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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 21
  2. Negative: 6 out of 21
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  1. Jan 20, 2026
    70
    Borderlands Legends struggles to stand on its own two feet.
  2. Oct 31, 2012
    65
    Borderlands Legends is a good idea dragged down by its inconsistent execution and lack of content.
  3. Games Master UK
    Dec 18, 2012
    64
    BL's ace style is weighed down by unwieldy gameplay. [Jan 2013, p.88]
  4. Oct 31, 2012
    60
    Borderlands Legends may walk and talk like a tactical shooter, but it drowns out the tactical aspect with clunky controls, divorcing it from the action-packed FPS that gave it life.
  5. Jan 20, 2026
    50
    The concept behind Borderlands Legend is interesting, but the execution is lackluster and the game ends up being a repetitive and unresponsive mess.
  6. Jan 20, 2026
    50
    Like Borderlands, the promise of fresh guns, equipment and powered-up skills offers an incentive to press on. But unlike its parent series, the combat in Legends means it's not worth doing so.
  7. Nov 17, 2012
    50
    Unworthy of its own name, this game will tear your patience apart with a lot of glitches and a disturbing lack of polish in touch recognition and AI development. It's not worthy of your money or your time.
  8. Nov 14, 2012
    50
    Borderlands Legends is a nice little extra for the Borderlands-universe, but that's it. Its strategic take on the shooter action we've come to know and love should warrant its existence. Unfortunately Borderlands Legends is plagued by bugs and bad programming choices that really prevents players from enjoying it.
  9. Nov 5, 2012
    50
    A mediocre game trying to sneak by on the coattails of greatness.
  10. Nov 1, 2012
    50
    Borderlands Legends is a prime example of the dangers of taking a popular game series and handing it to developers who are unfamiliar with where the original game comes from, where it's going, and what has made the it successful.
  11. Nov 1, 2012
    50
    It's still a monotonous and unexciting slog through a game that plays out like a stuck record, and even the most hardcore of Borderlands fans will find little of interest, lacking as it does the series' trademark personality.
  12. Oct 31, 2012
    50
    Borderlands Legends is a sub-par strategy RPG that most fans of the series will tolerate, but non-fans shouldn't bother with.
  13. Oct 31, 2012
    50
    Borderlands Legends is a complete waste of a stellar IP, offering clunky action-strategy fare and paying mere lip service to the series's core strengths.

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