Borderlands 1 Just Hits Different - Review & Retrospect 

BL1 is actually my favorite. I liked the dryer humor and bleak setting. I also appreciate that you can do endgame content without ridiculous amounts of farming.

i remember first time i played bl1 i died like 50 times at bonehead fight because i didnt understand how lvls worked and was under lvld first game i ever played with a lvling system

I still play BL1 in 2024, its my favorite BL game from entire franchise! The Mad Max feel, the music, the atmosphere there's nothing like it!

This is my favorite one. I love the atmosphere of the wasteland, the weapons, the loot system. In Borderlands 2, you fight a ton of robots in futuristic falicies and there's drones flying, explosions everywhere, constant dialogue which never seems to end. Borderlands 1 is so relaxing and immersive in comparison. The most unpopular opinion ever, but I prefer Borderlands 1 over 2

something i really like about the Craw fight, is the worms/crabs for second winds are mis-colored on purpose to make you really think about which element to pull out against the 3. my monkey brain always thinks green enemy = corrosive or whatever color the enemy is. less mindless mowing down enemies is always interesting

Playing borderlands as mordie and bloodwing💜

Aside from the part about the story, this is a banger of a video. But even that comes down to personal preference. I miss when the game was free of a huge galaxywide plot. When being a vault hunter just meant you were an unfortunate idiot bound to die looking for a myth, rather than a "badass" who is idolized by everyone. Being a vault hunter just meant another word for Pandora's next top corpse. I also prefer the weapons in 1. Yes, it's hard to tell a Vladof from an Atlas, it was hard to tell a tediore from an Atlas, and all in all the gunplay was.... simple at its best. BUT like.... BL 1's weapons were charming to me. Much like you though, that's probably nostalgia talking. Though I am fueled by Nostalgia so...

the paradox of borderlands people say that borderlands is boring, empty, monotone, repetitive yes every other borderlands game doesn't stop, constantly bombards you with pointless talking, has so many biomes and to get better gear you have to farm a boss for 5 hours which itself gets boring and repetitive and quick

I remember the first time I killed Craw on Mordy.. I have never felt so many different emotions in my life

Playing it for the first time recently, I love that there's no standing around waiting for dialogue to finish, my only gripe is I'll catch up with side missions Do a story mission that's literally just talking to 1 person And then I get 40 more side missions

Love to see a new Borderlands game that cuts as near to the bone as BL1 and that doesn't overly cosset players. I loved playing Underdome with my ex, though-ah, good times

I went back to play BL1 after having started in BL2 and played a boatload of BL3, just to see how things started. BL1 is comparative barebones compared to 2/3, but man, it still holds up. My preferred style is 100% completion onelife themed runs. I LOVE that I can do this without EVER using a legendary. Once you learn this game all of the quests/sidequests, you can reliably onelife the entire game as long as you are cautious and stay ON OR OVERLEVELED haha. My favorite thing about this game is the gear. A good blue or purple can last forever, and I swear, finding a really sick blue or purple in BL1 feels better than finding any legendary in 2/3.

I wish they kept the specific weapon type experience that gave you perks with each type the more you used them. I loved my Vitriolic Crux shotgun. I used it so much, it ended up like a corrosive Skull Masher sniper with a bigger mag and full auto. They should bring it back along with the weapon type experience perks.

I agree. Bd 1 hits you very quickly with, "slow down son. Let's take it easy and take it one step at a time." It's a unique game, and is much more basic and straightforward. It also established our fun characters, and I like looking at elpis before it got wrecked in the pfe sequel, and knowing in the pre sequel that the gaping hole on pandora is from our battle with the destroyer. A classic and awesome game. Which says a helluva lot about bd 2 which surpassed it

Fantastic game, on and off my favorite Borderlands, tied with 2. The loot system is fair, combat is fun and ruthless, the vibes are impeccable, all of the vault hunters are solid as hell, the balance is perfect, and wonder of wonders, the humor isn't annoyingly forced! P.S. We gotta play this one co-op some time.

My first video game since the first Nintendo. No regrets. For the last 4 years I've rushed home to play either Bl2 or BL2.

I remember my older cousins letting me play this with them when it was brand new and i loved it so much, and then i wasnt able to play it again for many years and it slipped from my mind, and i shit you not, i rented that game same as you after so long and remembered why i loved it so much and then i went and bought all of them and its legit my favorite series ever

My wife and I just completed Krom's Canyon. I agree. we frequently go through all three (not the PS), and your points are all right on.

Bl1 was the only entry in the series where I beat the main story line with all the vault hunters. It's my favorite in the series

The nostalgia definitely plays a factor in how I feel about Borderlands 1, I have fond memories of playing this game with my friend Peyton and later my younger brother, but even after that, I played through this game several times single player, and still loved it. There’s just something about the atmosphere and vibe of Borderlands 1 that I love.

Borderlands 1 was always my favorite bc of the challenge it has and how guns stay good longer than any other game in the series! Keep up the great content man!!

The atmosphere is what makes this game unique. I hope bdl 4 becomes more grim, grounded, and gory.

I really like the UI when it tells you've picked up something, or when the stores have new inventory

And also important note IF YOU WANT TO JOIN A BL1 ONLINE SESSION DO NOT JOIN A GAME WITH THE MISSION "keep your insides in" IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR PROGRESS! Make sure you have a character for that specific type of lobby or else you'll be stuck to play with people who has this bug or literally people who just started to play it, in PC there's a fix for that but NOT for consoles

One of my favorite games of all time

I remember when I first got a PS3 Borderlands was the only game I had for a year until a friend introduced me to Fallout New Vegas. I’ll always have a special part in my heart for it. Also in regards to borderlands 2, I think it’s more fun as far as things to do but it does lack in areas like needing to listen to dialog to progress at times. Other than that, if I had to rank the games borderlands 1 and borderlands 2 would come down to a coin flip for number 1.

3:27 it’s actually the easiest. If you strafe none of the enemies can hit you… they may have updated it but that’s how it worked on 360 back in the day. Just walk around and you were invincible.

4:37 those assassins in T-Bone Junction omg

I think the Borderlands franchise should’ve just kept the Gritty type of feel & tone to it, along with keeping more of the Mad Max but in Space. But also keeping Pandora more of the Wasteland Desert & Canyons rather then having multiple environments like in Borderlands 2. They should’ve saved them for different Planets and even Moon Elpis.

One thing I do want to point out with BL1 DLC is that it really does add more flavour and gives that identity what BLD 2 would become. I love the DLC’s in the first game for that.

All weapon types felt good, elements and status effects felt good, game stayed hard all the way through, truly impactful items weapons dropped completely randomly (which I liked), and freedom of builds were so much more varied. Every installment after BL1 made me long for the gameplay and balance of the first game

I remember playing this game on ps3 with the ps+ monthly games release. This game was so hard to play, i was dying easily against skags…

You're not blinded by nostalgia, BL1 was the first one I played and I tried BL 2 right after and I will say that gunplay-wise BL1 simply better and easier to play.

And the acoustic music is killer

Also, i remember that i only got one early legendary during my numerous playthroughs. A caustic x2 Saviour at level 13 that i just used constantly until the damage just dropped off severely around level 20. I've never had that luck again during any of my subsequent playthroughs, level 20 and above is the only time i've had legendaries drop since in BL1

I can remember this coming out when I was still a freshman in college and playing the absolute hell out of it. To this day I still havent beaten Crawmerax haha

My favourite thing about borderlands 1 is that combat rifles are very solid,i can find more reliable high mag rifles here compared to the later games; here i can find MGs with 60 or 80+ rounds or so and combined with Roland's skills it's just glorious

I REALLY wish they would go back to the feel of the first game. Are the new ones overall better, probably, but like you said. The first one hits different

Been playing Borderlands since 2009, still my most played of the franchise and while 2 is slicker and came with the greatest antagonist of all time, I still prefer the original. More so today now that it's in 4k on PlayStation.

While borderlands 1 might me the hardest in the franchise just doing the main story and the side missions when they pop up can make u over level pretty easily not to mention randomly finding the double or steel anarchy then the game becomes a cake walk

I think I prefer the landscapes from BL3 tbh, but I agree with you that BL1 felt more immersive overall. Less bullshit.

The End of BL1 still stucks with me, the non-apologetic FU after the Boss Fight... No Heaven is still one of my favorite songs. On that note. Today is the first day I reached LVL80 on any BL2 Character even though I have been playing forever, I never got over LVL66 before something took me away.

I SO LOOOOVE the shock graphics and sounds omg

I played this on ps3 and just purchased the game of the year on Playstation store on sale for PS4,, I'm looking forward to playing this again and spending more time playing this, I'm a big fan of borderlands handsome game. Great video and will subscribe to your channel for help in your videos, thank you

I just started my 5362722661th play through with a friend that’s never played. We’re having a blast and plan on beating the whole franchise

As someone who has 100% this game on multiple consoles I’ve only been able to max shotgun weapon proficiency on 1 characters after 100+ hours. Love this game

Bl1 is my second favourite bl game. It also has two of my favourite dlcs being Dr. Ned's zombie Island and General Knoxx's armoury :)

Outside of handsome Jack the value hunters abilities and the variety of locals later games have. I think BL1 is just the most fun of them. Sure I'd with I had phase grip instead of phase shift but whatever. I'll just play as Roland. When I do the game solo.

Agreed 100% - it may be my favorite BL game actually!

That desolate planet was made better with family and friends playing with us n experiencing everything on Pandora as a team. I miss old couch co-op :(

Facts❤❤❤ its my favorite in the series as I said on other videos of yours Im working on a mordecai on the 360 version ❤😂 literally been playing this game since it's release my next character will be roland and saving brick for last even though he was my first pick back in 2009

The first Borderlands Game i ever played, was in 4 player co-op and Borderlands 2 on the PC. We got about 40% into it and 2 lost interest. That was 10+ years ago now. 2 years ago i decided i wanted to give the Franchise a proper try and started Borderlands 1 GOTY Remastered in co-op with 1 friend. We've done 190 out of the 216 missions and 2 months ago we started Borderlands Pre Sequel with 3 of us. The pacing and fun factor of the Pre Sequel seems much better. Borderlands 1 is still a great game for it's age, but it's pacing is a bit dragged out, especially if you want to do 100% of the missions. Can't wait to finish it, then do all the others.

Bl1 is a strange one for me, i like it, but i find myself going back to 2 and 3 more often, my biggest issue with bl1 is you are a bit squishier than in 2 and especially 3. I found myself dying far more often than in the later games, but i still recommend at least playing through once.

100% agree even if I love more Bl2

Never stopped being ny favorite gane in the series. Janky? yes. Story? Not too great but its okay Weapons? Yummy Characters? Scooter Endgame? Idk, i play with weapons that look vool, so it do be hard DLC? Comedy Hotel? Tri-vago

Diablo 2's loot + Fallout 3's art direction. Randy had one great idea. He created an FPS that he's never been able to top. BL1 had the best core combat loop & no cringe writing. The later offerings have the worse dialog & terrible stories. I also loathe bullet sponge enemies. Thank you for this look back on what founded the franchise.

Borderlands 1 was my first looter shooter and i definitely love this game.

Always loved b1. It's my second favorite after pre

I find BL1 relaxing, you take things slow, and find that viable guns to help you go through, I'm using second wind mechanic wayyy too often lol, if there no second wind mechanic i probably drop this game long time ago. The gun sounds my guy its so fukin satisfying to use

I can only kill craw with maya and the ledge glitch

I got into this franchise because my cousin showed me this game when it was new. When we were growing up he was the one that had fallout 3, new vegas, morrowind, etc. but they were all single player so when we hung out we usually still resorted to playing sega or SNES since that’s what my grandparents had for us. But when he showed me a game that hit that FPS nerve, and it had levels that immediately think of the years I’d sunk into Pokemon, AND it was split-screen co-op? I was immediately enamored with the concept. After the night I spent with him playing the game I immediately went home and got my own copy. I must have put 1k hours in on my ps3 before I switched to PC. I don’t love what the franchise has become. I still play 3 because I appreciate the convenience of life mechanics that have been added, I much prefer guardian rank to badass rank, tying it to xp gain was always the right move just like weapon proficiency in 1. This last part is just my opinion. I know badass rank tried to take the challenges from 1 up a level, but it feels like I’m puttering around pandora just to get 1/10th of a % increase on my reload speed before I spend another four hours doing it again. Just not a system I care for.

BL1 is a lot more cut throat and that's what I love about it. You either have a good build or you don't, it's cut and dry. In regards to Craw though you are right he's difficult, honestly I consider it a rite of passage to any VH rookie to beat Crawmerax once legitimately. No ledge, no glitch guns. You, and your wit. That separates the rookies who are here for the moment from the hunter who are determined for that dub, and the satisfaction of looking at the gun in their hands and saying "*I* EARNED that!"

3:31 - #3 New Tales From The Borderlands??? Im confused. It was basically a story that u just make choices in...?

The thing I really digged about the first game is that it contrasted the ridiculous and over the top characters, comedy and violence, with this unnerving wasteland of a planet that is Pandora. Nowadays people think of Borderlands and they think of an explosion of memes and wackiness, because of BL2. Don't get me wrong, BL2 was, and still is amazing, but it's a joke that has gone long enough. We needed a slightly more serious, and less comedic Borderlands with less jokes, and more dread, to let the series breathe a little.

doing a replay with Mordecai now that my semester is over, a lovely and simple game

I have the opposite issue, where it's hard to LEAVE Bl1 😅 This game just has what I like in looter shooters that the others don't have.

Ibjust started a weeknago blind i havent really died mostly just hit second wind i find it smart to leave small mobs till big ones are down

All you need in this game is just a double anarchy SMG or any common gun to shred through guys like butter and will carry you better than some legendaries in terms of stats, and they do the job as intended on being a bullet dispenser's actual purpose

8bit Cranberries goes hard

I found that bl1 wa svery easy, I died like 4 times in old haven and that was it untill lvl 69 in the knoxx dlc lol

Fun Fact= Borderlands was originally supposed to be have a dark and depressing vibe with more dull colors. But their decision to turn it around and make the game into a quirky dark humour themed game surprisingly paid off. BUT you can still seen the remnants of the original design in Borderlands 1. The color scheme is is a bit dull and boring in certain places. Take the town of New Haven where Helena, Scooter & Marcus live, for example. Despite the town being full of NPCS, it still feels boring and dull.

Nice background music choice.

I like bl3. But sometimes it’s just way too much and over the top. Can’t even see what’s going on half the time. I just miss bullets being bullets. Not a thousand different lights flashing across the screen. Good times man.

played the heck out of 2 and the pre sequel, did about half the story with a few characters in bl3. what version of BL 1 do is preferred for PC, the OG or the remastered one?

oh the nostalgia ;-; i miss this game.

I put alot of time into the 360 version the good o days.😮😮😮😮

That’s it, I’m doing a run. Who should I use?!

Arrr happy memories played it to death and for years ❤

Underdome is good because it teaches you how to play peak BL1 and you get an extra skill point for completing it

BL1 is a unique and special game, I never played but I've seen so much content about it and I can't wait to play it soon!

I think Borderlands 1 is a fine game too aswell. Sure my nostalgic comes mostly from Borderlands 2, but its still a nice time to be had with it. Also it couldn't run the game on my old ass PC, when it came out, wah wah, Thank god my beast of a PC today can run it without a sweat.

For me Borderlands 2 is the best

I swear I be having a love hate relationship 😂, somethings you be saying I don’t agree with, and other things I be like exactly, love the videos tho

I personally prefer bl1's gameplay but love bl2's story. Am a huge fan of both and honestly would not change a single thing.

I feel the same way, you nailed it

The memory leak is a Borderlands 1 Enhanced issue. The original game did not suffer from this. Gearbox should have fixed it (& they never will) but apparently putting more invisible walls, outside Bonehead's area & Scorched Snake Canyon that prevents taking a shortcut (to name a couple), was more of a priority.

my favorite game

Also, I subscribed to you you make great content and you speak your mind kind of like Mac used to do before he got to nose deep in this borderlands war he’s got going on 😂

My girlfriend got this, the second borderlands and tps for like $10 on her switch lite. And omfg this game is ridiculous man. Im a decent fps gamer but playing this on a switch lite is so hard

My personal fav

Borderlands was the best, with its side stories it felt organic. The later games like 2 and 3 suck the feeling is not there. In fact most modern games dont really do what they are suppose to get you in an alternate realy. Games are suppose to be a escape from really its kind of hard when everything is for cash grabs so I play the old memories only now.

You should rank all the final missions in borderlands I couldn’t find another person that’s done this

Talk to Lilith...

Hellfire, This is amazing! I subscribed right away!

I enjoy the zombie dlc and general Knox dlc plus weapon proficiencies do u have any build videos for bl2 and pre sequel just curious I haven't found any on ur channel but I could of missed them I dunno

This game is hard af not gonna lie. Even with all the side missions and perks maxed out it’s still difficult as hell 😂😂😂

Great video dude really entertaining

As soon as Claptrap was stuck in the ships hold with a stupid hat and a useless girlfriend, it was game over.

This is a good game with a very bad beginning of just going back and forth to Fyrestone for the first few hours But it’s still more engaging than the movie

I love how you don't show borderlands 3 or wonderlands when you mentioning the games. 😂