Nico0020 wrote:What does borderlands offer that other FPS don't? Don't get me wrong I love FPS. But what is unique about this one? I love that it includes splitscreen co-op. I don't suppose there is four player split screen multiplayer is there? As that is something that is missing from a lot of games now adays. So far it looks like another call of duty style game, with cell shading. Movement looks very slow, and so does combat. I'd like to hear a review from gamers who think a bit the way I do about gaming - DCEMU people obviously.
No four player split screen, but 2 player co-op is a ton of fun. What seperates this from every other FPS? Well, take a quest/loot driven RPG and make it an FPS. That's Borderlands. The story isn't all that intriguing, but the prospect of loot, levelling up and becoming that much more of a badass are what keep me moving forward. Doing all of that with a friend via split screen makes the sections that drag pretty fun. The gun drops are essentially randomly generated, and are classified either by rarity (color) or features. I haven't found the same gun twice, and I'm about 10 hours in. Combat can be pretty slow, but it is very easy to draw mobs in from different areas of the map. Within the first hour or two you will get hounded by skags in the wasteland from nearly all directions.
With an additional player, the amount of enemies is upped and so is their toughness. I can't speak for singleplayer (I would imagine it would be quite boring), but I've been saved numerous times by my co-op partner.
The gameplay is kindof addictive. You'll get a quest a few levels above yours, think that you can complete it, and get absolutely raped. Then you'll find a few quests scattered about that help you level up until you can finish that first quest you got. Very simple mechanic, but it works quite well. It's a good buy if you have somebody that you know will play with you, but if you're just looking for single player give it a rent.
