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List Price : $14.00 Price : $4.40
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Gearbox Software has developed revolutionary new technology to create Borderlands’ incredible layers of gameplay depth. Borderlands features a groundbreaking content generation system allowing for near-endless variety in missions, environments, enemies, weapons, item drops and character customization.
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A sci-fi/action RPG from acclaimed developer Gearbox, Borderlands combines the best in first-person 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.
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 the side of 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. 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
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- Borderlands supports 2-4 players via Games for Windows LIVE.
- Borderlands is built from the ground up to be an intuitive co-operative experience for up to four players that rewards players who work together and invest in co-op skills. Split screen is also supported.
- In this rpg shooter, choose one of four 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.
- Jump behind the wheel and engage in high-speed vehicle-to-vehicle combat, complete with spectacular explosions and road-killed enemies.
- Choose from literally hundreds of thousands of weapons, each with their own manufacturers, specifications, and advantages via a revolutionary content generation system.
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Borderlands Reviews
| 21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:  Forty hours of fun..., By Nate is my fake name "Nate" (MA, USA) - See all my reviews = Fun: This review is from: Borderlands (DVD-ROM) ...with a completely ridiculous (or rather, a complete lack of) end payoff. I won't touch on the DRM issue, as I bought my copy from Steam, and experienced no problems. The opening of the game sets a mood that is not carried out throughout the game. Early on, the game treats you to small cutscenes to introduce characters and bosses, but after the first few characters you meet, it does away with this, and from then on you're simply introduced to bosses with a small scene that shows their anem in big letters. It's catchy, but it could've been a lot more. The graphics are taste-dependent, but there were some issues that I had, namely with what appeared to be screen tearing, especially while using vending machines. Other than that, the graphics look amazing when turned up high enough, and if comic book panels moved, this is what they would look like. The combat is very engaging and satisfying. The different weapons (at last count,... Read more 26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:  A great game with a lot of memories to be made, = Fun: This review is from: Borderlands (DVD-ROM) I started following this game about a month before it was released. I honestly wasn't 100% sure what to think about it, some stuff just seemed like it wouldn't be that great. But the game delivered for sure. I enjoyed it a lot. You can customize how you want your characters, which makes it fun and adds variety. You see a soldier in the game and you don't know if he will be able to heal you, give you ammo or add a little bit of fire power to your group. This applies to each class. The weapons are fun as well, sometimes it is a pain to get a weapon you want, but when you finally do, after going through many weapon crates it makes the weapon you wanted feel so much better to finally own. So far the game online has been great as well. I have been playing with a group of about 6-8 friends who swap into each other's groups when needed. There have already been times (Already = less then half way to the level cap) where me and my friends can look back and say... Read more 74 of 95 people found the following review helpful:  Borderlands...Single Person OKish, but terrible on-line gaming., = Fun: This review is from: Borderlands (DVD-ROM) "Borderlands" for PC has finally arrived. This game is playable as a single person, or as a 2-4 person multi-player, which includes 4 player co-op. About the game: The game has a very cartoonish quality to it; very obvious at first but you quickly become use to it, to the point of not even noticing it. In fact it really seems to add to the mood for the setting of this game. This is first and foremost a FPS but has RPG like upgrades (now termed a RPS or role playing shooter) to the different skills of the 4 different characters. Like traditional RPG you have story driven goals as well as many side quests; quests that present your characters for possible significant rewards in the form of money, weapons, upgrade points etc, but at the risk of greater danger. You get to choose between (and keep) one of 4 characters; you then proceed to develop that player's skills; skills that are kept over from one game to the next, even in... Read more |
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