Did Borderland steal's Id's thunder the way Unreal Tournament did?

[Kasz216]

richardhutnik said:

Kasz216 said:
I think rage was just an awful game.

Borderlands was great, and did great. (Though it wasn't what was advertised sadly.)

Though without it, I still think Rage crashes and burns.

What was Borderlands advertised to be? i understood it to be an RPG-FPS hybrid with LOTS of guns.  And that is what it was/is.  Maybe people were upset with the Vault.

Largely the LOTS of guns part.  In the previews and interviews they way oversold how much the random loot would change the guns.  In general they made it feel like every gun would feel different.Like having a sniper rifle with revolver bullets would be totally different then a regular sniper rifle, guns that teleporteted explosives insde their victims etc. 

It made it sound like there was going to be all kinds of crazy different types of guns out there.

Really though, they are all the same.  Outside the Rocket Shotguns/ Shotgun Pistols and a few 1-off quest guns (TK's Wave/ Elephant Gun)

Heck, even the elemental guns are all exactly the same except their post effect.

The "Tons of guns" before it released made it sound like there would be dozens of types of guns.  You might end up with a sniper rifle that shoots like a shotgun that shoots napalm!

etc.