Hey, Fallout! How does it feel to know that this is how a post-apocalyptic wasteland RPG should be like?
But the primary thing it's got going for it is the fact that this game has a lot of character, and it does not take itself to seriously, thus making it more fun to play than it's main rivals 'Fallout 3' and 'New Vegas'. Whilst Borderlands lack some of the 'Oh my god that was f*cking awesome' moments of blowing an opponent's arm off with V.A.T.s, Borderlands also lacks the 'Oh my god, how many more miles of underground tunnels or deserts do I have to walk?' feeling to that both of the two Fallout R.P.G. heavy weights eventually had.
Borderlands also has a weapon randomiser system that randomly generates every gun found in game (either on lootable dead bodies or in crates.) this makes for as wide of a variety of guns as you'll ever possibly need, with all the bonus damage perks you'll require to go off and pop some bandit heads. Admitedly with the random weapon generation, there isn't as wide of a range found in game as 2K originally announced, bragging:
'There are millions of guns, so you'll never see the same gun twice.'
...Okay so that was a lie, as you will see the same gun more than once, as the guns generated are dependant upon the class you pick at the start, but there is still a wide variety of guns to choose from.
There are several classes to choose in the game, these are dependant on the character you chose at the start. You have Brick, he's your blow stuff up with a rocket launcher or punch it square in the face type of guy. Lillith, is your turn invisible, stealth yo' ass in to the grave type. Mordecai will hold back and either pop you off with a snipe to the head or get his pet eagle to claw your eyes out. That leaves us with Roland, he's a soldier who likes his guns, he also carriers a turret around in his pocket, as you do.
Borderlands also had a great sense of humour, as I mentioned earlier.
This game has such witty lines as:
'The Catch-a-Ride near Fyrestone is more busted than my momma's girl parts. Really appreciate you takin' a poke at that. The uh, system, not my mom.'
(this being a line said by Scooter after you complete a mission for him.)
And:
'You go to Mad Mel and say Hi from Scooter. ... and by that I mean you just go murder the cr*p outta him, ye hear?'
(this also being a line said by Scooter.)
If these jokes don't do anything for you, then you're better off not buying Borderlands as this is the general tone of the game.
the main thing missing from Borderlands is an impressive soundtrack. The music's actually quite sh*t. But if you make a playlist on your Ipod, this can easily be fixed. I recomend listening to a li'' bit of Johnny Cash or the fallout soundtrack to set the best tone for the game.