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If there's one barrier between the conception of games as a modern genre of artistic entertainment and that of them being a silly, violent distraction for kids; it's maturity. By this we don't mean swearing, sex and violence, but something which will treat an adult audience with respect, telling an intelligent tale with rounded, interesting characters who you can genuinely care about. If games are ever to be truly respected in this manner then it'll have been titles like Mass Effect 2 (ME2) which began to bridge the gap. Make no mistake, for all the flashy spaceships, rattling guns and odd aliens, ME2 is most concerned with it's characters and in trying to making you sympathise with their hopes and fears as much as possible.

You only need watch the intro and pass its fancy character select screen before you’ve fallen in love with Borderlands. You will have chosen whether you want to be Roland the Soldier, Mordecai the Hunter, Lilith the Siren or Brick the Berserker.