Borderlands 3

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  1. Rhex98
    Jul 9, 2023
    7
    Es divertido jugarlo en cooperativo y tienes bastantes horas de diversión aseguradas, pero si es inferior al 2.
  2. PlasticSquid
    May 17, 2023
    7
    It pretty much followed the standard Borderlands formula. If you liked the old ones, you will probably like this one.

    There were a few changes to the way skills work and to the UI, most for the better. I like the addition of player rooms but they don't feel customizable enough. The mini-map still kind of sucks as per tradition but the full-size map was improved some. The playable    It pretty much followed the standard Borderlands formula. If you liked the old ones, you will probably like this one.

    There were a few changes to the way skills work and to the UI, most for the better. I like the addition of player rooms but they don't feel customizable enough. The mini-map still kind of sucks as per tradition but the full-size map was improved some. The playable classes are decent. Plenty of guns and variations, as usual. Visuals were pretty great.

    I had maybe 2 crashes in 40+ hours of playing so I can't speak to the issues others are complaining about. Running an i5-9600k, 16gb RAM, and RTX 2070 8gb with DX12. My frame rate and temps were pretty normal. Nothing unusual there for me.

    The boss battles seemed like they were improved. It was good to see some new enemies introduced. The story was alright but I wasn't really invested to be honest. The humor didn't seem to grab me like the first two games but it's possibly just because I'm older now and I'm not as involved in "Internet culture." Kind of cringe at times. Borderlands has always been a bit over the top though so I suppose it fits.

    I did notice a few glitches with the inventory and enemies at times. Not too surprising and I imagine they get cleaned up soon. Overall, I'd recommend it if you're a fan of the series. After they push out all the DLC, I'd really like to see them move on to a new IP or expand in other ways. I feel like it's on the verge of getting stale.    … Expand
  3. Hyperfailure
    Apr 29, 2023
    5
    Even playing co-op, this game felt like a slog, with the story, characters and world being too over the top for its own good. Some may consider this a breath of fresh air in the dreary bleakness of the more "serious" games, but I found it rather annoying.
  4. Snjake
    Mar 18, 2023
    6
    meh game and uninteresting story but at this point ive lost basically all interest in fps games
  5. darkraven0623
    Feb 9, 2023
    6
    maybe a little bit too rough in storyline. Although game makers want the player to have pure fun, I sometimes found the killing and garbage collecting tiring enough.
  6. Izoeros
    Jan 4, 2023
    6
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  7. briiiz
    Dec 22, 2022
    7
    虽然对fps不是特别感兴趣，但是无主之地有优秀的rpg成长曲线，不仅有肉眼可见的装备提升，还有角色加点，技能解锁，搭配这些东西相当有意思总体游戏体验还算好，但是其他部分感觉亮点不多
  8. coso132
    Oct 16, 2022
    5
    While technically the game seems at the same level as BL 2, the incredible lack of difficulty and lack of difficulty options make this game a snoozer if played with friends, i was unironically about to fall asleep sometimes for how much the low difficulty trivialized the experience. Id rate this lower but i have not finished it.
  9. Sab1nX
    Aug 27, 2022
    6
    Played Borderlands 3 with 2 friends and it was a decent experience.
    Encountered very few bugs while playing.
    Unskippable cutscenes were horribile.
    Gameplay was good, not great.
    The story could have been better.
    The audio was great.
    Maybe a bit boring compared to the previous one.
  10. Taken_Hades
    Aug 21, 2022
    6
    -4/10 story
    -5/10 characters
    -8/10 gameplay
    -6/10 music
    -9/10 voice acting
    -3/10 humor
  11. pmasterfunk
    Jul 2, 2022
    6
    Borderlands 3. What a time to be alive.

    I really enjoyed the first Borderlands game. I thought it was a great mix of looting, humour, grinding, and cartoony looks. It wasn't perfect; the AI sucked, the looting was hit-and-miss, and the endgame was like a bad Crysis fanfic. Then came Borderlands 2. It was mostly the same, the characters had somewhat been Flanderized, Claptrap wasn't    Borderlands 3. What a time to be alive.

    I really enjoyed the first Borderlands game. I thought it was a great mix of looting, humour, grinding, and cartoony looks. It wasn't perfect; the AI sucked, the looting was hit-and-miss, and the endgame was like a bad Crysis fanfic. Then came Borderlands 2. It was mostly the same, the characters had somewhat been Flanderized, Claptrap wasn't quite as funny, but it was a snappier, faster experience. The new guns were cool, slag was clever, but the leveling curve had some issues. Badass enemies weren't usually the "fun" type of challenge.

    "Bullet sponges, bullet sponges everywhere" - Buzz Lightyear
    The Pre-sequel? What's a pre-sequel?

    Seriously though, B3 is an improvement over the Pre-sequel, but I'm not sure it's that much of an improvement over B2. It looks better than previous games, but I don't think the visuals have really scaled up that well. Gameplay hasn't changed, AI still sucks, looting feels even worse this time. There's so much loot, every battle there are dozens of guns lying around. There's no point in picking up a white or green weapon, ever, because there are always at least 2 blue ones from any fight. I dunno, I'm not sure what the point is anymore. The download is about 100 gb, B2 was less than 8 gb, what am I spending my bandwidth on? The game's not 12.5x bigger and better, I just don't know what all the bloat is for. Isn't Elden Ring around 50 gb?

    I do prefer the leveling curve compared to B2, so at least there's that, and enemies are way less spongy than in B2. The voice acting is still good, but the characters aren't quite as memorable. Presumably after the "failure" of Pre-sequel, management decided to bring back more of the original cast to pander to the fans, but I think it's a detriment to the story. The game tries to shoe in so many people that we don't really have time to stop and engage with them. As soon as a chapter's done, their 5 minutes of fame are over, and we get some new faces for the next chapter. Unless they're from the previous games, like Lilith, Hammerlock, and Tannis, those guys are around for the whole game. But I don't have to build relationships with them, those already exist. So I don't get a chance to build anything new and meaningful; it's either nostalgia or relationships too shallow to be interesting.

    The game's also pretty buggy. I've had my mouse stop moving the camera and instead just act as a pointer on-screen during the game. The map is pretty buggy, sometimes I can't zoom or scroll or pan, and when I try to pan I end up fast-travelling by accident. I guess these are mouse-specific bugs, maybe it's not an issue with a controller. Alt-tabbing makes the game crash way more often than it should, and sometimes it even causes the game to switch screens in my multi-screen setup. Some bullets would occasionally be invisible. The game also crashes every now and then, citing memory location errors. Receiving a Teams call also closes the game outright, just don't tell my boss.

    Anywho, if you can't get enough of Borderlands, then you should get Borderlands 3. If you feel like you want something new from Borderlands, don't get Borderlands 3. If you want to get into Borderlands, save your bandwidth and cash and get B2.    … Expand
  12. Einzen
    Jun 27, 2022
    5
    This is my first Borderlands game and :

    Pros: -cool characters -awesome gameplay -awesome design -cool worlds -replayability value Cons: **** mechanics late game (everything is meta, tons of hours of farming) -the music is nice if you can hear it -Absolutely **** story -Some characters are plain and simple bad, kill them -too much screaming and boring lines -no main    This is my first Borderlands game and :

    Pros:
    -cool characters
    -awesome gameplay
    -awesome design
    -cool worlds
    -replayability value

    Cons:
    **** mechanics late game (everything is meta, tons of hours of farming)
    -the music is nice if you can hear it
    -Absolutely **** story
    -Some characters are plain and simple bad, kill them
    -too much screaming and boring lines
    -no main character impact, you do not exist
    -the jokes will make you laugh if you're a 10 year old and deaf    … Expand
  13. worstosuplayer
    Jun 26, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Конечно игра то хорошая, в плане геймплейной части. А вот сюжет. Серьезно, сюжет ужасный. Не прописаные новые персонажи, и просто убитые в моральном плане новые. А и самое главное теперь у нас в качестве главного врага не *хуенный красавчик джек, а два просто НАИТУПЕЙШИХ стримера.
    п.с игру я покупал за свои деньги в стиме, а не брал на раздаче в епике    … Expand
  14. MolotGT
    Jun 21, 2022
    7
    Of course, what do you need to do to arouse emotions in the fans? That's right, it's terribly stupid to kill the main characters of the previous parts. **** you, Gearbox
  15. CoreGamer1408
    Jun 9, 2022
    6
    Free drop on Epic games. So how does it compared to the PS4 version? Well it isn't a laggy piece of trash. Solo on B3 on normal is easier than B1 and way more so B2 (as for the pre-sequel dnf). The fun stuff the characters can now mantle and floor slide. The combat is fast, frantic, flashy and fun. The rest of the game as in the driving is just ok-ish. Oh and the tiny text is wellFree drop on Epic games. So how does it compared to the PS4 version? Well it isn't a laggy piece of trash. Solo on B3 on normal is easier than B1 and way more so B2 (as for the pre-sequel dnf). The fun stuff the characters can now mantle and floor slide. The combat is fast, frantic, flashy and fun. The rest of the game as in the driving is just ok-ish. Oh and the tiny text is well annoying. Playing this on a Xbox 360 controller on PC and it's fine. No idea about the M/K controls on PC.

    Elemental damage can be so much BS which drains the health all the way to zero (which sucks when no enemy about to leech a second wind off). Activating Iron Bear with Moze just before negates the elemental BS attacks (and anything near death), I found Moze a good character for a solo run. Anything that vampires health is also very useful in solo runs. Only in co-op can a player be usually revived by another player. I think the robot character pet can do it though?

    This game is all about loot and chasing the next gun, nade, shield, boost, etc. Sometimes it can be annoying swaping out a fave fun gun due to levelling up making it to weak against higher levels.

    Borderlands series used to be intentional parody and satire. This time Borderlands 3 writing is looks like it was written by bunch of angry feminists and guys who have issues with the girlfriends boyfriends? So yeah it’s loads of fun to laugh at (not with). Hey are we supposed to like Ava? All she does is get people killed and shout at other people for it?    … Expand
  16. BigBossManXXXX
    Jun 4, 2022
    7
    In design Borderlands 3 is in fact a great game (8+/10) yet the game still has connection issues (Epic) and various bugs that still haven't been ironed out. Some features are annoying such as accessing the unlocks with the messaging system etc. This could have been made more simplified impo.
    However my main gripe has to be the cringiness of the characters and boring story, therefore this    In design Borderlands 3 is in fact a great game (8+/10) yet the game still has connection issues (Epic) and various bugs that still haven't been ironed out. Some features are annoying such as accessing the unlocks with the messaging system etc. This could have been made more simplified impo.
    However my main gripe has to be the cringiness of the characters and boring story, therefore this lowers the score a bit for me personally.
    However, as a pure looter shooter BDL3 is one of the best, and truth be told, i even think it exceeds the previous games.
    The fact that they cut some parts out of the story and sold it separately (not referring to season pass) also doesn't help. I personally hate this cash grabbing scheme a whole lot!
    So in all fairness i would rate this game between 7.5 and 8 but not above because it's overall lacking in several ways. However i can only speak for the PC version on Epic, so it might be a bit better on other programs and whatnot.
    But for me, it's certainly not going to be as memorable as with the previous titles so yeah it is what it is. The game is great, yet not as epic as could be for me.    … Expand
  17. shadownk
    May 23, 2022
    7
    The game-play is fun as usual. The matchmaking function is lazy tho, wouldn't let me choose which room I want to get into.
  18. Koukaboora
    Apr 22, 2022
    7
    I wanted to like this game but I just couldn't get into it. i've played other borderlands games before and had a great time spraying bullets mindlessly. This game looks great and plays well but the story and progression felt bad to me. If you want the 'Borderlands' loot' n shoot then this is a definite upgrade from older games. If you want a good continuation from the previous games then II wanted to like this game but I just couldn't get into it. i've played other borderlands games before and had a great time spraying bullets mindlessly. This game looks great and plays well but the story and progression felt bad to me. If you want the 'Borderlands' loot' n shoot then this is a definite upgrade from older games. If you want a good continuation from the previous games then I think this may disappoint. I'd definitely recommend this game if on sale.

    POSITIVES:
    - Graphics look great. It's the same art style but look a lot cleaner and leaner
    - Guns feel good to shoot. Bullets aren't slow and actually feel like they make an impact
    - Ton of custom gun options. Each gun can have different modifiers and will have you grinding loot to find your perfect gun
    - Still plenty of potty humor

    NEGATIVES:
    - Progression feels a little too quick and it feels like you outgrow guns very quickly. This leads to constantly switching to higher level weapons in order to deal decent damage (hard to get attached). Also the amount of rare/legendary weapons that you acquire take out the feeling of accomplishment.
    - Character that you can pick from are rather generic in terms of personality. They also all felt kind of out of date with their references (a little cringe)
    - The main villains weren't very compelling and got old quick. They kind of felt like a boomer's perspective on zoomers.
    - There were definitely points in the story that could have been completely avoided but somehow managed happen. Really killed the vibe of the game to me.    … Expand
  19. StarkAgentos
    Apr 19, 2022
    7
    Первые несколько часов игра нормальная, довольно интересная, но через несколько часов выявляются главные минусы. Геймплей однообразен, не имеет ничего кроме перестрелок и лутания. Одному долго играть очень скучно. В таком случае игра всего на несколько часов.Первые несколько часов игра нормальная, довольно интересная, но через несколько часов выявляются главные минусы. Геймплей однообразен, не имеет ничего кроме перестрелок и лутания. Одному долго играть очень скучно. В таком случае игра всего на несколько часов.
  20. RevUBrah
    Apr 14, 2022
    5
    Abysmal writing to the point that people are literally removing the game's dialogue files. For example, see Lilith. The game opens with Marcus hailing Lilith as the hero that "saved Pandora over and over" even though half the events of 2 were directly her fault after she disfigured Handsome Jack and got Roland killed. Pre-Sequel all but spelled out that her obsession with revenge againstAbysmal writing to the point that people are literally removing the game's dialogue files. For example, see Lilith. The game opens with Marcus hailing Lilith as the hero that "saved Pandora over and over" even though half the events of 2 were directly her fault after she disfigured Handsome Jack and got Roland killed. Pre-Sequel all but spelled out that her obsession with revenge against anyone she feels was even remotely connected to Jack and thus Roland's death was leading her down a dark path, but this plot point is ultimately abandoned despite it being central to the character they spent the entire game shilling. Amara is this game's only redeeming quality, but the story essentially ignores her being a Siren.… Expand
  21. LordFaidal
    Jan 13, 2022
    5
    Meh. It's not awful but it's nowhere near the quality of the other games in the series. It can scratch the Borderlands itch if you're a hardcore fan but even then I wouldn't pay full price.
  22. Draxonfly
    Dec 14, 2021
    7
    It's a Borderlands game. Not as good as the others in the series seems to have lost a bit of its soul. But mote hames are like that lately, is it because of Covid and the game companies have to work isolated and it turn the game suffers from none of the human interactions between devs as they make it?
    I think it is, but who knows.
    Still a good game,just not as good as the other    It's a Borderlands game. Not as good as the others in the series seems to have lost a bit of its soul. But mote hames are like that lately, is it because of Covid and the game companies have to work isolated and it turn the game suffers from none of the human interactions between devs as they make it?
    I think it is, but who knows.

    Still a good game,just not as good as the other Borderlands games. Its missing its heart    … Expand
  23. SweetTato
    Dec 8, 2021
    7
    As someone who has played all previous borderlands games and expansions, I am happy to say that Borderlands 3 did not disappoint me. I still think Borderlands 2 is better in terms of the characters and stories, but the gun-play and movement are certainly much better here. I played through the game solely for the satisfying gun fights. I really wish the main story is more interesting and IAs someone who has played all previous borderlands games and expansions, I am happy to say that Borderlands 3 did not disappoint me. I still think Borderlands 2 is better in terms of the characters and stories, but the gun-play and movement are certainly much better here. I played through the game solely for the satisfying gun fights. I really wish the main story is more interesting and I wish they could have brought back or show more of the interesting characters. I would still recommend this game to any Borderlands fans.… Expand
  24. IJustWorkHere
    Nov 17, 2021
    7
    I enjoyed Borderlands 3 with no major issues. After beating it I didn't really have any desire to play through again or to continue grinding, and I was happy with what it was for what it was.
  25. Trunks252
    Oct 29, 2021
    7
    About halfway through the game, and I can confirm the game itself is very fun. My only criticisms would be that the humor is a huge step down, and the performance issues and bugs are...bad. That said, even in this state, the game does not deserve a '0'. What a joke.
  26. Woolee
    Oct 9, 2021
    7
    I personally did not experience any major issues with game. The only noticieable issue was lag in the inventory. However, the story was terrible and twins were so annoying. I was hyped and was disappointed by this. Gameplay was nice and there were more vehicles and more guns but twins gave me a heada
  27. DavidJoeseph
    Aug 26, 2021
    7
    While the story and content is a little lacking in challenge, if you enjoy mindlessly shooting enemies and not really having to try hard, it works. The PC version runs 100% better than the ps4 version.
  28. nessie404
    Aug 9, 2021
    6
    The game is passable at best, but more so hindered by poor support for anything more than a 16:9 & 16:10 aspect ratio. It's seriously not hard to code UI scaling into an engine, please grow up and learn to optimize accessibility for all users' gearbox.
  29. AndyDawkin
    Aug 7, 2021
    7
    As much as it pains me to admit, as a HUGE fan of the series, the 3rd Borderlands are - in some ways- a pale shadow of the second game. The mechanics are great, and there's just so many quality-of-life improvements in comparison. The gunplay is (still) on point, and the pleasure of mayhem is there. But... the heart and soul of borderlands is missing. The wonderful storytelling that kept meAs much as it pains me to admit, as a HUGE fan of the series, the 3rd Borderlands are - in some ways- a pale shadow of the second game. The mechanics are great, and there's just so many quality-of-life improvements in comparison. The gunplay is (still) on point, and the pleasure of mayhem is there. But... the heart and soul of borderlands is missing. The wonderful storytelling that kept me invested in the previous game despite its absurdity is painfully amiss.… Expand
  30. KIner17
    Aug 6, 2021
    7
    The gameplay is very good new characters, but they do not differ from the old ones. Graphics are shelshading as always. The brow is very good, but sometimes there are friezes
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 53
  3. Negative: 1 out of 53
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 28, 2020
    80
    Gearbox has a problem: the fantastic Borderlands 2 is too good to be beaten. But in the case of Borderlands 3, it is still more than a worthy successor. The filmmakers brought many pop-cultural references, maybe pushing too hard on how they want to be “modern”, but otherwise it's a great game again. [Issue#298]
  2. Carole Quintaine
    Jan 29, 2020
    85
    Borderlands 3 offers a generous experience, with colourful characters, neat gameplay and a charming universe. Its formula, very close to that of the previous episodes does not revolutionize the show but its small new features bring a little freshness and the scenario makes us want to go to the end of the adventure. Its dynamism and nervousness make it a choice piece for adrenaline-ready FPS lovers and license fans.
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  3. Hooked Gamers
    Nov 13, 2019
    88
    The fun, humorous storyline, some great dialogue and theatrical accents of the diverse characters, beautifully varied locations and the same great gunplay that Borderlands is renowned for, means that Borderlands 3 becomes another must have title in the series.
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