Borderlands Game of the Year

Get ready for the mind blowing insanity! Play as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries and take out everything that stands in your way! With its addictive action, frantic first-person shooter combat, massive arsenal of weaponry, RPG elements and four-player co-op, Borderlands is a breakthrough experience that challenges all the...

Borderlands Game of the Year is a looter shooter, fps and co-op game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K.
Released on August 31st 2023 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, German and Italian.

It has received 31,548 reviews of which 28,626 were positive and 2,922 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam and has a 90% discount.

The Steam community has classified Borderlands Game of the Year into these genres:

Looter Shooter FPS Co-op RPG Action Loot Shooter Online Co-Op First-Person Open World Comedy Multiplayer Sci-fi Post-apocalyptic Singleplayer Action RPG Funny Dark Humor Adventure Gore

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor with SSE2 support
Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 7 series or higher/Radeon HD3000 series or higher)
Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
Sound: Windows compatible sound card

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

It's a game where you hunt for treasure, but mostly find bandits and guns that shoot everything but bullets. The graphics are like wallpaper, but you're too busy to pay attention - everything explodes, and that's enough!

Oct. 2024

The original version of Borderlands Game of the Year is rough around the edges and harder than its remastered counterpart, but it is one of the first role-playing first-person shooters to introduce the "looter shooter" sub-genre. With a great soundtrack, narrative, dialogue, and humour makes Borderlands GOTY really a must player for any gamer.

Sept. 2024

This review is based on 100% completion and 70.7 hours of gameplay. Recommendation: Would I recommend this game? Yes, I would. I have a huge nostalgic attachment to this game, so I admit I’m a bit biased, but even after all these years, the game still holds up well and is where the Borderlands franchise all started. It's definitely worth picking up and giving it a try. While the game does feel a bit dated, especially in terms of gameplay and mechanics, the art style still looks great even by today's standards. If you're coming from more modern games, you'll notice that the mechanics feel a little outdated, but the core gameplay foundation of Borderlands remains solid. For me, the gameplay felt good—dated but still enjoyable. The difficulty, compared to the other games, felt well balanced overall, with a few exceptions like Moxxi's DLC and bosses like Crawmerax, who are insanely difficult unless you use a glitch or have another player helping. The sound design and audio are also good. There’s less voice dialogue in this game since it relies more on MMO-style quest text, but what dialogue is there is well done. I especially loved the sound design in Moxxi's DLC—the vibes when the arena opens up are great, although the constant one-liners can get tiresome. I also had a good nostalgic laugh when I heard the Halo CE shield audio. Overall, the sound design and voice acting are solid and fit well. Despite being an older game, Borderlands is still a great experience and worth picking up if you have the chance. Since the original edition is no longer listed on Steam, the only way I know to get it is through bundles, which often go on sale. I’d recommend waiting for a good deal, especially on the Handsome or Pandora collection bundles. DLC: Moxxi’s Underdome Riot: This is an arena mode, and frankly, it's not great. The difficulty is very high, especially if you don’t have good weapons or a high-level character to carry you. I hosted at level 20, and the enemies were also level 20, but without strong gear, I was getting melted. Beyond the difficulty, the mode feels hollow—no XP from killing enemies or completing rounds, no proficiency for your weapons, and the loot drops are poor. Unless you're going for 100% completion, this DLC feels like a waste of time. Each arena takes about 2-3 hours to complete and must be done in one sitting, which makes it a long, boring grind. We also encountered a significant issue on the third arena map, "The Gully." We made it to round 17, wave 1, but an enemy spawned outside the map, forcing us to leave and redo the entire run, wasting over two hours. This is a common issue, as seen in forum discussions. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx: This is a decent piece of content that introduces Moxxi and Athena. The long highways in this DLC can be a bit tedious with little to do along the way, but it gave me Halo 3: ODST Coastal Highway vibes, which was kind of nice. The enemies can be tough, but they're manageable. Be prepared for Crawmerax, though—it’s an extremely difficult boss. The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned: This is a fun, lighthearted DLC with more of a focus on humour and references to things outside of this IP. It was one of the more enjoyable bits of content in the game for me. Claptrap's Robot Revolution: Like the Zombie DLC, this is another fun piece of content. It's really satisfying to finally get to shoot at claptraps! Achievements: DLC is required for 100%, and there are also some co-op/multiplayer achievements that will need to be completed. If you complete this original Borderlands, good news: you can import your character into the enhanced edition, which carries over 30 of the 80 achievements, including the notoriously difficult Moxxi’s Underdome Riot achievements and almost all the other DLC ones. There's a steam guide by "alphabetsoup" that explains this in more detail, which you can view [url= https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747108465] here. If you're starting fresh, the main things to keep in mind are the co-op/multiplayer achievements, which will require help from another player, and the Moxxi DLC achievements, which require you to complete all three arena modes. These are no easy feat and can take 2-3 hours per arena. I recommend doing this with other players, with one hosting at a low level (I hosted at level 20) and the others at max level with good gear. Be prepared for long sessions. Thankfully, if you plan to play both the original and enhanced versions, you only need to do these achievements once, as they carry over. The "And They'll Tell Two Friends" achievement can also be tricky, as you need to join the game of someone who already has the achievement. This might require some effort to find someone in the forums but there are a lot of people who like to help. For the co-op achievements, such as completing 15 missions and killing bosses, you can solo them if you don't mind using a third-party application to trick the game into thinking there are more players. More details on this can be found in a guide by “Nilex”, which you can view [url= https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1827173479] here. The Claptrap DLC’s collectable achievements are another challenge. This is a long grind, and since it relies heavily on RNG, everyone's experience will vary. In my case, it took me around 10 hours to collect everything. Unfortunately, even when you've completed one set of collectables, they still drop, making it more frustrating. Stick with it, though, and you'll get there. The rest of the achievements are fairly standard for Borderlands and can be completed with some grinding.

April 2024

For 100% achievement hunters, there are some terrible collectible achievements - pizzas and oil cans primarily. You receive nothing but achievements for these, and you will need to kill thousands of claptraps. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the game. Called a looter shooter, but it has a lot in common with first person, gun-based RPGs (Fallout 3, 4, 76, and New Vegas). BL is funnier though.

Dec. 2023

Despite being the lowest-budget entry, I feel that the guns are the best in the first game. The second and third just don't feel as good to me gameplay-wise, and that's really what matters in games like these.

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-90% 29.99€ 2.99€

8.9

28,626

2,922

Online players

309

Developer

Gearbox Software

Publisher

Release 31 Aug 2023

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