Borderlands for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I thought that many of the core gameplay aspects were good with the exception of gun feel and aiming in general. I never felt like the guns were really very powerful even with a 1 hit kill, I just didnt get the power feeling, and I though the hitbox detection on headshot/critical hits was too small, requiring you to litteraly hit the enemy model itself for it to count. My other main problem was how each mission seemed very independent from all the others, and most were essentially the same which made the whole game just seem like a grind to get to the end or to the next level.

This game delivers exactly what it said it would, a beautiful merger of FPS/RPG. This game sides more on the side of FPS, while I would say that Fallout 3 is on the RPG side.

First off, the controls work well. It's not clunky like most RPGs. It can't be clunky, because you get swarmed on by critters a lot and you need to be able to spin around, pick one off, run, spin around, pick another off.. repeat. You really learn that lower level bugs can wreck you when they swarm. The sniping is great, but it adds in real inaccuracy based on the gun. Just because your crosshairs lay on someone's forehead doesn't mean that's where the bullet is going if it's a pooh gun. Machine gunning works well. The damage points flowing out of people is a real helper when you are deciding what gun is right for the job. There are lots and lots of guns, plus rockets and some hand to hand attachments. Just great. So far I haven't been able to customize a weapon, and I don't think that you can. That is the only element I'd really like to see. You do get to customize your character's abilities a lot though, which in turn customizes all of your guns.

The graphics are good but strange. Scanner Darkly-ish.

Lots of missions. LOTS. I've lost track of the main story line completely.

It scales very well to your level and abilities. It stays challenging and rewarding, but will leave areas for mindless slaughter.

I haven't been able to get in a good multiplayer match, so I can't comment there.

I don't know how else to explain it, but I bought MW2 and haven't really played it much because I've been playing Borderlands. I must warn you that the introduction period is quite long. It's not a tutorial, and it throws you right into chaos, but the game takes a while to really open up. Teleporting from outpost to outpost is quite a few hours into the game, but traveling isn't bad because of the scaling.

I hope to see more FPS that take this route.