Today's announcement also seems to confirm that the "Borderlands GOTY Official Strategy Guide" is real. The guide popped up last month in a GameStop listing (but has since been removed from the retailer's site).
Borderlands Game of the Year Edition announced, all four DLC packs included
by Ben Gilbert 
on Aug 30th 2010 2:40PM
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Today's announcement also seems to confirm that the "Borderlands GOTY Official Strategy Guide" is real. The guide popped up last month in a GameStop listing (but has since been removed from the retailer's site).
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:46PM thisredengine said
As a person who's never played Borderlands, is it good? So going to pick this up.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:49PM 343 Guilty Fart said
Definitely worth a purchase, if you have friends who have it, even better.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:50PM Indefinite Implosion said
I think so. I don't have any of the DLC so I might trade in my normal version for the GOTY version as that was a cheaper way of getting the Fallout 3 DLC, so hopefully the same applies here.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:56PM TheTallMan said
@thisredengine Definitely, I play Borderlands similar to Diablo 2. You can pick it up whenever, burn through a good portion of the game on a lazy day.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:58PM Faceless Troll said
@thisredengine One of the best FPS games I've played in years.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:46PM gordogg24p said
I think I should get around to finishing this game. It's boring when there is no one online on the PS3 who is playing it. And I'm certainly not using screen real estate to do splitscreen.
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:03PM thisredengine said
@sorryfsu
???
He just said not many of his friends play it online and that he doesn't want to do local co-op. Your reading comprehension is suffering a severe mental illness.
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???
He just said not many of his friends play it online and that he doesn't want to do local co-op. Your reading comprehension is suffering a severe mental illness.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 4:45PM GennosukeSama said
@thisredengine
"He just said not many of his friends play it online"
could you show me exactly where he said his "friends" because i don't see that anywhere on his post.
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"He just said not many of his friends play it online"
could you show me exactly where he said his "friends" because i don't see that anywhere on his post.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 6:24PM gordogg24p said
@sorryfsu
I want to play with people. That's about the only way to play this game without blowing your brains out due to monotony. Clearly it is my fault that when I sign on to Borderlands and search for any game session, it tells me no games match the search criteria.
Not to mention how few of my real life friends actually have any interest in playing the game in the first place. Especially when I have better games to play in splitscreen multiplayer (Rock Band, anyone?).
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I want to play with people. That's about the only way to play this game without blowing your brains out due to monotony. Clearly it is my fault that when I sign on to Borderlands and search for any game session, it tells me no games match the search criteria.
Not to mention how few of my real life friends actually have any interest in playing the game in the first place. Especially when I have better games to play in splitscreen multiplayer (Rock Band, anyone?).
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:57PM Chrisadactyl said
@RobLink
I'm pretty sure that by "bonus map" they don't mean a new area. I think they mean it's a physical map that comes with the game so you can refer to it without having to bring up the map screen in game.
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I'm pretty sure that by "bonus map" they don't mean a new area. I think they mean it's a physical map that comes with the game so you can refer to it without having to bring up the map screen in game.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:48PM liquidsoap89 said
I can finally buy the whole collection now! Huzzah!
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:50PM Perfidious Sinn said
Who buys game guides anymore?
Answer: People who don't have internet access.
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Answer: People who don't have internet access.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:05PM thisredengine said
@Perfidious Sinn
Honestly, I prefer reading books than a computer screen. It really is less fatiguing.
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Honestly, I prefer reading books than a computer screen. It really is less fatiguing.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 2:51PM The Albatross said
Y'know ... did Borderlands actually win any Game of the Year awards? Because... to release a GoTY edition ... they .. probably should have.
Decent game no doubt, but .. GoTY?
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Decent game no doubt, but .. GoTY?
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:10PM golfs4panzys said
@The Albatross
Thats a good question. Wikipedia says that RPGland gave it their Xbox GOTY award but not their overall GOTY.
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Thats a good question. Wikipedia says that RPGland gave it their Xbox GOTY award but not their overall GOTY.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:13PM golfs4panzys said
@The Albatross
@Ryan S
Unfortunately, it came out the same year as Uncharted 2 and well... thats tough.
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@Ryan S
Unfortunately, it came out the same year as Uncharted 2 and well... thats tough.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:26PM trickybuz93 said
@The Albatross Now days, GOTY doesn't necessarily mean it's GOTY, it's more an excuse to re-release the game with the content that they sold throughout the year
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Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:31PM RadiantViper said
@The Albatross
I, RadiantViper, hereby give Borderlands my Game of the Year Award for 2009.
There, it won GOTY.
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I, RadiantViper, hereby give Borderlands my Game of the Year Award for 2009.
There, it won GOTY.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 8:14PM The BZA said
@The Albatross well im glad rules are meantto be broken.. especially in this day and age where games have multiple dlc packs and average price $9.99 and above($4.99 at best). i actually look forward to goty releases for big games.. i dont mind waiting a year for a bargain.(i'm looking at you fallout new vegas!!)
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Posted: Aug 31st 2010 7:21AM Zepinephrine said
@RadiantViper
I endorse the RadiantViper Awards.
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I endorse the RadiantViper Awards.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:00PM blue ocarina said
"The price of the forthcoming GOTY version wasn't confirmed."
Goes to show you should like them on Facebook rather than follow them on twitter. Borderlands fan page posted the same announcement with a $59.99 price tag.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Borderlands/104080139080
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Goes to show you should like them on Facebook rather than follow them on twitter. Borderlands fan page posted the same announcement with a $59.99 price tag.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Borderlands/104080139080
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:01PM blue ocarina said
@blue ocarina
Already fixed. Good enough for government work.
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Already fixed. Good enough for government work.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:12PM Brando Calrissian said
@sammo21
I was about to make the same point, glad I read before I typed. Also, glad I took advantage of that sweet, sweet deal.
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I was about to make the same point, glad I read before I typed. Also, glad I took advantage of that sweet, sweet deal.
Posted: Aug 31st 2010 12:33AM likedamaster said
@sammo21
Game: $20
DLC: $5 each $15 total
New DLC: $15
$50 total for PC.
It's about right.
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Game: $20
DLC: $5 each $15 total
New DLC: $15
$50 total for PC.
It's about right.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 3:06PM BigBadBob113 said
I've been waiting for the GOTY, simply because I didn't want to buy the game and then spend $40 later on down the road on DLC. This is going to be a sweet pick up for sure!
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