Borderlands
Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter set on the distant planet of Pandora. Players choose from four characters, each with distinct combat abilities, and explore an open world rendered in…
Borderlands is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Feral Interactive, released 20 October 2009 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 43 hrs to finish.
What Borderlands is
Borderlands is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Feral Interactive and released in 2009. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a distant future where mega-corporations colonize and strip-mine entire planets, four mercenaries known as Vault Hunters arrive on Pandora, a lawless frontier world abandoned by the corporations that once exploited it. Drawn by legends of an alien Vault containing priceless technology left behind by a vanished race called the Eridians, they begin piecing together clues to its location with guidance from a mysterious entity known only as the Guardian Angel. Standing in their way is the Crimson Lance, a private military force deployed by the Atlas Corporation, which seeks the Vault's power for itself. As the Vault Hunters collect the artifact fragments needed to unlock the sealed chamber…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and science fiction. 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 is the first of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. The next entry was Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned in 2009. Its critic score of 80 is 3 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 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 1,032 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 43 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 58.8 hrs, roughly 1.4 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 launched on 20 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Dragon Age: Origins, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Dragon Age: Origins, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Borderlands yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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