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Baha is a perfectly loony farmer; the singing, dancing and periodically profane Claptrap robot is adorable; and Dr Zed's a wildly unprofessional (and unlicensed) medic Game InformerWhile Borderlands and Fallout 3 share a similar replica Cartier w51031q3 watch apocalyptic, Road Warrior esque setting, the former does a much better job of *** you feel like a wasteland scavenger Very few story elements are present, so you don't have a constant "I better get back to the main quest" feeling hanging over your head

There's no disappearing family members or ominous government forces *** you feel the need to progress through the story, only the desire to grow stronger and survive the myriad creatures populating Pandora No matter which character you choose, you're not the offspring of a brilliant scientist or politician and you're not the only replica Cartier w10197u2 watch hope for humanity. you're just a journeyman with a gun (and ideally a few friends) KotakuBorderlands gets a lot of things right, in particular the balance between being a first person shooter and being a role playing game

The shooting mechanics are sound, as are many of the role playing aspects, save for a few design quirks Growing and customizing my level 35 Siren was a great deal of fun, when the tedium of all that walking around didn't spoil it But where replica Cartier wb707331 watch Borderlands excels is in offering a functional four player cooperative loot hoarding experience, with gorgeous environments to adventure in and smartly crafted items to collect or covet

That thrashing you're getting is Borderlands' way of telling you to take your time and properly level your character Side quests are usually optional

That thrashing you're getting is Borderlands' way of telling you to take your time and properly level your character Side quests are usually optional in games, but the only optional part of them here is which ones you do The story missions won't level your replica Cartier w31080m7 watch character enough to let you survive, so you'll need to linger in each location until you've built yourself up appropriately (Thankfully, the missions have tags that clearly display this info.

GameProWhen you can get a full party going, Borderlands begins to shine; it's one of those games that's chock full of moments that you'll lovingly recount later Each online experience is made memorable by fun things like smashing replica Cartier w20058c4 watch into each other with two rocket mounted buggies, periodically punching your friend to instigate a duel and reviving him later amidst a fight you can't win without him

These moments jive perfectly with the tone of the game, which is surprisingly jovial considering the post apocalyptic theme The incredible comic book art style is a significant factor, with the thick black lines and bright colors breathing a surprising amount of life into an otherwise bleak setting Watching the nipple pierced torso of replica Cartier w62021y3 watch a goalie mask wearing psycho tumble away from its blood geyser legs was so silly that I couldn't help but giggle at the absurdity I got an extra kick out of a lot of the game's goofy characters as well: T K

And that's really what it's about – finding weapons and shooting things with them You have to assign a skill point now

And that's really what it's about – finding weapons and shooting things with them You have to assign a skill point now and then, and there's kind of a story, but those things don't matter much You can skip the text description of every quest in the game, because they will always consist of the following steps:A Go somewhere. B Kill some replica Cartier w10198u2 watch. C Flip a switch or something. D Kill some more ***. E Success! 1UPA more traditional description for Borderland would be, "cooperative FPS with Diablo esque mechanics.

You start off by picking a character: Roland the gun toting soldier, Lilith the stealth/magic femme, Mordecai the sniper, and Brick the boxer/tank Then you guide that character through a grand journey with multiple quest hubs and dungeons; most of the quests are of the *** "go to a dungeon and kill/collect x amount of y. " My first replica Cartier 100 w20121u2 watch playthrough, where I mostly focused on going down the critical path with a little bit of (but not nearly all) of sidequesting, took about 27 hours

By the way, the overarching story of "finding the secret Vault while guided by a mysterious woman who talks to you in your mind" is just serviceable; it's there to give you a reason to kill things, but don't expect anything more in depth Official Xbox MagazineJust make no mistake: Borderlands is a hardcore gamer's game It won't be fun to those dudes whose two major purchases this year were Transformers and Madden 10 For replica Cartier we9006z3 watch starters, there's no difficulty setting whatsoever, so when you're getting pummeled and you will get pummeled you can't bop down to Easy and race ahead through the story missions

We are very pleased to report that using PSN friends lists with the game should now work properly for all PS3 customers

Thanks to Mike for the heads up. Update: Well, that certainly was "ASAP. " Gearbox reps say they've fixed the issue, no client side patch needed: "We are very pleased to report that using PSN friends lists with the game should now work properly for all PS3 customers The fix has been released invisibly and should work replica Cartier we5001x1 watch automatically for all PSN users on the PS3 platform No special action is required by PS3 customers to apply the fix just play the game and you'll find that everything works fine now

We thank you all for your patience and for *** us aware of the issue!"PS3 Friends list issues [Gearbox Software Forums]It's a first person shooter! It's an RPG! What the hell is it!? It's Borderlands So how is it?A ragtag quartet of adventurers wander across the su***ce of the planet Pandora, searching for the Vault of legend replica Cartier w51002q3 watch Along the way they shoot things, gain levels, and gather enough weapons to choke something large that eats weapons, thanks to Gearbox's random content generation

Things to shoot and things to loot What more could a group of players ask for?For the answer to that question and more, we turn to the assembled game critics Games RadarBorderlands lacks the charm of Fallout 3, Mass Effect, or Half Life replica watches gift, but it does offer a crap ton of ‘roided out bandits, effed up dog things, giant spider demons, and screeching pterodactyl beasts to shoot with a crap ton of guns