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Borderlands Game of the Year Edition [Download]

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Platform: PC Download
Edition: Game of the Year
Game of the Year
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11 GB
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5 hours - 17 hours on broadband
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  • 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
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Platform: PC Download | Edition: Game of the Year
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  • ASIN: B004M5HV5G
  • Release Date: October 12, 2010
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (181 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,241 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
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Product Description

Platform: PC Download | Edition: Game of the Year

From the Manufacturer

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.

  • 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

  • System Requirements
      Minimum Specifications: Recommended Specifications:
    OS: Win 7, Vista and XP
    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  
    Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon HD 2800 nVidia GeForce GTX 260 / ATI Radeon HD 4550
    Additional Info: DirectX 9.0c Compatible, Requires Steam account for game installation and activation

    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.

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    Customer Reviews

    Enjoy the great RPG style First Person Shooter game and may you find great loot. GreenBlackGlass  |  32 reviewers made a similar statement
    No problems with the download, no problems with the Steam install. Chuck Firment  |  17 reviewers made a similar statement
    Most Helpful Customer Reviews
    35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
    By Mike S.
    Platform for Display:PC Download| Edition:Game of the Year|Amazon Verified Purchase
    I see a few reviews here saying that this product doesn't include the DLC packs. I did not download the game through Amazon, I copied the CD key that you're given after buying it on Amazon, and pasted it directly into Steam (under Games > Activate a Product on Steam) and when it finished downloading (13GB!), I launched the game and it popped up 4 different windows for each DLC pack that was installed.
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    47 of 52 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great deal. April 26, 2011
    Platform for Display:PC Download| Edition:Game of the Year|Amazon Verified Purchase
    Just wanted to mention that this product does activate on steam, steam seems to like it better when you take the dashes out of the key.
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    16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars A review for the Non-hardcore gamers November 23, 2011
    By A.L.
    Platform for Display:PC Download|Edition:Game of the Year
    There is a review somewhere on here were a fellow talks about how terrible the game is because of the aiming system. He says that he aims right at the bad guy and the shot misses and when he aims of to the side of the bad guy the bullet hits him. Do to this he says, the game is crap. This guy forgot a very important aspect of the game; it's a First Person Shooter-RPG not just a fps. In a regular fps, your guns are powerful the only thing standing between you and killing your enemy is how good you aim. In a FPS-RPG your guns have stats. You could have the best aim in the world but if your gun sucks, you're gonna get mauled down faster than a turkey on thanksgiving. On the other hand if your aim sucks but you have a powerful gun just run up to the guy and blast him and if you get swarmed by a bunch enemies no problem because in this game, it's all about the guns. And second winds, the best aspect of this game.

    Normally if your get shot down in a game you die and have to restart the level or whatever, but in this game if your shield and health bar deplete to zero you have a chance to kill and enemy before you bleed to death and catch a Second Wind in which your shield regenerates and you can go on killing baddies. This single element gives you the freedom to play the game anyway you like. You can run and gun, or stealth kill or both whatever. Just make sure you have a good gun and a good shield ALWAYS or your second wind rampages will be short lived.

    Death is the difference between losing money and not losing money. When you die you respawn at a checkpoint and get charged a fee which is a percentage of the amount of money you have so, if you low on cash it's possible to respawn for like 3 bucks.
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    154 of 199 people found the following review helpful
    1.0 out of 5 stars VERY deceptive January 18, 2011
    Platform for Display:PC| Edition:Game of the Year|Amazon Verified Purchase
    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
    First off, the game Borderlands is an amazing game, very worth of purchase.

    This review is rating the PRODUCT, not the game.

    The product says that it includes all 4 DLC (Downloadable Content) packs. This couldn't be further from the truth.

    Instead of actually including the software on the disc, like the Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot & The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned add-on pack, it instead gives you a link and a code to gearbox's website, where it wants you to individually download all 4 of the DLCs (weighing in at approximately 1.5 to 2 GB per DLC, in .ZIP format).

    Now typically, I wouldn't be too bothered with this, aside from having to wait about an hour or so for EACH DLC to download. However, I'm a service member deployed in Afghanistan. Given our already shoddy internet, it would take no less than 9 HOURS per DLC, and that's assuming it will even download properly (I'm on try #3 with The Secret Armory of General Knoxx right now, 10 hours down the drain).

    If you're going to advertise saying "This product contains the following content", then it damn well better contain the aforementioned content, instead of a voucher saying "This really doesn't have the content, but you can go here to get it!".

    Again, Borderlands is a GREAT game, but this is a TERRIBLE product.
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    21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars The One Problem... January 20, 2011
    Platform for Display:PC| Edition:Game of the Year|Amazon Verified Purchase
    Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
    The DLC is not on the disk, instead you get a one-time use voucher to download it, which is the sole reason I did not give this a five star rating. I'm enjoying it immensely, but I've got to get all my fun in now, because if I ever want to uninstall it or have to get a new computer it's bye bye DLC. I am disappointed in Gearbox...

    EDIT: You can, in fact, reinstall the DLC on subsequent installs or on other PCs, etc. However, the process of revoking previous installs online is both cumbersome and irritating. This is an excellent game and I've put more hours into it than I would care to count. I'm extremely excited for the sequel this September. If you like FPS, co-op, action RPG elements and tons of loot, then you should own this game and have already preordered Borderlands 2. Still, due to the DLC shenanigans with this GOTY edition, I stand by my original review.
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    169 of 222 people found the following review helpful
    2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer BEWARE December 10, 2010
    By JD
    Platform for Display:PC| Edition:Game of the Year|Amazon Verified Purchase
    Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   
    What a way to ruin a great game.

    The DLC add-on content, which is really the only reason to buy this version of the game, is NOT included on the disc. Please note: You get a 1 time download of the content, then the codes become invalid! If your computer crashes, you have install problems, want to install on a different computer, or for any reason at all you need to re-install the DLC content, you're out of luck!

    I quote "These codes will become invalid after use...A new code cannot be provided, nor can data be guaranteed or restored in the event of a failed unlock or the loss of data due to a hardware malfunction."

    *****
    EDIT 05/19/2012

    I has been some time since my original review. I never did install the DLC's (scarcity effect), although I did try to activate unsuccessfully through steam (apparently my code predates Steam/2kgames cooperation). Anyway, someday I may use my 1 use download because this is an awesome game.

    I decided to give the game 2 stars (instead of 1) because some people are able to activate through steam.

    As far as fun goes, 5 stars! This is a kick butt shooter/rpg with lots of replayability. I re-installed the game after finishing it over a year ago and find myself enjoying it nearly as much the 2nd time around. I have a character build for each of the 4 different available classes and find myself re-experimenting with their different playing styles.

    Given its new price point under 15 dollars, I'd say its a great deal. Given that I paid a lot more and get 1 download of the dlc's, my rating of 2 stars stands.
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    Most Recent Customer Reviews
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bloody good fun!
    This game is everything I hoped it would be. The writing is enjoyable, the characters are funny and memorable, and THE LOOT! The variety of guns is STAGGERING. Read more
    Published 2 days ago by N8theGr8
    5.0 out of 5 stars Play it all the time
    Played and was hooked,nice graphics,fun game play,nice blood graphics,lots of side stories to complete,LOTS of weapon variations and level ups,collect cash and treasures... Read more
    Published 6 days ago by jeff west
    5.0 out of 5 stars What a great game
    I an't believe it took me this long to find out about it. The gameplay is smooth, the npcs varied and I like that you have to use different weapons on different NPCs. Read more
    Published 6 days ago by Toons
    2.0 out of 5 stars Ehh
    It was a good game.
    Certainly took their time to develop it.
    It was not the game for me though.
    Published 8 days ago by Cono Dalto
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great game
    I started playing Borderlands 2 last year on the xbox, and came back to borderlands when I purchased a new computer. Great game, love the style of graphics. Read more
    Published 11 days ago by Teranne
    5.0 out of 5 stars personal favorite
    Great game all around rpg mix with fps. May not meet graphic expectations of some yet still delivers extremely well on the fun factor
    Published 13 days ago by Jeffrey Snead
    3.0 out of 5 stars A FPS.
    I guess it all comes down to the fact that I still compare all FPS to Goldeneye from years and years ago and while this one is fun it just never got me hooked like that one. Read more
    Published 17 days ago by Rummie McLush
    5.0 out of 5 stars game is sick
    nuff said this game is sick, cool, and fun to play my kids love it and can't get them off the gaming rigs
    Published 21 days ago by Jeff Norris
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent game!
    The game itself is one of the best I have ever played. Seems like the developers took all the best aspects from all the best games and mashed them into one masterpiece! Read more
    Published 29 days ago by kda1989
    5.0 out of 5 stars good game
    It's well worth the buy even now that borderlands 2 came out. all in all still well worth playing through.
    Published 1 month ago by Orin Mount
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