Comments on: Review: Borderlands http://www.northwestgamer.com/2009/11/review-borderlands/ Videogaming Industry & Culture Wed, 04 May 2011 04:21:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeff http://www.northwestgamer.com/2009/11/review-borderlands/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Jeff Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:37:13 +0000 http://www.northwestgamer.com/?p=775#comment-138 Here is a great instance where Zack and I are completely polarized on a game. And not to slam his review, but rather to give perspective to the opinions presented by this blog, I present my side of the case: As Zack mentioned, I had numerous technical issues with the PS3 copy, but I put those aside completely in my judgment of Borderlands. I found the plot dull and generic, the "thousands of items" claim rather disappointingly limited to guns only, repetitive and monotonous gameplay, and most of all, a completely lifeless world, which feels like the developers were just too lazy to add any more NPCs to create a realistically living world. I definitely can't claim the game is Oblivion with guns, because frankly, Borderlands reminds me more of World of Warcraft, but with all the grinding and none of the fun of playing in a persistent world. I find I dislike Borderlands more every time I try to play it again. I can't think of a video game purchase I regret more this year. So there you have it...while Zack loved it, I hated it. Try it for yourself, when I bought the game I sure was convinced I was going to love it, but now I just wish I had bought Batman instead. Here is a great instance where Zack and I are completely polarized on a game. And not to slam his review, but rather to give perspective to the opinions presented by this blog, I present my side of the case:

As Zack mentioned, I had numerous technical issues with the PS3 copy, but I put those aside completely in my judgment of Borderlands.

I found the plot dull and generic, the “thousands of items” claim rather disappointingly limited to guns only, repetitive and monotonous gameplay, and most of all, a completely lifeless world, which feels like the developers were just too lazy to add any more NPCs to create a realistically living world.

I definitely can’t claim the game is Oblivion with guns, because frankly, Borderlands reminds me more of World of Warcraft, but with all the grinding and none of the fun of playing in a persistent world.

I find I dislike Borderlands more every time I try to play it again. I can’t think of a video game purchase I regret more this year.

So there you have it…while Zack loved it, I hated it. Try it for yourself, when I bought the game I sure was convinced I was going to love it, but now I just wish I had bought Batman instead.

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