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Borderlands 2 for Xbox 360
Borderlands 2 for Xbox 360 combines a first-person shooter with collecting equipment and developing a character. You travel across Pandora, where Handsome Jack and his company Hyperion are gaining power. Choose from four original Vault Hunters, each with a distinct ability. Missions take you through snowy areas, industrial facilities and settlements whose inhabitants have problems and interests of their own.
Weapons differ in damage, firing speed, reloading and elemental effects, so judging loot involves more than looking for a higher number. A shield, grenade or class modification can support a different approach. Experience raises your level, while skill points develop branching abilities. Combat still requires movement, cover and recognising enemies; good equipment does not make those decisions for you.
You can play the campaign alone or with two players sharing one Xbox 360 in split-screen; a second controller is required. Cooperation brings out the differences between characters. This standard edition is the complete base game, not the separate Add On Content Pack. Additional story campaigns, characters added later and a Season Pass are not offered as included.
Region and language
Our Xbox 360 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Borderlands 2 for Xbox 360 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Borderlands 2
Gearbox Software developed Borderlands 2, which 2K released in 2012 on platforms including Xbox 360. It built on 2009’s Borderlands, which already combined shooting, experience points and randomly assembled weapons. Pandora remained the setting but gained more varied landscapes and a more prominent antagonist. Handsome Jack regularly addresses you during your travels, keeping his influence present beyond direct encounters.
The developers gave weapon manufacturers more recognisable characteristics. A new gun could therefore change your rhythm rather than simply deal greater damage. Inventory management and the split-screen display were also reconsidered. Four new protagonists received their own skill trees, while familiar characters from the first game returned in the story. The sequel connected an established world with different choices for building your character.
After launch, separate expansions and additional playable characters appeared. The Pre-Sequel followed in 2014, exploring events between the first two games. Later collections bundled more content and also reached newer consoles. The edition name therefore matters: this original Xbox 360 standard game is neither The Handsome Collection nor a complete bundle. It retains the original campaign structure and the Pandora introduced with the second game in 2012.
Similar games for Xbox 360
Borderlands on Xbox 360 also centres on collecting weapons and spending skill points. The first game has a more sparsely populated desert setting and keeps its story further in the background. Borderlands 2 features more varied areas and stronger reactions from Handsome Jack as you progress. Its new protagonists also change the abilities you can combine in combat.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel retains loot and character growth on Xbox 360 but moves much of the action to Elpis. Lower gravity, oxygen-powered jumps and cryo weapons change movement there. Borderlands 2 keeps you on Pandora and focuses on resistance against Jack. Both campaigns offer different characters and areas where you collect missions.
Fallout 3 on Xbox 360 also combines guns with experience and found equipment. Conversations, exploration and decisions in a ruined world determine much of its pace. Borderlands 2 sends you into firefights and piles of loot more frequently. Switching weapons and cooperating in split-screen play have a more prominent role here.
RAGE on Xbox 360 also takes you across a dangerous wasteland to collect missions in settlements. Alternating vehicles and shooting provides a connection. Borderlands 2 places far greater emphasis on random weapon loot and skill trees. RAGE focuses more on deliberately designed weapons, races and enemies’ immediate reactions during combat.
BioShock Infinite on Xbox 360 also combines unusual powers with firearms but follows a fixed protagonist in a single-player story. Borderlands 2 lets you choose a class and replace equipment much more often. Columbia emphasises narrative discovery and changes in height; Pandora focuses more on recurring missions, character growth and comparing new loot.
