29 Oct

Borderlands

I hadn’t heard much about this game until about a week before it’s release, and even then I didn’t bother reading much up on it. But then I heard that Walmart had put it out at $39.96 here in Canada so I caved and picked it up. Since it was only an introductory price and now it’s back up to $69.99 everywhere, I can play it, finish it and sell it used for $40. Playing for free is great! The game is pretty good too actually, somewhat unique in that it’s a role playing shooter. Shoot stuff with a shit load of different weapons, gain exp, put skill points into a Diablo like skill tree and collect hordes of loot. It’s got a good sense of humor too and I gotta admit, I love setting people on fire with the various incendiary weapons. They run around screaming but still manage to shoot at you anyway. The vehicles are kinda fun too, making roadkill out of anything in your path without the need for auto insurance is just plain good fun. I picked it up for PS3 and am really wishing I had waited for the XBox 360 version instead. 360 was sold out when I went there, and there’s some annoying sound issues plaguing the PS3 version. Well, the 360 may be affected too, I didn’t bother to check on it. My dolby digital keeps cutting out for half a second here and there, sometimes it’s really bad, other times hardly noticeable. It’s a known bug though so hopefully they’ll have it fixed up soon.

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