Game Information

Platforms: PC (Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7), Xbox 360, Playstation 3 (PS3)
Genre: First Person Shooter (FPS), Role-Playing Game (RPG)
Release Date: October 26, 2009
Rating: M (Mature)
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Gearbox Software
Players: 1-4

Borderlands is an original First Person Role Playing Shooter that combines the intuitive reward systems of action role playing games and the frantic-paced shooting combat of first person shooters. The game features a groundbreaking content generation system allowing for near-endless variety in weapons and item drops. Borderlands allows for 4 players to share the same game experience simultaneously online in co-op gameplay. Players can freely join or leave each other's games at anytime, or choose to play in the full single-player mode. These features, along with a rich and deep fiction that touches upon the mysteries buried beneath the surface of a danger-filled planet, combine to form a breakthrough experience that challenges the conventions of modern shooters.

Co-Op Engineered Game Design
Boderlands is built from the ground-up to be an exciting and intuitive co-operative multiplayer experience that rewards players for investing in specific co-op skills. Split screen is also supported for console versions of the game.

FPS Action Meets RPG Character Progression
Players can choose from one of four distinct characters and earn experience and gain proficiency in a number of specialties as they do battle with enemies. Upgrades can be invested in a wide variety of special abilities, allowing players to create a fully customized character that is tailored to their playing style.

Radical New Art Style
Fresh and distinctive new visual style combines traditional rendering techniques with hand-drawn textures to paint a unique and eye-catching spin on the First Person genre.

Intense Vehicular Combat
Get behind the wheel of and engage in intense vehicle-to-vehicle combat.

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 plent in your search for a Vault rumored to contain a great prize - if it even exists!

Gun Lust
Choose from an arsenal of hundreds of thousands of weapons, each with their unique manufacturers, specifications and advantages. A revolutionary new content generation system produces almost infinite tools of destruction.

Premise
Choose between four characters: Roland the Soldier, Mordecai the Hunter, Lilith the Siren, and Brick (a brawler / beserker type) and battle your way through the lands of Pandora looking for the rumored "Vault" that is said to contain the most valuable of treasures. Encounter fellow Vault hunters and enemies on your way to discovering the mystery. You will make allies and foes throughout your journey, but one thing is for sure: eminent bloodshed!

System Requirements
Processor: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ / Athlon XP 2400+
Graphics Card: Geforce 8600 GS / Radeon X850 Series
RAM Memory: 2GB+
Hard Disk Space: 8GB+
Direct X: 9+

Alter the in-game settings accordingly to help increase overall performance. Use as up-to-date drivers as possible in order to get the best experience, the highest frame rate / frames per second (FPS), and to help prevent screen glitches. Welcome to Borderlands.

Beat It Once? Beat It Again!
Even after you beat the game once you have reason to keep going. There are three playthroughs available in Borderlands. Playthrough 1, which is what the game starts out as, Playthrough 2, which is available after you beat the game, and Playthrough 2-1/2, which occurs after you beat Playthrough 2. With each increase in Playthrough, the enemies get harder, the loot better, and the action more exciting. Playthrough 2 allows you to redo every mission in the game as if starting over (though your character still has all of his/her gear, stats, etc). Playthrough 2.5 (2-1/2) on the other hand, does not restart the game, so you are unable to redo missions.