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    Borderlands

    Game » consists of 30 releases. Released Oct 20, 2009

    Borderlands is a first-person shooter RPG from Gearbox Software that puts players into the shoes of one of four playable characters as they traverse the hostile planet of Pandora in search of a mysterious "Vault," said to contain priceless unknown riches and alien technologies.

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    Edited By jeff
    There's been a bit of hub-bub lately over the art style being used in Gearbox's upcoming shooter, Borderlands. While the latest issue of PC Gamer has some sort of exclusive on the info, all the fervor over the game has led to a shot of the game being tossed up on the game's official site. So as not to ruin the exclusive, it's covered with what amounts to an ad for PC Gamer, which is a weird-but-fair way to deal with the situation.

    But let's not beat around the bush. Here's the shot:


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    I haven't really seen anything on Borderlands since last year's E3, where they were giving canned demos to rooms full of people. I thought it looked like it could be something really special back then, so it's a nice surprise that it's getting a bit more style than the average first-person shooter gets these days. I assume we'll be getting a fresh look at the game at E3 this year, so consider this the first game on my list of games I really want to see at E3 this year.
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    #1  Edited By jeff
    There's been a bit of hub-bub lately over the art style being used in Gearbox's upcoming shooter, Borderlands. While the latest issue of PC Gamer has some sort of exclusive on the info, all the fervor over the game has led to a shot of the game being tossed up on the game's official site. So as not to ruin the exclusive, it's covered with what amounts to an ad for PC Gamer, which is a weird-but-fair way to deal with the situation.

    But let's not beat around the bush. Here's the shot:


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    I haven't really seen anything on Borderlands since last year's E3, where they were giving canned demos to rooms full of people. I thought it looked like it could be something really special back then, so it's a nice surprise that it's getting a bit more style than the average first-person shooter gets these days. I assume we'll be getting a fresh look at the game at E3 this year, so consider this the first game on my list of games I really want to see at E3 this year.
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    #2  Edited By FCKSNAP

    Hurry up Gearbox, just put it out already!

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    #3  Edited By JesseG

    Looks pretty cool

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    #4  Edited By Diamond

    Don't like the style so much, and I don't like Gearbox software... 

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    cool, now maybe we'll start seeing more of this game. i remember thinking it looked promising whe ni read about it in GI.

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    #6  Edited By mr_registered

    Definitely an improvement over the original style.

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    #7  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

    Wow, I'm kind of impressed.  Looks good.

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    #8  Edited By FlipperDesert

    The girl on the left looks kinda hot... Uh, I mean, yeah, the art style's got my attention now.

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    #9  Edited By PartTimeNinja

    Damn, that is one impressive art style!

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    #10  Edited By Hairydutchman

    Looks way better than before.

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    #11  Edited By KnifeySpoony

    When is this game due out? I'm much more excited to see this now with the style change. Looking forward to this and Red Faction.

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    #12  Edited By waza

    characters look wussy for such a "badass" environment, badass plot line ....

    i'm still really really really hyped for borderlands

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    #13  Edited By bwooduhs

    I love the look of the game now. I didn't give a shit about this game before this.

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    #14  Edited By Death_Burnout

    It is an improvement...i just hope it's still brutal. Sounds it at least in the UK PC Gamer article, which also has a 3 page story about it.

    Don't like the character models now though

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    #15  Edited By Shabs

    That looks great!  I'm a little more interested in this game now.

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    #16  Edited By Crono

    based solely on this 1 screenshot the game looks good!

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    #17  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    Looks awesome. I really like the art style.

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    #18  Edited By CL60

    Don't mind the art style.

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    #19  Edited By skrutop

    Wow, this looks great.  WHERE'S THE ENDURANCE RUN!?

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    #20  Edited By Linkyshinks

    I like it's style.



    That male lead looks a little like Con, my favourite character in Killer 7, so maybe that's why.



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    #21  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Nice style, as long as that exageration transfers to everything, including animations, voices and what not.

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    #22  Edited By Claude

    I like it, looks cool. I can't wait to hear/see/read more.

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    #23  Edited By ahoodedfigure

    Looks neat to me, but I'm partial to anything Road Warrior.

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    #24  Edited By Cirdain

    Doesn't look like it's shell-shaded... more like a complex more detailed team fortress 2 look

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    #25  Edited By tekmojo

    Characters look like skinny emos, sorry pass for me.

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    #26  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Looks sweet. I am liking it more the more I see it.

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    meh

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    #28  Edited By dQuarters

    Looks like Rock Band avatars stole Prince of Persia's art team and broke into Fallout 3's wasteland.


    ...

    Awesome!
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    #29  Edited By shadowwolf9

    I've always been hyped for this game, but now the new art style has me REALLY excited.

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    #30  Edited By Rio

    yep, loving the style.  Definitely gonna keep an eye on this game.

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    #31  Edited By MordeaniisChaos

    Its obvious the newstyle is a big reason for the silence concerning the title, look like they really reworked and improved the engine.

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    #32  Edited By V_Ben

    looks insanely pretty :P

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    #33  Edited By SmugDarkLoser

    so this game possibly could be special....

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    #34  Edited By mracoon

    I'm suddenly excited for this game again. I'm glad the developers did something to differentiate it from all the other generic shooters around.

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    #35  Edited By MeatSim

    Looks like the same style as Perfect Dark Zero had.

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    #36  Edited By MrKlorox

    The art will work as long as the story and atmosphere feel serious enough.

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    #37  Edited By Sunjammer

    I am 110% behind this art style. More games should explore next gen tech to push non-photorealistic art styles. To hell with realism.

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    #39  Edited By SlimDogg95

    Gotta say that looks better then I expected. Now to see some actual gameplay .

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    #40  Edited By Media_Master

    Another wasteland game

    BORING

    Yeah, "I like to spend my free time in an empty wasteland and shot things in the head over-and-over-and...."

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    #41  Edited By delicious_lie

    oh wow that looks awesome. very timesplittersy.

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    #42  Edited By sodiumCyclops

    looks like it has a very industrial, steampunk feel to it. A very cool combo

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    #44  Edited By jakob187

    Sure, the game LOOKS great...but how's it play?

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    #45  Edited By Sunjammer

    "Another wasteland game"? Where is this vast library of open world post nuclear wasteland themed games i seem to be missing?

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