Review: Borderlands

The graphics are unique. A form of cell-shading, but not too much cell-shaded, if that makes sense. Still pretty, but not top-notch.
There are roughly 4 to 5 classes to choose from, each with a special ability and a skill tree that is much like WoW. The difference is that eventually all three skill trees will be active in Borderlands.
The game doesn’t take it self too seriously, which is never a bad thing.
The game takes on a Diablo 2 style, in that the majority of drops and maybe even the maps are generated randomly. People can also jump in and out of co-op games. Again, like Diablo, the more people there are, the tougher the game can get.
To help with replayability though, you can start a new game with your old character and the difficulty continues to adjust to your level. So if you end up liking this game like I liked Diablo 2, this game can offer a nice amount of replayability. There’s also some decent DLC, which I heard is definitely worth the money.

The game takes awhile to get into, but once it does, it gets fun.
Co-Op can seem unbalanced and unfair. Players of any level can jump in, and whatever loot drops is up for anyone to take. So a nice sniper rifle may drop for a hunter, but anyone can pick it up to sell later. The game doesn’t really enforce teamwork or anything like that. People can go off an do their own thing … although they’ll most likely die if they do.
The game offers a traveling system, but they only tell the area, not the zone, if that makes sense. So when a quest tells you what zone to go to, the “waypoint system” will tell you the area that the “waypoint” is in, not the zone it’s in.

Positive Points: 5 | Negative Points: 3 | Overall Score: 2