All You Need To Know: Borderlands

Posted Sep 23rd 2009 2:00PM by James Murff
Filed under: Features, FPS, RTS, Sandbox, Borderlands

Games that are coming out soon have a lot of unknowns that the average person might not know. Who is this character inspired by? Is all the talk of volumetric fog or cel-shaded graphics really worthwhile? Do the game mechanics really seem solid, or are they lackluster? In All You Need To Know we provide information to help you fully appreciate what these upcoming games have to offer.

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The role-playing and first-person genres have been intermingling for a while now, with games like BioShock and Deus Ex blurring the line between traditional RPGs and traditional shooters. Gearbox is taking this just one step further with Borderlands, a shooter that aims to incorporate all of the things we love about shooting games while maintaining a style of play similar to hack-'n-slash classics like Diablo and Dungeon Siege. It smacks of so many different elements that it serves as an interesting entry point into the history of its inspirations and spiritual successors. We do love history. Especially histories involving some of the best games of all time.

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