Borderlands (2009)

Developer: Feral Interactive, Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K Games, Take-Two Interactive, CyberFront, Feral Interactive
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 1,022 player ratings
Main story: about 43 hours
Completionist: about 59 hours
Where to get it: Xbox

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How it feels

A loot-hungry, cartoonish sci-fi shootout across a lawless frontier planet, best enjoyed with friends.

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About

Borderlands is an action role-playing first-person shooter set on the distant planet of Pandora. Players choose from four characters, each with distinct combat abilities, and explore an open world rendered in a distinctive cartoon-style visual approach. Gameplay revolves around completing missions, defeating enemies, and collecting procedurally generated weapons with varying statistics and elemental effects. The game supports cooperative play for up to four players, with enemy difficulty scaling based on the number of participants.

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