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13xforever reviews Borderlands (PC)

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13xforever said...

Borderlands is very much a Hellgate: London made right. Not that it's perfect (far from it, in truth), but in a way that makes this game more than just a hype. Basically, it's the same mix of 1st perston shooter and dungeon crawler with RPG elements and cel-shaded graphics. All the levels are pre-generated though, but contain some random elements in looting spots and enemy variety.

Unfortunately, all the gameplay is basically consists in going from point A to point B to kill some monsters / mini-boss and possibly collect some item(s), then return back to point A. Rare boss fights is nothing special, as in sense of unique strategy / combat tactics. Yes, they wear stuff with unique properties, that render some strengths and weaknesses on them, but that's a minor variation.

All in all, I found this game pretty boring after a few hours of gaming. It's nice to sit to play it for an hour once in a while, but it have a little to offer when it comes to keeping my attention and interest for long.

Game Traits applied to Borderlands (PC) by 13xforever

The Setting:

Post-apocalyptic
Playing As:
Playing Against:

NPCs
How it's Played:

FPS RPG Hybrid, 4 player co-op
General Tone:

brutal, Cel shaded

Borderlands (PC)

Genre/Style: Shooter/First-Person Shooter

Release Date: 29/OCT/09

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Ashbelthor said about 1 month ago

Yeah, I was thinking of Hellgate perfected too.
Also, I was thinking that this isn't a role playing game and it isn't a fps game, it's like a new genre of hybrid between them.
I'm guessing this game would become boring for me after some days, but for the meantime, it's nice.

WCR-COMMANDO said about 1 month ago

Thanks for your review, helped alot to. I'm not gonna buy it!

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@WCR-COMMANDO: It's not that the game is bad, it's just that I'm not into it. I myself was on the fence of buying it and review on Kotaku almost turned me off. But many people very like it, some of my friends are really happy with it.

But it's a bummer that there's no demo to try it first :-(

xoaks said about 1 month ago

The real question is: did you play alone?

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@xoaks: yes. :D

Localized version isn't out here yet and only a few people here buy games on Steam. Moreover, it's kinda tricky to catch me when I play ('cause I play irregularly and not so frequent).

arislyn said about 1 month ago

You definitely need to play with friends, if you can. The game is so much more fun with others....and a heck of a lot harder!

deathboy101 said about 1 month ago

yer your right. friends make the game longer and the dules between plays are cool

xoaks said about 1 month ago

Your review is flawed, then. This game is meant for four people, just like PSO or L4D.

xoaks said about 1 month ago

@WCR-COMMANDO You should read more reviews than this one. Yes, single player *is* boring. So don't play alone. And suddenly, fun game is fun!

xoaks said about 1 month ago

@13xforever And for chrissake's don't get pissy because I called your review flawed :<

mnightwind said about 1 month ago

I've enjoyed both some split screen and some solo. Then again I'm highly amused by the little things.. like running over skags with the car thingie X3

Fallout2Forever said about 1 month ago

I have to agree with xoaks. This is the type of game you play online, or it's not fun at all. You played the game the game the wrong way man.

arislyn said about 1 month ago

@mnightwind Oh, gods yes! There's a stretch of road with skag dens lining the way. My husband and I run up and down that in the car, splattering all the skags that come charging at us until they learn to stop poking their heads out.

mnightwind said about 1 month ago

@arislyn That's the best! XD I love the little *squish* sound it makes when you mow something down :D

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@xoaks: I'm not a professional journalist and had never claimed to be objective :D I just give my impressions of the game. Of course it would be flawed :D

Also, I want to point out that I bought this game solely for the purpose to fill my time until Dragon Age: Origins release and given that my Internet connection will be filled to the limits for a few hours (maybe days ... this game weighs in some 16 GB) I virtually have a little chance to play Borderlands online. Maybe sometime later. But I really doubt that that will change my mind about this game as a whole. :P

13xforever said about 1 month ago

... because today is the day when pre-load should start xD //forgot this one :D

WCR-COMMANDO said about 1 month ago

@xoaks I do! But i also know what kind of games 13xforerver plays and likes and in most cases I agree with him totally. So I simply trust his judgement! Borderlands got mostly good reviews (metascore 84 out of 100). I have been watching the production of the game since it was first announced and I didn't liked it when they changed the look into comic-style.Later I watched a few gameplay videos of this game, read reviews and a friend of mine is playing it right now. I was about to give it a chance but after 13xforever gave in playing it (I don't recall he ever did this) it convinced me not to buy it.

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@WCR-COMMANDO: lol, actually, I buy a lot of games, but play only a few of them :D And some of them are really good.

Like, I have Heroes of Might & Magic V that I bought and played through. But then, I also have Gold Edition with all the expansions, that I bought and lay on my shelf and never touched again :D

Or Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, that I played for a while and then gave up. It's good and all, but I just never really fell into rhythm with it.

Devil May Cry 4? I stopped in the middle of the game.

There are more of them.

It's just that there's a lot of games that I want to play, but so little spare time for it. At some point I just switching from one of them to another. I am finishing really few games, much less I manage to re-play (I can only think of Paradise Cracked, Vampire: The Masquerade -- Bloodlines and Silent Hill 3).

BCAnimus said about 1 month ago

You sound like me 13x, got tons of games for all of my systems and consoles - install and try and few but since I started MMOs I haven't really finished (or started) many of my other games.

Anyways tried out "Borderlands" (single player) - I like the gameplay, but the whole run to point A, kill stuff, then run back to point B to hand in really annoys me. I haven't tried "Fallout 3", but this reminds me of what I have read about that game, but more linear? You played "FO3"? How does that compare to "BL"?

One last thing - I actually liked "Hellgate: London" didn't play much of it while it was running, but I was a lifer... blah...

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@BCAnimus: I don't like MMOs (or rather, haven't found any that can interest me enough).

I played Fallout 3 as thorough as I could, including all the DLCs :D Actually, I spammed here a lot with it lately. But, honestly, I cannot compare F3 to Borderlands, they're quite different IMO.

As of Hellgate, well, this game stayed on my PC right until the servers were shut down :D It doesn't mean, that I played it a lot either.

13xforever said about 1 month ago

Oh, just remembered better examples of what I've dropped out of boredom: Halo 2 (I am sorry, but it is a mediocre game), Fear 2 and ... ta-da ... Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (almost finished this one, though ... I think).

JaySantamaria said about 1 month ago

hmm, the review is only 50% finished. Go online and play it, I have done both on Xbox and PC and it is a totally different, more fun and much harder experience. This is an ok game single player, not amazing but not crap, but it is a really fun experience with 4 players. Seems odd to review a game designed in this manner and exclude the multiplayer element. Oh and I can see why you would abandon Halo 2, I do not agree it was mediocre but I can get why you would walk away but COD:MW? That was a great single player game and a really fun multiplayer thang too! but thats ok, unless you binned it you can always one day go back to them right?

To others humming and hahing about buying this game, xboxers can rent this game, play it multiplayer, you will probably end up buying it.

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@JaySantamaria: once again: it's only my opinion. And yes, I played it online today. It was a little more funnier, but not by much. Still 3 stars and I have a doubt I'll revisit it anytime soon.

Ashbelthor said about 1 month ago

@13xforever WHAT! I had a blast today lex! I still can't believe we managed to get halfway through that cave lol.

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@Ashbelthor I have virtually only 1 day per week of more or less spare time. And all the time that I'll manage to spend on games will be filled with Dragon Age (unless this game is over-hyped).

Good thing is that there should be a holiday on Wednesday :D

Ashbelthor said about 1 month ago

@13xforever ARE YOU IMPLYING EA IS OVER-HYPING A GAME?!

13xforever said about 1 month ago

@Ashbelthor I want to believe that it's as good as I think it is. But shit happens nonetheless :D