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Borderlands - Best Game Ever Made?
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Have you ever played a game that is the offspring of a Role-Playing Game and a First Person Shooter? Then you must play Borderlands. Borderlands is by far the best game this reviewer has ever played. With enemies matching your level, it shall be a formidable challenge. With drops and ...
Reviewed by xCGxFalcon on Oct. 19, 2009
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3 out of 73 found this review helpful. |
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Bored Lands
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I can not believe this game was delayed so many times. It feels rushed. While it's not the worst game I have played this year, it is the most disapointing. It's nothing like the game that Gearbox promised us. The vehicle combat is awfull. They control worse than a shopping ...
Reviewed by KaiTetley on Oct. 26, 2009
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2 out of 29 found this review helpful. |
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87 bazillion... funs!
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X360
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Borderlands breaks the mould of other recent shooting games by having a lengthy single player experience with the option of co-op. The role-playing game aspects of levelling up and the barrage of loot unite with this shooting game to bring an addictive experience. The game's story tells of residents on ...
Reviewed by elektrixxx on Oct. 30, 2009
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18 out of 21 found this review helpful. |
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Humor, character building, and guns. Lots of guns.
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I've been following Borderlands since it's unveil back in September 2007. Since then, it's been clear from the start what kind of game this was going to be. Sure, the art style changed, but Gearbox has delievered a product that does exactly what they said it would. In Borderlands, the player ...
Reviewed by Biohazardous on Oct. 22, 2009
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4 out of 4 found this review helpful. |
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wow this was bad
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PC
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I suppose my biggest complaint about this game is repetitiveness and no story. why anyone would find shooting spawn points over and over till they get a level exciting is beyond me. the best part of the game is the art besides that its just predictable guns and lame story and repetitive game play. I ...
Reviewed by enshi on Nov. 11, 2009
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1 out of 2 found this review helpful. |
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Pew Pew Pew
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PS3
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"Roleplaying Shooter" is the moniker Gearbox Software came up with for their new game, Borderlands. It pretty much says it all. Take the fast-paced, twitch gameplay of a modern shooter and combine it with levelling, skill points, co-operative play, and thousands upon thousands of guns. If that sounds like it ...
Reviewed by Scheds on Nov. 5, 2009
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2 out of 2 found this review helpful. |
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Boarderlands Will May You Cry Tears....Of Joy
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X360
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Boarderlands will slap the shit out of you and you will be the better for it. From the moment you start up the game and you have experianced it's loot dropping, charcter leveling gameplay you will be hard pressed to put the controller down and plug out from it's matrix. ...
Reviewed by chicNstu on Oct. 26, 2009
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0 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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An FPS for an RPG player...
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X360
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Before I begin this review, I need to point out two things. One, I am not an avid fan of FPS games. I've played some Halo (which I hated), some Killzone 2 on my PS3 (which I tolerated), and some Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (which I really liked), ...
Reviewed by tamerxero on Nov. 1, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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A review for the borderline gamer.
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Buy it. That's all that really needs to be said. If you are looking at this game thinking "yeah it's an FPS but I don't know if I'd be into this one," trust me, you will be into it. Those were the exact words I said as it built up ...
Reviewed by Soulja on Oct. 23, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Shooter + RPG = Fan Service
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X360
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Everything about this game is tight, and it has the most solid offering as a game I have seen in a while. Gearbox not only met my high expectations of Borderlands, but ultimately succeeded them. On the plus side: 1. it is a more solid game compared to Hellgate. 2. It carries most of the ...
Reviewed by momentarylogic on Nov. 9, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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RPG and FPS made a baby...and it's a damn awesome one too.
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X360
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For those of you who have never heard of Borderlands, it can best be described as a loot gathering and RPG experience not unlike that of Diablo, mixed with standard FPS gameplay mechanics from popular games like Halo and Call of Duty Throw in a strong co-op focus, and you ...
Reviewed by DystopiaX on Oct. 22, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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a new gen of games is to come
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X360
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this game shows with that right amount of effert you can do anything and gearbox has done this with stride Borderlands brings out more guns then you can think of and more armor and more items then you can even think of finding with charcter mods that make your player ...
Reviewed by lordkai385 on Oct. 26, 2009
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0 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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A game that bribes with guns to make you look the other way.
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PC
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One of Borderlands best qualities is its incredibly blunt approach to everything it does. It never tries to explain how vending machines spew out guns, how the economy makes any sense, how bandits repopulate cleared areas without much reason, how vehicles just warp into existence with a press of a ...
Reviewed by Ping5000 on Nov. 7, 2009
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Brilliant fundamentals make for bazillions of good times
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PC
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Calling Borderlands a "slow burner" is probably not entirely accurate, but it does spend a little while meandering before really opening up its charms to you. Like an MMO, Borderlands starts you off in moderately dull areas doing menial tasks fighting respawning enemies, and it's tough to shake the feeling ...
Reviewed by Sunjammer on Nov. 8, 2009
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Killing things is more fun with friends.
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X360
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My review originally appears on Examiner.com: http://www.examiner.com/x-15506-Newark-Video-Game-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Borderlands-review If I was forced to sum Borderlands up in one sentence, it'd probably have something to do with my love of both online co-operative gameplay and RPG-style character building. Those, along with the game's charming sense of humor and strong graphical style, are ...
Reviewed by Vendetta on Nov. 10, 2009
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Borderlands Review
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X360
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Borderlands Review PS3, Xbox 360, PC There’s an insatiable urge in all of us to quantify our leisurely enjoyment with some type of trophy or reward. Gaming is not averse to this line of thinking, it embraces it and pushes it onto us like some addictive chemical found in ...
Reviewed by NumbThumb on Nov. 16, 2009
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Borderlands is "like a box of chocolates."
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X360
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Many of us have been excited for Borderlands for a long time. A RPG & FPS set in a post apocalyptic wasteland?! What more could I ask for? The game has an excellent comic book style, giving it a cool visual style. Today most games are going for utmost realism, ...
Reviewed by MetalMoog on Nov. 17, 2009
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made it to level 22, then quit
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PC
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borderlands gets too much credit for its blend of rpg and shooter. im all for blending, but in borderlands there are too many yawning, menial runarounds (you spend WAY too much time scrounging for $20 and $30 cash bundles and ammo) like in a bad rpg. and there are severe ...
Reviewed by goldys_lackey on Nov. 17, 2009
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A missed opportunity
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PC
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Borderlands was the underdog coming into this holiday season and while it's sudden rise to power is warranted, it is perhaps a bit over hyped. I really did love the core mechanics of Borderlands, the FPS action with integrated RPG elements works really well and the loot is fantastic. However, ...
Reviewed by ka_tet19 on Nov. 20, 2009
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Shoot 'em and Loot 'em.
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X360
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"Role-Playing Shooter" may be a fitting descriptor for Borderlands, but it's slightly misleading. It does combine Role-Playing and Shooter elements, but it doesn't do so in equal portions. It has all of the loot, character progression, and quest structure of RPG's (specifically MMO's), but the gameplay is nearly all shooter. ...
Reviewed by Paperlink on Nov. 20, 2009
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Einstein’s’ theory of Borderlands: Borderlands = (RPG+FPS) x Fun
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X360
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Borderlands is a game that successfully amalgamates the FPS and RPG genres serving up a generous thirty plus hours of exhilarating gameplay that is best played with friends. It is one of those games that just keeps’ you coming back for more and in more ways than one. Borderlands shares ...
Reviewed by Prometheus147 on Nov. 21, 2009
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SPEED Review: WTF!
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PC
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Now then, this is going to be a speed review, i'll mention some good points and some bad points and then draw a conclusion. The good-shit: -Has an awesome attitude -Great visuals -Lots o' Loot -A great shooter, at it's core The bad-shit: -Story? -Repetitive (includes voice over work, enemies, ...
Reviewed by mrhankey on Nov. 24, 2009
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A great game, with a few issues.
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X360
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What would happen if Diablo and Halo made love? A strange question, I know, but Borderlands, the cell-shaded loot fest from Gearbox Software, has tried to blend the action and gunplay from today’s First-Person Shooters with the experience, leveling mechanics and loot drops found in modern Role-Playing Games. The question ...
Reviewed by WallacetheGreat on Oct. 26, 2009
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First Person Shooting and Roleplaying at its finest!
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X360
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So, there are games like Call of Duty 4 which have excellent first person shooting that feels really natural. Then there are games like Fallout 3 which have excellent RPG elements but fall a little flat on the shooting. Now, theres a game called Borderlands which combines those two elements ...
Reviewed by imhuntad on Oct. 26, 2009
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Borderlands review.
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X360
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Borderlands is super addicting for the same reasons Diablo II was all those years ago. You play with your friends and shoot waves of enemies for no reason other than to get loot from them. Money, guns, money.... more guns. Borderlands fancies itself as a RPS, or a Role Playing ...
Reviewed by Appleflip99 on Oct. 26, 2009
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Borderlands Review
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X360
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Borderlands has a sleek look, great gameplay, and terrific sound. GraphicsI have been closely following Borderlands every since it was officially announced back in 07. I'm not going to lie i liked the old art style, but not because it was better looking, but because it was a safe bet. ...
Reviewed by JustTheDoctor on Oct. 28, 2009
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Co-Op Games Where Art Thou?
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X360
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I want to start off by saying that I was surprised by this game. I barely knew anything about it until a few days before its release, but once I heard that the focus of this game was co-op, I was ecstatic. I was ecstatic, because there is definitely a shortage of ...
Reviewed by tbone81889 on Oct. 28, 2009
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Borderlands is so fun, you might just look past it's little flaws
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X360
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Borderlands is one of my favorite games of 09 so far, It's a combonation of Diablo and Call of duty and despite some flaws it's a great game. The first thing that caught my attention when I first saw the game was the look, the cartoony visuals manage to add ...
Reviewed by Somadude on Oct. 30, 2009
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The lack of a viable narrative is disappointing, but that's OK
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X360
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If there’s one thing that we as gamers have proven time and time again, it’s that we all have a collective, insatiable lust for color-coded loot drops and shooting dudes. Mostly, we’ve had to split our attention between two entirely different styles of game to quench the thirst, but a ...
Reviewed by Kombat on Oct. 30, 2009
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The Truth Behind The Border
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X360
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Intro Quite an odd title for a review, don't you think? It really doesn't say much about the game itself, but it says a lot about this review. After investing over 32 hours into this game (29 into my main character), I'm going to give you my honest opinion ...
Reviewed by Yoda on Oct. 30, 2009
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Oct. 20, 2009
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Playing Mordecai in Borderlands
Learn to play as Borderlands' hunter character, Mordecai. Includes a list of skills, strategies, and builds for your character.
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Challenge list
An amalgamation from around the internet of the various challenge within Borderlands. Often whilst playing, you will see a popup informing you that you have completed a challenge, but there is no discernible way to view the complete list. Hopefully this guide will shed a wee bit more light onto the situation. Enjoy!
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