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About
Borderlands is a FPS (First Person Shooter) multiplayer video game franchise that takes place on the fictional planet of Pandora and its moon. Created by 2K Games and Gearbox Interactive and published in 2009, there have been three games in the Borderlands franchise as of 2015; Borderlands (the first game, 2009), Borderlands 2 (2012), and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (2014). In the game’s universe, the player(s) assumes a role of a Vault Hunter, a bounty hunter that is searching for The Vault, a treasure trove that has been hidden on Pandora and will grant those who find it unlimited wealth and luck.
History
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Gameplay
The player controls their character from a first-person perspective and is required to use various guns to kill all the enemies in the area to proceed further into the level or complete the mission. Players can also join with other players for a co-op game in the middle of gameplay, in which doing so causes enemies’ strength to increase to equal the players’ strength and level.
The player can also choose from 4 (in Borderlands 2, 6 with DLC installed) classes that use various different skills and have different gun specialties based on who they are.
Borderlands also utilises a random drop system to make every weapon the player picks up is unique (i.e. one gun maybe be a shotgun that sets targets on fire and takes 5 seconds to reload, another may be a machine gun that stuns targets and takes two seconds to reload but has a low damage output).
Reception
The first Borderlands game scored an average 81/100% on Metacritic, while its sequel received 89/100% and The Pre-Sequel! earning 75/100%.
Related Memes
Claptrap
CL4P-TP, or as he’s commonly known, Claptrap, is a general purpose robot programmed by the fictional in-game corporation Hyperion. Throughout the trilogy, Claptrap consistantly retains his role as a main character by assisting the Vault Hunters. In the first game, players can find broken Claptraps to fix in exchange for items such as grenade and gun mods, with the one who the player meets at the beginning of the game staying with them throughout. In the second game, he is the last CL4P-TP unit alive on Pandora due to the game’s villian Handsome Jack wiping out all the other remaining Claptraps besides the one who accompanies the Vault Hunters. The Pre-Sequel! gives the player the ability to use Claptrap as a playable character for the first time in the Borderlands franchise.
Claptrap has become notable in the Borderlands fandom for his obnoxious attitude and personality, and his presence throughout the three games in the franchise.