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Game profile

Game directory

Borderlands

Gearbox Software 2009

Official website 79Review score

Genres

Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Developer

Gearbox Software

Release date

October 20, 2009

Game overview

About the Game

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 a distinctive cartoon-style visual approach. Gameplay revolves around completing missions, defeating enemies, and collecting procedurally generated weapons with varying statistics and elemental effects. The game supports cooperative play for up to four players, with enemy difficulty scaling based on the number of participants.

Storyline

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, they learn the Vault can only be opened once every two hundred years, and the next opening is fast approaching.

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Screenshots

5 images

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PC requirements

System Requirements

Windows

Entry specification

Minimum

OS
Windows XP/Vista
Processor
2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor with SSE2 support
Memory
1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
Graphics
256mb video ram or better (GeForce 7 series or higher/Radeon HD3000 series or higher)
Hard Drive
8 GB or more free space
Sound
Windows compatible sound card

Recommended specifications are not published in this game's Steam listing.

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