Borderlands 3

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5.5

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  1. svfox69
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    Not fun at all. Whoever did bl 2 did not do bl 3............You wait and have expectations. But this fails completely to continue where bl 2 left off...........They just killed the franchise......You can have the game back. I am done with borderlands forever.
  2. johnsolo
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    All the crashes and performance issues make the game unplayable. Epic launcher is slow and unintuitive.
  3. Jrjejiwkwnf
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    **** game, trash mechanics, terrible framsdrops, garbage guns, cant level up fast enough.
  4. daniel109recowe
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    Zarąbista część borderów jeszcze więcej tego co w dwójce jeszcze ładniej i lepiej
  5. VonSauerkraut
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    Only get this game if you feel like paying 50+ bucks to beta test an unplayable mess.

    This game's performance is absolutely abysmal. The fact they released it in such a pitiful state is mind blowing.
  6. Heos
    Sep 17, 2019
    3
    Awful optimization. Manifesting leftist views and a ridiculous level of difficulty.
    In addition, no news, reheating the old meal.
  7. iLAGandDIE
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    I have had a great time playing this game, and love the art style and gun grind. The story can be a little cliche at times but is still good and all the guns look, sound and feel great. Also the loot and level instancing makes playing with friends so much better and easier if you are on different levels, and is always rewarding.

    FPS can drop a bit when in 4 player mode and a lot is    I have had a great time playing this game, and love the art style and gun grind. The story can be a little cliche at times but is still good and all the guns look, sound and feel great. Also the loot and level instancing makes playing with friends so much better and easier if you are on different levels, and is always rewarding.

    FPS can drop a bit when in 4 player mode and a lot is happening but other than that I haven't had too many problems. (Running a 1080Ti and i7700K at 3440 by 1440 normally around 90fps with a mix of med and ultra settings).

    *Also to add one thing, I am very happy that they did not jump on the live service band wagon and stayed true to what the series was about. Also people the complain about Microtransitions being everywhere... there aren't any yet so your bias is showing =p

    Overall it's a great game and I can't wait to play more and with more characters.    … Expand
  8. Burbon
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    bugsderlands 3 bug on bug going to be lag and if you remeber that that can be bug
  9. Trypsinogen
    Sep 17, 2019
    3
    Disclosure: I only played for 1 hour and 40 minutes because if I played over 2 hours the game wouldn't be refundable. I submitted a refund request to Epic so hopefully it goes through successfully.

    - Like most everyone is saying, I can confirm that the game does indeed run like hot garbage and is buggy. Lots of FPS dips and small freezes/stuttering. This ruins enjoyment of the    Disclosure: I only played for 1 hour and 40 minutes because if I played over 2 hours the game wouldn't be refundable. I submitted a refund request to Epic so hopefully it goes through successfully.

    - Like most everyone is saying, I can confirm that the game does indeed run like hot garbage and is buggy. Lots of FPS dips and small freezes/stuttering. This ruins enjoyment of the gameplay/gunplay.
    - I already wasn't impressed with the writing and characters from the different videos/trailers they put out. Tried playing the new Siren and yeah, definitely still wasn't a fan of her personality and abilities. In my opinion, they keep making the Siren class worse and worse with each successive game.
    - I only played a little but in that time I didn't experience any really cringe writing (it's Borderlands, being cringy is kind of par for the course though) but none of it was good. Just meh.
    - Multiplayer aspect sucked, nobody ever joined my game when I set it to public. When I joined another game it was with one other person who was doing a quest i hadn't even started, who was already almost done with that quest, and who was way the **** on the other side of the map. When I went back to single player, a ton of content was now skipped because I had joined him and it advanced it for me. What a joke of a game.

    Anyways, the poor performance and bugs was more than enough to request the refund. I hear the game is pretty short and doesn't do much innovative - it's just more of the same, and it does seem that way. Not worth $60 imho and not worth supporting such terrible practices. Few other industries get away with the kind of BS that video game developers are allowed to get away with. It's sad.    … Expand
  10. sethmclton
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    Borderlands 3 improves on everything great about the previous titles. The gameplay is some of the best feeling of any game in recent memory. Any Borderlands fan will love this. Sadly the pathetic gaming community finds it's way into everything, and has destroyed this games score because it has some performance problems at launch...... Something that will obviously be fixed soon. Gotta loveBorderlands 3 improves on everything great about the previous titles. The gameplay is some of the best feeling of any game in recent memory. Any Borderlands fan will love this. Sadly the pathetic gaming community finds it's way into everything, and has destroyed this games score because it has some performance problems at launch...... Something that will obviously be fixed soon. Gotta love User scores.… Expand
  11. Loullong
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    wait for the new part of the game is a masterpiece. perhaps a lot of advertising and exaggerates the expectation of the game, but it does not make it worse!
  12. Johnb091986
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    6 years to make? Seems to just be an add-on.. plus its (clunky as hell) and laggy gameplay is fast which i like but gutted i paid £59.99 for this! £20 maybe (feel ripped off) changed to 0 bugs after bugs
  13. BizE
    Sep 17, 2019
    8
    If you enjoy borderlands then you will enjoy this game. There are however points that get political pulling you out of the game and characters that make you cringe.
  14. rimz
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    I loved the first 2 games. I bought a custom PC for the third installment, to play it in full 4k glory. And oh boy I'm pissed. I've never ever wrote a single review in my life, but this sequel is so appallingly BORING, TEDIOUS and INSULTING, that here I am.

    So, Intro: whoever did the writing for the game should be lobotomized immediately, I haven't seen less creative storylines and    I loved the first 2 games. I bought a custom PC for the third installment, to play it in full 4k glory. And oh boy I'm pissed. I've never ever wrote a single review in my life, but this sequel is so appallingly BORING, TEDIOUS and INSULTING, that here I am.

    So, Intro: whoever did the writing for the game should be lobotomized immediately, I haven't seen less creative storylines and quests in 40 years of my life EVER.

    Middle: now you have guns for the sake of guns, the game just throws TONS of trash guns towards you, that don't really make any sense. After 10 minutes you stop caring and just buy a gun with biggest number in the corner. You can try to calc DPS, but it's pretty much impossible and useless to compare guns against each other. As for gameplay, game is too easy, after 4 hrs of play I've amassed $6000 and i had nowhere to spend this money on, enemies are never a danger to you, you just kill them like flies with no real challenge. Side quests are tedious waste of time. HUMOUR that was the essence of borderlands 1/2 is now dull, boring shadow of it's former self, it's not trying to make you laugh, it's just not damn funny. Hello, guys? Yeah, the previous borderlands were made in another era, now you've gotta be careful with all the edgy jokes or you get a bad press from SJW idiots whos feelings were hurt. I get it, 2K, yeah. But all of the above just killed the franchise.

    End: Huge disappointment, I honestly want my damn money back.    … Expand
  15. 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
  16. sidgould
    Sep 17, 2019
    9
    Honestly, I don't know what all the complaints about bugs and performance issues are about. The game runs pretty smoothly on my decrepit hardware (8 year old processor and MB - 3 year old graphics card), and I've played 50 hours and only hit a single bug. This game is infinitely more polished on release than, say, Skyrim; which unsurprisingly has a much higher overall review score. IfHonestly, I don't know what all the complaints about bugs and performance issues are about. The game runs pretty smoothly on my decrepit hardware (8 year old processor and MB - 3 year old graphics card), and I've played 50 hours and only hit a single bug. This game is infinitely more polished on release than, say, Skyrim; which unsurprisingly has a much higher overall review score. If people are going to flock to the review boards and give a game like Borderland 3 a 0 for bugs, then I just don't even.

    ABOUT THE GAMEPLAY
    It's solid. I felt like choice of skills/abilities matters a lot more in this game than its predecessors, good variety of weapons that feel and handle differently, much improved movement and shooting mechanics from the previous games. I mean... honestly, it's just really good, rewarding gameplay. I don't know about anyone else, but when I buy a game, I want it to have solid gameplay. That's the thing I care about. The GAMEplay, in my GAME.

    STORY
    Eh. I mean, it's not great, I'll admit; but again, the writing is at least as good (if not better) than the overwhelming majority of AAA titles I've played this decade. It's nowhere near than the BEST of those games, sure; but that's a not a fair or reasonable metric, either. BL3's story is serviceable, and the pacing meshes well with the gameplay and the level design; works for me.

    CHARACTERS
    Most of your favourites from the series are back; some with solid writing and great moments, others... less so. Which, like any sequel, is pretty much inevitable. In a lot of ways, this game suffers from the success of BL2; but judged on its own merit, the characterization is just fine. No complaints here.

    LEVEL/ENCOUNTER DESIGN
    Even more than the solid core gameplay, this is where BL3 deserves the most props. The overall encounter and level/map design is exceptional. Lots of interesting terrain to keep encounters dynamic and interesting, good mixes of enemy units (for the most part) keep you changing tactics and (mostly) clever boss fights make for fun punctuation. Plus the maps have a healthy, but not excessive, amount of little secrets and discoverables to make exploring them fun. These teams did a great job.

    OVERALL
    Solid game. I honestly can't understand all the vitriol. Except, maybe (just maybe) a bunch of whiny entitled **** who expected to get free review copies because they're some tiny youtube "celebrity" or twitch-streamer or whatever feel slighted and/or called out; and now they're flocking to the reviews to **** on BL3 because they are tiny, miserable, petty people... NAH; couldn't be THAT.    … Expand
  17. ChristianDale
    Sep 17, 2019
    5
    Really disappointed. Loving the gameplay and new mechanics but can't believe they put out such an unfinished game after six years though. If they fix performance issues and bugs soon I'll change this review, but for now this is insane to charge 60 dollars for.
  18. Samidgf
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    What's the point of collecting eridium if it's only for cosmetics, shouldnt it be for augmenting your ammo/backpack capacity?
    Players are banned for calling the wrong pronoun to Fl4k.
    The humor is litterally taken from reddit, nowadays popculture is cringe. And are they joking when they put rick and morty references? The rest is pretty much filled with bugs, save that delete    What's the point of collecting eridium if it's only for cosmetics, shouldnt it be for augmenting your ammo/backpack capacity?
    Players are banned for calling the wrong pronoun to Fl4k.
    The humor is litterally taken from reddit, nowadays popculture is cringe. And are they joking when they put rick and morty references?
    The rest is pretty much filled with bugs, save that delete themselves, and so on...
    And btw is it just me or is every joke in this game PEE PEE POO POO since they're afraid that anything else will offend someone?    … Expand
  19. EnergemKeeper
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    As a fan of the Borderlands series, I can wholeheartedly say this game blows ass. Multiple bugs, lag in online multiplayer, and that's on the technical side. In terms of gameplay, the drastic shift of how guns function compared to Borderlands 2. The bosses are overpowered scum. I've found myself dying over 20 times fighting the same boss. It feels like Dark Souls with guns. My advice:As a fan of the Borderlands series, I can wholeheartedly say this game blows ass. Multiple bugs, lag in online multiplayer, and that's on the technical side. In terms of gameplay, the drastic shift of how guns function compared to Borderlands 2. The bosses are overpowered scum. I've found myself dying over 20 times fighting the same boss. It feels like Dark Souls with guns. My advice: stick to Borderlands 2 and skip this piece of crap.… Expand
  20. TeeBro
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    I wanted to love this game but i couldn't. I have 23 hours in it, I have encountered 2 gamebreaking bugs in story missions. I'm not making another character.
    There are sync issues also. I lost the best pistol in the game due to it.
    Avoid this game until they fix it if that's ever going to happen.
  21. GooverDan1
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    Those 9 and 10 reviews are full of Borderlands fanboys, that's a shame, the half of these reviews give those ratings because are for fighting the others, that's really pathetic.

    And now, for the game. Is buggy as hell, the jokes are stupid before yes, but these are now cringeworthy. And the politics give his step at this beloved franchise. Don't buy the game.
  22. andyxx22
    Sep 17, 2019
    9
    my personal review: personally ive been waiting for this game ever since i was watching yoteslaya play borderlands 2 when i was a kid, i have a childhood memory of searching through youtube to find any sort of information i could on a new borderlands game, i bought the game around when the tiny tina dlc came out (of course i bought it as my first dlc) and i fell in love with it, ever sincemy personal review: personally ive been waiting for this game ever since i was watching yoteslaya play borderlands 2 when i was a kid, i have a childhood memory of searching through youtube to find any sort of information i could on a new borderlands game, i bought the game around when the tiny tina dlc came out (of course i bought it as my first dlc) and i fell in love with it, ever since ive been playing borderlands games religiously. i have friends now who have had similar experiences and were now playing borderlands 3, but for those 7 years in between i never once stopped and wondered if borderlands was my favourite game because i already knew. i still remember going to my local game store to pick up borderlands the pre sequel and bringing home and playing it to then loving it, i begged my father to buy when i heard it was coming out, and i did the same to get the season pass the game ended up not being the best but i still played the bloody hell out of it. so personally when i heard borderlands 3 was coming out i instantly bought the 120$ copy of the game giving me the season pass and bunch of weapon and character skins that i still use in late game. i had signed up for the vault insiders and checked it constantly so i was following the hype for this game extremly closely, i think going into this i would have played the hell out of it whether it was good or not. im writing this review at the point of having 55 hours in the game, im about half way through new game+ and im max level. still at this point in the game i still feel there is an insane amount of things for me to do. i still have only done 2 proving grounds and cant find the last one and i also have barely touched the mayhem mode in the game(which has to be my favourite thing they have added)

    my gameplay review: borderlands 3 takes everything that borderlands 2 and pre sequel did well and combines the 2, i found pre sequel to have a very vertical based combat because of the jumpacks and in borderlands 2 it was all about speed, right now in borderlands 3 i have a build on the character zane that makes it so the more im moving the more overall damage i do and also i have a jump slam(which is something i forgot about until late game) relic that will shoot out homing rockets meaning im constantly jumping and moving around fast making it a mix between speed and vertical combat. i have the person im playing with playing moze and they have a build that makes them a tank (literally) they have tons and tons of sheild and the more damage they do the more sheilds they get. these are just across 2 characters and not including the crazy modifiers you can get on the sheilds and the class mods. the bosses in the game are crazy, theres 4 vault monsters really (the rampager, grave ward, troy calypso, and tyreen calypso"destroyer") of all of them i love farming grave ward he is the fastest one to kill and gives some good loot, troy calypso is very unique and has some cool attacks, but the final boss tyreen calypso was insane, her attacks would always catch me off gaurd and her player model in visually amazing its this massive tentacle beast with a girl in the middle of it controlling it. it is a very difficult fight and has left me wanting more like a raid boss. thats where i feel this game falls slightly, im sure it will change as dlc comes out but theres no raid bosses from what we can tell, ive done alot of the side quests and still havent seen anything.

    the story review: the story for this game is all over the place, i think because of the different planets it makes it almost falls under 4 big arcs, the promethea arc, the eden-6 arc the nekrotefayo arc, and the pandora arc. when they announced the planets i figured it would have been across 4 planets and very quickly but each planet feels like their own mini story, when on promethea your seeing whats happening with atlas corperation and rhys, when you go to eden-6 you get to see where the jakobs corperation is and whats going on with the hammerlock family, as you come to pandora you start to see whats going on with brick and mordecai also everyones favourite psychopathic deomolitionist "tiny" tina finally you go to nekrotafayo(i dont think im spelling that right) it is the home world of the eridians and man does this place ever reveal alot, after you complete the troy calypso fight you get the ability to read eridian writing and with this it finally opens the borderlands story right up the way we all wanted from the beginning, we learn everything about the sirens how they work how people become sirens, why the eridians were wiped out and why the vault monsters exist, in the end you meet a dwarf named typhon deleon, throughout the game you find his logs all over the place and find out that way that he was the first vault hunter and found the first vault, and also that he died getting to the eridian homeworld. im running out of characters so i will finish this by saying i love it. i love borderlands 3    … Expand
  23. ArthurVoid
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    Потрясающая часть одной из самых популярных франшиз. Отличная динамика, вариативность экшена, красивые локации и просто сногшибательные пушки! Всем поклонникам серии и просто тем, кто любит большие и весёлые шутеры - однозначно рекомендую!Потрясающая часть одной из самых популярных франшиз. Отличная динамика, вариативность экшена, красивые локации и просто сногшибательные пушки! Всем поклонникам серии и просто тем, кто любит большие и весёлые шутеры - однозначно рекомендую!
  24. Charliespain
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    A mi me da igual que el juego sea de Steam o Epic. Lo único que quería era poder disfrutar de una de mis sagas favoritas en condiciones, y eso no está siendo posible. El juego está lleno de bugs, tirones al apuntar con una mirilla, tirones cuando hay exposiones, al abrir el dispositivo echo, tirones al pasar por un punto de guardado...

    El juego está optimizado de pena, y Gearbox mira    A mi me da igual que el juego sea de Steam o Epic. Lo único que quería era poder disfrutar de una de mis sagas favoritas en condiciones, y eso no está siendo posible. El juego está lleno de bugs, tirones al apuntar con una mirilla, tirones cuando hay exposiones, al abrir el dispositivo echo, tirones al pasar por un punto de guardado...

    El juego está optimizado de pena, y Gearbox mira para otro lado. De chiste.    … Expand
  25. lacuamiluiel
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    Intro:
    Randy Pitchford made us a two word promise when Borderlands 3 was announced: "More Borderlands" Did Gearbox fulfill that promise? Absolutely. I have absolutely zero reservations about giving this game a perfect score, and I'm only about a quarter of the way through the first play through. From the poop and sex jokes to the comic-book art to the absurdity and general nonsense, this    Intro:
    Randy Pitchford made us a two word promise when Borderlands 3 was announced: "More Borderlands" Did Gearbox fulfill that promise? Absolutely. I have absolutely zero reservations about giving this game a perfect score, and I'm only about a quarter of the way through the first play through. From the poop and sex jokes to the comic-book art to the absurdity and general nonsense, this game is everything that the last three Borderlands games have been. That's all that was promised, and that's what was delivered.

    Disclaimer:
    For a certain type of gamer, especially a certain type of FPS player (looking at you, Call of Duty), the Borderlands series will never be satisfying. It glitches. It lags sometimes. The weapons are sometimes useless due to some weird gimmicky projectile even though the stats are great. The skill trees and class mods require things like planning and strategy. Borderlands 3 would be easier for a Dungeons and Dragons player to pick up than a Battlefield player. It's an FPS for RPG players, Borderlands 3 has more in common with Diablo 3 than Battlefield 3, right down to the inside jokes and loot goblins.

    Technical Review:
    DX12 support is listed in game as being in beta. Obviously, that means don't use it if you aren't prepared to drop all your settings. I have a Titan Xp, and on DX11, I'm running the Badass settings at 2560x1600 and getting 50-60 frames. I get 60 by dropping down to Ultra, and occasionally it'll drop some frames during a particularly intense mega battle, but otherwise it's pretty good. This is way better than I expect from Gearbox in general (no offense, but polish isn't their strong suit), and especially for a game I started playing on Day 1. Borderlands 1 still has major glitches and severe crashes as of the last patch (map-diving and infinite loot and etc). Borderlands 2 never quite got to flawless but the glitches never really broke the game. Borderlands 3 hasn't given me a single issue in 20+ hours of play so far except that one time I tried to use DX12. No crashes, saves always load right, etc. Sometimes the subtitles are a little delayed? Sometimes I get a mission vehicle stuck in a tree from doing stupid jumps and have to walk to a Catch-a-Ride to respawn it? Could be a lot worse for Day 1 launch (looking at you, Mass Effect: Andromeda).

    Gameplay:
    It's Borderlands. More Borderlands. More guns, more missions, more world(s), more dialogue, more story, more impactful scenes (I cried twice already for real). There's suspense, there's excitement, there's moments of redemption and moments of tragedy. There's also a mission to make a bomb shaped like a pizza, a rocket launcher that launches raw sewage, characters that wouldn't be out of place in one of those weird edge-lord Marvel experimental studios, and CL4P-TP. So much CL4P-TP. The Lost Loot Machine on Sanctuary is great; forgot to grab a blue or purple or orange item? The machine will pick up the rarest item you left behind, and SDU upgrades let you expand the lost loot capacity as well.

    One of the biggest changes over previous Borderlands games is that your weapons now require planning and strategy. Maliwan weapons need to charge up first, COV (Bandit) weapons have to be field repaired instead of reloaded and the repair times vary, Torgue bullets (called Gyro-Jets) are slower than normal bullets. So on and so on. Getting a good overall build makes a huge difference; you have to combine your weapons, class mod, skill tree, and playstyle into something that works together cohesively. Building a loadout feels almost like playing League of Legends sometimes; dying and respawning gives you a chance to buy, sell, and adjust as you go as long as machines are nearby.

    The red text items aren't just for collecting and show anymore. Many of them have unique and sometimes game-breakingly overpowered special effects. One blue gun makes every 7th shot arc to nearby enemies for more damage. Boost your fire rate and reload speed in your skill trees, and you have a gun that can shoot a near constant stream of shock bullets that arc to any nearby enemies, and the arcs are also stackable; it'll arc to all nearby enemies. I got it at level 16 and am still using it at level 24 against Guardians and shielded enemies.

    Conclusion:
    Remember when I said it was ridiculous? It's ridiculous. The entire appeal of this game is that it remains constantly on the edge of suspension of disbelief, never quite entirely crossing it, always teasing you just a little bit. It's a game you enjoy playing, not a game you play to win, or play to rank up and lord it over anyone. You play it because when you melee enough enemies to death, you get a challenge completion that says "Boop." You play it because you can light enemies on fire, then shock them, then fire acid at them, irradiate them, and then freeze them, all in beautiful cel-shaded graphics. It's a game that's brutal at times, but the fun kind of brutal. It's More Borderlands.    … Expand
  26. NEBULA_THC
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    First major issue is no vertical split screen. I only play couch coop with my gf and it has been unplayable so far. $140 down the drain. Writing too small, slight lag when you move and shoot, echo menu lags and can take 10 seconds to change from page to page, npc's repeat themselves sometimes, guns disappear and reappear in your menu, the list just goes on. I wish I hadn't pre-ordered itFirst major issue is no vertical split screen. I only play couch coop with my gf and it has been unplayable so far. $140 down the drain. Writing too small, slight lag when you move and shoot, echo menu lags and can take 10 seconds to change from page to page, npc's repeat themselves sometimes, guns disappear and reappear in your menu, the list just goes on. I wish I hadn't pre-ordered it and had high expectations because it has been so painful to see my all time favorite game come out with such a pathetic product. I understand that bugs happen, but this feels like the game was never tested at all. Sounds like they also have no intention of adding vertical split. Honestly... probably the worst game release of all time. Pathetic. I would give -10 if I could.… Expand
  27. bahtoo
    Sep 17, 2019
    4
    It's more of the same, which is fine. What irks me the most is the lack of ability to skip cut scenes. This is painful when making a new character as you're wasting a good 5 minutes listening to a story you already know. Menus have never been a strong point of the series, and they remain a flaw. The map is an improvement though & graphics, while stylized, are visually better.

    Being on    It's more of the same, which is fine. What irks me the most is the lack of ability to skip cut scenes. This is painful when making a new character as you're wasting a good 5 minutes listening to a story you already know. Menus have never been a strong point of the series, and they remain a flaw. The map is an improvement though & graphics, while stylized, are visually better.

    Being on epic or steam doesn't change my score, although I did have to purchase it through a third party site and use a key because epic would not let me directly purchase.    … Expand
  28. masseffectabc
    Sep 17, 2019
    2
    Ok. After beating the main story i can safely say everything that this game has done wrong and everything that has done right.....
    First of the good stuff:
    1. Loot progression is excelent. 2. Core Gameplay mechanics are fun (when they work). 3. The fun element is there, although very repetitive starting at the middle of the story (not gonna spoil but people who played it will    Ok. After beating the main story i can safely say everything that this game has done wrong and everything that has done right.....
    First of the good stuff:
    1. Loot progression is excelent.
    2. Core Gameplay mechanics are fun (when they work).
    3. The fun element is there, although very repetitive starting at the middle of the story (not gonna spoil but people who played it will understand).
    Now for the bad Stuff:
    1. The game IS NOT Borderlands 3, is more like Borderland 2.5.
    2. The game is a Broken Mess.
    3. The gameplay is laggy and broken, and it doesn`t have the stability to back it up.
    4. The monetization aspect of the game is another piece of **** that woasn`t necessary in this franchise at all.
    5. The Story is a dissaster.
    6. The humor is horrendous after the first hour you play.
    7. Randy Pitchford is still CEO of Gearbox (what world are we living in?)

    Conclusion & closing comment:

    Buy the game when its on sale (or when they release a full patch and make it stable) or wait (because it will happen) for the Game of the Year Edition.
    This game IS NOT worth full price at the state it was released.    … Expand
  29. Dead-Pixel
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    This game runs like garbage. Tons of performance issues. They lost all the good writers that made the series what it was. They send goons to their fans houses to intimidate them. They have MICROTRANSACTIONS despite saying they wouldn't be in the game. This alone shows that the devs are liars.

    And worst of all it's on the Chinese - spyware ridden Epic Crap Store. Stay away and save    This game runs like garbage. Tons of performance issues. They lost all the good writers that made the series what it was. They send goons to their fans houses to intimidate them. They have MICROTRANSACTIONS despite saying they wouldn't be in the game. This alone shows that the devs are liars.

    And worst of all it's on the Chinese - spyware ridden Epic Crap Store.

    Stay away and save your money. Fanboys are the only ones who love this one.    … Expand
  30. SomaKurusu
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    Este juego mantiene todo lo que hace grande a esta saga. Jugabilidad muy divertida, personajes muy bien desarrollados, sistema de combate perfecto, y su muy original estilo Cell Shading. Tiene sus bugs como cualquier juego, pero les aseguro que practicamente no se darán cuenta, a no ser que lo jueguen con el propósito de buscarlos solamente. Este juego es una obra maestra, y todos esosEste juego mantiene todo lo que hace grande a esta saga. Jugabilidad muy divertida, personajes muy bien desarrollados, sistema de combate perfecto, y su muy original estilo Cell Shading. Tiene sus bugs como cualquier juego, pero les aseguro que practicamente no se darán cuenta, a no ser que lo jueguen con el propósito de buscarlos solamente. Este juego es una obra maestra, y todos esos ceros son únicamente por ser de Epic.… Expand
  31. Puddleboy112
    Sep 17, 2019
    8
    Super Fun... love the GAME!!!! buy buy buy buy:......!!!! i play as hunter in coop super fun. good music
  32. exp_fld
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    Best Borderlands game ever, don't listen to haters. After few months after release will be even better
  33. CyanNight
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    Great game. In my opinion a much better borderlands 2. I'm currently lv 50 and had after 30hours of gameplay 2 crashes. And no frame drops. I'm playing on a rather low end machine and the game ran smoothly at high settings with 60 fps. Had no problems with EGS as well. Most oft the negative reviews are just mad that it's not released on steam.
  34. martinogp
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    I bought this game on launch day, i cannot have an opinion about the problems with the performance, because i have had no more than 2 crashes in like 20 hours (i have a 2080ti set up). i Review games based on the cycle of gameplay, and the lootting-shooting cycle of this game is awesome, you are not going to get bored, as some review say there is some jokes that are not going to makeI bought this game on launch day, i cannot have an opinion about the problems with the performance, because i have had no more than 2 crashes in like 20 hours (i have a 2080ti set up). i Review games based on the cycle of gameplay, and the lootting-shooting cycle of this game is awesome, you are not going to get bored, as some review say there is some jokes that are not going to make laugh a lot...even some of them are going to be so bad you are not going to know if it was a joke or not, but there is some really good jokes here and there, i suggest you to wait till the performance issues are dealt with and inmediately buy it when it happens.… Expand
  35. Chocolatestraw
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    7 years of wait for a broken game... What else do you want really?? There is not enough improvement from the previous games of the series and its just quantity over quality
  36. lBioTech
    Sep 17, 2019
    3
    Technically the game is passable and can have engaging gameplay but everything else annoys the **** out of me to the point where I don't think I'm gonna be able to get through the story.

    The influence of American politics is apparent in this game. The cancer of inclusivity has seeped through to this game where there is an over-representation of women in roles that are not stereotypical    Technically the game is passable and can have engaging gameplay but everything else annoys the **** out of me to the point where I don't think I'm gonna be able to get through the story.

    The influence of American politics is apparent in this game. The cancer of inclusivity has seeped through to this game where there is an over-representation of women in roles that are not stereotypical to them all in the name of inclusivity. The only muscular tough character is an "Indian" woman... Name one muscular Indian woman you've seen in your life... There are countless other examples of this crap in this game.

    The "humor" falls flat. When it's "on" all the time and EVERY...SINGLE...LINE... is delivered as a quip and an attempt at a joke that it just gets extremely annoying after the first 10 minutes.

    Writing this made me realize that I really dislike this game and that I should give Destiny 2 another shot.    … Expand
  37. NC_Hardy97
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    I've never written a review before, but here we go.

    Disable cloud save if you are playing on PC and using Epic, inconveniently Epic has auto cloud saving, but it doesn't actually save any of your progress. I repeat IT DOES NOT SAVE ANY OF YOUR PROGRESS. So after replaying the first 16 hours of the game again (yes I lost 16 hours of progress :D) I had the opportunity to really appreciate    I've never written a review before, but here we go.

    Disable cloud save if you are playing on PC and using Epic, inconveniently Epic has auto cloud saving, but it doesn't actually save any of your progress. I repeat IT DOES NOT SAVE ANY OF YOUR PROGRESS. So after replaying the first 16 hours of the game again (yes I lost 16 hours of progress :D) I had the opportunity to really appreciate just how horrendous the **** show I was looking at was. The user inter face bugs, the dialogue cuts, the unskippable 5 minute cut scenes, the inability to turn in quests, inability to respawn quest vehicles, enemy AI somehow being worse than it was in the last game, inconsistent frame rates (across all resolutions), and my personal favorite items disappearing from the bank like they did in 2!

    Honestly I'm enjoying the story and the side quests feel like there was more effort put into them which is nice, but the game desperately needs polish. As someone who played Borderlands 2 over a thousand hours I consider my self a huge fan of the series, but at the moment the amount of bugs I'm encountering trying to do anything just frustrates me. If you are having a better experience congratulations but I doubt you are, you're just putting the blinders on and ignoring the bugs like I did my first 16 hours.    … Expand
  38. alla0222
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    For 7 years i have waited. Been looking farward to a better looking and better game than borderlands 2 which i thought was top notch. THIS GAME IS JUST THAT. It has great graphics while still holding the borderlands genere pure. It has new and exiting guns. You have to test em all out to see what is good and what is fun to play with. The skill tree is more exiting and the skills are moreFor 7 years i have waited. Been looking farward to a better looking and better game than borderlands 2 which i thought was top notch. THIS GAME IS JUST THAT. It has great graphics while still holding the borderlands genere pure. It has new and exiting guns. You have to test em all out to see what is good and what is fun to play with. The skill tree is more exiting and the skills are more focused of giving a unique experiance. I havent encountered more than a handfull of buggs but i did so in the first and second one as well. Im just happy my wait has been worth it. Love the game. I dont give out 10s if i dont really mean it!… Expand
  39. Rakk
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    Please please don't waste your money on this game. I have never ever played something so broken, buggy, and full of glitches. I don't know how they have gotten away with releasing a game like this but if I weren't past the play mark I would request a refund.
  40. ahmadbinmadi
    Sep 17, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is not good game I am so sorry Because the Characters and the story mode so bad very bad… Expand
  41. diwilara
    Sep 17, 2019
    10
    The game is awesome. If you like BL2 you will like BL3. BL3 is not a huge departure from BL2 and this is good because 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'. I am looking forward to spend hundreds of hours exploring this game when some so called "gamers" will wait for six months to get it on Steam and support Valve ridiculous 30% cut Developers deserve to keep more profits so good
  42. MrRagerFPS
    Sep 17, 2019
    9
    The people that are complaining about repetitive game play clearly haven't played the games before this. It's Borderlands. It's just endless, mindless fun. And anyone who is complaining about optimization or bugs clearly just has a bad setup. I have yet to experience a single bug or stutter from this game, it's smooth as butter (I have a 1070ti) . Maybe they are just trying to runThe people that are complaining about repetitive game play clearly haven't played the games before this. It's Borderlands. It's just endless, mindless fun. And anyone who is complaining about optimization or bugs clearly just has a bad setup. I have yet to experience a single bug or stutter from this game, it's smooth as butter (I have a 1070ti) . Maybe they are just trying to run settings they know they can't run. Completely unique missions and side quests make this game so fun and unexpected. Plus there's tons of endgame content with DLC on the way, yall are trippin.… Expand
  43. Hellion11
    Sep 17, 2019
    4
    DONT BUY THE GAME NOW! WAIT UNTIL IT WORKS.

    This game is fun....when it works. Crashes, bugs so often that I cant play the game now. For real, I start the game and within 3-5 sec my game crashes. Started a new playthrough and happen again. Can't hate the game but Epic and/or Gearbox has ALOT to work on. Releasing the game on Epic was a mistake, big mistake.
  44. KittysGameCorne
    Sep 17, 2019
    8
    Borderlands 3 is kind of like a Borderlands 2 expansion. Its mores Borderlands and it's mostly as we know it. There's, of course, new characters, story and some improvement to the game, but the spirit of Borderlands lives on in this title. That's not necessarily a bad thing, not at all. If you're into Borderlands universe you will properly like this title.
    You got Co-up campaign, both    Borderlands 3 is kind of like a Borderlands 2 expansion. Its mores Borderlands and it's mostly as we know it. There's, of course, new characters, story and some improvement to the game, but the spirit of Borderlands lives on in this title. That's not necessarily a bad thing, not at all. If you're into Borderlands universe you will properly like this title.
    You got Co-up campaign, both online and via LAN, you got Boss hunts and even a Slaughter everything that comes at you mode in a group.

    Borderlands 3 is sadly not without bugs and has some annoyances as well. Most bugs I have encountered was in the Circle of Slaughter mode, where 3 out of 4 matches bugged out in the final match and couldn't be completed, which meant you couldn't complete your quest and got no rewards other than drops from the match. Why it bothers me a lot is a match can take between 30 min to 1 hour to complete. So ending up with a bugged out mess really gets on my nerves.

    Picking up gear and weapons feels slow, and fx there's an ability that spawns health or shield for you but you have to go to it and press E and in the heat of battle that just does not work very well. If it was instant picked up on an approach that would work much better. Some quest is not intuitive to find out where you need to teleport to and the map rotation was really really slow for me. It was confusing to me that the big map turned around. I could change the small map to stand still but not the big one.

    All in all though, I have had great fun playing Borderlands 3 and it deserves my rating of 8    … Expand
  45. BombaA
    Sep 16, 2019
    1
    Unoptimized and stuttery, too easy - hard mode not avaible from the start which makes the game boring, level scaling randomly not applied in some places, pathetic bosses. Story and gunplay were nice at least.
  46. SowShadow
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    Story 10, Voice Acting 9.5, World Design 10, Gameplay (without bugs) 10. Gameplay (with bugs) 9. I think it's bull that people review bomb this game because it wasn't launched on steam or because there are bugs, bugs get fixed and are very minute details of the game, if there's going to be a game that i'm okay with bugs its gonna be Borderlands anyways, they say suck my **** for ChristStory 10, Voice Acting 9.5, World Design 10, Gameplay (without bugs) 10. Gameplay (with bugs) 9. I think it's bull that people review bomb this game because it wasn't launched on steam or because there are bugs, bugs get fixed and are very minute details of the game, if there's going to be a game that i'm okay with bugs its gonna be Borderlands anyways, they say suck my **** for Christ sake the game was made to be F'd up and the bugs just add to it (sometimes) so to the people who give it a 0 purely because of bugs or because its a year long exclusive to Epic, i give your entire bloodline a rating of 0… Expand
  47. 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
  48. JustRockTM
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    I was really hyped for this game, but sadly it's a bug-ridden mess with shoddy optimization and the only thing to 'look forward' to being a ton of microtransactions.
    A huge disappointment.
  49. Hexagon32
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    Все тот же borderlands только лучше. Конечно оптимизация в некоторых местах оставляет желать лучшего.
  50. timmydee
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Just another game that hasn't been optimized before launch... very disappointing, considering the expectations this game had.
  51. EDGhosts
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Nope!
    Just Nope!!!!
  52. Asri3L
    Sep 16, 2019
    7
    I literally created an account just to review this game.

    Short review: It's not great but also not bad. Long review: The game itself has ALOT I mean ALOT of technical issues if you're really unlucky. I managed to get it run smoothly. However since this doesn't affect me as much I will not include it in my final score. The story itself feels kinda bland, sometimes I forgot what was    I literally created an account just to review this game.

    Short review: It's not great but also not bad.

    Long review: The game itself has ALOT I mean ALOT of technical issues if you're really unlucky. I managed to get it run smoothly. However since this doesn't affect me as much I will not include it in my final score. The story itself feels kinda bland, sometimes I forgot what was even happening. The antagonists are ok. I've seen worse. The only problem is the writing. It's just weird. Now, if you manage to make it run properly you're in for a treat. The gameplay is as good or even better than any other borderlands games, it's parkour mechanic definitely improves the combat by alot. It's bosses are extremely fun and challenging, love some of the attacks. It's guns are just soooo good with so many yet so diverse. However, I feel like guardian rank should have an option to be turned off and on as sometimes it makes the game too easy. The amount of loot also just makes this game have alot of replayability,, trying to get all the legendaries is one hell of a challenge considering the amount of guns you can get. The graphics is pretty good, I mean it's cell shading. How can you mess that up? However there are a few places where the graphics just looks ew but you can easily ignore them. However the map design can sometimes be a little too large which creates some empty areas. The soundtrack is simply amazing, I literally once stood still in a map just to listen to it's BGM. And another thing I should mention, NO MICROTRANSACTIONS!!! (Well, non cosmetics ones anyways)

    Pros:
    -Amazing Gameplay
    -Diversity of guns (all guns don't feel the same)
    -NO MICROTRANSACTIONS WOOHOOOO (non cosmetics)
    -Great Replayability
    -Great BGM

    Cons:
    -Weak story/writing and antagonists
    -Extreme technical issues (might not apply to some users)
    -Guardian rank not being able to be turned off and on which sometimes makes the game super easy
    -Some maps are a little too empty

    UPDATE: Played on a friend's computer that had the major tech issues and my God is it horrible. If you manage to get the major tech issues it would be a 4/10    … Expand
  53. The9th_Moose
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    epic geraldo games need to rise up and get rid of epic "gaypic" games......
  54. paranoiago
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    problems with losing all saved data super annoying issue really shoulda just been on steam to avoid the problem
  55. vgmkyle
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    This game is trash and the shady review process and abuse that Randy Pitchford has inflicted on contributors should result in him being thrown in jail. Literally the game is nothing special, and nothing new. You've seen this all before and that's why only several review keys were handed to the people that like the game already.
  56. 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
  57. TalkNoJutsu
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Buggy launch, epic store exclusive period, no preload, buggy menus, poorly optimised, frame drops playing with a 2080ti, save games being deleted, broken split screen performance, broken console performance. Thanks Randy Cuckford
    I give it 1peepeepoopoo
  58. Uncookedemu
    Sep 16, 2019
    3
    Look honest opinion here as a borderlands game its a disappointment, The story was underwhelming, the villains are not interesting or compelling at all (compared to the god that was handsome jack), the humor is mostly miss with alot of potty humor, absurd amount of bugs and IMO the only redeeming factor in this game was the gun play and skill trees. i played with a friend and the wholeLook honest opinion here as a borderlands game its a disappointment, The story was underwhelming, the villains are not interesting or compelling at all (compared to the god that was handsome jack), the humor is mostly miss with alot of potty humor, absurd amount of bugs and IMO the only redeeming factor in this game was the gun play and skill trees. i played with a friend and the whole time we just yelled disbelief at the story and logic behind anything......i loved this game series but this hurt me A LOT :(… Expand
  59. lazycomplife
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Maybe Gearbox can use the spyware that comes bundled with the game to make the game not suck, but that still won't bring back Claptrap's voice actor after Randy Pitchford assaulted him. Looks like the people waiting for the Steam release made the right choice, because people who bought it on the Epic store are beta testing the game
  60. trihaloonoob
    Sep 16, 2019
    1
    I was excited to play Borderlands 3 after a bunch of hours from the previous games. But I cannot enjoy the game if I can't have a decent amount of frames. I play this game on Epic games after downloading Epic Launcher for the first time. I've made this account on metacritic so I can actually review the game and warn anyone who are planning to get the game this early. My laptop is AcerI was excited to play Borderlands 3 after a bunch of hours from the previous games. But I cannot enjoy the game if I can't have a decent amount of frames. I play this game on Epic games after downloading Epic Launcher for the first time. I've made this account on metacritic so I can actually review the game and warn anyone who are planning to get the game this early. My laptop is Acer Nitro 15 with 1050ti and it can play Apex Legends lowest settings 1080p without having any problem reaching and maintaining 60 fps. But when I play Borderlands 3, an expected non-demanding game in terms of graphics, I cannot maintain 60 fps on 1080p. So i switched to 900p to try to enjoy the game I paid $60 for, but the frames are the same. This tells me one thing, my laptop is not the problem, it is the optimization that was so bad that certain places cut my 50-60 fps average (both on 1080p and 900p) into half, 30-40 fps. I also encountered the laggy main menu problem. I also found problems with the inventory because sometimes a gun is in a slot but the thumbnail is a grenade. This AAA $60 game launched worst than a FREE Battle Royale game (apex legends). I have submitted a refund request through Epic Refund Policy email, and after 2 days later, I have not received any reply yet. Now I see why Epic won't add reviews feature into their platform, so they can control the narrative and reviews so the games on their platforms look better than they actually are.… Expand
  61. Honeybeard
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Jogo mal optimizado impossível jogar direito você não consegue ter uma experiência completa com o jogo travando a cada segundo.
  62. PedroBellic
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Malisimo juego, lo jugué 1 hora y en seguida pedí mi reembolso, es aburrido, lento y no ofrece nada mejor a sus precuelas, al contrario, ademas fue una molestia tener que descargarme otra tienda virtual para jugarlo pudiendo estar en Steam, no lo compren es una basura.
  63. Madd4q2
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    It's just non stop fun, fantastic loot, great bosses and still as funny as ever.
    Plenty to do and feels very borderlands 2 ish but I'm ok with that since 2 was one of my fav games.
    Only thing holding it back from a 10 is the ui interface is a bit laggy and slow and the ai could be better but other than that, fantastic game!
  64. Fameoverdemise
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    If you enjoy the older games, you will love this one! Some lag issues, but nothing that ruins the game IMO.
  65. Kunray
    Sep 16, 2019
    1
    At least, in cooperative, while talking to your friends about random subjects it's much easier to disregard the factors that make this game boredom, as it feels like it becomes a secondary. You tend to focus more on these during single-player.
  66. Lordmolotch
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    The game expands apon everything built up from the previous games in the series, which shockingly to some (apparently) it shares the core mechanics of looting and/or shooting. The game is very generous with its loot with a seemingly endless number of guns (though my sources say it is in the bazillions) The story is long without dragging - my friends finished in about 32 hours with lowThe game expands apon everything built up from the previous games in the series, which shockingly to some (apparently) it shares the core mechanics of looting and/or shooting. The game is very generous with its loot with a seemingly endless number of guns (though my sources say it is in the bazillions) The story is long without dragging - my friends finished in about 32 hours with low amounts of side quests done at about level 35 - finished at about 40 hours in at level 39. The bosses are better than ever and really feel like bosses if that makes sense. Each being unique and filled with and equal amount of both fun and frustrating mechanics as should be the case lol. The characters all feel fleshed out as do the player chsracters with the skill trees all feeling great through story and most feeling sick through too the end game content. With raiding on the way end game is looking to be great in multiplayer but for those hardcore looters what can you do now? Mayhem mode is a new way of learning a challenge - playing wherever you want with random modifiers from reduced damage for certain guns or elements to gaining move speed but losing shield and health regeneration. You can choose to play from normal to mayhem 1 all the way to mayhem three which has four of these mods aswell enemies being more tanky in general - bring varied and big guns for this as you need to be up to any challenge! TLDR: Game is great and super fun - if you enjoyed any of the previous borderlands games you will enjoy this and thos will most likely rate this as you favorite BLgame - it's mine (even with over 2000 hours in bl2 lol)… Expand
  67. LittleTerrapin
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    EDIT: The more I play the more fun this game is. :)

    I am mostly playng singleplayer and with a 1800x, a 1080Ti and 64GB ddr4 and after the last updates I have no stutters at all. Runs supersmooth. What bugs me stops me from giving this game a 9 are hitbox issues. When I have very clear line of sight and can see my enemy I want to be able to shoot this enemy, but there often seem to    EDIT: The more I play the more fun this game is. :)

    I am mostly playng singleplayer and with a 1800x, a 1080Ti and 64GB ddr4 and after the last updates I have no stutters at all. Runs supersmooth.

    What bugs me stops me from giving this game a 9 are hitbox issues.
    When I have very clear line of sight and can see my enemy I want to be able to shoot this enemy, but there often seem to be invisible walls / invisible hitboxes from the cover the enemy is hiding behind that stop my bullets, forcing me into a different vantage point to get a shot that actually connects.

    I really hope they fix this.

    Aside from this I am haviing a great time with the singleplayer. :)
    The guns are really fun and after I found out how to adapt the vehicle controls to my preference that's fun too.

    ALl the hate this game gets in the reviews here..... no real reason when playing the game.

    My guess that we have a horde of immature review bombers here who are either disgruntled because of that pretty dumb EPIC exclusive store release or because of the idiocy K2 has shown on some topics.

    Not to mention the gender discussion about the robot. (A robot is considered an IT by the way and "they" is already in use for the plural of individuals. Diverse people should be more creative and pick something that is NOT already so commonly in use.)    … Expand
  68. LelushL
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    Register for rate and tell something important. At first - sorry for my English. At second - most of the low rate comments are simply meaningless words spoken on emotions, or from haters of the epic games store. The trend of 2019 is a spoilage in the assessment of the game due to the fact that it is not steam. Guys, where do you get the money for everyone? Or some comments aboutRegister for rate and tell something important. At first - sorry for my English. At second - most of the low rate comments are simply meaningless words spoken on emotions, or from haters of the epic games store. The trend of 2019 is a spoilage in the assessment of the game due to the fact that it is not steam. Guys, where do you get the money for everyone? Or some comments about optimisation - If your computers are constantly loaded and working at maximum, is it really unexpected that the game can freeze? I play on a laptop with 1050 and 8 GB of RAM, freezes rarely. 40-60 FPS, does not crash. The ratings are not objective, you are evaluating not a playground, but a game, and even if there are lags, a rating of 0 is biased, because the game, except for lags, has a plot and gameplay, graphics and recklessness of borderlands. I don’t know whether it is possible to complain about some ratings to be deleted, but if not, then metacritic, please stop lowering the ratings of games due to mass whining and subjectivity. And borderlands 3 is the best of the best.… Expand
  69. MikeRotundo
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    They should make Randy Pitchford the antagonist of Borderlands 4. So many people are angered by his antics. He is a bit of a Marcus Kincaid.. so what? If his products work great then who cares. Of course not many people have the life experiences I do so they can't keep things in perspective. Once you've been a WWF co-holder of the tag team title .. the most prestigious trophy in allThey should make Randy Pitchford the antagonist of Borderlands 4. So many people are angered by his antics. He is a bit of a Marcus Kincaid.. so what? If his products work great then who cares. Of course not many people have the life experiences I do so they can't keep things in perspective. Once you've been a WWF co-holder of the tag team title .. the most prestigious trophy in all of sports.. you don't sweat the small stuff.… Expand
  70. Ahloz
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    Borderlands 3. Yeah, it is way better. The combat is so smooth, and select fire mode on diffrent weapons make you not locked to your favorite weapon like in borderlands 1 and 2... Have had no issue regarding preformance or any grafical issues, its all working as intended for me atleast...

    That ppl hate due to its Epic store exclusive is just dumb... I dont give a **** about epic store,    Borderlands 3. Yeah, it is way better. The combat is so smooth, and select fire mode on diffrent weapons make you not locked to your favorite weapon like in borderlands 1 and 2... Have had no issue regarding preformance or any grafical issues, its all working as intended for me atleast...

    That ppl hate due to its Epic store exclusive is just dumb... I dont give a **** about epic store, steam, origin or whatever platform it would be on.. I am not playing the platform, im playing the game....    … Expand
  71. Bathazard
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    Its a Borderlands game, its what I expect a Borderlands game to be and to my surprise it has more.
    It runs perfect on my machine from 2015 (MSIGS70) to be expected though from the unreal engine.
    All in all I'm happy with it. I got a friend to purchase it with me, hes never played any of the previous titles but he says hes already got his moneys worth and I'd have to agree.
  72. Khairos
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    It's like a SJW DLC for borderlands 2
    Just wait for the crack or a %70 off sale, don't worth the money.
  73. SensationalSher
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    As a former WWF Women's Champion I can tell you a thing or two about combat. The combat in this game is great. Interesting story... interesting characters. I've played for 30 hours now and hte fun just keeps on coming. Split-screen on the original XBOX1 that came out 5 years ago is pretty laggy. Great game.
  74. PeterMahovolich
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    Save your .SAV files to some other location before overwriting from "the cloud". This rule is the same for both Steam and Epic. The Epic cloud is not magic... it is just as vulnerable to improper use by novices as the Steam client. The game is great. It does have a few technical issues running split screen co op on first generation consoles though.
  75. Bjau
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Epic store is a threat to the PC gaming community. Dont support this exclusive crap.
  76. OhForFoxSake
    Sep 16, 2019
    4
    + great "borderlands" look and game play (aside from the problems below)
    + new characters seem fun initially.
    - Lack of vertical split screen?? and the horizontal is a disaster - tiny font, lag, ridiculously wide perspective on widescreen tv.
    - It's nearly unplayable with crashing problems, freezes, glitches.

    Would not have purchased with horizontal split only.
  77. Franck8666
    Sep 16, 2019
    8
    I've played almost 10h since this little review and the game has run smoothly, no crash, no loading progression or whatever. Im playing it on ultra setting in a 1080p resolution with an 1070 mini with no problem (100 fps). The game is a great successor for the borderlands series
  78. Shu1tz
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    Поиграл более 40 часов, На моём компе (Win 10 Pro (64 bit) с последними обновлениями, Ryzen 5 1600, Radeon RX 580 8Gb, 16 Gb RAM в Full HD на высоких настройках с ограничением в 60 fps в целом полёт отличный. Но таки наблюдаются просадки до примерно 45 fps на больших локациях, если хочется осмотреться с высокой точки на краю карты (справедливости ради такое и во второй части наблюдаетсяПоиграл более 40 часов, На моём компе (Win 10 Pro (64 bit) с последними обновлениями, Ryzen 5 1600, Radeon RX 580 8Gb, 16 Gb RAM в Full HD на высоких настройках с ограничением в 60 fps в целом полёт отличный. Но таки наблюдаются просадки до примерно 45 fps на больших локациях, если хочется осмотреться с высокой точки на краю карты (справедливости ради такое и во второй части наблюдается если Ultra HD Texture Pack установить). Каких либо критических ошибок мною не замечено. Но присутствуют мелкие, на мой взгляд не влияющие на игровой процесс, графические баги с инвентарём. В целом же испытываю только положительные эмоции от происходящего на экране =)

    Сама же, собственно, игра - это квинтэссенция всего того, чем полюбилась серия Borderlands, приправленная щепоткой нововведений. Исправлены многие раздражающие недочёты прошлой игры.
    Да, игра не совершила революций ни в жанре, ни в графике, но это именно тот Borderlands, который я ждал. Уверен, впереди нас ждёт ещё много интересного и увлекательного.
    P.S. Всем вам желаю поменьше хейта и побольше мира и любви.    … Expand
  79. Si_lk
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    This is my full review of borderlands 3

    Honestly people giving it bad reviews just because.it's exclusive on the Epic Games store have a reason to be mad but that's basing the whole game off the launcher it chooses and paying a straight 59.99 isn't that bad The game is a Borderlands game and if your a Borderlands fan you'll love it, they made the shooting feel great and the new menus    This is my full review of borderlands 3

    Honestly people giving it bad reviews just because.it's exclusive on the Epic Games store have a reason to be mad but that's basing the whole game off the launcher it chooses and paying a straight 59.99 isn't that bad


    The game is a Borderlands game and if your a Borderlands fan you'll love it, they made the shooting feel great and the new menus are nice, the game studders a bit but overall with my I77700k 16 gb ram 1060 3gb it runs well above 60 on high, the in game fps counter is way off and you should'nt use borderless window I'm a bit more than halfway through and I'm loving every bit of it only one crash so far if it was between Buy, Wait for Sale or Stay away I'd say if you are a Borderlands fan youb should buy but if your just getting into it wait for a sale. Or play the past Borderlands games.    … Expand
  80. Ghter
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
    It is a pretty good game . Yes with some bugs but none of them ruined my game
  81. L0D3STAR
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    Best game over the last 5 years.
    Its like BL2, but improved in all possible ways. I don't even know how to play BL 1-2 without all new features.
  82. revolverxd
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Runs a full VM in the background just to make sure you don't pirate,
    Basically screwing you for buying the game legally,
    Un-optimized broken mess, closed in platform that no one wants.
  83. PJthePlayer
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    Don't believe the misinformation about high end PCs not being able to run this game. I have a high end but not top of the line PC and it runs outstandingly well for me (8700k/1080Ti) at 1440p it averages between 80-100 FPS at Ultra settings and is silky smooth on my Gsync display.

    I have a 15 year old Steam account with over 800 games but I also see that the industry is changing for    Don't believe the misinformation about high end PCs not being able to run this game. I have a high end but not top of the line PC and it runs outstandingly well for me (8700k/1080Ti) at 1440p it averages between 80-100 FPS at Ultra settings and is silky smooth on my Gsync display.

    I have a 15 year old Steam account with over 800 games but I also see that the industry is changing for the better thanks to competition. Developers get 88% of their profits when they sell games on Epic while they only get 70% on Steam - common sense to go with Epic. Steam needs to stop being so greedy and they could easily, EASILY reduce their cut and win these games back but they won't.

    As far as the game itself - what an amazing game! As a huge Borderlands fan from the start and having played all of them and all of the DLCs I have to say so far Borderlands 3 is my favorite of the entire series. Moving and shooting have been vastly improved, the multiple planets and Sanctuary 3 are amazing to see and overall the game is a blast especially in coop.    … Expand
  84. Mr_Adam_D
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    This game is utter **** with a ceo that steals money from his own company and with tons of controversy and no filter to anything he says, personally i cannot fathom giving my money to someone like this
  85. Raynax
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    The franchise was refreshed with the release of 3 parts, the graphics were prettier, the gameplay became more dynamic and feels very pleasant on the new engine. Improved a lot of little things that annoyed in the previous part. For optimization, I personally did not notice any terrible friezes or FPS drops, I play with stable 120fps, only changing a couple of not very important settings inThe franchise was refreshed with the release of 3 parts, the graphics were prettier, the gameplay became more dynamic and feels very pleasant on the new engine. Improved a lot of little things that annoyed in the previous part. For optimization, I personally did not notice any terrible friezes or FPS drops, I play with stable 120fps, only changing a couple of not very important settings in the graphics menu such as fog and the materials quality to medium, which increases performance by 40%. Yes, there are bugs in the game, but I personally haven’t met any serious ones that break the game, and do not forget that the developers moved the game to a new engine! and besides, this is only a release, I'm sure the developers will fix everything over time. Those who write about a bunch of microtransactions, did you even play this game? I did not even find a button where you could buy anything for real money. Why the hell are you writing about this? And finally, those who refer to the exclusivity of the EGS, please rate the game, not the publisher or the store.… Expand
  86. Snick525
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    EPIC has always been a terrible platform and it's no different now. Deleted my saved progress.
  87. 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
  88. JohnnyMidknight
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    Many critics and users will write "More of the same". But that is what makes this game so great. I am running the graphics on high detail in 4K and the cell-shading looks familiar but cleaner, crisper, and amazing. The work on the lighting effects on neon signs, gun drops and environment are just gorgeous. While the character designs are familiar and very iconic of this franchise,Many critics and users will write "More of the same". But that is what makes this game so great. I am running the graphics on high detail in 4K and the cell-shading looks familiar but cleaner, crisper, and amazing. The work on the lighting effects on neon signs, gun drops and environment are just gorgeous. While the character designs are familiar and very iconic of this franchise, they were kicked up a notch by the current line up of graphics cards.

    Game player is similar with added jumping, slide and the new bump mechanics. Displays have been adjusted, but are easy to manage once you have taken the time to play with them. I am looking forward to immersing myself for several hours on this game!    … Expand
  89. Kamnot
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    As borderlands 2 but more, and better, got no tecnocal troubles playing with DX 11
  90. Kare80
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    I am excited to support Epic Games Store. It will install key logging spyware and delete your saves because EGS is so GREAT! Can't wait to pay for MTX.
  91. StuPidasol
    Sep 16, 2019
    2
    Well that wasn't what I expected.
    The game is painfully average. Lazy writing, far less explorable world, and no innovation make it a solid 5. However, the technical implementation make the game barely playable. The sudden FPS drops are so bad I'm taking another 3 points off. 6 years, and all got was a weapons pack on a broken engine. Good job, Randy.
  92. Bichael
    Sep 16, 2019
    1
    Terrible optimization can't get near 60 fps with 1070. Extremely buggy. Not to mention being forced to use the garbage fire of a launcher that is the epic store
  93. splappyboom
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    All of the clickbait drama, and judging purely as a game, it's garbage. It's done absolutely nothing to improve visuals, gunplay, the GODDAMN user interface, or the fact that every new gun you pick up is somehow a little worse. RAGE 2 is a better Borderlands game, with the added benefit of having graphics that don't piss me off.
  94. Dahui
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    This game is Borderlands through and through. It's simple math, if you like the past Borderlands games then you will like this one.

    That said the game play is MUCH improved. Gun play is SO much better and more impactful. The addition of sliding and climbing is very cool and the sheer variety of guns is amazing. From a performance angle I'm dubious of many of the complaints. My PC    This game is Borderlands through and through. It's simple math, if you like the past Borderlands games then you will like this one.

    That said the game play is MUCH improved. Gun play is SO much better and more impactful. The addition of sliding and climbing is very cool and the sheer variety of guns is amazing.

    From a performance angle I'm dubious of many of the complaints. My PC is an i5 with a 1080 and it runs butter smooth with the graphics cranked up. *shrug* I also haven't experienced a single crash so I'm not sure what the difference is between my rig and people who are having issues.    … Expand
  95. 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
  96. vseh_zaebal
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    как раньше, только лучше.
    +эти пушки
    +этот юмор +эти персонажи +тут может быть еще очень много плюсов, но я хочу спать -оптимизация. это реально проблема. но это поправят ставить игре зиро из-за того, что вам лень скачать лаунчер эпиков - позорно. это только ваши проблемы. разберитесь со своим дерьмом, ок? еще мамины антитолерасты с паблика шевцова прикопались к женщинам в игре.    как раньше, только лучше.
    +эти пушки
    +этот юмор
    +эти персонажи
    +тут может быть еще очень много плюсов, но я хочу спать
    -оптимизация. это реально проблема. но это поправят
    ставить игре зиро из-за того, что вам лень скачать лаунчер эпиков - позорно.
    это только ваши проблемы. разберитесь со своим дерьмом, ок?
    еще мамины антитолерасты с паблика шевцова прикопались к женщинам в игре. видите ли они там все лидеры и безбашенные. толерасты!!!!!1 а ничего что все эти женщины были в предыдущих частях и никто тогда и слова про это не говорил?
    те кто пишут про донат и микротранзакции вообще в игру не играли лол    … Expand
  97. Icarii
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    I am running this on PC with a GTX970. I am having no problems running the game.
    Borderlands 3 is a great game. It is more Borderlands and has the feel of the Borderlands worlds. Tons of loot and bad jokes. You should buy and play this game.
  98. Pedrogalo
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    va fatal, este juego esta muy mal optimizado, en mi 1080 Ti no va nada bien
  99. 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.
  100. xdv50664
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Horrible performances issues (running a 9900k and a 2080 Ti - no excuses!)

    Shady DRM that is uploading unknown data to a server.

    Outdated and childish toilet humor.

    Boring story and characters.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

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