Borderlands is an FPS with RPG elements that takes places on the fictional planet of Pandora. When you arrive on the planet, you are greeted by a "Guardian Angel", she wants you to look for "the Vault". You are also greeted by a robot, Claptrap. The planet is also infested with Skags, Rakks, Spiderants and many other creatures and variants of those, as well as Bandits, Psychos, and more humanoid enemies, as well as variants of those. Along your way to the Vault you will complete quests, and probably side quests, you WILL kill a lot of enemies. Borderlands has a procedural loot system, it gives you random loot when you kill something. Though you have to be a certain level to use some loot. Well, a lot of loot. There really isn't much you can use at level 1. I have spent Just under four days on one file, and still have not completed the second playthrough. There is one thing you have to watch out for, modded weapons online. If you enjoy a solid single player, and a good game to play co-op with your friends on, and shooting and looting, this is your game.
Alright, so I've been playing it nonstop since I picked it up, and basically... it's bada**. The shooting mechanics are perfect, and the guns all vary so greatly. It's like Fallout (3) but with a more perfected first-p... Read Full Review
Let me preface this review by saying that I'm getting pretty tired of people comparing this game to Call of Duty/Halo 3 and Fallout 3. The similarities are actually far and few between, especially if you examine the mech... Read Full Review
