Borderlands

“Who goes through co-op games alone is a *****”

©Jason Yesenin

Borderlands, the beginning of the legendary series, my favorite series, a series that I can play forever.

And the legend begins with the fact that 4, not yet a vault seeker, gets off at a stop in Firestone. No, it doesn't start like that. It all starts with the wonderful track Ain't No Rest for the Wicked, which perfectly describes the entire mood of the game. And the game begins with what has already become traditional for the series, a video showing all the characters, accompanied by the above-mentioned track. And so, at the end of the video, 4 characters got off the bus and the traditional Borderlands begins. There is no point in describing what happened next, so let’s move on to a more detailed analysis.

I want to immediately move on to weapons, of which there are many. So many. So many that the game was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the game with the largest number of weapons. Not everything is unique, of course, and most simply have their statistics increase or decrease, but with weapons the game is very good in all respects.

After the plus, I’ll move on to the minus. Plot. It seems to have a more or less interesting beginning and ending, but in the middle it sags very much. Yes, and it is banal and predictable.

Studying the world. I want to say right away that the game does not have a full-fledged open world, but there are several locations divided by an almost invisible barrier. The locations have their own living creatures, and since the game takes place on another planet, Pandora, the living creatures are naturally different from those on Earth. Each location has its own creatures, and, for example. Skags (Something like a dog) are not present in all locations.

What else I would like to note are the bosses. There is a very difficult boss in the middle of the game that you definitely won’t pass on the first try. But the last one is very easy and you can complete it without taking any damage at all.

As a result, I want to say that the game may not be suitable for everyone. The game is very good, but it can be criticized for being too frivolous. Also, cel shading is not suitable for everyone.