
Best games of gamescom 2011
Feature
We crown our favourite game of this year's trade and consumer show in Germany.
Borderlands 2 - Winner

It may be fair to say that Borderlands 2 gained much from being a new title at a gamescom packed with recycled E3 demos, but this hardly detracts from the impact of the game's first showing. The basic formula looks to have gone unchanged - no complaints there - but there's already plenty of fresh craziness to look forward to: six-armed snow gorillas that rip up the scenery; killer robots that are fired down to Pandora from a nearby moon; a robed boss who strides into battle with an angry midget strapped to his shield. With a further brace of technical improvements - including smarter AI and the ability to take split-screen games online - Borderlands 2 looks to be building on everything we loved about 2009's surprise hit.
User Comments
strickers66
scaz2244
Arklurker
Just playing U2 again too. :)
nch2k1
Oh and cant wait for SSX!
Wido
SSX could well be a timesink game. I do like the autolog system, and it seems that's it appearing in all future EA titles that can suit such a feature.
dav2612
Escape Plan is a close 2nd.
dazzadavie
Although the lunch of the first skipped me by I am now well and truly pumped for the next instalment.
pblive