Borderlands (Playstation 3)

This RPG FPS is an ok game. I rented it and have a little bit of withdraw after a returning it. I can't say I'd be happy owning it though. I'll compare it to Fallout 3, since one of the developers mentioned that it's like Fallout 3 but with more action.

1. The say the game has a lot of weapons. True, but most of the time it's just a little tweek to the particular weapon. During my time where I made it to New Haven, the weapons fuction pretty much the same with a slight tweek on it's color, effectivenes and effect. Fallout 3 at least can say it had a lot of different types of weapons. Fallout didn't just have similar weapons thats in Borderlands, but they had a weapon that shot out anything you can get, they had a rifle gun, lazers etc.

2. They said that its more action than Fallout 3. Well, yeah. Fallout 3 had a lot of loading and after the DLC, those loading screens were longer than the cut-scenes. Borderlands basically has huge maps for you to work on without loading, unless your traveling to that seperated maps like Headstone Mine and New Haven. Their were loading screens that were long, but you hardly have to deal with them unless you want to progress into the story.

The problem was that their was too much action were it became redundant and repetitive. Here is an example:

I was sent to a mining town where I had to take down a boss. Upon entering, I was confronted by enemies. Mine you that the map of this location is huge. So I basically had to press through each part of the map by taking down bandits and other enemies slowly. Each section was a battle. Finally I manage to get to the boss and defeated Sledge. Now it was time to go back to the exit and then to location to collect my reward. Now here is the problem, all of the enemies that slowed me down have regenerated with full health. I was pretty much out of ammo and I wasn't going to run back to the boss area to buy some more of it. Especially since I wasted most of the money purchasing upgrades. I don't mine enemies spawning, but the game should give you a good amount of time for you prepare in dealing with their enemies. I fought all of them. The least they can do is let me have a safer way of going back to the previous map to collect my bounty. SPAWNING ENEMIES ALL THE TIME SUCKS! I bet them in this map, in this mission, so please savor my victories.

The driving SUCKS! I hate the driving.

What is better on this game than Fallout 3:

1. FPS.

2. Works.

3. Less load screens.

What's not better:

1. Boring missions.

2. Boring Weapons.

3. Horrible Driving.

At least it's a long game.

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I was hesitant in picking up this game due to the fact that I absolutely loathe cell-shaded games. I don't know what it is, but something about it just makes the animation look so fake. After hearing a lot of buzz, however, I decided to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself completely immersed in this game within minutes of playing. The cell-shading bothered me at first, but after awhile I realized that it gives this game a very aesthetically pleasing picture of what would otherwise be another barren wasteland like in Fallout 3. Now, I'm not here to bash Fallout 3 or anything. Believe me, I actually spent more time playing that game than I probably ever will with this one. This game is hardly flawed, however. If you like running around, shooting and/or blowing stuff up, and reaping the rewards both from questing and looting...then this is your game.

A lot of people liken this to a RPG/FPS hybrid. I would have to agree for the most part. The questing and character customization is very similar to games such as World of Warcraft. You have 3 different skill trees to progress down depending on which character you use, and they all serve a different purpose. I was a little disappointed to see that some skills were similar between the characters, but for the most part everyone has their own unique use. The questing is also similar in that you typically have to retrieve items, kill enemies and/or bosses, or just run to a location and do the whole "flip a switch" kind of thing. My only other complaint from the RPG side of things is that each character only gets one activated skill. Everything else is passive or adds to that skill. I'm not saying this is bad, but I think this game would have prospered more with some added variety.

The shooter side of this encompasses just about every other aspect. There are different types of guns to choose from, and some may be better or worse in different ways. When they say this game has a bazillion guns, they are correct. But that's not to say that every single gun is completely different. It's more like saying that Diablo 2 has a ton of different items, but in the end they all have their similar counterparts. Aside from guns there is also melee attacking, however I found this almost pointless except in the case of the Berserker's skill. Pretty much if you've played any FPS before, you won't find anything new here. At least, with the exception that some guns come with elemental attacks that are kind of cool. Imagine wielding a shotgun that electrifies people, or a pistol that causes explosions. These guns are quite invaluable, and the Siren makes good use of them.

Now if I have to say anything bad about this game it's this: it's VERY repetitive. I know people tend to use that term very loosely nowadays, but the further I got into this game the more I felt that I was just an errand boy who wasn't receiving adequate payment for doing favors for people. At around level 25 I got incredibly bored and just decided to take the game back to Gamestop. I still would say it's a fun game though, and the ending isn't as anti-climactic as most would have you believe (I watched it on youtube). This game just takes a lot of time and patience...and since I just got Dragon Age, which has almost all my attention now, I just don't have time to run around doing meaningless quests and chores for people.

I would also note that I played this game on single player only. I'm very picky about what games I play online, so take my review as being from the point of someone who did it alone. And for first time players I would recommend being the soldier. I liked all the classes except the Siren, but it was the Hunter I went the distance with. If you pick this up I hope you have more fun with it than I did, because all things aside it really is a good game.

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This game is very fun to play online! I think the single player option is nice but not the true way the game was meant to play. Its easy to pick this game up and run through a couple quests in half an hour or even join on someone else's game. the action is great and if you minimize travel time between action can be rather short. cars are fun and the addition of challenges make for a fun addition to the game. The four classes are a nice idea but the ability to develop their skill trees differently give these classes more variability.

The mods for the grenades and class skills are excellently done. Also the ability to level up in weapon skills prevents any class from being limited in weapon choice. This game has many layers to it that keep it more fresh than other MMO-type games.

i would recommend it to anyone that liked Diablo/Diablo II's action/RPG elements. The First person shooter element of this game is great!

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