Borderlands Enhanced free upgrade!
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:38 am
If you own Borderlands, or Borderlands game of the year, then you just got a free upgrade to the enhanced version that also includes all the DLCs for free if you didn't own them before. It should already be in your Steam library as a seperate game called 'Borderlands GOTY Enhanced'.
You can also import your Character from the older Borderlands game if you don't want to start all over. Mine imported just fine and picked up exactly where I left off in the game.
In addition to a graphical improvement, there's some very nice new features that make the game a lot more playable. There's now a mini-map in addition to the compass (big improvement). There's the ability to lock items in your inventory so you don't accidentally drop them or sell them, and a way to mark items as junk. Some items like money and ammo auto pick up now, so you're not clicking on everything all the time. There's an improved HUD, and the really big deal for me a proper FOV slider.
Since they threw in the Underdome DLC, if you didn't have it before, that adds a bank vault that you can store items in so you're no longer limited by just what you can carry.
No one thing is a big spectacular difference, but all together it leads to a much more polished game with smoother gameplay. Some of the annoying things they fixed were the reason I gave up the game in the first place.
The graphical improvements aren't spectacular but on a modern high res monitor they sure look nice with HD textures. Improved lighting and better-looking shadows stand out for me. There's plenty of comparison YouTube videos out there if you want to see what the differences are.
I've been binging the past two nights and got my old level 14 character up to level 25 now.
All the details here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/8980/a ... 7036180317
You can also import your Character from the older Borderlands game if you don't want to start all over. Mine imported just fine and picked up exactly where I left off in the game.
In addition to a graphical improvement, there's some very nice new features that make the game a lot more playable. There's now a mini-map in addition to the compass (big improvement). There's the ability to lock items in your inventory so you don't accidentally drop them or sell them, and a way to mark items as junk. Some items like money and ammo auto pick up now, so you're not clicking on everything all the time. There's an improved HUD, and the really big deal for me a proper FOV slider.
Since they threw in the Underdome DLC, if you didn't have it before, that adds a bank vault that you can store items in so you're no longer limited by just what you can carry.
No one thing is a big spectacular difference, but all together it leads to a much more polished game with smoother gameplay. Some of the annoying things they fixed were the reason I gave up the game in the first place.
The graphical improvements aren't spectacular but on a modern high res monitor they sure look nice with HD textures. Improved lighting and better-looking shadows stand out for me. There's plenty of comparison YouTube videos out there if you want to see what the differences are.
I've been binging the past two nights and got my old level 14 character up to level 25 now.
All the details here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/8980/a ... 7036180317