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

[argonel.livejournal.com]

Considering what you have noted as likes and dislikes I would be hesitant to suggest you pick up borderlands. The core game mechanic is that it is a FPS, but it does have great humor and some nice story elements. Less so than Fallout 3 and it does not have VATS mode to help with the combat. Basically the quickest summary is Diablo with guns or stretching back a little farther Rouge/Moria/Angband as a FPS.

To suggest a different modern game with a sequel coming out "soon" I would say take a look at Torchlight / Torchlight 2. You can still preorder torchlight 2 for $20 and get a free copy of torchlight. Semi action dungeon crawling with piles of semi random equipment to collect. Fun cartoony art style too. http://store.steampowered.com/app/200710/

[seawasp]

Alas, that appears to be Windows only, and I am either Mac or, preferably for games, PS3.

[argonel.livejournal.com]

Fortunately the keyword is appears. Torchlight currently has a Mac version available. Runic is also plannig on releasing a mac version of Torchlight 2 but I can't tell you a timeline on that. Looks like the demo version of Torchlight is available for both Mac and PC. http://store.steampowered.com/app/41500/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

[ninjarat.livejournal.com]

Torchlight is much fun. It's what Diablo 3 could have been. To wit: fun. :)

Also, Steam and Torchlight run just fine on Macintosh with Wineskin Winery.