![]() ![]() That problem’s name is Handsome Jack, head of the Hyperion Corporation and self-appointed hero of Pandora, killing everything on the planet that is villainous. With the vault opening, robot killing, general skewering antics of Borderlands behind them, the original Vault Hunters are now part of the NPC cast that has a very big problem. Three years later, the sequel comes with high expectations and hopes for more foliage and less desert. Despite everything it had going against it, word of mouth and some addictive game design kept Borderlands afloat, and it became the sleeper hit of 2009. ![]() ![]() It wasn’t contemporary, or military, it didn’t have a competitive multiplayer mode, it tried to incorporate action-RPG/ Diablo mechanics into a shooter and, most dangerous of all, it was “sent off to die” as Michael Pachter put it, by going up against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It was a game that, on many levels, should have failed. ![]() Borderlands was one of the most pleasant surprises of 2009. ![]()
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