Borderlands

IGDB8.0/10PlaylogsShooterReleased: Oct 20, 2009Shadows in Darkness

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About This 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.

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.

Time to beat

Hastily
30h
Normally
43h
Completely
58.8h

Events Featured In (2)

Take-Two Interactive E3 2008 Press Conference

16 July 2008 at 11:45

7/16/2008, 6:45:00 PM

Spike Video Game Awards 2007

8 December 2007 at 21:00

12/9/2007, 2:00:00 AM

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Game Info

Release Date
Oct 20, 2009
Platforms
  • PS3PlayStation 3
  • SwitchNintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Mac
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox 360
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Genre

ShooterRole-playing (RPG)

Themes

Open worldActionScience fiction

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Releases

  • PlayStation 3Oct 23, 2009
  • Nintendo SwitchMay 29, 2020
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 30, 2009
  • MacDec 03, 2010
  • Xbox OneOct 19, 2010
  • Xbox 360Oct 23, 2009

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  • Spanish (Spain):

Player perspectives

  • First person

Multiplayer

  • Campaign co-op
  • Drop-in
  • LAN co-op
  • Offline co-op (2)
  • Online co-op (4)
  • Split-screen

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