Borderlands (PlayStation 3)
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics. 3.3
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Description
The planet Pandora isn't much more than a desert filled with bandits, mercenaries and adventurers. Their goal: the legendary vault which is said to be filled with treasures beyond imagination hidden on the planet by an ancient highly advanced alien race. One of those fortune-seekers is the protagonist, who has one advantage: the guidance of the Guardian of the vault.Borderlands is a mixture of a first-person shooter and a role-playing game, somewhat similar in concept to Hellgate: London. At the beginning of the game the player chooses between one of four characters:
- Roland: A former soldier. He likes to play with rifles and shotguns and has a Scorpio-Turret at his disposal to keep his back clear.
- Lilith: A Siren and Phasewalker. She can turn invisible and fights with extreme speed.
- Mordecai: A hunter. He prefers to snipe enemies from a distance and has access to a bird of prey called Bloodwing.
- Brick: A Berserker. He doesn't care much for guns and instead uses his fists to win all arguments.
Since the protagonist has to travel around much, he or she has a buggy available armed with a machine gun and a rocket launcher or heavy machine gun at later levels. Since the game also features a drop in/drop out-coop-mode for up to four players, the buggies have enough room for two players with one using the mounted turret and the other driving around the vehicle.
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There are 49 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.
Part of the Following Groups
- 3D Engine: UnrealEngine3
- Borderlands series
- BPjS / BPjM indexed games
- Physics Engine: PhysX
- Premium Games label
- Visual technique / style: Cel shaded
User Reviews
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The Press Says
Game Informer Magazine | Oct 19, 2009 | 9.25 out of 10 | 92 |
TotalPlayStation | Oct 22, 2009 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
ZTGameDomain | Oct, 2009 | 9 out of 10 | 90 |
IGN Australia | Oct 20, 2009 | 8.8 out of 10 | 88 |
IGN | Oct 19, 2009 | 8.8 out of 10 | 88 |
Vandal Online | Oct 23, 2009 | 8.6 out of 10 | 86 |
Console Monster | Nov 01, 2009 | 86 out of 100 | 86 |
Worth Playing | Nov 07, 2009 | 8.4 out of 10 | 84 |
Game Critics | Oct 28, 2009 | 5 out of 10 | 50 |
The A.V. Club | Nov 02, 2009 | D+ | 33 |
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Trivia
1001 Video Games
Borderlands appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.German version
In the German version, many violent effects were removed. This includes blood effects for most enemies; splatter effects when driving over an enemy; cutting off limbs and animations for fire, acid and shock attacks.Awards
- 1UP
- 2009 - The "Gun Porn" Award for Most Gratifying Gratuitous Violence (Editors' Choice)
- 2009 - The "Gun Porn" Award for Most Gratifying Gratuitous Violence (Readers' Choice)
- 4Players
- 2009 – #2 Most Humorous Trailer of the Year
- G4
- 2009 - Best Original Game
- Game Informer
- 2009 - Best Co-Op Game (Editors' Choice)
- 2009 - Best Co-Op Game (Readers' Choice)
- GamePro
- 2009 - Best New Series
- GameSpy
- 2009 - The Epic Loot Reward
- 2009 - The Up the Creek Without a Patch Award
- IGN
- 2009 - Best PC Shooter
Related Web Sites
- Borderlands (Entry in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
- Borderlands Wiki (A wiki-based database of the Borderlands series.)
- Gearbox's official website for Borderlands (multi-lingual) (Gearbox's official website for Borderlands (multi-lingual).)
- PS3trophies.org (Trophy guide for Borderlands)
- X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Borderlands.)
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