Technologizer’s Second Annual Game Awards
Posted by Jared Newman | Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Most Potential: Borderlands
On the most basic level, Borderlands succeeded, giving players crazy weapons such as rocket shotguns and corrosive SMGs, then letting people team up online or in split-screen to scour the desert wasteland for booty. My problem with Borderlands is that it felt so lifeless, sending players on fetch quests and failing to provide the Mad Max atmosphere that was promised. Fortunately, Take-Two has vowed to turn Borderlands into a megafranchise. I’d love to see the series take a page from this year’s Assassin’s Creed 2, whose bustling cities should be a model for every open-world video game to come.
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