Borderlands

Borderlands is one of those rare gems in video games. It doesn't have good graphics, or a detailed story-line. What it does offer is very addictive gameplay, thousands of weapons, and the ability to play with three of your friends. In borderlands, your character starts at level 1, and tries to get all the way to level 50. On the way, you face all different sorts of enemies including Skags, Bandits, Lava Crab Worms, Spiderants, Drifters (If you get the expansion), and the Crimson Lance to name a few. Pandora is full of all sorts of different enemies all with their own unique personalities. The weapons in Pandora are the reason I can't stop playing. I'm constantly looking for the best sniper rifle, the best machine gun, the best SMG, the best revolver, etc. They have all sorts of stats to look at at like the amount of damage the gun delivers, the accuracy, the fire rate of the weapon, how likely it is that the enemy will be set on fire, shocked, corroded, or blow up. The best part about the weapons in Borderlands is that there are an infinite amount of them. Every time you open a chest, you will get a new weapon. Even if it's the same chest you've opened before, there will be a new weapon in there. There are duplicates of weapons in the game, but it's rare to see the exact same weapon twice. Aside from all of that, borderlands also has $30 dollars of solid downloadable content. You can relax and kill some zombies in Dr. Ned's Zombie Island, or really put your skills to the test with Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot, and the Secret Armory of General Knoxx. Although borderlands doesn't offer a great story-line or great graphics, it makes up for it for having possibly the most addicting gameplay I have ever seen in any game. 90/100