Games

Borderlands

Gearbox Software

2009•Shooter•PEGI 18•About 43 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionheistmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, sweeping shooter, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

80 / 100

1,038 ratings

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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.

Summary: IGDB

Story

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...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionHeistMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questFighting evilRescue/escape/jeopardy

Keywords

Post-apocalypticMilitaryHumble bundleSide questsDownloadable contentBlack marketGames with goldRpg elements

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Details

Developer: Gearbox Software
Publishers: 2K Games, CyberFront, Take-Two Interactive, Feral Interactive
Released: 20 October 2009
Series: Borderlands
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 30h rushed, 43h normally, 59h complete
Age rating: PEGI 18
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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