Solid DLC for a solid game. Whenever I killed a zombie, they dropped zombie brains and I collected them all. Finished the DLC and I still don't know why I collected them.
Too many zombies around you will be frustrating but you'll get through.
I loved the reference to Shaggy from Skaggy Doo!
Too many zombies around you will be frustrating but you'll get through.
I loved the reference to Shaggy from Skaggy Doo!
The best DLC for the main game in my opinion.
Borderlands is a fantastic game. It combines high paced action with good mechanics, a fun story, upbeat dub step music, humour, filthy jokes and does not take itself seriously.
I enjoyed every minute of the main game, it's story and the collecting of loot, cash and special items. And then I played the DLC’s. My god, they were even better. The DLC’s are all over the place and add a fresh new mini campaign in each one of them with a completely different idea and style.
The second DLC I completed was The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, in which “totally not Dr. Zed” from the original game brings the dead back to life and you need to stop him. Collect brains, brains, and more brains, kill his monstrosities and eventually “Dr. Ned” himself.
I really loved the bad villain acting of Dr. Ned and his stereotypical bad guy threats towards the main character. They were hillarious.
I like that they combined jokes, characters, and events from the main game and the other DLC’s into each DLC, it makes everything feel more connected. Examples are Zombie T.K. Baha (killed in main game) and General Knoxx as a puppet in Claptrap’s revolution, who finally died in The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, just like he so desperately wanted, but now is back as a zombie-puppet.
Overall, the main game and it’s DLC’s are in my top 10 favourite games of all time, and I would definitely recommend it to everyone.
Borderlands is a fantastic game. It combines high paced action with good mechanics, a fun story, upbeat dub step music, humour, filthy jokes and does not take itself seriously.
I enjoyed every minute of the main game, it's story and the collecting of loot, cash and special items. And then I played the DLC’s. My god, they were even better. The DLC’s are all over the place and add a fresh new mini campaign in each one of them with a completely different idea and style.
The second DLC I completed was The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, in which “totally not Dr. Zed” from the original game brings the dead back to life and you need to stop him. Collect brains, brains, and more brains, kill his monstrosities and eventually “Dr. Ned” himself.
I really loved the bad villain acting of Dr. Ned and his stereotypical bad guy threats towards the main character. They were hillarious.
I like that they combined jokes, characters, and events from the main game and the other DLC’s into each DLC, it makes everything feel more connected. Examples are Zombie T.K. Baha (killed in main game) and General Knoxx as a puppet in Claptrap’s revolution, who finally died in The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, just like he so desperately wanted, but now is back as a zombie-puppet.
Overall, the main game and it’s DLC’s are in my top 10 favourite games of all time, and I would definitely recommend it to everyone.
The first DLC for Borderlands is pretty solid. Coming out in the peak of the 2000's/2010's zombie boom of course borderlands needed a zombie DlC, and so the zombie island of Dr.Ned was born. It's pretty fun, gives you hordes of zombies to shoot through, but it doesn't offer much else on the gameplay side of things. The aesthetic is definitely the highlight, DLC 1 brings in some much needed colour to Borderlands and though it's not much it feels like a breath of fresh air, after the main game.
the new enemy variety is cool but the zombies get old quick even for a relatively short dlc
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Wow this was actually pretty fun. This is the first DLC I am playing during my Borderlands playthrough and I think I enjoyed it more than the base game. It felt a lot like Left4Dead, but with much more enjoyable gameplay.
I loved the parts when the HR Jakobs lady is trying to reassure you in the most corporate way when giving you the lift while you have to defend yourself. Also having Dr. Ned turn into a horrific zombie that resembled the likes of something from Doom was also really cool.
I loved the parts when the HR Jakobs lady is trying to reassure you in the most corporate way when giving you the lift while you have to defend yourself. Also having Dr. Ned turn into a horrific zombie that resembled the likes of something from Doom was also really cool.
Eh, it's fine I guess. Honestly the enemies are way too samey, a couple types in particular are a pain in the ass, and my god I think the hordes are even worse here than the base game. At the very least, the writing and story were still on the ball.
My favourite of the Borderlands 1 DLCs! Ya, it's zombies, but I generally enjoyed the storyline and visiting old characters and locations from the base game as Zombified versions are always fun to see!
Nice not being in a desert for once, but fighting zombies can get boring pretty quick. I appreciate that there is far more voice acting in this dlc than in the original game.
Good DLC, but shooting zombies gets old fast. If you're a completionist, don't forget to pick up the Brains quest chain at the beginning since the ones you pick up don't count until the quest is active.
BL1’s DLC expansions are nowhere near as good as BL2’s and 3’s so it’s hard to judge these having seen the true potential of what Gearbox can offer with these expansions. That being said, Zombie Island is a good first effort. It’s incredibly short, but it introduces a new area that’s visually more interesting than anything else in the game up until this point and the main story is campy fun. Largely unmemorable, but a fun ride nonetheless.
Will always appreciate a decorated and well groomed facemask
While the dlc takes place in the still forgettable and generic Borderlands 1, the setting is a completely different story. Long forgotten are the dull colors of the desert planet Pandora. Here there is an atmospheric dark forest full of fog, promising battles with not the mutated but the supernatural. And fuck, do I love the supernatural. The plot is a spooky campfire story told by Marcus to his kid, giving it a surprising amount of warmth. It's just... nice.
Quite literally a mustache-twirling adventure
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the zombie island of dr ned dares to ask bold questions, such as: "how do you make borderlands fun with only melee enemies?" and the answer is certainly not this. this dlc is so incredibly mindless. just mowing down stupid, slow zombies. never going to play this again probably
It's a fun DLC, sure. It's fairly fun mowing down hordes of zombies, and the comedy here is absurd. Dr. Ned is hilarous and the Jakobs lady is pretty funny too. It is a pretty short DLC though.
But i'll be damned if this DLC doesn't have a lot of waiting! You have to wait for the elevator, the ride from Jakobs, the bridge, og my God there's so God damn waiting!
But i'll be damned if this DLC doesn't have a lot of waiting! You have to wait for the elevator, the ride from Jakobs, the bridge, og my God there's so God damn waiting!
Had the best joke in borderlands 1
(Ned with a big moustache)
(Ned with a big moustache)
The first DLC for Borderlands and my second favorite DLC for the series. The story is the usual pop culture satire revolving around zombies (released for Halloween). It's more borderlands with plenty of zombie killing and loot collecting so you can't really go wrong with this DLC if you like series.
This is an alright DLC. I don't really like the enemies, but the locales are kind of interesting and the characters ok.
I feel like this is when BL1 truly shines as the dlc really has that borderlands comedy and a bit of seriousness in the lore that we all know and love