Borderlands - Game Review

Right... Borderlands, the new RPS (Role Playing Shooter) from 2K games and gearbox software. The game was released on October 30 2009 and hit the stores pretty hard, there was a shortage in just 3 days for the PS3, Xbox 360 AND PC, but with good reason. The game kicks so much ass it has to buy special shoe polish to remove the stench of ass from its boots.

Bad analogies aside, the game is good, it just puts you in the wrong mind-set. You start off with some reasonable guns that kill the first 1 or 2 enemies with 2 - 3 shots, however when you advance in - game you better have some better guns or you'll be running away shitting bricks.

Speaking of guns, The game has a MASSIVE amount of guns, using new content generating technology. There are machine guns, pistols, shotgun, revolvers, sniper rifles, SMG and RPG's, this may sound like the standard FPS equipment but think again. The game can generate a standard revolver, but also a scoped revolver that lights the enemy on fire, or a shotgun that shoots acid, or a sniper rifle that shoots lightning. However the necessity of it is a little questionable.

There are four characters(classes) to play, and each has it' own knack for a few.

  1. There's the soldier (Roland), the perfect all - rounder if you don't know what to choose. He can put down a force field that heals you and supplies you with ammo and a turret that shoots the enemy automatically. He is specialized in machine guns, RPG's and shotguns.
  2. The hunter (Mordecai) has a falcon (named Bloodwing) that can attack enemies from a distance and is specialized in sniper rifles, pistols and revolvers.
  3. The siren (Lilith) has the ability to "phase walk" (switching between dimensional planes), basically its just invisibility. She is specialised in elemental weapons (fire, wind etc.).
  4. And finally there's the berserker (Brick). He's the melee class of the four, solving his problems with his fists instead of guns, punching enemies in the face.
Speaking of enemies, there are not so many different enemies in the game, but there are some extremely funny ones, like the mutant psycho midget with an oversized pizza cutter. However, there are often LOTS of them in a single place and once you've killed them all they respawn in 5 minutes, making it really annoying to travel.

Travelling is eased by the "catch-a-ride" stations, which spawns a car with a rocket launcher or machine gun making it easier to plough your way through wave after wave mutant psycho midgets. The world you can travel is rather small for a RPS and the story missions (30) run out pretty fast, this is compensated with the large online multi player system. You can team up or have a death match with any and everyone on the internet.

Overall review

  • Game play Borderlands game play
    It's basic, shoot stuff, run over stuff with your car, loot, it's great!

  • Story Borderlands story
    I tried to convince myself it was nothing like Fallout (with all the Vault shit), but the story is barely there so it hardly mattered.

  • Graphics Borderlands graphics
    The artwork style look awesome, maybe some people prefer realism over self parody.






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