Bought it day one for $60 and loved every second of it. Played through it multiple times and bought the DLC that came out recently. Got the platinum. Game was amazing.
It has flaws, but is has an old school charm and level design that simply is not seen by any other corridor Gears/Uncharted/CoD type shooter today. Plus the perfectly tuned twitch style gunplay and the AI, while not terribly great, can be challenging at times.
Seems blatantly clear their deadline came up and they rushed the last sections of the game but still one of my favorite games of this gen.
And for the record Borderlands to me is an uninspired "soulless" loot game. In terms of the gameplay anyway. Loot games should be about the random loot factor, being able to find a gem anywhere at any time. In Borderlands the best loot spawns at a couple locations, so spending any time anywhere else is just a complete waste. And once you get those great weapons it's like you're God squashing ants. Where Borderlands certainly beats Rage is the work that went into the game world and the characters. But I will take the game that plays better any day of the week.
