Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is a compilation of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, along with all of their accompanying downloadable content, enhanced local…
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Gearbox Software, released 24 March 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 128 hrs to finish.
What Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2015. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is a compilation of first-person shooter games developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. The Handsome Collection consists of both Borderlands 2 (2012) and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel (2014) for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, along with all of their accompanying downloadable content, enhanced local multiplayer, and the ability to transfer save data from their respective PlayStation 3 /Vita/PSVR and Xbox 360 versions. For The Handsome Collection, Borderlands 2 was ported by Iron Galaxy Studios and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel by Armature Studio.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, open world and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Borderlands series
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection is the 34th of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. The next entry was Borderlands 2: Ultimate Edition in 2016. Its critic score of 84 is 7 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: The Handsome Collection holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 79% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 50 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 128 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 204.3 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection launched on 24 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X and Yakuza 0. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Borderlands: The Handsome Collection yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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