Although it was somewhat of an underdog when it arrived in October 2009, Borderlands quickly became a hit among PC and console gamers alike, selling over 4.5 million copies and propelling Gearbox Software to new heights. Despite complaints about repetitive gameplay and finicky menus, fans loved the title"s unique comic-like art style and its seamless mashup of the first-person shooter and role-playing genres.
Considering the success of its first entry, it came as no surprise when Gearbox revealed plans to produce a sequel that would address Borderlands" shortcomings while expanding on its strengths.
Built on a highly modified version of Unreal Engine 3, the game only uses DirectX 9, opting to exclude the engine"s DirectX 11 support. It"s worth mentioning that Borderlands 2 is a "The Way It"s Meant to be Played" title, supporting many Nvidia features such as PhysX and 3D Vision Surround.
Borderlands 2 succeeds at building on the foundation laid three years ago, delivering an improved menu system, revamped skill trees, new characters, more weapons, smarter foes, and the same addictive loot-driven co-op first-person shooter action. As exciting as all of that may be, we"re more interested in seeing how the game runs on the finest PC hardware from Intel, AMD and Nvidia. Let"s get down to business...
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