Borderlands

A new game was released recently that goes by the name of Borderlands. Its a rough around the edges post apocalyptic FPSRPG. No, FPSRPG is not a random jumbling of letters it actually stands for something. It means first person shooter rpg, which pretty much translates into a gun game that you can level up in. But the one thing that seperates Borderlands from most other games that have come out in the past few years is that it is good. It is great. It is awesome. I will be playing it for a long time to come. Inspired by Mad Max, Borderlands translates the feeling of a total wasteland that you must overcome and possibly rebuild. The sheer amount of weaponery available to you is unbelievable. Advertisements for the game stated there were "70 bajillion weapons", and im starting to believe they may not have been lying. Co-operative gameplay is stressed as vitally important in Borderlands, and with good reason. There are 4 classes, and you can have up to 4 players in a game. This can lead to some serious battles with the opposition, that raises in intelligence, toughness, and sheer brutality as more people join into your games. I really feel that Borderlands is going to set the precedent for lots of games to come, and i can only hope that creative developers continue to raise the bar on the quality of their games.