It would be great if playthrough 2 of borderlands was a bit more like diablo, with random level generation. Even better if there was random quest generation too.

And I totally agree with this article about Diablo 3. Mainly because the story is so disappointing (and boring in my opinon). Having to sit through the same cutscenes 4 times is very very boring. They should have the option of skipping cutscenes when you begin a new playthrough on the harder levels (I am still on playthrough 2, so forgive me if they already have this option).

I used to be a massive square-enix guy, smashing out every FF up til X (playing international version and smashing some dark summons!). I remember the joy of finishing Chronocross, being a little disappointed in all the characters I missed, and being given this beautiful, wonderful, fantastical second chance: NewGame+. I was a bit hesitant, a bit nervous, but playing everything through to try new characters? With good stats, and correspondingly over-levelled enemies? Yeah, I’ll do that.

But playing through Borderlands 1 on playthrough 2? No thanks. Real boring, real fast. I was overlevelled, and even playing only story missions I never even came close to being hurt. It actually made me a worse player, because I’d stand in the middle of a gunfight and laugh at the puny bullets as they bounced off of me.

So maybe the moral of the story is NewGame+ needs to offer something new, and better. Please note: new does not mean “better chance of good gear!” New means: extra quests; different game modes; new characters.

Sidenote; I find it interesting that the games you mention liking for their ‘replayability’ also make awesome local multiplayer games, a particular favorite of mine (and an increasingly rare commodity)

TL;DR: Chronocross is awesome. And replaying a game shouldn’t feel like work.

Sorry, it was meant as conversational rather than aggressive swearing if that makes it any better!

And yeah Paul’s entitled to his opinion of course, I get that, it just that his kinda tramples all over mine. The Halo’s and Smash Bros’ and such ain’t goin anywhere. But the games I love and can replay endlessly, well they’re getting harder and harder to come by. *Single manly tear*

Imagine you loved Nicholas Winding Refn’s DRIVE but read an article decrying it because it wasn’t nearly FAST and FURIOUS enough! Wouldn’t you want voice your disagreement?

Also, sweary swear swear.

I’ve gotten Zero to level 50 and am working Gaige through her mid-teen levels at the moment and I’m nowhere even close to bored yet.

Most games are the type of experience ya kinda have to be in the right mood to enjoy. But Borderlands was one of only a handful of games in existance that I could pick up and play at any time. Over and over, time and again, it never stops being fun. The first Mercenaries and Timesplitters 2/3 are some of the others. Borderlands 2 exceeds the original by miles and I’ll be playing it for years.

For you to come along and say that it should have been made to be like all the other games out there that get played once and then left on a shelf to collect dust seems remarkably narrow-minded!

You mention multiplayer like it’s the only reason a game should be replayed and that kind of talk pisses me off to no end when douchebag executives from the big publishers use it, because I usually take it to mean they don’t give a fuck about long-time gamers like me.

If I’m looking to enjoy a game for few hours multiplayer might be a good way to go, or it could wind up being an incredibly frustrating throw-my-controller at the screen experience! Or I could pop in Borderlands and have some guaranteed fun.

At any rate, I’m AWARE of, and GLAD for the fact that I still have a choice. So do you, in case you didn’t realise. If Borderlands isn’t the game you want it be, maybe that’s YOUR issue and you should just go back to Smash Bros or whatever game you feel DOES have replay value!