Lately, I’ve been playing a lot of Global Agenda, a fantastic game which, in my opinion, is the first MMOFPS done right. While this game is a lot of fun, it got me to thinking how much I miss playing Borderlands. The unfortunate thing about Borderlands is its lack of re-playability. Once you complete all of the quests on a character, the world becomes a pretty dull place. There are only so many zombies, skags, and bandits you can kill without having an objective of some sort.

I can has Borderlands MMO?

It was at this point that it hit me: Borderlands would make a great MMO. I’m not talking about revamping the current game (I think this would be a mistake), but creating an entirely new addition to the Borderlands franchise. There could be new classes, armor, weapons (of course), character customization, and maybe even the ability to travel to worlds other than Pandora.

Unfortunately, there is a major problem with this from a game development perspective. Gearbox currently makes Borderlands for both the PC and console. In order to do the Borderlands world justice in an MMO, Gearbox would have to make the new game exclusively for the PC or risk having a watered down version of what it could be. Regardless, I believe a PC MMO version of the game would be very popular and that a subscription model would more than make up for the loss of the console players.

As fun and satisfying as Global Agenda is, it just doesn’t have the same charm as Borderlands. Gearbox, if you make this game, you’ll definitely have my subscription dollars. Hmm… I wonder if you guys will be at PAX…