Borderlands

So, I picked up Borderlands, a game that really wasn't on my radar. But hell, I was bored this weekend and looking for a new game to play. Unfortunately, with Dragon Age coming up (and in fact it is now out), I really don't expect to be playing it for a while. A friend picked it up, though, but so far we haven't been able to set up any co-op game. Seems like that is a common problem from what I've read online.

Still, I do have a few impressions. The game has a rather quirky introduction. Alien world. Vault. Find. Kill Stuff. But the game has a very distinctive style, that while not necessarily pretty is interesting at least. The combination of FPS, RPG, and Diablo makes this game somewhat unique and different from other games I've played. Familiar too, but not so much so that the game is a straight knock off.

I, of course, am playing the Siren. Stealth, Misdirection, Critical Hits/Elemental chick seems more my style of game play than the other characters. The hunter does look cool though, so I'll have to check him out too. Combat is not very twitchy, and there seems to be a lot of space to search and look for items and quests, so I'm sure I'll be playing this game for a while. Especially if we can get multiplayer going.

I did, however, pick up DA last night so I'm probably not going to go much farther into this game right now unless I can get multiplayer going. We'll have to see what happens.