Borderland's 2 Review

RPG and First Person Shooter Gameplay Make a Good Match

Borderland's 2 is a unique mix of RPG and First Person shooter gameplay. The gamer gets to choose between four "Vault Hunters" as they search the world of Pandora for loot. Throughout the game the character will have to use special abilities, that are unique to them, in order to eliminate the "bandits" that stand in the way of you and the loot.

The game boasts an impressive collection of guns and weapons. There are thousands of different combinations of guns and other weapons at the players disposal. Each weapon has certain stats that go in to how much damage they cause and other information. This information can be used to help eliminate various enemies by strategically using certain weapons.

This is where the RPG style comes in to play. The character earns experience points for completing missions and killing enemies. These points help the character level up and gives them the option to use these points to earn skill points. The skill points can upgrade your character in various ways from reload speed to health regeneration.

While trying to attain these points the First Person shooter comes into play. The mechanics are similar to those seen in the Call of Duty Franchise. The weapons range from pistols to sniper rifles, with a twist of course. None of the weapons are seen in real life. This is what makes them so interesting and entertaining to use. They have different abilities that are physically impossible in the real world. But that's why we play games in the first place.

The story and an open world environment will leave the gamer plenty of choices to have fun. You can either follow the story line or go out into the world yourself in search of rare treasures. Think Skyrim with guns. Either way the game will leave you entertained from start to finish. Overall on a scale of 1 to 10 I would give Borderlands 2 a 9.5.