Borderlands Review

Ted Puffer Review = 4 Stars, oh yeah!
Game = Borderlands (and the three add on packs)

There is something attractive about a game which bills itself as having millions of guns in it, and Borderlands delivers the goods with this FPS. There are guns in the game, tons of them. After awhile they actually become the main form of currency in the game itself. No need to carry cash around to make a purchase, just trade in a few rifles and side arms for what you want and you're good to go. It may be overkill, but it's GOOD overkill!
Most impressive about the game, at least for me, was the look and feel of the world 2K created. It's a strange post-apocalyptic rotoscoped landscape that you find yourself in, and spend the game prowling around and shooting things. The colors are rich, but in a cartoon like way. Heavy black borders are the order of the day here. Although it does look cartoon like, for some reason its still fully immersive, which was unexpected. Normally it would make sense that to suspend disbelief in a game, you'd have to have photo-real environments to explore but Borderlands never even tries for that. The physics are close, although you can drop a heck of a distance without any damage which is unrealistic but a ton of fun. Overall, I was hooked and loved the experience. Great game!