As you can guess from the name of this site, we enjoy Loot. And as any hardcore gamers, we enjoy a good shooter. Put the two together with strong RPG elements and you get Borderlands, one of the most addicting games you’ll play this year. Gearbox slapped together a kick-ass cell-shaded art style, awesome shooter gameplay and more weapons your can count to make a killer app.
I’ve been hyped for Borderlands since I first got eyes on with the game back at E3 2009. The cell-shaded comic book art style is very easy on the eyes and, based on my first few hours of play, the badass aspects of the game portrayed in the trailers are spot on. Making a Skagg head explode into a bloody fury just puts a smile on my face.
The Hunter class suits me best for a first play-through, so that’s what I chose. I’m currently a level 6 after rocking through a few quests on my own and am fully addicted to the loot drops. There hasn’t been a loot game to get me this enthralled since Diablo II, although Too Human came close (but the gameplay turned me off a bit there). With solid controls, decent quests, and a great attitude in Pandora, Borderlands has me wanting more.
You’ll have to wait a bit for our full review as I have a bit more playing to do, but for those of you on the fence about the game, I would strongly recommend it. I’m about four hours in and loving it. There are some glitches and small issues, but nothing major that distracts from what’s most important: it’s fun as shit.
Borderlands hasn’t hit store shelves yet, but that didn’t stop Gearbox and 2K from announcing the first round of downloadable content for the RPG shooter. The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is currently in development and will be released later this year for $9.99 (or 800 Microsoft Banana Bucks). From the press release:
Tasked with keeping the workers of Jakobs Cove alive, Dr. Ned (who is not related to Dr. Zed from Fyrestone) does his job a little too well, creating zombies and other abominations that now run rampant in this region. Players will have to work alongside Dr. Ned as they embark on a quest to cure the inhabitants of Jakobs Cove in this full-fledged expansion filled with new enemies, new quests and rare loot drops.
It sounds like Gearbox is going to be releasing Fallout 3 style DLC packs, each adding new areas, missions, and weapons. I have no problem with this model whatsoever. Just hearing about DLC for Borderlands makes me want Tuesday to be here already. Not only is it Borderlands day, it’s my birthday!
Got three friends and thirty four bucks? I don’t, but right now Steam is having a sale for the PC version of Borderlands – five bucks off the game for pre-purchasing, or get four copies of the game for $134.
Kind of a no-brainer for me, personally. I just need to make some friends, but those PC gamers more socially adept than I would be wise to save a few bones on what is sure to be a great game.
Borderlands is out for PC on October 26th, and for Xbox 360 on the 20th.
The fine folks at Gearbox know how to make a trailer. The last Borderlands trailer blew me away. The latest, showcasing the characters you can choose to play in the game, follows suit. The hype for this game is hitting dangerous levels, but I really think Borderlands will deliver. Did I mention it ships on my birthday? That spells instant success.
Most games have boring box art. Borderlands does not fall into that category. Freaky guy fake blowing his head off… check. Awesome action in the blood splatter from where said bullet would travel… check. Successfully getting me even more excited for this game to ship in October… check.
I have a feeling that Borderlands is going to be a breakout hit. It’s a solid shooter with great RPG elements and tons of loot. Throw in millions of weapon possibilities and you have a recipe for success. October 20th can’t come soon enough.
Every so often a trailer comes along that gets you all types of amped. It happened with the Gears of War Mad World trailer and it’s going to happen to you again once you watch the new Borderlands trailer. Awesome music, great gameplay footage, cool overlay text, it has it all.
Borderlands is shipping on my birthday (which you should already know is October 20th). Which one of you is going to be this for me?
Another trailer from last night’s VGA’s. This one is for the Action RPG, Borderlands, from 2K Games. The title is set in an alien world that looks like a cross between Lost Planet and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. The answer is 42 people. The answer is 42. Anyway, the game is coming out in 2008 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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