OK, so here's the deal. I've done some research and it seems that the "bonus map" is actually a foldout map of Pandora, a physical collector's item, not an ingame area, so that leaves Borderlands GOTY as a simple compilation of the main game and the DLCs. So, I do not need to buy that because I already own all that content.
I've heard a rumor that actually Borderlands GOTY is to include just the main game disc and 4 vouchers to allow the DLCs to be downloaded. Is this true?
If so, this is insane.
Still, the game would become really "fat" in terms of disc amounts, probably two or three DVDs if the DLCs were to be included. Knowing their narrow minds, 2K Games is bound to use InstallShield for it and that guarantees pathetic level of compression - HELL, I've used InnoSetup with lzma/ultra (which is a very effective compression algorythm) and I've ended up with 2 single layer DVDs and an 89 MB file that I stashed on a CD. That leaves out DirectX and PhysX redistributables... If I had DVD-DL's at my disposal, I suppose the CD remnant would be somewhat bigger due to the fact that DL is not exactly 2 single-layers...
This game is big. People shouldn't be forced to download the goddamn expansions, not everyone is a proud owner of a goddamn broadband. If I buy a compilation box, I sure as hell expect the expansions to be included in it... With Fallout 3 I got that, so why not with Borderlands? Who was such an idiot to make such a call (provided the rumor is true?).
I've heard a rumor that actually Borderlands GOTY is to include just the main game disc and 4 vouchers to allow the DLCs to be downloaded. Is this true?
If so, this is insane.
Still, the game would become really "fat" in terms of disc amounts, probably two or three DVDs if the DLCs were to be included. Knowing their narrow minds, 2K Games is bound to use InstallShield for it and that guarantees pathetic level of compression - HELL, I've used InnoSetup with lzma/ultra (which is a very effective compression algorythm) and I've ended up with 2 single layer DVDs and an 89 MB file that I stashed on a CD. That leaves out DirectX and PhysX redistributables... If I had DVD-DL's at my disposal, I suppose the CD remnant would be somewhat bigger due to the fact that DL is not exactly 2 single-layers...
This game is big. People shouldn't be forced to download the goddamn expansions, not everyone is a proud owner of a goddamn broadband. If I buy a compilation box, I sure as hell expect the expansions to be included in it... With Fallout 3 I got that, so why not with Borderlands? Who was such an idiot to make such a call (provided the rumor is true?).
