Borderlands Expert Reviews

The ever-growing first-person shooter and role-playing game crossover genre has received its latest addition with the release of Gearbox Software's Borderlands. Set in Pandora, which has an old West style theme, you and three friends can set out on an ...

The co-op experience is one of the best on the market ; The countless loot scattered through the world ; The striking, artistic visual quality

The repetitive quests ; The lack of a strong storyline ; Glitches that got us stuck in awkward situations

Borderlands is a perfect multiplayer RPG-Shooter that offers loot hounds hours of fun. It has its flaws, though, and its grinding sensibilities probably won't appeal to everyone.

Let's face it: the apocalypse has been done to death. Nowadays, everyone and their neighbor has some futuristic tale to tell, but this innovative title from 2K Games somehow manages to breathe some new life into a somewhat tired genre.

Co-op loot-scavenging rocks; great graphics, style and music; RPG/FPS hybrid is outstanding

Single-player suffers from co-op focus; the story is interesting but it feels a tad shallow

There's no doubt that Borderlands has its faults but everything that exists around those sticky spots is incredible. The fun I had with the rock-solid gunplay and extensive role-playing elements was considerably amplified by each additional player. ...

2K Games has its business in recent years in excellent order. With The Darkness and Bioshock, the publisher in 2007, two strong titles. 2008 is a transition year for the type label of Take-Two Interactive, but 2009 looks promising. Bioshock 2 is in the pi...

As it should be in a role-playing shooter, the one item that you find more advantage than others, depending on the type of character that you play. During the demonstration at the Games Convention was a member of Gearbox with a standard soldier and a snip...