Borderlands

Made by: Gearbox Software

PC, PS3, XBOX360

First-Person > Action > Shooter > Sci-Fi

Rated: M

The Game

The game starts out with a cinematic that has a guy ranting in the background about "The Vault" and how this "Vault" will get anyone that finds it gets fame, power, money etc. A fat guy in a bus drives past a sign that says "Pandora" the planet you are on. He runs over a "skag," a dog like thing that eats everything (including you) and throws up "skag piles," piles that contain things  like ammunition, guns, random items used in missions. The guy in the bus starts talking to four figures in the back of the bus you choose one of these people for your character in the game. The first is the Sniper, a thin guy with a mask and a sword on his back and likes to kill with sniper rifles and revolvers, his little "Bloodwing" is his special and it flies about killing people. The Siren is the only female in the group, she looks pitifully tiny but and as the driver says "why don't you bake a cake for us" she turns invisible, the sirens "Phasewalk" makes her disappear with an explosion and return with an explosion, she likes weapons that do elemental damage. The Soldier is the basic all around guy with a "Scorpio" turret, he likes most guns and gets pretty good damage for his turret and it will support any one that is near it while active. The "Brick" is a huge guy, he even dwarfs the soldier, his special is "Berserk" he puts away an equipped gun, punches his fists together and starts screaming and runs up to enemies and punches them until they die. Brick likes guns that explode pure and simple.

Positive

Guns, there is so many of them that you could not write them all down, no matter how much time there is, *there must be a random gun generator in the game that will randomize the damage, accuracy, fire rate and specials*. The game is based upon a level system starting at level one and ending at level 50. With Each level you can level up your action skill (Bloodwing, Phasewalk etc.).The storyline is very good, you have this girl "hologram" in the top left corner of your screen that talks to you throughout the entire thing leading you to the Vault. There are "Claptraps" throughout the game that you have to rescue to get more inventory slots and many assortments of bosses that you have to kill to reach the Vault.

Negative
There is some cussing in the game, mostly the biggest thing is that there are the copious amounts of blood that spray the walls along with heads an limbs that fly off bodies. There is many disturbing images of this sort so it is up to your judgment to decide if this game is worth it.

Conclusion
I think that this game is worth playing, the blood is something that you have to decide if you do not want to look at. 9/10

*(my opinion, may or may not be true)*