Alright, first off this game didn’t catch my radar early on so I wasn’t really sure what I was getting into before its release. My brothers told me about it, and said it was a first person shooter RPG. Since those don’t usually go together and I love both, I was excited. After sliding the loaded CD tray in I was ready to go. I will go on record to say I was the 1st Bluegamer to play this game, although they might add they got to level 50 before me (sorry I have a life…just kidding). Actually, I’ve been addicted to another game, but I will get into that on another post.

Ok…I remember starting this game and just saying out loud, “This game was made for me”. You start out shooting guys with all your level 1 weapons and watching little numbers bleed out of them as they yell things like “meat bag” at you. The writers must have watched Surrogates. I will say it was a little annoying waiting to reach a level where I can use my special skill or my car. Before I go on, you can choose between 4 different classes. A big brute of a dude, a little skinny sword dude (Hunter), some girl that according to my brother goes in different dimensions (maybe the same dimension my girl friend goes to once a month for a week), and finally my chosen one THE SOLDIER! Why did I pick the soldier? Don’t you remember I like to shoot things? He also has a gun turret!

Most missions were find this, find that, kill that, kill that and get the thing it had, flip switches, and finally bosses (but I guess we can put that under “kill that”). Sound repetitious? It’s not, because you’re having a blast killing and leveling up. Not only do you level your man (lady) up, you level your special skill up, and also your weapons. As for weapons you get revolvers, assault rifles, sub-machine guns, rocket launchers, sniper rifles, and alien gun thingies. I usually used the assault rifles so I was pretty bad ass with them. You find so many weapons in this game it is simply crazy. Some weapons even have nice little elemental affects, so you might melt or burn people? You also have grenades and shields, and you will find all types of mods for those. I can go on and on about this portion of the game but I will leave some for you to explore.

Next on the list…..single VS multiplayer. Single player is fun. It is easier to kill things (most of the time). And you can really feel like you found that bad ass weapon you want to brag to your friends about. But the game gets really interesting when you have more players. Baddies are harder to kill, your weapons aren’t as bad ass as you thought, and you might actually have to implement some strategy. Don’t worry If you’re a lower level than your friend, because you will level up quick. Also you can battle in arenas or just outside dueling with a buddy, but this is better when you’re at the same skill level. And now here goes the only complaint I can think of. So Gearbox (is that their name?) made this 4 player game, and you have cars to drive in. So obviously we should all be able to ride in a car….right? WRONG! Now, one can argue and say, “But Chad, You can spawn 2 cars at a time and ride 2 and 2”. Excellent Billy….good shot. But I will retort with, “But why am I fighting other guys in cars that are just like mine, but they have 2 other guys hanging off the side making it a 4 person ride?” And yeah, I end up winning that argument.

Lastly and shortly, buy the game! You can easily get about a 50 hour double play through just maxing one guy out. Then you also have other characters to try that with that will add a whole new dimension to how you play the game. Enjoy!