Borderlands 3

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  1. Archerd76
    Sep 15, 2019
    7
    I would give this an 8.5 if the dx12 was fixed. The game runs great in dx 12 on my radeon VII but it takes forever to get into the game at the start and then i have to change the resolution to 1440p before i can switch back to 4k at 75% resolution. I think there should be options to change the resol
  2. ScienceAdvisor
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    This is not a review of the game, just a reminder that you can click on people's names to see how many fake accounts just sprung into existance to give this a 0 or 10. Most of the extremes are zero day accounts with their only review being B3, so it does appear that this is mostly just shills and trolls at the moment. We need to start preventing people from reivewing a new product with aThis is not a review of the game, just a reminder that you can click on people's names to see how many fake accounts just sprung into existance to give this a 0 or 10. Most of the extremes are zero day accounts with their only review being B3, so it does appear that this is mostly just shills and trolls at the moment. We need to start preventing people from reivewing a new product with a zero day account, with a two week cooldown from date of account creation. That will stop both of them from warring in the last honest review site on the internet.

    Check out livestreams which are showing the issues with the game, without unncessary exaggeration or shilling.    … Expand
  3. Kanek
    Sep 13, 2019
    6
    The game is fun but my only complaint is about the performance and I think is thanks to denuvo , I can’t make the game run stable even with this component, rtx2080 ti,intel core i7 9700,32gb of ram , I’ve been trying to run the game with a resolution of 2560x1440 and everything on ultra but I had to go down to High and even in high , the frame rate sometime drops under 50
  4. unclefergie
    Sep 13, 2019
    5
    its just okay.
    No real wow factor.
    It has been 6 years since the last Borderlands but i hope that does not mean they've been working on this for 6 years. Same feel to the game. Same map youve seen 1000 times. Same enemies who are just bullet sponges and every character has to wise guy and make some terrible cringe joke. its just really hard to take this gamer serious. it feels so    its just okay.
    No real wow factor.
    It has been 6 years since the last Borderlands but i hope that does not mean they've been working on this for 6 years.
    Same feel to the game. Same map youve seen 1000 times. Same enemies who are just bullet sponges and every character has to wise guy and make some terrible cringe joke. its just really hard to take this gamer serious. it feels so slapped together.    … Expand
  5. Bunnycorn
    Sep 19, 2019
    7
    It's. Solid. Not great, but Solid The characters are worse, the guns can feel better or worse, the SMG's and assault rifles are very good, Maliwan weapons aren't. I don't think this should be the considered a best game. It's nowhere near the greatness that was Borderlands 2; 2/3rds of the way through the game.
  6. tshon1590
    Sep 15, 2019
    5
    First off, can't say anything about the graphics/fps lag mainly due to me having a 2080, however I can justify for the random crashes and having some bugs such as mission completion, weapon reloading bugs, etc. To be honest, the reason why this is a 5 not a 3 is because well its a borderlands game and within the franchise.

    Second off, I would say the most disappointing aspect for me was    First off, can't say anything about the graphics/fps lag mainly due to me having a 2080, however I can justify for the random crashes and having some bugs such as mission completion, weapon reloading bugs, etc. To be honest, the reason why this is a 5 not a 3 is because well its a borderlands game and within the franchise.

    Second off, I would say the most disappointing aspect for me was the story. I personally play borderlands mainly for the story, partly for the guns and loot base grinding, however I would say borderlands 3 has one of the most underwhelming stories in the entire franchise. The characters are bland and have no particular backstory, and none of the characters really translate into the past character's playstyle (except maybe moze the gunner to axton). The game feels heavily repetitive and the maps of different planets are boring, bosses are too easy, and overall this doesn't feel like a standard borderlands game with loot grinding and a good story. It just feels like the devs rushed this game to sellout into the market to be part of the borderlands franchise.

    However there are some pros:
    + beautiful graphics
    + borderlands style "cheesy" comedy
    + side quests are relatively good
    + new guns, new combat techniques    … Expand
  7. Meta_Duio
    Sep 18, 2019
    6
    Hmmm..

    "I’ve have never been so amazed by a borderlands game. Everything feels so good the combat the guns the characters the story. Aside from bugs and frame rate problems this game is ever better then it’s previous titles." This is an actual review from someone else here, who gave it a perfect 10. Games with so many bugs, frame rate problems, unplayable splitscreens, and other    Hmmm..

    "I’ve have never been so amazed by a borderlands game. Everything feels so good the combat the guns the characters the story. Aside from bugs and frame rate problems this game is ever better then it’s previous titles."

    This is an actual review from someone else here, who gave it a perfect 10. Games with so many bugs, frame rate problems, unplayable splitscreens, and other things don't deserve a 10. I'm a big Borderlands fan- The 2nd game is one of my favorite games of all time and is rightfully thought of as a classic.

    There are many problems with the current iteration of BL3 though, so if I were you I'd toss all these recent "10" reviews out the door. Don't believe the corporate schills who've been sent in to try and mitigate this launch disaster- This is an enjoyable game 1) if you play solo and 2) when it works correctly. Menu lag is really bad across all platforms. Items can randomly permanently disappear from your stash forever. Your PC may crash while playing. Your CONSOLE may crash while playing. Resolution mode is included for those with a PS4 Pro yet is laggy as hell on the actual PS4 Pro and doesn't run properly.

    The guns themselves feel better this time around. Shotguns & hand grenades in particular are really powerful-feeling and great. The map areas are very huge and kind of force you to use vehicles to get around, so if you're not too keen on the "Borderlands driving mechanics" you may not like this. Sanctuary's layout (the hub level) is overly-complicated and confusing for a good while. The story is not good overall and many of the new NPCs are terribly-written. Thank god for Lilith at least!

    It's too bad Gearbox and 2K seem to be more focused on selling us the next DLC rather than fix their broken game that was rushed out the door.    … Expand
  8. Insidia
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    If you're looking for a rant about "EpIc StOrE" exclusive then you've come to the wrong comment. However Borderlands 3 is a great game if you're a fan of Borderlands. If you just enjoyed the other two a little then you probably won't find much enjoyment from this as it'll come across as "more of the same" just with an improved engine and more guns. It's Borderlands so I don't know whatIf you're looking for a rant about "EpIc StOrE" exclusive then you've come to the wrong comment. However Borderlands 3 is a great game if you're a fan of Borderlands. If you just enjoyed the other two a little then you probably won't find much enjoyment from this as it'll come across as "more of the same" just with an improved engine and more guns. It's Borderlands so I don't know what some people were expecting.… Expand
  9. pabenesco
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    The game is very nice been playing it for 5 hours now and i can say at least the gameplay its the best in the saga so far the guns feel very nice and skills too everything is very fluid, but the performance is really really poor i run the game with 40-45 fps in ultra 4k with a 2080ti and i7 9700k and for a game with this visual this is unacceptable.
    Other than that yeah the jokes are    The game is very nice been playing it for 5 hours now and i can say at least the gameplay its the best in the saga so far the guns feel very nice and skills too everything is very fluid, but the performance is really really poor i run the game with 40-45 fps in ultra 4k with a 2080ti and i7 9700k and for a game with this visual this is unacceptable.
    Other than that yeah the jokes are kinda cringey but the story it self and the gameplay make up for it.
    I'm just rating 7 because of the poor performance really, because the game it self its a solid 9.    … Expand
  10. InhalesThePaste
    Sep 13, 2019
    7
    The whole point of a review like this is to review the product, not the drama surrounding it, and that's what I intend to do.

    Full disclosure: this is a first impression, I have a few hours into the game and got to the second planet available in the main story. I have not finished the story nor reached the level cap so I cannot give any opinions on the end-game or Guardian level system.    The whole point of a review like this is to review the product, not the drama surrounding it, and that's what I intend to do.

    Full disclosure: this is a first impression, I have a few hours into the game and got to the second planet available in the main story. I have not finished the story nor reached the level cap so I cannot give any opinions on the end-game or Guardian level system.

    The game is currently plagued by many technical issues. The problem I dealt with, primarily, was stuttering, particularly when aiming down weapon sights. This is an issue that may be fixed in a future patch, though the game should not have been released in this state.

    Assuming you know what older Borderlands games were like, this game is essentially a simple iteration of the Borderlands formula. Many mechanics present in previous games have been carried over and improved upon. One of the biggest improvements in core gameplay mechanics are the shooting mechanics, evidently inspired by Bungie's title - Destiny. Weapons have a much more visceral feeling to them than previous titles, due to a combination of better animations, sound design, etcetera.

    Aside from the many bugs and technical problems, how much you enjoy Borderlands 3 will depend largely on what you are actually looking for from this title. If you are simply looking for more Borderlands, this can sate your hunger, at least once the bugs are fixed. If you are looking for something more ambitious, you may want to look elsewhere.

    I, for one, don't see being predictable and iterative as an inherently bad thing.    … Expand
  11. blackmagicmarkr
    Sep 16, 2019
    7
    Anyone saying there is nothing new and the graphics are the same are delusional. There is so much new content it’s almost overwhelming and I’ve played through Borderlands 2 and the pre-sequel multiple times. The team added improvements to almost every aspect of the game. The humor doesn’t take itself seriously and if you enjoyed it before, you will enjoy it now. The worlds are more vividAnyone saying there is nothing new and the graphics are the same are delusional. There is so much new content it’s almost overwhelming and I’ve played through Borderlands 2 and the pre-sequel multiple times. The team added improvements to almost every aspect of the game. The humor doesn’t take itself seriously and if you enjoyed it before, you will enjoy it now. The worlds are more vivid and varied and the added processing power has added immersion. The character classes are well done, they all seem balanced and fun. My one gripe, and I’m sure this is many people’s gripe who enjoy playing with a buddy/partner at home, why is there is NO VERTICAL SPLIT-SCREEN at launch? I can forgive the lag, obviously the guys at Gearbox needed more time to optimize and will do so in the future via patches, but no vertical split screen is a couch co-op KILLER for this game. Horizontal just doesn’t work on modern sets. Add two points to my score if it’s patched in the future. Other than that, long story short it’s still in beta at launch. If you don’t have patience for that, the solution is simple; wait.… Expand
  12. 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
  13. Winged_One-Ziz
    Sep 14, 2019
    7
    It is a fun game, however, it has some really bad bugs that need to be fixed, such as the menu's and some bosses that get stuck and you can't kill them.
  14. theboofman
    Sep 16, 2019
    6
    So the story was boof and the game is poorly optimized and runs badly. Not only that but the humor is (and I hate to use the term) "cringe". However I would honestly be lying if I didn't say I had a really good time and completed it 2 days after it came out. I hope it is patched into a more playable state later on but other than that I am excited for the new DLC that will come out in a fewSo the story was boof and the game is poorly optimized and runs badly. Not only that but the humor is (and I hate to use the term) "cringe". However I would honestly be lying if I didn't say I had a really good time and completed it 2 days after it came out. I hope it is patched into a more playable state later on but other than that I am excited for the new DLC that will come out in a few months here. (also people who complain about micro transactions who cares its cosmetics and there aren't that many unless I am blind)… Expand
  15. PiojoPromiscuo
    Sep 16, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am a Borderlands fan, I have all the series. I really do not like it. My character used to be 52 and I consider myself a good player, but I feel something is wrong here, I can not pass one level 5 mission ?. It is not as intuitive and friendly like the other series.… Expand
  16. Cham79
    Sep 17, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overall i'd say it's a great game but the endgame needs a polish. Obviously it's early days so I can't judge it too harshly but the high drop rates and guns having exactly the same gear score and fire power for the most part is a bit of a let down at level 50.

    My 2 main criticisms of Borderlands 3:

    - The endgame is stale. After level 50 the guns are all fairly on par in terms of power, looking at purple and oranges only barring anointed weapons. The endgame itself is also stale at the moment as there is nothing to do after 100% galaxy completion and TVHM as TVHM was also just a copy of normal mode and offered nothing new. Obviously this will be improved in future updates but as of now I feel like after hitting 50 and getting a few guardian ranks and some decent unique weapons the game is just done and there is no farming or fun replay-ability. The loot drops at end game are too common and too similar in power that it doesn't feel satisfying when a purple or orange drops.

    - There are a few bugs in end game which make the game look a little unpolished 2 examples being the fact you can get over 100% galaxy completion, and the other being your guardian rank can go to a minus number which is also pretty game breaking. The second obviously being a bigger bust. Again they will probably patch this but it still adds a lack of functionality. A few annoying glitches too such as circle of slaughter enemies being stuck in walls.

    Regarding the characters:

    I have only played Zayne and have 40 hours in the game. I am not a motivated person therefore will not be playing the other characters soon as Zayne is clearly the strongest and fastest character, and I find running at 3-4x the default run speed fun and other characters can't do that.

    Regarding the comedy:

    It has never really bothered me, I am indifferent to the comedy in borderlands as some of it can give a mild inner giggle and some you just shrug off, but it's fairly harmless either way and it's a waste of energy to be annoyed at comedy :). The side quests have always been a bigger part of the comedy and some of them are pretty humorous: an example being the buff movie buff | tommy wiseau parody.

    Regarding the guns:

    I feel like SMG's are too strong. Otherwise there is a lot of choice and the guns do feel different and fun to use.

    Regrading the enemies:

    The variety in enemies in borderlands 3 is pretty amazing, the design of these enemies in contrast to their planets makes them feel like new enemies have been in Borderlands forever. An example of this being the Jabbers and Eden 6.

    Regarding the bosses:

    The bosses are a tad bit too easy. I feel like the later bosses are far too easy making it feel like less of an experience to remember. The mechanics are fine but they could do with being sped up like they can be with mayhem mode. There are no invincible bosses as of yet which is disappointing.

    Regarding the story:

    The story felt fun to play through and I don't really have any major criticisms for it as I thoroughly enjoyed it. I am looking forward to the DLC and how they will advance the story and create new ones.

    Regarding the characters:

    I was a little disappointed that some characters weren't in it as much such as Kreig, Gaige and Ned but this was outdone by some new characters which I enjoyed - Balex being a new favorite, and let's just pretend Ava doesn't exist. For me pretty much all the characters introduced on Eden 6 are top content

    Other notes:

    The planetary system and the planet themed music was well created and gave me a ratchet and clank vibe which was a nice nostalgic moment. I am not a fan of the new map system where it turns the mini-map blue when you explore it as I feel it looks better when an entire zone is covered when it is unexplored and vise versa.    … Expand
  17. EchoOffTheSky
    Sep 17, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is fantastic. Lots of cool weapons and fun playing with friends. However, I am really sick and tired of the stupid and boring main story of the game. To let a main character die in order to enrich the story? Again? Seriously? Well it's true that in borderlands 2 Roland died as well, but at least he died for his cause. But why Maya? Her death really depressed me as I used this character throughout borderlands 2 and then she died for an extremely stupid reason in 3? It's pretty much like in the Witcher 3 Geralt saved the world from the wild hunt after all the efforts he and his friends had made and became a hero finally, and then died simply by falling off the hill? Seriously??… Expand
  18. InnerTurmoil
    Sep 15, 2019
    6
    Ignore a lot of the crappy reviews that are more just making stuff up to fulfill a bias against the game for running only on the Epic games store. Microtransactions, atm, are not even in existence outside of the season pass. The epic store exclusivity has no baring on the games quality.

    As far as the game goes, it's ok. Clearly there was some shady **** going on with who got review    Ignore a lot of the crappy reviews that are more just making stuff up to fulfill a bias against the game for running only on the Epic games store. Microtransactions, atm, are not even in existence outside of the season pass. The epic store exclusivity has no baring on the games quality.

    As far as the game goes, it's ok. Clearly there was some shady **** going on with who got review copies, and the copies they DID get, were either not played in online co-op, or using very early builds because none of the reviews talk about the myriad of technical problems this game has.

    The good:

    The game is fun. These are probably the best, base vault hunters the series has seen, which exude a lot of personality and actually interact with the story. A lot of returning characters have more personality as well, and play a bigger role in the story. Each of the vault hunters have various customization options in their play styles, as well as customization. Probably the best the series has ever seen. The story is pretty good, while the villains don't quite reach the same highs as Handsome Jack. They're serviceable, interesting at times, and still better than the first game or Pre-Sequel. There are so many quality of life improvements that it feels so much nicer than previous games. The game is incredibly fun and, while non borderlands fans won't find much to enjoy here, fans who were looking for more Borderlands, will.

    The bad:

    The game is LOADED with technical issues. DirectX12 causes severely long load times and frame rate issues, the game has crashed on a 2 friends, both of which have pretty good PCs. Even the highest ends pc's will still see frame rate drops, lag, and apparently the game has a constant online drm that sucks up 2mb/s of upload at all times, spelling trouble for some people who may want to stream the game but don't have amazing internet. There are various workarounds to get some slightly better performance, but it's inexcusable that these are even needed, and not even guaranteed to even work. The story, while interesting at times, can also be pretty predictable. Certain moments in the story we've called out the second the villains showed up, or the second a character starts talking in a particular way. While the fan service in the game is strong, the game is fun, and very entertaining, it may be better for event the most excited vault hunters, to wait on this game until a patch roles out to fix this god awful performance problems, mostly on PC. Consoles are suffering some of the same issues, but at least everyone on console is getting the same experience, whereas it varies machine to machine on PC. Wait for a patch to get the all clear on the game.    … Expand
  19. 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.
  20. MrWilsonWilson
    Sep 14, 2019
    5
    Would be a decent game if it wasn't for the bad performance all around. Aiming down the sight and opening the menu is terrible. It's 2019 and you can't remap your keys properly, Azerty keyboard not supported (yes yes some indie small games actually do these things on the regular). 21:9 not properly supported.

    Conclusion being the game is good and I will play it but I wouldn't have    Would be a decent game if it wasn't for the bad performance all around. Aiming down the sight and opening the menu is terrible. It's 2019 and you can't remap your keys properly, Azerty keyboard not supported (yes yes some indie small games actually do these things on the regular). 21:9 not properly supported.

    Conclusion being the game is good and I will play it but I wouldn't have bought it in the first place, gullible me thought gearbox was big enough to be reliable and that is just not the case. Will be very cautious of their next products in the future.    … Expand
  21. Bast1l
    Sep 14, 2019
    7
    Honestly, it's more Borderlands, what do you expect?

    The humor is the same or similar, character writing seems okay for the moment (After finishing the first planet), and the gun variety is greatly boosted by the ability to 'switch' weapon modes, and additional effects. It's basically Diablo the shooter, with early 2000's internet humor. As for bugs, 8 hours in and I haven't    Honestly, it's more Borderlands, what do you expect?

    The humor is the same or similar, character writing seems okay for the moment (After finishing the first planet), and the gun variety is greatly boosted by the ability to 'switch' weapon modes, and additional effects.

    It's basically Diablo the shooter, with early 2000's internet humor.

    As for bugs, 8 hours in and I haven't encountered a single one. It's a solid game and pretty much what's expected. Not exceptional, but still pretty good and entertaining.

    I do object to the constant network requirement though. Seems iffy, especially if you don't have unlimited data up/download limits.    … Expand
  22. deno724
    Sep 15, 2019
    7
    I'm gaming for 3 years. I played borderlands 2 and the pre-sequel before i played this. pre-squel was trash, but i liked bl2 very much. i think, unlike bl2, bl3 feels like playing destiny 2. I don't think this game can be a classic like the first two games.
  23. ECOspeak
    Sep 16, 2019
    7
    Here u can see a new history, some old persons, a lot of new guns, not greatest optimization ( at September 2019), but it steel good continue of borderlands story.
  24. Romulos
    Dec 17, 2020
    7
    Don't listen epic review bombers, this Is good old Borderlands with many improvements, like really nice gunplay, many jokes on actual happening or some smooth movement. King of 'Looter Shooter' Games is back baby.
  25. 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
  26. Clean
    Apr 4, 2021
    6
    Pros:
    + It's more of the same Borderlands game play loop: If you like previous entries, you'll probably like this one, but if not, this isn't anything new to change your mind.
    + If you're into the gun-loot grind, it's can be fun. + It's the best one since Borderlands 2. + There were some pretty girls in the game. In cut scenes, I had a fun time finding the best camera angles to ogle    Pros:
    + It's more of the same Borderlands game play loop: If you like previous entries, you'll probably like this one, but if not, this isn't anything new to change your mind.
    + If you're into the gun-loot grind, it's can be fun.
    + It's the best one since Borderlands 2.
    + There were some pretty girls in the game. In cut scenes, I had a fun time finding the best camera angles to ogle the boobs and butts. To be 13 again...

    Cons:
    - The main villains are weak and uninteresting characters with a boring story line and motivations. Granted, this is not a game about the story, but Borderlands 2 showed you could have a much more interesting villain than this. These are just comically evil characters that do bad things because they need one-dimensional villains to move the plot forward. I could not skip through the CoV cut scenes fast enough.
    - I feel like I've grown out of the edgy humor and teenage angst portrayed in the narrative. It's more a con of me getting older.
    - I found the game very easy. I rarely died, and didn't feel like there was much skill or challenge in the fights. Point at the thing you want to die and hold the trigger; move forward and repeat. I barely used special powers or grenades because there wasn't much point.
    - Obnoxious DLC sales push. OMG, they are trying way to hard to sell you DLC in game with constant in-your-face reminders.
    - On PC, I had a few crashes. At one point I had to google how to restore a corrupted save game after one of the crashes.

    Buying advice: If you're a fan looking for more Borderlands, this is fine. If you're new to the series, start with Borderlands 2, and come back to this if you want more. I'd pay $20 for the base game, but I'm not really interested in playing the DLC.    … Expand
  27. Marviken
    Jul 5, 2020
    6
    Could have bin great, but the story wasn't that great. But the shooting mechanics have seen great improvements, at times it's extremely satisfying.
    Borderlands 3 have some great weapons, but for some reason some manufacturers are overrepresented. The biggest problem are weapons you can get in like "revenge of the cartels" that breaks the hole game. I had the same gun for like 15levels,    Could have bin great, but the story wasn't that great. But the shooting mechanics have seen great improvements, at times it's extremely satisfying.
    Borderlands 3 have some great weapons, but for some reason some manufacturers are overrepresented. The biggest problem are weapons you can get in like "revenge of the cartels" that breaks the hole game. I had the same gun for like 15levels, everything was complete garbage compared to it. I had to stop using it because it completely ruined the game. Borderlands 3 is a 7,but because of the weapons balance its barely a 6.



    Metacritic fix your UI.. The "post" button conceals the text.    … Expand
  28. muzmuz
    Jul 18, 2020
    7
    Borderlands 3 is without a doubt the modernization of the Borderlands franchise, with more guns, more skills, more fluid gunplay and even more action. Unfortunately, as with most games like this, it comes with a mediocre storyline; which may or may not be a deal breaker. But do we really play looter shooters for the story?

    Sadly, for a game released almost a year ago, it has some    Borderlands 3 is without a doubt the modernization of the Borderlands franchise, with more guns, more skills, more fluid gunplay and even more action. Unfortunately, as with most games like this, it comes with a mediocre storyline; which may or may not be a deal breaker. But do we really play looter shooters for the story?

    Sadly, for a game released almost a year ago, it has some technical issues that cannot be ignored.    … Expand
  29. ryuujin
    Sep 16, 2019
    6
    This game is probably one of the most fun shooters I've ever played, the gunplay and game loop is amazing and in terms of purely playing the game it's hands down a 10/10. That being said though, the story is something that really hinders this game. Handsome Jack from the previous entry is such an iconic villain and the pressure of getting a good successor to him must have been one of theThis game is probably one of the most fun shooters I've ever played, the gunplay and game loop is amazing and in terms of purely playing the game it's hands down a 10/10. That being said though, the story is something that really hinders this game. Handsome Jack from the previous entry is such an iconic villain and the pressure of getting a good successor to him must have been one of the most stressful aspect of making the game, however the calypso twins are very bland and surface level characters that really don't see any developments as the story progresses, except doubling down of how annoying they can be. To say that they are bland villains would honestly be an understatement, and with how they play into the narrative, basically only showing up to absolutely and randomly mess with you and have your character play literally no role in the story except being an errand boy for the real main characters. The narrative really started to take a turn for the worse when you get to the "beneath the meridian" mission and really doesn't treat their characters in a fair way, to try and illustrate this without spoiling too much, they try to recreate the emotional tension from Rolands death but skip every development from his character in 2 and introduce a character that really doesn't add to the series. The bordelands series has never really been known for it's revolutionary story telling but given how the characters are treated and the massive focus on new characters it's sad to see how the best aspect of the series falls flat.

    TL:DR
    Gameplay is amazing, story is horrible and doesn't do it's predecessor justice. If you are new to borderlands play this first, that's the best way to get the most enjoyment from its 30-50 hour story.    … Expand
  30. fetqqq
    Jul 25, 2021
    7
    This is the best borderlands as a shooter, but there is 2 real big problems:
    1. Main story - just terrible.
    2. Characters to play are not interesting itself.

    But I like a lot how the weapon feels, the dynamics, the process of killing mobs .
  31. Baelfron
    Sep 14, 2019
    6
    Наиграл 1 час и 45 минут (примерно). Запросил рефанд. Интересно то, что игра при выходе крашнулась, сформировался автоматический отчет об ошибках, но игра даже после отправки отчета отображалась в EGS как запущенная. Заметил только после того, как запросил возврат. Подумал что какой-то процесс завис, но в диспетчере задач ничего связанного с бордой не нашел. В итоге перезапустил компьютер.Наиграл 1 час и 45 минут (примерно). Запросил рефанд. Интересно то, что игра при выходе крашнулась, сформировался автоматический отчет об ошибках, но игра даже после отправки отчета отображалась в EGS как запущенная. Заметил только после того, как запросил возврат. Подумал что какой-то процесс завис, но в диспетчере задач ничего связанного с бордой не нашел. В итоге перезапустил компьютер. В итоге, пока запрашивал рефанд, шарился в диспетчере задач мне еще 12 минут в игре намотало. До точки невозврата 3 минуты осталось. Хорошая попытка, Галёнкин.
    На счет самой игры не знаю. Как-то все кринжово стало. Как-то все без энтузиазма сделано. Субъективно, конечно, потому закидывать помоями саму игру не буду. Работала вроде стабильно. Ну пусть 6 из 10 будет. Как у первой Destiny.    … Expand
  32. oemo
    Sep 14, 2019
    6
    Borderlands 3 is not a bad game. The optimization issues and bugs are clear and that's something that shouldn't happen with such a big title. Still, gearbox clearly tried well in adapting their 10 year old franchise to today's market. You can't neglect all the little gameplay improvements that went into this game to make the players life easier. The bosses and minibosses are designedBorderlands 3 is not a bad game. The optimization issues and bugs are clear and that's something that shouldn't happen with such a big title. Still, gearbox clearly tried well in adapting their 10 year old franchise to today's market. You can't neglect all the little gameplay improvements that went into this game to make the players life easier. The bosses and minibosses are designed diversely and passionate. The comedy might not be "edgy" enough for 2019 people but it's still trademark borderlands humor. While the story might not be as compelling and some aspects of the game fall flat in comparison to recent titles, i think it's a fun game and successor to the franchise. Try making three masterpieces in a row. Did anybody ever accomplish such a feat? Rating this game a 0 because of a missing vertical splitscreen is just one reason why you should always take user score with a grain of salt. This game obviously is not finished and has a lot of problems, that have to be resolved by gearbox. For that reason i think it's fair to give this game a low score, also to make them aware of these issues. Still, i enjoy Borderlands 3 and once the early issues have been resolved i'd gladly update my rating to an 8.… Expand
  33. FalseAptitude
    Sep 14, 2019
    6
    This game has heart and is a good continuation to Borderlands 2. BUT it suffers severely to performance issues, bugs, and crashes. This is just another reason why players need a demo or beta of some sort to test the game before it officially comes out to test what needs to be fixed.
  34. Hahayes
    Sep 14, 2019
    6
    The performance issues are rampant. Scoped weapons create lag-spikes around 1/10th a second which continue as long as you're ADS, making it incredibly hard to play with scoped weapons or any weapon with more than 2x zoom (which isn't a lot of zoom, even). It's not unplayable, but you have to make some sacrifices while playing; it's not unforgivable, but it's seriously bad. I think callingThe performance issues are rampant. Scoped weapons create lag-spikes around 1/10th a second which continue as long as you're ADS, making it incredibly hard to play with scoped weapons or any weapon with more than 2x zoom (which isn't a lot of zoom, even). It's not unplayable, but you have to make some sacrifices while playing; it's not unforgivable, but it's seriously bad. I think calling it badly optimized is somewhat wrong. There are specific problems like I said with ADS, but when you're not doing that, you actually get really good frames. i get a consistent 50-60 FPS on high settings with a GTX 1070 (while not triggering stuttering), and the game looks incredibly fresh, at that.

    Underneath the performance issues, though, you've got a seriously good game. They haven't reinvented the franchise, but I'd want to say they'd perfected it, but perhaps that's a bit too strong wording. I'm confident is saying that they've continued the legacy of the last entries in a good way. If the last game was an over-all 9/10, I'd say this one might be an 8/10, excluding the rocky launch. When it comes to mechanics, it's incredibly similar to the previous games, but the things that they have added feel pretty innovative (only one I thought was bad, but it's only mission specific).

    Currently, the most helpful review claims it's a buggy mess with constant crashes, low frame rate, lag, screen tearing, a forgettable story and stupid humor. I've played about 25h so far, and I've encountered a single crash. Performance, I'll agree: it's not a **** as it gets, but it's far from good. Screen tearing? I don't know if this person has been using V-Sync or not, but I have and I've not noticed it tearing once. Forgettable story? Not at all. I think it gets a little stale at some points, but so did the story in the last game, but it didn't last for long then, and it doesn't now either. They've done a lot to spice things up, and there are some really memorable bosses and missions out there. And as for the stupid humor? Really? It's the same as it always was. If you didn't like how it's always been, that's on you, but nothing has really changed.

    If the performance stuff gets fixed, this game is easily an 8/10, overall.    … Expand
  35. Sooljew
    Sep 14, 2019
    7
    I think people are giving this game way too crap because of Gearbox and Epic game store. Ill set those cancers aside.
    Story - This is a hard one, Since borderlands 2's story was pretty good and Jack as the best villian of all games this game would have no chances of beating the story to borderlands 2. But the story is... Serviceable? It's not great nor not the **** but I did like it.    I think people are giving this game way too crap because of Gearbox and Epic game store. Ill set those cancers aside.
    Story - This is a hard one, Since borderlands 2's story was pretty good and Jack as the best villian of all games this game would have no chances of beating the story to borderlands 2. But the story is... Serviceable? It's not great nor not the **** but I did like it.
    Gameplay - Guns are better than ever pretty good improvement from borderlands 2 but some weapons feel like they're straight from borderlands 2. This game gets a minus from all the stuttering and fps drops this has. It's not too often but in heavy gun fights it does suffer a lot a lot. Still playable
    Vault hunters - I think they're neat.
    Overrall this game could be a really good game if they just fixed fps problems. I don't know why people are talking about bugs but I haven't really seen any other than just echo boxes not showing the person talking.
    If they just fix fps problems easy 10 for me    … Expand
  36. noahthelevel
    Sep 15, 2019
    5
    There's tons of content, great skills, a pretty good story. Really this game is the full package and TOTALLY worth the buy...except it barley holds it together. Horrible performance issues and bugs galore. This game is subject to crashes and some people have straight up lost progress as well. It DESPERATELY needed more time before it released.
  37. medavid16
    Sep 15, 2019
    6
    It seems odd to me 1/2 the people have technical issues and 1/2 the people don't. I'm one of the luckier ones without issues. I do run 2x 2080 TI in SLI, I've turned everything on ultra/max settings and I run a smooth 80-90fps on 1440p. However, even with NO technical issues, I wouldn't say the game is "the best" or "awesome" I would say it's great, decent, but not particularly memorableIt seems odd to me 1/2 the people have technical issues and 1/2 the people don't. I'm one of the luckier ones without issues. I do run 2x 2080 TI in SLI, I've turned everything on ultra/max settings and I run a smooth 80-90fps on 1440p. However, even with NO technical issues, I wouldn't say the game is "the best" or "awesome" I would say it's great, decent, but not particularly memorable right now. To be fair I'm only about 25 hours into the game. The grind feels pretty long to me. I was a die hard Destiny 2 fan, I think this game is good, but it doesn't make me want to be a borderlands fan. It makes me want to go back to Destiny. I ended up preordering Shadowkeep Destiny 2 lol.… Expand
  38. XIIgion
    Sep 15, 2019
    7
    A little bit if optimisation could be great (some crashes and other FPS drop) but the game still pretty good, good story, nice joke like borderlands know to do it, a pretty good lifespan maybe 30-35h without rush
    Finally a pretty good looter shooter ;)
    (Sorry for my english )
  39. bricktoface
    Oct 3, 2019
    7
    46 hours to finish the story of borderlands 3, now i can add extra difficulty and get better loot. or start new gave+
    game: it's borderlands with a HUGE budget/10
    story: better then expected/10 (it's still looter shooter first, everything else second) warning signs: the game is 60£ and there is at least 4 DLC's coming. and the season pass is 50£. and no knowledge of what dlc's contains    46 hours to finish the story of borderlands 3, now i can add extra difficulty and get better loot. or start new gave+
    game: it's borderlands with a HUGE budget/10
    story: better then expected/10 (it's still looter shooter first, everything else second)
    warning signs: the game is 60£ and there is at least 4 DLC's coming. and the season pass is 50£. and no knowledge of what dlc's contains has been released. +Epic games just gives you weapons for having more games in your account library. (04/10/2019)    … Expand
  40. 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
  41. Zekroxin
    Mar 7, 2020
    5
    The Game makes a lot of Fun World is Pretty Cool and the New Combat Fluid but the Story meh not the Best. I would still play it but the Performance is Pretty baaaaad. I get on Very Low like 160FPS and it still laggs like i Put it on Ultra.... I Can play games with higher Specs more Fluid and Better than BO3.
  42. Mayhem1
    Apr 6, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I expected much more from this game, I am a fan of the saga and I did not feel the magic that I felt in the previous two games, I simply did not find comparisons, the plot could have been used much more, there was a point where the development of all was cut off characters. I couldn't find many memorable moments, it just didn't measure up.… Expand
  43. LeSnake
    May 7, 2020
    7
    It really makes fun and runs good, but because the high legendary drop rate, I don't know why I should farm for Legendarys.
    And the Story and new characters are just awful. I will not explain, how bad the calypsos are written, I raged enough about then ^^
    I would maximum spend 15€ for this. And for that, you get the handsome collection from BL2 in sale (and that is already normal for    It really makes fun and runs good, but because the high legendary drop rate, I don't know why I should farm for Legendarys.
    And the Story and new characters are just awful. I will not explain, how bad the calypsos are written, I raged enough about then ^^
    I would maximum spend 15€ for this. And for that, you get the handsome collection from BL2 in sale (and that is already normal for this pack), with a fantastic story and long term gameplay.    … Expand
  44. BobDoleReturns
    Jul 8, 2020
    7
    There are many issues with this game but I still logged 300 hours in it. For what it's worth, most of these issues only occur in the post-mainquest-endgame, so if you wanna just do the mainquest and side quests, this game is pretty bug-free.

    tl;dr- an extremely fun mess. Try to get it on sale with all the DLCs.
  45. Quazar333
    Jul 9, 2020
    6
    This game is a lot of fun to play with friends. The gunplay is great, graphics look great and the music is awesome as always. I know some may not like the change in art direction but I think the brighter colors give it a futuristic feel that fits well with the series moving off Pandora. The story isn't fantastic but is good enough for a Borderlands game to keep you interested enough andThis game is a lot of fun to play with friends. The gunplay is great, graphics look great and the music is awesome as always. I know some may not like the change in art direction but I think the brighter colors give it a futuristic feel that fits well with the series moving off Pandora. The story isn't fantastic but is good enough for a Borderlands game to keep you interested enough and while I wouldn't say its a riot the jokes still land well for the most part. The DLCs have also been good thus far, improving on characters and story beats from the main game. However, there is just so much damn waiting. The game loads slow, especially on co-op and has a tendency to crash when trying to get back to Sanctuary, which you have to do an absurd amount of times. This has been improving with newer hotfixes but is still really annoying. The gameplay also makes you wait, why the hell does every single boss become invincible at some point during their fight? It feels like game time padding and is not fun. Then there's the story slowing you down too. In the first game there were only a few mandatory dialogue scenes and all quests you could read the description if you wanted to or just skip over it if you didn't care about the story and weren't stuck waiting. Whereas this one nearly every quest makes you wait to listen to someone talk and dont try to jump ahead of them because you'll have to go back and pick something up from them. That's my main issue with this game is the sheer amount of waiting to get to the actual gameplay. Wait to load, wait to listen to dialogue, wait for boss to not be immune. If they went back to letting the gameplay move you along and not halting it so much with long dialogue and drawn out immunity boss fights that would make it much more enjoyable.… Expand
  46. AvocadoBackflip
    Feb 7, 2021
    7
    Production wise, this game is solid. Combat, platforming, driving, sound, visuals; all good. The pacing however is another story. This entire main campaign seems to be an exercise in pushing the end-goal back further and further. "Oh you want to go here? Whoops turns out you gotta do this first." "Oh you're here! Whoops! turns out the bridge is out." "Oh save your friend, butProduction wise, this game is solid. Combat, platforming, driving, sound, visuals; all good. The pacing however is another story. This entire main campaign seems to be an exercise in pushing the end-goal back further and further. "Oh you want to go here? Whoops turns out you gotta do this first." "Oh you're here! Whoops! turns out the bridge is out." "Oh save your friend, but first get through these 3 new areas.… Expand
  47. BuddhasW
    Feb 13, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I bought this game both on Steam & Stadia, they both run very good and I am actually surprised how extremely good it runs and looks on Stadia. I bought BL3 after finally getting tired of BL1, 2 & TPS.

    I love BL3 but not as much as BL2, the gunplay is alot better in BL3 in my opinion, story is decent, playable characters are fun but there is one big issue I have with BL3 and that is how easy it is right off the bat (playing on Normal), i've done multiple playthroughs now and every single time I get overpowered legendaries at around lvl 3-5 that I can bring down bosses up to lvl 15 with in about 5-8 seconds, the spread on loot needs to be tuned down, less legendaries and more purples would be alot better.

    Reason for this is because every time I do a new game, I don't have to upgrade my gear every level, I can use lvl 3-4 legendaries up until about lvl 15 before I need to change, the whole game is about getting better loot, the sellpoint of BL has always been, "A billion guns", "A gazillion guns" etc, you know what I'm talking about and this is completely pointless in BL3, loot barely matters. Sure there is anointment weapons which is basiically the new "legendary" but this system completely removes the need for green and blue items during the whole first playthrough on Normal, it takes away the fun that Borderlands has always been about and it does that right from the start.

    Would I recommend this game? Hell yes, it's a blast to play but for old BL players you may be disappointed and positively surprised at the same time.    … Expand
  48. 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.
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. 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
  54. CoolDadTx
    Aug 23, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's more of the same which isn't a bad thing. There really isn't anything new or revolutionary over previous games. It could have been DLC and accomplished the same thing. Again, not necessarily a bad thing.

    The issues that bring this game down over its predecessors is the story and the bugs. On the story side this game was just dull and went on entirely too long. Spoiler - by mid game every major mission ended with you doing a lot of shooting to get something and then the bad guys magically appear out of nowhere, take it all away and wipe out everybody on your team. It doesn't matter that they couldn't handle whatever the challenge was themselves, they always immediately disable you and there is nothing you can do about it. Rinse and repeat over the back half of the game and it just becomes incredibly dull. Towards the end of the game the villains are even considered invincible and have powers that, if they were real, would completely wipe you out with no chance of winning. And yet you still have the traditional boss fight at the end where suddenly you are able to defeat them even though you couldn't the entire game before. This just reeks of a slapped on story.

    The other big issue is with the premise that you have a ship and can go to other planets. Yet every planet looks exactly like the others and they all look like the places from B2. One would have assumed that they would have used the "planets" as a way to show different biomes like perhaps an ice world or something from the pre-quel but they didn't. It is just the same biome over and over again. Really a letdown given this was hyped up before the games release.

    On the bugs side the loading times on a fast machine is awful. I can boot Windows in 10 seconds and this game takes over a minute to start even on an nvime drive with more CPU power than the game needs. And then as soon as the load screen appears it freezes for another 10 seconds or so. And if you do an update and it has to refresh the shaders then you might as well go to lunch.

    Once in the game the perf is generally OK but bugs are still plenty. I played co-op and my partner lost the ability to hear cutscenes after a while, the name indicators over each other's heads stopped working and there were stutters throughout. At the end of the game after a particular cutscene the next cutscene started playing (so many of them) and the subtitles from a cutscene a while back was stuck on the screen. My co-op partner didn't even see the subtitles. The subtitles stuck around every cutscene after that until we stopped playing.

    As far as loot it was seriously screwed up compared to previous games. The best loot we got was from normal kills. Every time the game hyped up a vault or a cool boss we got white or green weapons. It was rare to get blues or better. It was particularly funny when towards the end of the game one of the NPCs gave us his "personal" weapon to help in the upcoming boss fight and it was a white for both of us. Overall the loot just seemed weak compared to previous games. I stuck with my lower level legendary weapons from mid game all the way until end because they simply were better than everything else.

    Overall this is more of the same. It doesn't in any way move the series folder and could have just been a DLC and been just as good. The story and loot were bad compared to other games and it just went on way longer than it needed to with no real benefit.    … Expand
  55. abcug
    Jul 11, 2021
    5
    The fourth part of the game doesn’t shine like the previous ones. It's not terrible or bad, but it's not a good game either. Typically the more mediocre, mostly none. Playing this, I just feel like the game is done because it had to be done. Delelopers are familiar with this template and may not have enough talent (or didn’t want to invest too much in it) to make something better,The fourth part of the game doesn’t shine like the previous ones. It's not terrible or bad, but it's not a good game either. Typically the more mediocre, mostly none. Playing this, I just feel like the game is done because it had to be done. Delelopers are familiar with this template and may not have enough talent (or didn’t want to invest too much in it) to make something better, something new. Or they were just afraid of the unknown, the unpaved road. Don’t expect too much from anyone, just the well-known style, and you won’t be disappointed, for example, at a discount ...… Expand
  56. 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.
  57. ElemWiz
    Aug 6, 2020
    5
    I've figured out what my gripe is with Borderlands 3. It doesn't feel like a Borderlands game. It feels like a spin-off of a Borderlands game, which is a shame because the playable characters are pretty cool concepts. It's as if Gearbox had a TV show that was hugely popular, picked a character from that show that was reasonably well-liked, and said, "Hey, let's make a spin-off and see ifI've figured out what my gripe is with Borderlands 3. It doesn't feel like a Borderlands game. It feels like a spin-off of a Borderlands game, which is a shame because the playable characters are pretty cool concepts. It's as if Gearbox had a TV show that was hugely popular, picked a character from that show that was reasonably well-liked, and said, "Hey, let's make a spin-off and see if we can squeeze more cash out of the franchise." Then, the show airs and most of the fans stop watching after the first episode. They hyped the hell out of this game, boasting how it was open world, and it doesn't even feel like a world. The planets feel empty, soulless, devoid of any wow-factor. Any enemies you run into only exist as the subjects of quests dragging you to and fro. I thought that, maybe, if I tried it on PC (as it's free to try on Steam for the next 5 days), I might like it better than I did on PS4. Nope. The combat and gameplay is a lot smoother, but there's still no life signs on Pandora.… Expand
  58. 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.
  59. 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
  60. RiaskoFF
    Nov 22, 2020
    7
    Gameplay is fun, the controller feels great! I haven't used controllers in shooters since PS1 and it feels good!
    Performance is so-so.
    Plotstory is mediocre. Humour is cringe and blank.
    But overall it is a very fun game to play!
  61. SPARTACVS
    Mar 5, 2020
    5
    Le jeu est plaisant et j'y joue beaucoup car j'ai appris à l'apprécier. C'est une bonne évolution des précédents, Le plaisir y est quoi qu'inégale. J'ai la version super deluxe.
    Malheureusement, je ne peux pas lui donner une bonne note pour plusieurs raisons:
    -il y a un sérieux manque de place pour remiser tout le matériel. Même en ne gardant que la crème de la crème, on est très vite    Le jeu est plaisant et j'y joue beaucoup car j'ai appris à l'apprécier. C'est une bonne évolution des précédents, Le plaisir y est quoi qu'inégale. J'ai la version super deluxe.
    Malheureusement, je ne peux pas lui donner une bonne note pour plusieurs raisons:
    -il y a un sérieux manque de place pour remiser tout le matériel. Même en ne gardant que la crème de la crème, on est très vite plein. On peut acheter davantage de cases mais ça coûte très cher et ça ne suffit même pas. Plusieurs disent qu'il faudrait au moins 10x plus de place et je suis d'accord.
    -trop complexe. BL est avant tout un jeu relativement simple basé sur le plaisir et le matériel. Ils ont ajoutés un peu trop de choses dans BL3.
    - contient pas mal de bugs. J'aurais aimé qu'ils ajoutent un peu moins de choses mais polissent davantage le jeu.
    -manque de stations de voyage. C’est particulièrement irritant sur certaines cartes qui sont relativement grosses (ex. skywell-27, Athenas, etc.).
    - les monstres reviennent après un certain temps: irritant. En plus, els coffres ouverts ne se régénèrent pas (mais les munitions disparaissent bien sûr...) Ça aurait dû être graduel ou après plus de temps.
    -un peu misandre.

    Mise à jour: j'ai enlevé 1 point puisque la mise à jour de février 2020 a introduit un sérieux problème avec l'affichage du sac à dos lorsqu'on vend à une machine.    … Expand
  62. 4y4
    Aug 17, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was an OK game to play with a friend but the story is boring and bad. I would not play this alone.… Expand
  63. 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
  64. Pcgamer91
    May 23, 2020
    6
    a friend let me borrow this game and im sorry but this game is boooooring. there wasn't enough purple drops from mobs and everything felt like a bullet sponge. it was wave after wave. i didn't find the story great but to be honest i never paid attention to the story anyways. i only loved borderlands for the guns and loot. i havent beat it yet and im honestly trying but it's feeling likea friend let me borrow this game and im sorry but this game is boooooring. there wasn't enough purple drops from mobs and everything felt like a bullet sponge. it was wave after wave. i didn't find the story great but to be honest i never paid attention to the story anyways. i only loved borderlands for the guns and loot. i havent beat it yet and im honestly trying but it's feeling like it's taking forever. would i pick it up if it's on sale? maybe i mean there were times were it felt fun but a lot of it got repetitive… Expand
  65. Dai-Katana
    Jun 10, 2020
    5
    Story
    Not as interesting as in Borderlands 2. On top of that - Calypso Twins are incredibly annoying enemies. Ava is a brat too. We have Claptrap - one clown is enough. I am talking about cinematics and dialogues.
    End game Is ruined by a massive amount of anointed enemies that have constant invulnerability and teleportation and even microscopic size reductions. This is dumbest fight    Story
    Not as interesting as in Borderlands 2. On top of that - Calypso Twins are incredibly annoying enemies. Ava is a brat too. We have Claptrap - one clown is enough. I am talking about cinematics and dialogues.

    End game
    Is ruined by a massive amount of anointed enemies that have constant invulnerability and teleportation and even microscopic size reductions. This is dumbest fight mechanics I saw in my entire life. There is too many of them spawning and holy sh** how they reduce fun from 10 to 0 when they appear. And they appear every few minutes in end game levels. Googling about them noticed articles about how they ruin end game and can't agree more. Made me decide to quit Borderlands 3 and forget about buying DLC packs ever.

    Rest is all good and fun. If not anointed enemies I would say it is amazing. But one simple thing is enough to ruin experience and simply move on. If you have no plans on grinding this game to infinity - get it and enjoy.    … Expand
  66. Lizarino
    Oct 16, 2020
    7
    TL;DR - Borderlands game with good improvements and some down sides. I recommend this game on sale.

    + More interesting legendary guns + More ways to build your character with augments, swappable skills / types + Good dialogue and humour (mostly) similar to 2 + Improvements on visuals and options over 2 while sticking to the style + Game is a decent length, not long but not too short    TL;DR - Borderlands game with good improvements and some down sides. I recommend this game on sale.

    + More interesting legendary guns
    + More ways to build your character with augments, swappable skills / types
    + Good dialogue and humour (mostly) similar to 2
    + Improvements on visuals and options over 2 while sticking to the style
    + Game is a decent length, not long but not too short
    + Different planets / area types
    + Has characters from the Telltale series

    / There's a lot of collectables in this game that can be good for extending the time, but are mostly just annoying.
    / Annoying antagonists. Would be a negative but it makes me hate them at least?
    / There is a lot more loot I feel, but loot can be more boring and feels like I need to replace things more often
    / There will not be any new characters added as DLC

    - The shady and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ things the devs / publishers did
    - Some characters were pretty badly written
    - A lot of forced vehicle sections which are annoying
    - Very expensive
    - The playable characters as a whole are more boring than in BL2
    - Sanctuary is more annoying to navigate than it needs to be    … Expand
  67. Napalm007
    Oct 20, 2020
    6
    BL3 is just a upgrade of BL2 but with serious performance issues.
    The enemies AI is terrible, no challgenge at all, you can just run throw them and complete missions easily. In resume the gameplay is just press W and shoot some ducks,
  68. Lorenzoocritico
    Sep 28, 2019
    5
    O jogo é bom tem uma história interessante a jogabilidade n é ruim e tem muitos personagens carismáticos, só q temuitos como a otimização q é muito ruim bugs
  69. MrKaptakda
    Mar 25, 2020
    6
    First Borderlands game I've ever played. Not that impressed.
    Story is meh. You're just hunting two incredibly annoying childish influencers who lead a cult of mentally degenerate babies.
    Boss battles are ok. Challenging enough yet not so hard you have to spend entire days to work trough them. I don't get the loot system at all. You have weapon scores to help you choose your loadout yet    First Borderlands game I've ever played. Not that impressed.
    Story is meh. You're just hunting two incredibly annoying childish influencers who lead a cult of mentally degenerate babies.

    Boss battles are ok. Challenging enough yet not so hard you have to spend entire days to work trough them. I don't get the loot system at all. You have weapon scores to help you choose your loadout yet some higher level weapons were garbage compared to the ones with a significantly lower score I allrdy had. I just looted everything to sell it all and buy bigger backpack space for ridiculous amounts of money.

    Also, the frequency at which the annoying twins pop up is just frustrating.
    The humor is bland and repetitive. The maps are big for the sole purpose of having a reason to implement vehicles. There's literally nothing else. There is a lot to loot but 80% are just ammo boxes which is a shame.

    Overall good enough for the story. Uninstalled after it because I got bored. Not a game for me.    … Expand
  70. MorbidFable
    Nov 14, 2020
    7
    Borderlands 3 is an excellent game, but not for the reasons one might think. The plot is not a bad one, and the characters aren't written poorly, in fact some characters have their best appearances here. The most essential part of the game is lacking - the villains.

    The Villains of borderlands 3 are very much in the same vain as Handsome Jack, loud, annoying, braggadocious and not full    Borderlands 3 is an excellent game, but not for the reasons one might think. The plot is not a bad one, and the characters aren't written poorly, in fact some characters have their best appearances here. The most essential part of the game is lacking - the villains.

    The Villains of borderlands 3 are very much in the same vain as Handsome Jack, loud, annoying, braggadocious and not full of much depth. Their plot isn't bad, and their concept isn't awful but they feel rather hamfisted. The main character I played also suffered from this to some extent, where she was speaking in old internet lingo that felt really dated. However, despite all this the game was very enjoyable.

    One of my biggest complaints with Borderlands games is the driving is done very poorly, and in this game its not improved upon at all, yet despite all of this some of my favorite missions were driving missions. The vehicle part acquisitions is tedious but a great addition, and it a great expansion on the cosmetics in borderlands. On top of vehicle cosmetic adjustments the game also brings player colors/themes and helmets back, these are much better than the previous entries and are thematic. Gun trinkets and paints were added, while I was not able to collect too many they were nice when I found them.

    The graphics are exactly what one would want, and on top of that the game runs impressively well. My machine is rather out of date now a days but I managed to run this almost maxed out at 1080p with 60fps no problem. The games environments look fantastic and not a bad resolution low poly object in sight. When you first load in, the game might tank and look bad but its just loading things in and it does fix itself rather quickly.

    The writing while I complained at the start of my review is actually really enjoyable. There are some things which could be perceived as plot errors but they're not so glaring that they ruin the story. Where the writing really shines is the individual characters and how they all fit so excellently. WIthout spoiling, many celebrities voice characters in the game, and while at first it is strange hearing their voices they nail their characters and their characters are witty and enjoyable. We also see a great cast of returning characters, some even from Tales From The Borderlands which is phenomenal. i was very worried they'd leave those threads untied. The recasting of Claptrap annoyed me deeply at first but eventually I just forgot what he use to sound like and quite honestly, he's all still there. He's done very well, perhaps his most compelling appearance.

    Gun play is as enjoyable one can expect from a borderlands title, however new additions have been made to gun manufacturers and "class mods" that really add variety. Each gun company has a special benefit to using their weapons, without naming them all jakobs for example when you crit something the bullet will bounce to another target as well which comes in handy when you're bursting down large groups of things. Much of the game I was doing content I was not at level for, which is likely my own fault so most guns I could not use until later. The vaults in my experience yield no good guns, and my best guns came from quest rewards or killing bosses.

    Speaking of bosses, the bosses are excellently done. Just enough mechanics to be challenging and not so much health they feel like bullet sponges. Every single boss was unique and entertaining, however I did not feel as if you had to adjust your gun types to help you. I only did this for one boss that I was clearly undergeared for. Most bosses I died on one or two times, except funnily enough the final one which I did in my first try. Many of the bosses are large and imposing, you have to maneuver around the stage to get better shots on them and you never really can stand still or hide behind cover for too long. This makes the fights feel more engaging and less like I'm just pouring bullets into something. Some of the bosses are forgettable, so much so that I actually had to look up a list again to check which bosses there were, but others are so excellent they should be case examples of how FPS should implement boss fights.

    The game ends well enough, its not a great surprise to me, and it does leave itself space to have another game, while still feeling satisfying. I have not played the DLC, and I played completely solo, I'm sure others experiences may differ but I am looking forward to playing the DLC and future games.

    A quality title that is easily worth the money, especially if you can enjoy it with friends.    … Expand
  71. Racoon_DUH
    Mar 18, 2020
    7
    Начнем с главного.О плюсах:Изумительный геймплей,все перестрелки динамичные,огромное количество оружия со своими особенностями (стихия,вид,и производитель),добавлены перекаты и паркуры,разнообразили древо прокачки(теперь вариаций билдов будет в разы больше),враги тоже довольно разнообразные и отличаются друг от друга,и самое главное наконец-то действительно интересные и просторныеНачнем с главного.О плюсах:Изумительный геймплей,все перестрелки динамичные,огромное количество оружия со своими особенностями (стихия,вид,и производитель),добавлены перекаты и паркуры,разнообразили древо прокачки(теперь вариаций билдов будет в разы больше),враги тоже довольно разнообразные и отличаются друг от друга,и самое главное наконец-то действительно интересные и просторные локации.
    Ну а теперь о минусах:это самый нудный сюжет за всю серию борды,злодеи как бы не пытались быть похожими на плохих парней,все равно никак не выходит,управление транспортом как было кривым так и осталось,баги и вылеты(но со временем их меньше)
    Игра подойдёт для любителей кооперативных и просто шутерных игр,впрочем как и предыдущие части.
    Но как я считаю эта часть не является убийцей всей серии Borderlands,наоборот разработчики прагнули на две головы выше,однако похоронив при этом сам сюжет...    … Expand
  72. PazDim
    Apr 7, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Где-то на уровне Pre-Sequel.
    В мелочах однозначно лучше. Новый движок, новая графика (стиль немного поменялся, непривычно), масса интерактивных объектов, новые механики (дополнительный режим стрельбы, прицелы, перемещение). Кооператив не пробовал, в нем вроде как тоже есть продвижки - отдельный лут для каждого, автоподстройка уровня противников, режим эндгейма.
    Но локации скучные, в рамках одной планеты они однообразные. Отсутствуют плавные переходы, как было во второй части. Да и Элпис со станцией гипериона запомнились куда ярче.
    Сюжет слит, хотя задел после пресиквела был очень большой. Слиты все персонажи (хотя вроде что-то про дополнения писали), они либо умирают, либо появляются на несколько миссий (привет команда Б в лице Брика и Мордекая, под руководством Тины).
    Слишком мало дополнительных заданий, их структура на уровне DLC - проходятся параллельно с основной миссией в локации-кишке. Те же проблемы, что и в каком-нибудь Докторе Неде - бежал по основной миссии, пропустил второстепенную метку, осознал это уже на выходе с локации, снова бежишь мимо заспавнившихся противников. Очень скучал по миссиям на защиту объекта, миссии доставки на время слишком однообразные, ощущаются как пасхалка. Часто вспоминал, как после сюжетного поворота во второй части в убежище спавнилась куча дополнительных миссий.
    Про лут пишут везде - он сломан. Валится отовсюду, чего только стоят 4 легендарных пистолета, полученные из сундука то ли Лилит, то ли Майи. Пушек стало больше (ну, так говорили в трейлере). Но проблемы те же - очень часто бегал с одним и тем же оружием, которое выпадало каждый раз нового уровня. То есть при таком заявленном количестве лута все еще реально найти то же самое оружие, которое чуть отличается названием и внешним видом.
    Про толерастию писать не буду - противно. После анонса второго DLC глянул обложку и понял, что покупать игру не буду. Хотя выхода в стиме ждал полгода.
    Про технический проблемы тоже писать не буду. Играл на пиратке, грех жаловаться. Их починят. Рано или поздно. Но почти все, что было перечислено, не исправить никакими патчами. Разве что начать четвертую часть с ролика, где третья предстает страшным сном Лилит :D.

    Описал проблемы, которые первыми пришли в голову. Средняя оценка пользователей говорит сама за себя - 5.2 (8.2 - Borderlands 2, 6.2 - Pre-Sequel, 7.6 - Borderlands). В сюжет, кроме гибели героев, ничего не вносит. Всегда можно перепройти вторую. Надеюсь, можно будет просто выкинуть эту часть из головы и продолжить с 4-й.    … Expand
  73. MaxIsoy
    Jul 27, 2020
    6
    Gameplay is great and improved from the pre-quel, but the story is very bad. Also, there are tons of bug still in the game. I give it 6 because of gameplay only. the rest has gone because of bugs and story.
  74. LironesAlviento
    Aug 3, 2020
    7
    Es muy buen juego pero cambia tan poco que me daba la impresión de estar jugando al 2 a veces, son juegos muy buenos pero este ya no me ha enganchado tanto.
  75. 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
  76. MrPajamas
    Jun 11, 2021
    5
    I've become a fan of the Borderlands series. It's true. The first one was great. I can say the same for number two. Even The Pre-Sequel made me happy. I finally got around to the third one, and I was... disappointed. Let's begin. So, what caught my eye right away was the graphics, which just didn't move much. Sure, it doesn't have much to do, but I also thought it was worse than the secondI've become a fan of the Borderlands series. It's true. The first one was great. I can say the same for number two. Even The Pre-Sequel made me happy. I finally got around to the third one, and I was... disappointed. Let's begin. So, what caught my eye right away was the graphics, which just didn't move much. Sure, it doesn't have much to do, but I also thought it was worse than the second one. But what struck me even more was the PC optimization, which was just absolutely awful. When playing the game I was using the graphics card 100% and all the time. At the beginning I played the game on maximum details, but after a while I dropped it to the lowest so I wouldn't have such a heavy load on the GPU. The game even looked better on low details than high in my opinion. The way the textures weren't so smoothed out and everything was suddenly so sharp it got more of that Borderlands feel, at least in my opinion. Personally, I recommend you try putting the game on lower details. This is purely my opinion, but for me it just looked more Borderlands that way. As for the story, it's not bad here, but on the one hand, it's not great either. The main female baddie is pretty cool, but the final fight with her just doesn't have the same feel as the ones from previous installments. On top of that, the ending was a bit too long for me. The developers added a new environment, but I still don't like the final one. I'm talking about the locations in the city. The ones in the countryside although not reaching the quality of the ones from the previous games were fine, but the city passages I didn't like much, because when I say Borderlands, I think of the desert or the winter locations from the second game. I understand that the developers wanted to give us something new, but personally I feel negative about this change and I just don't want the city in Borderlands. But now I want to get to those other locations, like the legendary Pandora, which just isn't the real Pandora here. I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that there isn't that delicious music playing in the background like in one, or maybe it's the fact that the game just has a little bit of a different graphical style from one and two, but it just doesn't feel right here. Just loading it up I was wondering what it was supposed to be. It doesn't look bad, but I liked it better before. Anyway, on to the inventory. I'm sorry, but for me, it's disgusting. I really couldn't get used to the inventory for the whole game, and although I started to get the hang of it after a while, I longed for the old one from 2. In my eyes, the inventory here was cluttered and quite ugly to boot. As I said the whole game looks a bit ugly to me and I'm not a fan of the way health bars, inventory, dropped items and the like look. Not to criticize the game, I can praise the fact that when you open an object and money flies out of it, your character takes it immediately and you don't have to deal with anything. Maybe it's not as satisfying as when you used to press the button to grab item, but every now and then it's a cool novelty, for example if you're in a hurry and want to loot something quickly in the middle of a fight, it's a bit easier here than it was before. Borderlands is of course all about loot and you can loot weapons here which are also awesome, on the one hand again I'm not that much of a fan. I'll explain. There are new guns that resemble proper Assault Rifles and they look gorgeous, yes, but they're more into Battlefield or Call of Duty and not quite into Borderlands. So I commend the developers for that, they added some of those new guns that on one hand spoil that Borderlands vibe a bit. To sum it all up. For me, this is an unnecessary sequel that further unnecessarily spoils the name of the series. It's not a bad game, I'm not saying that, but it's just far from the quality of the previous ones. I'd rather there had never been a third installment. I understand the developers and it's a fact that they were given a pretty tough task and to surpass the second part was kind of impossible, but unfortunately Borderlands 3 is not only not equal to Borderlands 2, but to any part of the series and is far below them in quality. Worse visuals with worse locations compounded by horrible optimization and just no, not this... As someone who turned on Borderlands 1 back then saying I'll give it a try when everyone is talking so much about what a blast it is and then was so absolutely enthralled with the game that he had to go straight to the second game and then the Pre-Sequel and was so hyped for the third installment, I ended up walking away disappointed. I'm sorry, but for me this is a mediocre sequel that I can't recommend.… Expand
  77. Medlerr
    Sep 15, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is great, but the story is so **** and confusing, it's disrespectful to the characters form previous games especially Maya, Lilith, Aurelia, not to mention that besides Zero and Maya you don't get to know the whereabouts of the other vault hunters.… Expand
  78. wokenoodle
    Jan 8, 2021
    6
    Yeah, like was it said for a million times already, the game is summed up really simply: good gameplay, bad narrative. If you've never listened to a single line of quest dialog in the Borderlands series and just followed the marker, you'll be right at home. Otherwise, the lack of coherency and thought put into the plot and writing will be irritating - offensively so at times.

    The "good    Yeah, like was it said for a million times already, the game is summed up really simply: good gameplay, bad narrative. If you've never listened to a single line of quest dialog in the Borderlands series and just followed the marker, you'll be right at home. Otherwise, the lack of coherency and thought put into the plot and writing will be irritating - offensively so at times.

    The "good gameplay" is really good. In terms of pure mechanics, this is a superb Borderlands installment. There's some bs with the metagame (inconsistent drops, weak manufacturers), but shooting has never been so fun and responsive in the series. Also, Borderlands finally got actual boss fights, and most of them are really well done, imo.

    The "bad narrative" is really bad. And it's not just about the plot or the characters, I mostly don't even mind them, - everything's awful on a fundamental, moment-to-moment, line-to-line level: the writing, an overwhelming majority of the jokes, pacing, sometimes even the voice acting.

    Everything in between is a mixed bag. Graphics are nice to look at and artists try their best, but results range from fantastic to really bland or even visually irritating sometimes. Soundtrack jumps from memorable and thrilling, complex and fitting pieces to a "meh" audio filler, sound effects are no different.

    Overall, if to approach a score as a dry calculation of good parts vs bad parts, I feel that there was noticeably more good ones, but they're disjointed, unfocused and mixed with some of the worst filth this series has to offer (looking at you, Ava). Better then average experience, but the line it walks not to fall into a complete blunder is so thin, that I cannot force myself to complete DLCs I paid for, so they cannot disappoint me further.

    6/10, only buy if you're a fan.    … Expand
  79. RockerKR
    Nov 17, 2020
    6
    lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Fine Game lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
  80. 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
  81. Lubo789
    Jun 9, 2021
    6
    The gameplay was really fun, huge amounts of guns and skill trees, but the story was lame. I would definitely recommend it to people who like experimenting with builds.
  82. elefsar
    Apr 26, 2021
    6
    Bitiremedim. Zira çok sıkıcı. Hikayesi vasat, oynanış fena değil gibi ama buglar yok değil. Sürekli sinematik izliyorsun ve geçme yok, oysa böyle akıcı bir oyunda sinematiklere takılmak istemezsin. Grafikler benlik değil.
    Silah çeşitliliği güzel, mermi sık sık bitse de loot tatmin edici, silahlar arası geçiş yapmak gerek. Araba sürmesi zevkli. Dünya içine çekmiyor. Animasyonlar da vasat    Bitiremedim. Zira çok sıkıcı. Hikayesi vasat, oynanış fena değil gibi ama buglar yok değil. Sürekli sinematik izliyorsun ve geçme yok, oysa böyle akıcı bir oyunda sinematiklere takılmak istemezsin. Grafikler benlik değil.
    Silah çeşitliliği güzel, mermi sık sık bitse de loot tatmin edici, silahlar arası geçiş yapmak gerek. Araba sürmesi zevkli. Dünya içine çekmiyor. Animasyonlar da vasat altı.    … Expand
  83. 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
  84. 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.
  85. Rhex98
    Jul 9, 2023
    7
    Es divertido jugarlo en cooperativo y tienes bastantes horas de diversión aseguradas, pero si es inferior al 2.
  86. 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
  87. 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
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#98 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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81

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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