Borderlands has managed to carve out a space for itself in the HD console library with its lively art style and some neat little graphical touches that bring flare to the proceedings. However, it has much more than style to offer, there's substance here as well, thanks to a clever blending of class-based RPG and FPS elements. Whilst the RPG elements aren't as prominent or superbly refined as the FPS ones, they no doubt compliment the game brilliantly. A lot of parallels have been drawn with Fallout 3, and in some respects Borderlands is indeed this year's Fallout 3 - a little shallower with respect to its RPG stripes and with a less engaging narrative, but with a lot more style and colour, and gunplay which is up there with some of the best FPS games on the market.
