Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition
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Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Gearbox Software, released 12 October 2010 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 39.7 hrs to finish.
What Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition is
Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2010. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Borderlands is a 2009 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is the first game in the Borderlands series. The game was released worldwide in 23 October 2009 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, with a Mac OS X version being released on December 3, 2010, by Feral Interactive. The game's story focuses on a group of four "Vault Hunters", who travel to the distant planet of Pandora to search for the "Vault", which is rumored to contain advanced alien technology and other priceless riches. The hunters piece together clues to find the Vault while battling the savage wildlife of Pandora, local bandits that…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 80 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Borderlands series
Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition is the sixth of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. The next entry was Borderlands 2 in 2012. Its critic score of 81 is 4 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty at 90.
How it was received
Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 62 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 39.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 69 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor with SSE2 support, 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista) and 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 7 series or higher/Radeon HD3000 series or higher). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB.
What it launched against
Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition launched on 12 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Super Meat Boy and Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Super Meat Boy, Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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