0 aGame To Look Out For- Borderlands

It hasn't gotten all the press attention it deserves, but be on the lookout for Borderlands this coming Fall. I know there are supposed to be a ridiculous number of games coming out this holiday season, but keep an eye out for Borderlands, coming out for PC, 360, and PS3.

Borderlands Trailer

It features awesome art design in cel shaded graphics (almost Crackdown style, but cooler in my opinion) and an absolutely stunning RPG/FPS mix of gameplay that looks to revolutionize the genre(s). The most impressive part, though, is the incredible amount of loot in the game.

There are literally hundreds of thousands of weapons in the game. There are also different weapon companies where the guns will come from, and each of the gun companies will have materials they use and styles they specialize in. Algorithms in the games code will create new guns all the time using available resources, sometimes surprising the game creators themselves. It's like Crysis, but for variety algorithms to generate items instead of graphics algorithms to scale up resolution.

Enemy types also have this algorithm, albeit more limited (more aggressive enemies that claw at you vs. more passive enemies that roll at you).

There are four classes of character to pick from. The game is built for co-op, so presumably the game will find three other people of different classes when you play online. Your character, most importantly, will be your character in single player, online, and everywhere else. Your loot, money, levels, experience, etc. will follow you through Borderlands. It's your character.

What if everyone picks the same class, though?

Anyway, I'm super excited about this game. Feel free to comment with anything I missed!