borderlands

I like borderlands. I think I already wrote about it before, but I've played it again now. I really like the atmosphere of Borderlands. I like how it's set in the desert. It's dusty and warm, feels warn down and still. Bandits are everywhere, I'm a hero of sorts going in and killing them all, but then they always come back. Maybe my character is fantasising? All the areas in the game are very still, you kill an enemy, it will be back after you leave and return to that area. It feels like nothing is changing. I'm not very familiar with Role Playing Games apart from this game, maybe they all feel like this. I'm this hero doing things yet nothing is changing, I'm a character constantly doing the same thing over and over. Maybe when I get to the next area and kill the bandit leader, all the bandits will disappear? No, not even the ones in the first area. They're all still there. When I was first playing this, I found it frustrating that nothing changed. I felt like something might happen just after I kill the next boss, but it was always the same. I find that interesting now, it feels realistic, although I seem to enjoy thinking of Borderlands more than playing it. not a bad thing? What you're doing in the game is basically a distraction from just being in the world, because you can't change anything. something did imply to me that activity was going on beyond the levels I inhabited in the game. it was to do with the different weapon manufacturer names, which I like a lot. It feels like there's competition between the manufacturers, creating the illusion that there are people doing things elsewhere. I think this feeling is what motivated me to keep going through the game, hopefully to find some kind of climax where all the bandits would finally disappear. But you always have to face the same problems, every enemy is always back, and they do get easier to get through as you level up. It's a still, repetitive world, the same problems are always present but get easier to deal with. so it isn't that much fun to play, but I somehow find it comforting to remember the game.

Anyway, that's what I like about the game. The sequel looks a lot flashier and seems to have lost what I appreciate about the first game. Looks like it's more fun to play though.