So, Borderlands GOTY edition is on sale for $7.50 on PC, but I've kind of been thinking about getting this one on console. Mainly because I remember the GB guys saying how much better it was on 360 compared to PC and it really seemed designed for console.  Anyone know why this is, or if they've patched things to make the PC version better? Anyone?

I haven't had any problems with the PC version at all.. mind you I don't have a steam copy of it... and not a GOTY edition either <_<.  The regular version seemed fine to me.  Maybe choose based on whether you got a friend who wants to play with ya... see what version he/she has.

The game isn't better on console, it's better and looks better on PC - it's just not made with a PC player in mind. There are ways to tweak away the consoleness of the game - namely disabling mouse smoothing, enabling crouch hold (instead of toggle) and improving the menu navigation. Here are two easy to use guides to fixing those issues and more.

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So, Borderlands GOTY edition is on sale for $7.50 on PC, but I've kind of been thinking about getting this one on console. Mainly because I remember the GB guys saying how much better it was on 360 compared to PC and it really seemed designed for console.  Anyone know why this is, or if they've patched things to make the PC version better? Anyone?

Personally, I think the PC version is just fine. I have the GOTY version and don't recall running into any bugs at all, at least not anything major in any way, but I haven't finished Robot Revolution yet and I've heard that's where most of the bugs are. To be honest, the only thing that I can think of as a con to the PC version was entering the keys for some of the dlc. My computer wouldn't lock up or anything, but unless I had the key copied to my clipboard or written down, there was no way to get to it. The game itself would sit at a loading screen with a dialogue box asking for the key, but for some reason I couldn't bring up the Steam overlay to access the key. Like I said though, just copying it before hand and pasting it when the box shows up solved that with no problem at all.

If anyone has an extra copy i would play through it on PC, i love this game :)

The menus are obviously made for consoles, but everything else is perfectly fine. I bought the GotY version after having played it forever on a console and haven't had any problems with it. I'd go for it unless you prefer gaming on the console or something.

Curiously I installed my game last night tho is not the Goty edition :( , it works perfectly and smooth and with the exception of the scrolling in the menus (that must be done with the pg up/dwn) I see no hindrance

The serious question is does it still use Gamespy for setting up games?

It's a shitty port, and Randy Pitchford is a fucking liar for saying otherwise.
 
Only get it if you're using a controller and sitting pretty far from your monitor.

@Seedofpower: It certainly does, but it worked fine when I used it.

If you have a 360 controller for your PC, absolutely nothing will cause you issues. The menus work like a dream with a controller.

It could be better, but really, it isn't a shitty port. The only poor part that I found was the menu being a bit awkward with M&KB controls.
 
Anyway, if you're at all interested in the game, this is an amazing price. Just remember to ignore all of Mad Moxxie except for the extra storage.

You can google a tweak guide to make it more optimized for PC use.

7.50 is a steal, and its definitely worth it. I bought it for $45 on steam and i don't regret anything.

If no one mentioned anything about this version of the game then I would never have thought to say it. The PC version is on par with the others except there are a few things here or maybe there that could have been optimized for the PC. Otherwise you can't go wrong.

Cool, thanks everyone. I actually just purchased it. I do have a 360 controller for PC if I feel like I need it, but I'll definitely check out some of those fixes for "de-consolizing" it (as soon as it's done downloading on my crappy DSL connection!)

@AlisterCat said:

You can google a tweak guide to make it more optimized for PC use.

Or you can just look at my post which lists both of the best guides.

its so cheap!!! I think I have to get it too!

                    @Nate said:

                    So, Borderlands GOTY edition is on sale for $7.50 on PC, but I've kind of been thinking about getting this one on console. Mainly because I remember the GB guys saying how much better it was on 360 compared to PC and it really seemed designed for console.  Anyone know why this is, or if they've patched things to make the PC version better? Anyone?

                   

               

From what I've heard most of the issues people have with the PC version stem from the UI. For example, when you're using the inventory you can't just scroll though the list and instead have to use a scroll bar, etc. Mostly little things that add up to a more frustrating experience.

                   

               

It's a shitty port, and Randy Pitchford is a fucking liar for saying otherwise.  Only get it if you're using a controller and sitting pretty far from your monitor.

It's fine. 
 
Just the menu's can be dodgy.

The only thing wrong is the mouse smoothing (which can be turned off with ease) and the broken-ass UI (which you kinda just have to deal with.). The gameplay certainly isn't inhibited in any way. If you have any interest at all, $7.50 is a joke of a price. Jump on it now.

Speaking of Borderlands for PC. Who would be up for playing some co-op this weekend?

Get it it's great !
 
It looks and runs better on the PC (playing in real 1080p with some visual tweaks makes a huge difference)
Yes if you prefer to use a mouse and keyboard you 'll have to do some tweaks but the game plays really great with a controller .
My advice to you , if you have the option to do so > hook up your PC to your HDTV and play it with a 360 controller.
 
Also, get the "Borderlands Config editor" it will make your life so much easier .

The menus suck, but other than that it is just fine.  I've played both versions and I prefer PC, but that's because a gamepad will never be as good as mouse and keyboard.

I'm downloading it now. So if anyone wants to do some co-op i'm game :)

I bought it this evening, and after downloading the whole thing, found out it doesn't run on a mac. That is, the STEAM version GOTY doesn't run on a mac, whereas the non-steam version does. Sigh. So beware!

A lot better than the console version.

Unless you have friends to play with you, the online is quite dead I am afraid :( 
 
Gamespy should not exist anymore.  blah.

me and a friend still play Co-op every once in a while , so if you want to join add me to your friends list >> (Steam) [KVL]-!!=Ijsje=!!-
 
I play a lvl 69 siren and cleared the game +dlc on both playthroughs, but also am leveling the other classes . 
I don`t mind starting over with a different class if somebody wants to play co-op from the beginning.

@Nate: I bought the the goty off steam last time it was on sale for 7.50$ and i have enjoyed it very much. The pc controls are kind of different but i don't play with my keyboard, rather i hook my usb cable to it using

motioninjoy to get my ps3 controller to work with it which makes it like the console but with much better graphics. $7.50 is definitely worth it and if you don't like the controls just use one of your controllers. If i remember correctly a blue tooth dongle for the 360 is like 10$ and if you have a ps3 then just dl motioninjoy which is free and is very very easy to set up, just make sure you have it set as a 360 controller since most games are compatible with xbox more then ps3 but the controls are the same.

Use your mouse for shooting and keyboard for the menus, which'll give you far superior gameplay (obv.) and equal menu control to playing on console. Slap some AA over it and it'll look better too.

Use your mouse for shooting and keyboard for the menus, which'll give you far superior gameplay (obv.) and equal menu control to playing on console. Slap some AA over it and it'll look better too.

Lots of people don't like it, but I had no issues with it. The actual gameplay is well optimized, and it looks beautiful even on relatively modest hardware. Sure the menu's are slightly console centric, but I really didn't find that a big deal. It would have been nice to improve the menus for a PC interface, but it definitely wasn't a deal breaker. I'm far more concerned with the optimization of the gameplay than the menus.

It's great! Menus are pretty much straight up console menus (not great, but not inhibiting), but the gameplay is there (and great, once you start finding more interesting guns) and the game's pretty enough.
 
Sometimes I find myself getting a bit dizzy from subtly moving closer and closer to the monitor though. Something about the camera seems a bit to forward and enclosed. But whatever, then I just sit back and play.

The menus are obviously made for consoles, but everything else is perfectly fine. I bought the GotY version after having played it forever on a console and haven't had any problems with it. I'd go for it unless you prefer gaming on the console or something.

I didn't want to deal with all the menu crap, so I played it with a 360 controller. It was great.

The game ran pretty slow/choppy on my q6600.  But if you cpu is 3ghz+ then you won't have the problems i had with the game.   It was still playable, just dipped in the 20's a few times, (my gpu was a gtx 480 so i know it wasn't a gpu problem).

@Marz said:

The game ran pretty slow/choppy on my q6600. But if you cpu is 3ghz+ then you won't have the problems i had with the game. It was still playable, just dipped in the 20's a few times, (my gpu was a gtx 480 so i know it wasn't a gpu problem).

Dude that sounds like another problem entirely. The game isn't even very demanding, running fine on most dual core machines. My girlfriend runs it on a dual core intel 2ghz ATI 4650 HD equipped HP laptop running Vista, with medium settings and it's perfectly smooth.

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Marz said:

The game ran pretty slow/choppy on my q6600. But if you cpu is 3ghz+ then you won't have the problems i had with the game. It was still playable, just dipped in the 20's a few times, (my gpu was a gtx 480 so i know it wasn't a gpu problem).

Dude that sounds like another problem entirely. The game isn't even very demanding, running fine on most dual core machines. My girlfriend runs it on a dual core intel 2ghz ATI 4650 HD equipped HP laptop running Vista, with medium settings and it's perfectly smooth.

Agreed, it's a low cpu intensity game (not a lot of physics or ragdolls). And that videocard is two generations ahead of mine, and I still get a solid 60 fps, even with 4xAA+SS transparencies. Can you keep an eye on your cpu usage in the task manager while playing in windowed mode or dual monitor or something?

7.50?  damn you again steam.  just take my money 

@SeriouslyNow said:

@Marz said:

The game ran pretty slow/choppy on my q6600. But if you cpu is 3ghz+ then you won't have the problems i had with the game. It was still playable, just dipped in the 20's a few times, (my gpu was a gtx 480 so i know it wasn't a gpu problem).

Dude that sounds like another problem entirely. The game isn't even very demanding, running fine on most dual core machines. My girlfriend runs it on a dual core intel 2ghz ATI 4650 HD equipped HP laptop running Vista, with medium settings and it's perfectly smooth.

Agreed, it's a low cpu intensity game (not a lot of physics or ragdolls). And that videocard is two generations ahead of mine, and I still get a solid 60 fps, even with 4xAA+SS transparencies. Can you keep an eye on your cpu usage in the task manager while playing in windowed mode or dual monitor or something?

It's better on pc... I played it on 360 first, than on pc later. I had much more fun on pc version.

@Jimbo said:

Use your mouse for shooting and keyboard for the menus, which'll give you far superior gameplay (obv.) and equal menu control to playing on console. Slap some AA over it and it'll look better too.

Well, that's the problem; the menus are awful when it comes to keyboard shortcuts - for example, you can't "tab" between tabs nor can you "pgup" and "pgdn" long lists.