray
    • Yes, I put the wrong number in and am updating the story accordingly. Thanks guys. : Chris Faylor

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• Reseasing? Brilliant! : Sparkimus Prime
• i'm sure there's somebody (me) who will be eager to get the patch and try it out. Not everybody is buyin... : malloc
• It's probably Valve's fault, I await the Randy Rant to set us all straight. ;) : CurbDog
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  Yes, they should just keep people waiting for it instead, that's brilliant! : boredguy
  • Considering that this patch is nothing anyone was hoping for(they added voice volume and voice on/off, bu... : Sparkimus Prime

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• This please : R4di4ti0n.
• It's going to take an additional week to optimize the patch notes details. : grabbie
• http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=87198 : dahanese

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• For sure. I hope stream doesnt mess with it while im out. Wont be home for 3 more hours : R4di4ti0n.

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• I can't choose my soundsource. So I have to play with whatever setup is default in windows. They could ch... : Johnnsen
• Yes, out of the box it plays perfectly fine... if you want to play it by yourself. and if you LAN, it wo... : Sparkimus Prime
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  IDK... 65% FoV or whatever the default is, made the game pretty unplayable to me. I mean, it was like loo... : R4di4ti0n.
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    Enabling Vsync gets rid of that. Its not in the options of this perfectly finished game of course, you... : Johnnsen
    • Yeah, i did. I forgot to say that part, but that is what i was referring to. Thanks for catching that. : R4di4ti0n.
• The game might be finished, but the porting to PC isn't. That's why we have patches. Also I've ran into ... : Sixcos

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  also, if only Infamous was multiplatform... it would win : Downforce
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    ....WHAT? : R4di4ti0n.
    • NVM. You are saying inFamous would outsell BLANDS. inFamous was fun. And much better than prototype, b... : R4di4ti0n.
• it will. : dahanese