Borderlands Game of the Year Edition

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Product Description

Action RPG Meets First Person Shooter!!! Borderlands is the first 4 player Co-op Role Playing Shooter; combining the intuitive reward systems of action RPGs and the frantic-paced combat of First Person Shooters. The Game of the Year Edition includes all 4 of the add-on packs so that you can enjoy all of the content from one of the Most Acclaimed Games of 2009 in one sweet package. "The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned" - The Jakobs Corporation would like to invite you to experience the splendor of a corporate owned small town known as Jakobs Cove.  Any rumors you may have heard about the "undead" walking our streets are completely preposterous and we officially deny them all.  "Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot" - Are you god's gift to gun fights? Think you're the best? Wanna prove it? Then help us celebrate the grand opening of Marcus Bank by killing hundreds and hundreds of people, the only competitive arena around where your next of kin can be assured that you're coming back famous . . . or not at all. (All proceeds are kept by us) "The Secret Armory of General Knoxx" - Want more of the Borderlands story? Want more loot than you could possibly figure out what to do with? Of course you do! And with The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, you can have your cake and eat it too if you're not too busy playing this game. Rise up to become the ultimate loot pillager... or die trying. "Claptrap's New Robot Revolution" - This destructive adventure invites you back to the inhospitable environments of Pandora to battle a vicious new threat; an ever-amassing army of homicidal Claptraps led by the cunning Ninja Assassin.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2294 in Video Games
• Brand: 2K Games
• Model: 31882
• Released on: 2010-10-12
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
• Format: DVD-ROM

Features

• Includes all four DLC add-on packs released to date, as well as a fold-out gameworld map
• Intense combination of FPS and RPG gameplay with Borderlands' random gun generator provides endless weapon variety
• Tear through the relentless monsters of Pandora with a crew of up to 3 of your friends in multiple modes including split-screen co-op
• Get behind the wheel of and engage in intense vehicle-to-vehicle combat
• Online multiplayer support for up to 4 players

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description

A sci-fi/action RPG from acclaimed developer Gearbox, Borderlands combines the best in first-person shooter (FPS) action gaming with elements of a traditional role-playing game (RPG). The excitement of this hybridization is further magnified by the game's groundbreaking content generation system which allows for a near-endless variety in missions, environments, enemies, weapons, item drops and character customization, making the game's single player, multiplayer and online campaigns not to be missed. This special Game of the Year edition takes the action even further with the inclusion of all four of the downloadable content releases for the game, as well as a fold-out map of all the Borderlands Pandoran territories.

Story

In a distant future, the planets at the outer edges of the galaxy have become a beacon to fortune seekers and those yearning for a better life off world, but there are no guarantees in deep space. Pandora, one of these distant planets, was reported to be rich in untapped mineral wealth, and so drew many hoping to get rich quick, but in the end little was found beyond the scattered ruins of a past alien civilization. With nothing to gain, any who could soon abandoned Pandora, leaving those who remained to deal with the lawlessness of a world gone bust, and the mystery of the long-dead alien civilization. But as chaotic as these times were, there were worse days yet to come. After several years the planet's huge orbit slowly brought it near to its sun and once unknown and horrifying creatures sprang from their long hibernation to terrify the stranded colonists. The only hope of the colonists seems to be a vault discovered in a mountainside, rumored to contain alien technology and secrets about Pandora. Will this discovery be the colonist's salvation or their end? Discover their fate in Borderlands.

FPS/RPG hybrid gameplay. View larger.

Literally thousands of weapons. View larger.

Eliminate the hordes of undead on Zombie Island. View larger.

Enter the riot arenas of Mad Moxxi's Underdome. View larger.

Vehicular combat against General Knoxx. View larger.

Join forces with the Hyperion Corp against the Claptraps in Claptrap's New Robot Revolution. View larger.

Gameplay

As in a traditional RPG, Borderlands is built around the continual leveling of characters as they delve into quests. These quests include both story-driven adventures and side quests that offer players rewards such as items exclusive to quest completion and/or forward movement of the story. Players can look forward to action set in both single player and multiplayer modes--including co-op play--as well as vehicular combat, literally thousands of different types of weapons that change each time you play and randomly generated maps and map features.

Playable Characters

Borderlands features several playable characters, each with its own unique backstory, abilities and skills. Skills can be leveled up, allowing for improvement of things like health, accuracy with weapons and capacity for items. In addition to this, characters possess unique skill tree development, ensuring that each will develop differently regardless of time spend leveling them up.

Key Game Features

• Co-op Design - Borderlands is built from the ground up to be an exciting, intuitive cooperative experience for up to four players simultaneously that rewards players who work together and invest in co-op skills. Split screen is also supported.
• FPS Gameplay - In this role-playing shooter, choose one of several distinct characters, each with their own individual skill sets. As your character grows throughout this fast-paced FPS, you choose and customize your abilities to suit your style of play.
• Art Style - The game's distinctive art style combines traditional rendering techniques with hand-drawn textures to paint a bold and eye-catching spin on the FPS genre.
• Vehicular Combat - Jump behind the wheel and engage in high-speed vehicle-to-vehicle combat, complete with spectacular explosions and road-killed Skags.
• Frontier Planet - Search the wasteland planet of Pandora for the legendary alien vault. Fight your way through bandits, discover nine native (and aggressive) creatures, and help the few settlers on the planet in your search for a Vault rumored to contain a great prize - if it even exists.
• Gun Lust - Choose from literally hundreds of thousands of weapons, each with their own manufacturers, specifications, and advantages. The revolutionary content generation system guarantees that you'll find almost infinite tools of destruction to suit your play style.
• Online Multiplayer Support - Borderlands supports 2-4 players via Online.

Borderlands Game of the Year Edition for PC

• A copy of the standard Borderlands game for PC
• All Borderlands DLC add-ons packs available to date
  • Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned - Originally released as a digital content download, action in it is centered in the town and surrounding areas of Jacob's Cove, which is on the fictional Jakobs Corporation owned Island unofficially named Zombie Island. Here players are tasked with the completion of 20 exclusive Borderlands missions, involving the zombie infestation of the island, as well as various optional side quests. As the name of the island suggests, players will be kept busy honing their skills at killing zombies, zombie bosses and the other undead beings as efficiently as possible. In-game money is earned for these kills and available weapons come both in the form of randomly generated weapons and unique items taken off defeated bosses. The level of undead action experienced is directly tied to players' progression within the single player campaign within the main game, making for gameplay closely tied to the main game, and a zombie fest not to be missed.
  • Borderlands: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot - Borderlands: Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot is the second add-on pack for Borderlands re-released on disc following initial availability via digital download. Designed with a Mad Mad Thunderdome ethic and feel, action here occurs within a series of spaces known as riot arenas where the changing rules, commentary and mood are provided entirely at the whim of the over-the-top and seductive ringmistress, Moxxi. Within the matches, both single player against AI and multiplayer player, players rack up kills using a variety of weapons and shields, earning themselves skill points and in-game loot that can be stored at an in-game bank.
  • Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx - Borderlands goes to 11! You may have seen some games raise their level cap by 5, or maybe even 10, but with The Crimson Lance Assassination Squads wreaking havoc and Crawmerax the Invincible being all invulnerable and stuff we knew you'd need more than just 10. And that's why Borderlands goes to ELEVEN. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is an add-on pack for Borderlands that adds new guns, new class mods, new vehicles, new missions, new enemy types, and increases the level cap to 61. In other words...best add-on ever. Of all time. Forever.
  • Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution - To combat second hand sales of used munitions among greedy, haggling treasure hunters on Pandora, the Hyperion Corporation have decided to activate the Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap. Instead, it has organized all of the claptraps into a revolution, and they've been assimilating all life on Pandora and converting them into claptraps. With our heroes caught in the middle, they must stop the Interplanetary Ninja Assassin Claptrap in order to release his control over all of Pandora's claptraps and collect their reward, of course. The pack adds 21 missions, 10 new skill points, three additional backpack slots and raises the level cap to 69.
• Fold-out Map of all the Borderlands Pandoran Territories

System Requirements

	Minimum:	Recommended:
OS:	Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7
Processor:	Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon XP 2500+	Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+
RAM:	1 GB	2 GB or more
Hard Drive:	8 GB	8 GB or more
Video Card:	nVidia GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 2800	nVidia GeForce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4550
Video Memory:	256 MB	1 GB
Sound Card:	DirectX 9.0c Compatible
Other:	Mouse, keyboard, DVD-ROM drive

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Customer Reviews

This game has personality! OK, this game seems to be pretty polar and there are several reviews that go into some detail. I just want to give a brief overview of my experience with this game. Firstly, the game runs very smoothly on my Win7/64 3.4Ghz Qcore PC with a GTX470 & 4Gigs at 1920x1200. This game can probably run just fine on a more budget system. If you want to game on the PC, have a gaming PC to game on. Nuff said on that. The Cell-shaded graphics are really neat. It's like being a part of a post-apocolyptic graphic novel. The game-play is fun fun fun. The quests are varied and interesting, and sometimes challenging (if you run into a 'Badass' mob that's a few levels higher than you) . The Boss encounters are challenging as well. The vehicle controls are a little different but I had no problem adapting and really enjoy running around in them. The fact that you don't have to burn money on them is a nice bonus. There's nothing worse that game developers thinking its fun for players to have to spend money to get basic play items/services. Also so far there is always something to save for or buy and you must weigh your options carefully when you are considering what to spend your money on. Another pet peeve of mine is when you play a game and end up with a boat-load of money with nothing to spend it on. This game seems to have its economics worked out really well. This is a Shooter first and foremost with some RPG elements. But the character development is not too deep and is really not that important. This game is about the loot. There is lots of it but you rarely get a new weapon or item that's something you want to use. It's mostly just vendor fodder for the bank account. The voice acting seems to be another love/hate thing. I don't "love" Claptraps voice messages, but I'm a long way from hate. The rest of the voice acting is top-notch. I liked the quests to find the data recorders where you listen the accounts of peoples experiences on Pandora. I especially liked the scientists account of her descent into insanity and how her "fat friend" was begging her to kill her after an attack by skags, and thinking that she was enjoying the conversation. Very eerie. It's stuff like that that gives this game such amazing atmosphere and personality. I took off a star because the game save system is not really best for PC and the weapons stats sometimes make no sense. You can have a level 10 Blue gun (items are colored coded: white, green, blue, purple as are many games items) with good stats, then you find a level 20 blue gun with poorer stats that is worth more money. Its confusing. A better gun should always be worth more than an a weaker on and a higher level one should have better stats than a same-color lower level. The loot is reported to be randomly-generated, but it seems the algorithms for generating loot could use some tweaking. Overall, I love this title and will play through it on each of the four characters. Dangerously addicting Borderlands was a sleeper giant when it was first released. A breath of fresh air amongst all the military shooters and JRPGs in the market. I actually rented it before I bought it and was ddicted to it immediately and had to buy it. I still play it today on a daily basis. The neat thing about this game is that you can play it as a straight shooter or an Doom style looting RPG. The game also has great comedy and the extra DLC really adds to the adventure. Game is recommended to everyone and there will be something in there you will like.