Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition
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Bloodthirsty bandits. Vicious monsters. Tons of loot. Lock, Load and face the madness. Gearbox Software's acclaimed sci-fi hit comes to the Mac complete with all four add-on packs. Borderlands is a unique hybrid of first person shooter and role-playing game with a super sharp visual style and a compelling 4 player co-op mode.

Planet Pandora is a sparsely populated wasteland where the rule of law gets rewritten daily in the smoke of the last gun battle. Civilization consists of small outposts on the fringe of human influence, in an area called the Borderlands. Pandora's one tourist attraction is a mythical Vault supposedly packed with fantastic riches.

Fortune hunters, corrupt corporate mercenaries and lowlife hoodlums roam the landscape, searching under every grain of sand for the treasure. Since most intelligent life on Pandora has the occupation of Vault Hunter, society has gone to hell - making the outposts and outback areas more than just a little dangerous.
  • Unique hybrid role playing shooter that combines frantic first-person shooting action with accessible role-playing character progression.
  • Super sharp graphics style gives Borderlands a unique comic book come-to-life look.
  • Co-op Frenzy – drop in and out with up to 4 player co-operative for a maniacal multiplayer experience
  • Millions of randomly generated guns! Choose your weapon from rocket-launching shotguns, enemy-torching revolvers, and tons more.
  • Huge single-player game with four playable characters and endless replayability.
  • Contains all 4 add-on packs adding enormous value to an already amazing game.
© 2010 Gearbox Software, LLC. Published and distributed by 2K Games under license from Gearbox Software, LLC. Borderlands and the Borderlands logo are trademarks of Gearbox Software and used under license. 2K Games and the 2K Games logo are trademarks of 2K Games in the U.S. and/or other countries. Gearbox Software and the Gearbox logo are registered trademarks of Gearbox Software, LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. Uses Scaleform GFX © 2010 Scaleform Corporation. Scaleform GFX is a registered trademark of the Scaleform Corporation. Unreal® is a registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998-2010, Epic Games, Inc. Uses FMOD Ex Sound System © 2010 Firelight Technologies. All rights reserved. FMOD Ex Sound System is a registered trademark of Firelight Technologies. All other copyrights or trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are being used under license. All rights reserved. The content of this videogame is purely fictional, and is not intended to represent or depict any actual event, person, or entity. Any similarity between any depiction in this game and any actual event, person or entity is purely coincidental. The makers and publishers of this videogame do not in any way endorse, condone or encourage engaging in any conduct depicted in this videogame. The ratings icon is a trademark of the Entertainment Software Association. Mac and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Feral and the Feral logo are trademarks of Feral Interactive Ltd.
Notice: This Game Requires a Macintosh Computer

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CPU TypeIntel Mac Only  —  
CPU CoresAny  —  
CPU Speed1.4 GHz  —  
System RAM1 GB  —  
Drive Space10 GB  —  
Video RAM128 MB  —  
Video (ati)ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT *  —  
Unsupported Video Cards: ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1900 XT
Video (nvidia)NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT *  —  
Unsupported Video Cards: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Video (intel)Intel HD Graphics *  —  
Unsupported Video Cards: Intel GMA 900, Intel GMA 950, Intel GMA X3100
  1. Very good game, but lacking...
    by thewileyman, USA - Apr 12th 2013

    Borderlands is a very good game, and I've enjoyed it both times I've played through the main campaign. Looting and selling is fun (if a bit overwhelming — almost too many choices!).

    I love the look and the atmosphere, and overall the story is pretty good. The endgame felt like it came out of left field, and there's a point at which the difficulty level jumps quite a bit (not necessarily a bad thing).

    My only real frustration is that once the story starts moving toward the endgame, things go by very fast. I wished that I had a little more time to spend in some of the areas later in the game — perhaps a few more side missions and such.

    But the game's a hell of a lot of fun, especially once you get some of the really powerful or unique weapons (Holy crap! It shoots rockets!), and I'd definitely recommend it if your system can handle it. I've got a 3.4 GHz i7 iMac with 16GB RAM and 2GB Radeon HD 6970M, and still have some framerate issues and higher graphics settings, so be warned.

    The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned was fun and creepy and, in some places, nightmarishly tough. Didn't care for Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot — just arena combat with no story. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx is the best DLC in my opinion, if a little too silly at times. Haven't made it through Claptraps Robot Revolution yet.

    I've been very much looking forward to Borderlands 2, which I just picked up through the Mac App Store to avoid having to use Steam, so pretty soon I'll be headed back to Pandora in a quest for more loot.

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  2. Great!
    by Meh..., United Kingdom - Oct 15th 2012

    Favourite game, I have the sequel and completed it in a week :)

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  3. Good game - bad performance in OS X
    by Martin Bergström, Sweden - Aug 18th 2012

    The game is fun and entertaining, especially when playing co-op with friends.

    I'm a bit disappointed when it comes to performance, though. Of course games will run better in Windows, but the difference is too big. Even on a top of the line MacBook Pro 15" of the previous generation (Late 2011) I have to turn off dynamic shadows and even then the game can be feel sluggish when there's a lot of action or when looking at a lot of graphics (many polygons). Quite sad really, as I've also tried the game in Windows and performance is much better there. Don't know if it's Apple's, Feral's or the graphic driver developers fault, but that's the way i is.

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