Playing Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced on macOS
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced plays excellent on macOS. It's been tested using the methods below:
- Parallels is virtual machine software that lets you run Windows on macOS. Within the Windows virtual machine, you're able to install and play Windows games.
Check game test reports below for performance, tips, and mac hardware tested.
About Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced
Discover the co-op shooter-looter that started it all, crammed with content and enhancements! Equip bazillions of guns as one of four trigger-happy mercenaries, each with unique RPG skills. Take on the lawless desolate planet Pandora in pursuit of powerful alien technology: The Vault. With new weapons, visual upgrades, all 4 add-on packs and more, enjoy the highly acclaimed FPS/RPG solo or together with friends!
- Bazillions of Guns: Rocket-launching shotguns, enemy-torching revolvers, SMGs that fire lightning rounds, and tons more.
- Radical Art Style: Traditional rendering techniques combined with hand-drawn textures give Borderlands its iconic style.
- Intense Vehicular Combat: Behind the wheel, engage in frenetic vehicle-to-vehicle combat.
- Co-op Frenzy: Tear through the opposition as a crew of up to 4.
NEW:
VISUALLY STUNNING: With improved character models, environments, weapons, and textures, Borderlands paired with a 4K display never looked so good.
NEW WEAPONS: There are already too many to count so we added more.
NEW CHARACTER HEADS: Be as beautiful as mom says you are.
NEW GOLD CHESTS AND KEYS: More loot!
AND MORE!
PLUS:
THE ZOMBIE ISLAND OF DOCTOR NED: Enter the corporate owned small town known as Jakobs Cove and put an end to the rumors of the walking “undead.” New areas, new missions, new enemies, Oh My!
MAD MOXXI’S UNDERDOME RIOT: Celebrate the grand opening of Marcus Bank by taking on hundreds of foes in the only competitive arena around where you’re coming back famous... or not at all.
THE SECRET ARMORY OF GENERAL KNOXX: Want more of the Borderlands story and more loot than you could possibly figure out what to do with? Add new guns, missions, vehicles and more!
CLAPTRAP’S NEW ROBOT REVOLUTION: This destructive adventure invites you to battle a vicious new threat, a massive uprising of your former friends: the claptraps.
macOS Game Tests
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced tested on macOS.
Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced is not natively supported on macOS. See below for potential ways you can play it that have been tested.
Excellent 1440p < 1 Hour Played 40 FPS
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Hardware
Mac mini M4
Sequoia, 24GB Memory
10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU
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Method
v20.4.0
- Launcher Steam
- Graphics Preset Medium
Additional Information
You can't set graphic settings from the launcher or it'll crash. It played well at medium even though frame rate was low (40-50).
Poor 1440p < 1 Hour Played
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Hardware
Mac mini M4
Sequoia, 24GB Memory
10-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU
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Method
v25.0.1
- Launcher Steam
- Graphics Preset High
Additional Information
The resolution setting kept reverting to 30Hz no matter what resolution I picked (though it didn't feel 30Hz) and the screen flashes very frequently. FPS felt good and graphics looked really good otherwise.
