Randy Responds to Art Comments

[ennui]

Just so everyone sees this and it doesn't get lost, Randy's issued a comment about the recent talk about Borderlands' art style. Straight from Randy:

Heh! No, Borderlands is not cel-shaded - it's a gritty and serious world after all. But since the game was first unveiled we have made big advancements with the art direction and the technology to support the art and have produced some pretty impressive, even shocking results.

We weren't expecting a story about this to break this week, but I'll tell you that the http://www.borderlandsthegame.com website will soon be getting new content that will expose how far we've gone with the art. If the story you guys broke today makes too much noise for us to deal with we may decide to speed up when we update the site with media. Also, PC Gamer came to visit us recently to check out and play the game with us. The result of that is that the next issue of PC Gamer has Borderlands on the cover and inside there is a big story with a lot of images and a story written by Dan Stapleton. Finally, there's always E3 in a few months where attendees can see the game live. I know some folks have figured out that we've done something big to Borderlands even if no one is quite sure what we've done yet and I know I'm still being a bit cryptic on that, but frankly we aren't quite ready for this story to get out.

Cheers!

- Randy

[Stealth Pirate]

...so wait, that means we should tell EVERYONE about this so they speed coverage up?

[Johnny_Mac]

NOISEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE



ready to release more stuff yet?

[xatomskx]

so, i thought it looked like cel shading, but what is it then?
also
NOISEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[Lord_Coinage]

Reckon we should cause a bit of a ruckus on GFAQS? That's if good old borderlandsguide hasn't already.

[pmainpri]

SWEET this is what i've been waiting for

[Stiler]

Hope they show us soon, I'm not really a fan of the comic style graphics of cel shading (or whatever it is they are doing in borderlands to make it look similar).

Much preferred the more realistic/gritty style.

[Lord_Coinage]

Alright, i've just posted in the GFAQS/Gspot boards and i'm about to post another topic in my clan forum.

[Chewy8126]

All I got out of that was "faster news if a lot of noise," and "attendees can see game live at E3." Unfortunately, I'm not eighteen yet, so E3 will have to wait. :'(

[SwiftSpear]

Originally Posted by Chewy8126

All I got out of that was "faster news if a lot of noise," and "attendees can see game live at E3." Unfortunately, I'm not eighteen yet, so E3 will have to wait. :'(

E3 is covered by billions of news agencies. You'll get pretty much any info that anyone else will, aside from maby the outright ability to chat with presenters and ask the questions you really want to.