Tell me about Borderlands...?

[seawasp]

I've heard some good general buzz about the game, and I have heard that there's a sequel out or coming soon, but I've never played it or seen it played. Is it a game I'd enjoy?

Games I've played and enjoyed:
  A bunch of the JRPGs, with Chrono Trigger and Star Ocean and Persona at the head of the lists
  Fallout 3 and New Vegas
  Oblivion and Skyrim
  Dragon Age

Games I have enjoyed but found I can't play them for long before my aged reflexes betray me and I am filled with fail:
  Action-RPGs like Tomb Raider and inFamous

Games I don't really enjoy are FPSs.

  I've also been thinking about Mass Effect. Is it important to play ME1 before ME2 and ME3 or are they pretty much separate?

Comments

[melchar.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried 'Borderlands' [it's a little too much western/fps for me ^_^]. I have been told it's good, but I'm still playing 'Skyrim' and have a backlog of 'Persona' games still to play. [So what am I playing now? Ran thru KotOR last week and am doing KotOR2 now, since the lastest fan-patch has high marks.]

'Mass Effect' was very, very good. IMO you should play it before the others. It establishes plot and universe very well. It was a ton of fun. 'Mass Effect 2' is also very good, tho it takes the story in odd directions, but very much plays off the original.

I have not played 'ME 3' but have heard that it is 90% very good, but suffers from a very disappointing deus ex machina ending.