Borderlands Game Review

This game is produced by “Gearbox”. It is a brand new game with no prequel, the first of it’s series. It is classified as an RPG (Role Playing Game)/ FPS (First Person Shooter) which makes it very alike “Fallout 3″ by “Bethesda”

Gameplay-  In “Borderlands”, you begin on a bus. Before you even start playing, you have to pick your player type; a hunter, siren, soldier, or berserker. Each character has its own perks. For example; the Hunter uses a sniper rifle and revolvers over any other weapons. The controls are very basic and simple, you could actually pick up and play no matter what game(s) you normally play. Also, while doing missions, there is a guide/ map that shows you which direction you need to be going. Although there are some good things in this game, there are some bad and the worst thing about this game, which also may be good for other gamers, is that you can’t really follow the storyline because there isn’t one. The game consists of talking to a random person, doing what they tell you, coming back, getting money, and repeating. The great part about this game is that you can’t have all of the guns without cheating or playing for a very long time. Overall, the actual gameplay for this game is quite entertaining.

Graphics- This game is possibly the first to ever stray from the mainstream high definition, realistic graphics. Instead, they put a certain shadow emphasis on inanimate objects and made muscles and body parts sort of pop. It seems as if the developers decided to skip a step in editing the graphics purposely to make this game unique. The character you play as, as well as your friends character, is very limited in customization. You can change colors  of clothing but that’s all. Also, you can only choose from 6- 10 colors depending on what article of clothing you are editing. Depending on how you feel about the graphics, good or bad, can effect whether or not you will like this game. Personally, I enjoyed the games uniqueness, so I played it through for a bit.

Buy, Rent, Pass- Rent. I can’t really say whether or not certain people will like this game because it is a new series without any background (game, movie, book, etc.). I can say that if you need a change of pace from “Left for Dead 2″, “Modern Warfare 2″, or any newly released game, then you probably should rent this one. Chances are that you will not beat this game in the time that you are able to rent it unless you don’t need to sleep or eat to function. If after you return the game from renting and you want to buy it, then go ahead. This game may or may not be worth the $60 to every gamer, I would wait for a price drop or buy it used if considering to buy this rpg/shooter.

You may like this if you also like…
Role Playing Games
First Person Shooters
or Fallout 3

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Parker Anderson

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