Borderlands - Hopes/Background Information

Just pre-ordered my copy of Borderlands, a game I have been watching since 2007 and have been anxious to play since that September issue of Game Informer. Gearbox is about to usher in a new wave of video game genre. Borderlands is what the people of the video game world call a ''hybrid'' genre. It is a cross-breed between a first person shooter and a role playing game. Borderlands is goign to bring a new type of world to your xbox 360, playstation 3, or computer, with its fully open world without loading screens. Gearbox confirms that there will be no loading screens after you have started the game. One of the major features of Borderlands is the Diablo style of terrain and land. The land is randomly generated each time, similar to Diablo, however the towns will remain the same, to save some time searching for that damned weapons vendor upon returning to town. For those of you who haven't been keeping up to date on Borderlands you will be amazed by the relativity to the movie Mad Max. In a desert-like world called Pandora, much like the post-apoctalyptic world of Mad Max, you take on the role of either Mordecai a hunter, Roland a soldier, Lilith a siren, and Brick a tank. All of these characters have their own classes(explained further) and storylines, as well as their own specialties and abilities. Like most RPG style games the player will spend a good amount of time doing quests for various rewards such as weapons, armor, or even a new piece of the story. A new, interesting feature implemented in Borderlands is vehicular combat. The player will be able to get their own vehicle, buy parts for it, and customize it and then man it with their crew. Players will also be rejoiced to create their own characters with the character customization feature. One of the main highlights of this game, which caught my eye when I read the Game Informer article back in Spetember of 07' was the half a million and counting number of weapons. The player will be able to create anything from a dart shooting rifle to a rocket shooting revolver, with still 650,000 more possibilities of weapons, along with about 650,000 possible customizations of armor. Borderlands promises to pack a punch when it is released this September, I'll be online the day it comes out to tell you all how it is.

Classes:
Hunter(Mordecai) - The lone ranger, preferring to snipe enemies from afar. Some of his special abilities include augmenting the party's damage and giving accuracy boosts. Later in the game, he will befriend an alien creature that will assist in combat

Soldier(Roland) - Soldier's abilities are meant to supplement and support the party. His Leadership skill can boost the party's experience gains, while his Medical skill will increase health regeneration, and Support will increase weapon damage or regenerate ammunition for the party. The soldier class is the only class that doesn't have to worry about ammo as a special backpack produces an infinite supply.

Siren(Lilith) - Essentially the mage of the group, Siren powers support the group and attack the enemy. Some of her powers include the ability to increase the group's rate of fire, as well as the power to create temporal bubbles, which she can manipulate to slow down enemies and hostile projectiles or speed up allies.

Tank(Brick) - A massive specimen of a man who likes to use his fists to smash the enemy above all else. He wears a necklace around his neck adorned with the paw of his beloved deceased dog. He fills in the tank niche and can take quite a beating as well having the ability to chug berserker-state inducing pills for short bursts of power.

Some of that information came from various places on the internet including WikiPedia.

www.borderlandsthegame.com for more info.

And whoever gets the game and wants to play with me feel free to add me to your friends list.
My gamertag is 'A Tagger'

Happy hunting people of Pandora!