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Nelson Schneider - wrote on 01/11/2022
When the first game released in 2009, the new-compared-to-‘DOOM’ ‘Borderlands’ IP took the gaming world by storm, combining two of the time period’s most explosive genres: Console FPSes and the loot-gathering mechanics taken directly from ‘Diablo’-like Hack ‘n Slash RPGs. While during the dark days of the 7th Generation, far too many ignoramuses in the gaming press and gaming communities combined tried to pass-off ‘Borderlands’ as the next evolution in Role-Playing Games, those of us with actual functioning brains knew it was the start of something different: A new Shooter sub-genre known as the Looter Shooter, which has exploded in popularity since the original “Borderlands” created the mould for copycats to… copy.
With its first sequel, “Borderlands 2” …
