borderlands xbox 360

The new thing in videogames is the birth of the RPG first person shooter. While nothing new as Fallout 3 and Mass Effect have done this before, Borderlands is still revolutionary in the sheer volume of pickups. 15 million pickups. Wow. Set in a off world adventure, your character roams the countryside in search of loot, weapons and monsters. Don't get attached to any one weapon because every few minutes you'll come across something better. Want a weapon that shoots through shields, score. Enemy too heavily armored, use corrisive weapons. One of my favorites late in the game was a scoped bazooka that shoots acid. Heavily armored defendors became puddles of goo on minutes. Be perpared to die a lot though. One wrong move into a new territory and your wepaons are useless against much stronger opponents. And it is not like its marked that dangerous creatures lie ahead.
Also fun is the tank you get to drive across the countryside. Starship trooper-like bugs pop up from out of the ground and it never gets old splattering them under your tires. Although as they have corrsoive blood, keep an eye on your tank's health as it can be depleted quickly if your not careful.
It wouldn't be much of an RPG if you didn't have classes. This game has four but this really only matters if you're playing multiplayer. In single player round, the solider is the best because of his ability to throw out a turret on occasion that acts like a second player. Plus as you go up in levels you can spend points to upgrade yourself or the turret. Geting health from killing things is very helpful as is the incrased magazine size. One of my best guns was a SMG that held 111 rounds before reloading. It would shoot through schools (bonus points for anyone who can name that film quote).
Overall if you like FPS or RPGs this is the game for you. An added feature is the second playthrough feature. You can keep the same character with all his goodies for another round with much harder enemies. or start again with a new class. The replay value of this game is staggering as the weapons you get are all random, making each time through a little different. A must own for serious fans of the genre.