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  1. Dec 10, 2019
    2
    This was once a decent franchise but like so many others its fallen by the wayside.

    My key criticism of this game is it in a sense "plays itself". Your choices are to a good degree made for you from the get go and worse still, its skill tree, is an overly complex mess I simply found confusing. Add to that an inability to save as you wish and this one really left me cold. Combat was
    This was once a decent franchise but like so many others its fallen by the wayside.

    My key criticism of this game is it in a sense "plays itself". Your choices are to a good degree made for you from the get go and worse still, its skill tree, is an overly complex mess I simply found confusing. Add to that an inability to save as you wish and this one really left me cold.

    Combat was bad too with opponents who all seemed to be expert shots inflicting massive damage and horrible weapons that seemed to take forever to reload.

    On the upside its pretty but its play ability is very very limited. My advice take a look at "The Outer Worlds" instead.

    2/10.
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  2. Dec 7, 2019
    8
    Проблемы нашёл только в инвентаре, надеюсь всё исправят
  3. Dec 6, 2019
    5
    Cons:
    Cringey dialog and tedious SJW stereotypes - you go badass ethnic grrrl !!!11!!
    Messy interface - what do 3D effects and shadows add to a cell-shaded inventory display? Cluttered graphics - see above. A mainly soul-less product of a committee of purple-haired "creatives" and dense marketing majors who don't actually like games. Pros: Not as bad as the pre-sequel. I didn't
    Cons:
    Cringey dialog and tedious SJW stereotypes - you go badass ethnic grrrl !!!11!!
    Messy interface - what do 3D effects and shadows add to a cell-shaded inventory display?
    Cluttered graphics - see above.
    A mainly soul-less product of a committee of purple-haired "creatives" and dense marketing majors who don't actually like games.

    Pros:
    Not as bad as the pre-sequel.
    I didn't pay for it (came with some hardware).

    This is why we can't have nice things.
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  4. Dec 5, 2019
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The gameplay is incredibly fun and the various builds on the characters provide plenty of different ways to play the game, which is great. Even though the 1 billion guns that the engine is capable of really only translates to a few hundred guns that actually feel different to use, there is still tons to explore and try out. On the higher mayhem modes, certain areas can still provide at least some challenge, although some builds can make the entire game relatively easy. Some parts of the game were a little buggy at times, for me, but it was nothing major ever. Some mechanics can be a bit frustrating, and there are times when you can go through a bit of a gun drought in the main story, and you just feel a bit weak, but overall, it gives a great feeling of your character being powerful for most of the main story. The main problem with the game is the story and writing in general. The characters they chose from the past games to use for the main story of this one are simply the least compelling and likable ones the writers could have possibly picked. WThat makes this even worse, is that characters who have already been developed and who are interesting and beloved like Brick, Mordecai, and Tina take a backseat to a new addition Ava, who makes me want to headbutt a belt sander. Additionally, new additions Clay and Lorelei, although quite benign presences, fill up spots where we could have gotten to see vault hunters from Borderlands 2. The Calypso twins are a definite step down from Handsome Jack as far as how they serve as villains, but I did not find them nearly as irritating as being left out of any scenes involving them. Several cutscenes with key plot points go down in the same area your character just fought a boss, yet you are nowhere to be seen. The writers try really hard to make us think of Lillith as a fearless leader, and Ava as a strong but misunderstood and angsty teen, but it all feels very forced and none of it works. Please stop having Lillith calling us "killer" and saying "sup." "Sup" is not a catchphrase, and it's reminicent of what I thought seemed cool when I was in 7th grade and wore hoodies in 80 degree weather. Ava is just whiny and annoying, and she did nothing to redeem her character from her blunder which got Maya killed. That whole part made no sense also. How come when Tyreen absorbs Lillith's powers it takes like 15 seconds and she doesn't die, and when she takes the life force out of people those husks are left over, but when Troy touches Maya's arm for like 2 seconds, she just disintegrates??? Maya's death is supposed to be some sort of emothional catalyst for the events of the game and should have served to push Ava's character forward, but neither of those things happened. All that happened was that a character that we liked from Borderlands 2 is now gone so that a worse new character can take her spot. Apparently Gearbox hired four writers for this game which is up from one writer in the first two games. That's pretty pathetic considering Borderlands 1 had a better story, and I'm still not entirely sure what happened in it. Rather than spending all of their time trying to force certain characters down our throats, they should have used characters they knew were liked and focused their attention on making better villains and writing jokes that were a bit more nuanced that "shoot him in the dick." Expand
  5. Dec 2, 2019
    0
    내평생 이렇게 통수를 때리는 게임은 처음이다

    1 온갖음에 별에 별 버그에 시달렸다 (총알 장전 불가 버그+ 끼임 버그+ 스킬 미적용 버그 등등) 2 멀티 서버가 정말 감자 서버다 일정 시간 하다 끊김(co-op signal lost+ more bugs ㅡ./.ㅡ) 3 캐릭터 밸런스가 개판이다(아마라는 몬스터를 벌레잡듯이 잡는다면 제인은 온몸 비틀면서 잡음) 4 max level 컨텐츠가 쓰레기다(5시간 노가다해봐도 게임 종료&시작 하며 보스런 한게 더 이득임) 5 강제적 난의도를 상승시키는 이벤트(해골 등장은 왜 모든 몬스터에서 나오게 했냐 공포+냉기 씨발) 6 탄창 차별([magazine]ap,smg=1400 shot gun=200? Heavy weapons=32?? Are
    내평생 이렇게 통수를 때리는 게임은 처음이다

    1 온갖음에 별에 별 버그에 시달렸다 (총알 장전 불가 버그+ 끼임 버그+ 스킬 미적용 버그 등등)
    2 멀티 서버가 정말 감자 서버다 일정 시간 하다 끊김(co-op signal lost+ more bugs ㅡ./.ㅡ)
    3 캐릭터 밸런스가 개판이다(아마라는 몬스터를 벌레잡듯이 잡는다면 제인은 온몸 비틀면서 잡음)
    4 max level 컨텐츠가 쓰레기다(5시간 노가다해봐도 게임 종료&시작 하며 보스런 한게 더 이득임)
    5 강제적 난의도를 상승시키는 이벤트(해골 등장은 왜 모든 몬스터에서 나오게 했냐 공포+냉기 씨발)
    6 탄창 차별([magazine]ap,smg=1400 shot gun=200? Heavy weapons=32?? Are you kidding me?)

    한줄 요약
    베타 테스트를 돈주고 받는 하는 쓰레기 트레쉬 갈비지 게임
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  6. Dec 2, 2019
    1
    This game's story line is Shxx. this game makes me join this site and rate score 1. not 0. because this game's name.
  7. Dec 1, 2019
    0
    Do not, i mean do not buy this game.. This game has more bugs than skyrim had at its launch. Every other achievement is bugged, it crashes constantly. I cant finish circles of slaughter because the game crashes and i lose all of my progress for that quest. I've put over 50hrs into this game and about 5 of those hours i was online looking for bug fixes. If there were no bugs i would give itDo not, i mean do not buy this game.. This game has more bugs than skyrim had at its launch. Every other achievement is bugged, it crashes constantly. I cant finish circles of slaughter because the game crashes and i lose all of my progress for that quest. I've put over 50hrs into this game and about 5 of those hours i was online looking for bug fixes. If there were no bugs i would give it a 7, but because of the bugs this game is unplayable Expand
  8. Nov 28, 2019
    8
    so as usual just finished and wanna say couple words about this game. as for me
    BORDERLANDS series best looter shooter game ever created (during writing this review). yeah guns guns GUNS tons of guns, all this colored numerous of damage, all this guns type,all this boss battle - that why i like this game. only one thing that upset me - kinda boring middle part of the game. but as i say
    so as usual just finished and wanna say couple words about this game. as for me
    BORDERLANDS series best looter shooter game ever created (during writing this review). yeah guns guns GUNS tons of guns, all this colored numerous of damage, all this guns type,all this boss battle - that why i like this game. only one thing that upset me - kinda boring middle part of the game. but as i say before that game still best choice if u wanna play looter shooter game with your friends.
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  9. Nov 28, 2019
    4
    i don't know how can i fill the character minimum when all i wont to say is this game is just boring. no sense of accomplishment at all.
  10. Nov 26, 2019
    4
    No he visto críticas a la experiencia visual de este juego. Quizá sea entonces un problema solamente mío, pero aunque estéticamente es atractivo, a la hora de jugarlo los colores del contexto y de los enemigos me parecen una pésima elección. Lo mismo me pasa con las armas, que son super guay pero tienen que tener un símbolo al lado para poder diferenciar una escopeta de un lanzacohetes. LeNo he visto críticas a la experiencia visual de este juego. Quizá sea entonces un problema solamente mío, pero aunque estéticamente es atractivo, a la hora de jugarlo los colores del contexto y de los enemigos me parecen una pésima elección. Lo mismo me pasa con las armas, que son super guay pero tienen que tener un símbolo al lado para poder diferenciar una escopeta de un lanzacohetes. Le tengo que poner tanto empeño en reconocer los dibujos dentro del contexto que simplemente me aburre. Expand
  11. Nov 23, 2019
    4
    Прошёл пару раз BL1, более 500 часов в BL2 и BL TPS, и получил огромное удовольствие от уважительного отношения к миру и персонажам серии BL в Tales from the Bordlerlands, и это при том, что её делала совершенно другая студия.
    Ничто не предвещало беды и я как и все мы ждал BL3... дождался.
    Мнение на основании 60 часов игры. -Никогда ранее юмор в серии BL не был сортирного уровня
    Прошёл пару раз BL1, более 500 часов в BL2 и BL TPS, и получил огромное удовольствие от уважительного отношения к миру и персонажам серии BL в Tales from the Bordlerlands, и это при том, что её делала совершенно другая студия.
    Ничто не предвещало беды и я как и все мы ждал BL3... дождался.
    Мнение на основании 60 часов игры.

    -Никогда ранее юмор в серии BL не был сортирного уровня (члены, жопы, говно и тд), много криков. По подаче шуток я бы сравнил BL2 с сериалом Community. После шуток предыдущих частей над юмором BL3 хочется рыдать.
    -Сценарий крайне слаб и бессвязен. Авторы сами, кажется, не смогли себе объяснить что такое хранилища, что из себя представляют Сирены и тд.. куда делся Страж из концовки BL TPS? Понимание психологии на столь низком уровне, что сценаристы решили, что лучший способ сделать так, чтоб игрок почувствовал грандиозность всех этих хранилищ это показать как люди становятся богами, пожирают планеты и тд... т.е ушли в абстракцию, по отношению к которой проблематично или почти невозможно испытывать какие бы то ни было эмоции.
    -Персонажи-антагонисты картонные. На их месте даже Гектор, Накаяма, Капитан Скарлет, Зарпедон, Филисити смотрелись уместнее. А Гектор и Зарпедон так вообще на голову выше. А про Джека я вообще молчу.
    -Персонажи-протагонисты точно такой же мёртвый картон. Будто разговор двух носков, надетых на руки, но разными голосами, карикатурно выпячивая особенности характера и строя на этих карикатурах юмор. Живыми они не воспринимаются. Их решения лишены логики. Как жертвы, разбредающиеся по углам в средненьком фильме ужасов.
    -Сценаристы не умеют создавать драму. "Драматические" моменты угадываются за несколько часов до их происшествия. Подводки к ним будто из фильмов категории B, настолько они шаблонны. Не умеешь правильно подготовить почву, а затем убить - не берись за сценарий. То, что должно вызывать сопереживание вызывает раздражение от спущенных в унитаз персонажей и возможностей.

    То, что из себя представляет BL3 указывает на то, что её делали люди крайне далёкие по менталитету от тех, кому я благодарен за предыдущие части, или её делали люди, которых поставили в жёсткие рамки капиталисты, желающие состричь бабла, охватить аудиторию по шире, рисковать поменьше, и оставаться BL только визуально, чтоб заманивать фанатов.

    Mediocre
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  12. Nov 22, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I should rate this 5/10 but you made a lesbian from Tina. Need moar homosexual, yea? chase by SJW... Expand
  13. Nov 22, 2019
    0
    -Humor is horrible.

    -Epic games store is involved.

    -The graphics look dated.
  14. Nov 22, 2019
    10
    a quite good game at the moment gearbox have fixed most of the problem there was with it
  15. Nov 21, 2019
    7
    Overall I think it’s a fun experience and worth checking out if you're a fan of the series or if you’re just interested in general. It’s got some really engaging looter shooter gameplay, some good esthetics and a few good jokes in between some unfortunate balancing issues, boring characters, and cringy writing. Id say its a "good" game, that will take about 30-40 hours to complete and forOverall I think it’s a fun experience and worth checking out if you're a fan of the series or if you’re just interested in general. It’s got some really engaging looter shooter gameplay, some good esthetics and a few good jokes in between some unfortunate balancing issues, boring characters, and cringy writing. Id say its a "good" game, that will take about 30-40 hours to complete and for me it’s worth the $60 though some may want to wait for a sale. Expand
  16. Nov 20, 2019
    0
    it's very bad game in epic store.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
    it's very bad game in epic store.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?
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  17. Nov 18, 2019
    8
    Well, I Hve mixed feelings for this one, but gameplay wise it was a vlast. Story.. Oh well bad and good at the same time. Antagonists are just iritating, companions are alright but hilarious. I hoped that there will be something more about weapons, like modifications or so which would be new to franchise. But still, it was Very good one.
  18. Nov 17, 2019
    5
    Enjoyed all the previous games and played them in TVHM except the first.
    Main story seems longer but not funny, just more dramatic. it sucks really, worst so far (IMO best was presequel).
    Gameplay is fine just like before, only we can climb borders and that's it. Plenty of QoL changes.
    Larger and more vertical maps.
    Won't play again as I dislike how the story turned out.
  19. Nov 17, 2019
    10
    I might be biased, I've burned 300h on BL2 and 450 on Presequel.

    Gameplay is great, mechanics is better than in previous titles. Environments are shockingly complex and huge, sometimes I wonder how long this game was in production... (3 yrs?). I've paid 260PLN (60 eur) and its worth every penny. I've played 45h so far and not bored. The only problem is performance/optimizations. You
    I might be biased, I've burned 300h on BL2 and 450 on Presequel.

    Gameplay is great, mechanics is better than in previous titles. Environments are shockingly complex and huge, sometimes I wonder how long this game was in production... (3 yrs?).
    I've paid 260PLN (60 eur) and its worth every penny. I've played 45h so far and not bored.

    The only problem is performance/optimizations. You need at least RTX 2070 to play with high settings - and for this title its a must - you should be able to appreciate world around.
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  20. Nov 17, 2019
    2
    Dull, copy paste experience with a slight Texture upgrade.

    *The UI. Remember the useful and easy to use ECHO from BL2? Forget it existed. It's gone. They replaced it with this useless new ECHO. For some reason the Tabs have been removed so now you have to use IKJL to switch menus and TAB (the usual shortcut for the ECHO) is now "open last menu". *The whole Hype over different planets
    Dull, copy paste experience with a slight Texture upgrade.

    *The UI. Remember the useful and easy to use ECHO from BL2? Forget it existed. It's gone. They replaced it with this useless new ECHO. For some reason the Tabs have been removed so now you have to use IKJL to switch menus and TAB (the usual shortcut for the ECHO) is now "open last menu".

    *The whole Hype over different planets which the devs made it seem like it's a big thing... is nothing more than just another instance. No different than the DLCs from BL2. In fact this entire game feels like a Map Pack for BL2.

    *Main Villains. Every time they pop up. I get motivated to do a murder suicide. Maybe that was the point? But the most annoying part is. These 2 brats get to ... not gonna say any spoilers but they get to Outperform Handsome Jack. The nerve.

    *Literally the only thing this game has "new" or "fun" is the new characters and a new Skin selection menu that allows you to customize your colors. Everything else. Including the monsters... is a reskin.

    *But hey... at least they added 9999 guns right? 90% of which are completely useless because they all feel the same just with different skins.
    There are the usual 5 gun types and Each gun type has at most 3 different variants. It's either Raw, Elemental or has an Effect. Some of them also have unique sub categories. Rocket launchers can be grenade launchers, saw launcher or flamethrowers. Sounds great right? It isn't.
    Out of all those guns, you will only use about 5%.

    *And now... the BIGGEST f*** drawback of this game. Horrible programming. out of 12 Main Missions, 12 of them got stuck.
    I was able to pass 11 of them using clipping or "turning it off and on again", But the 12th mission couldn't get unstuck no matter what.
    Tried everything. Even made a NEW character. Deleted my old saves.
    Re-installed the entire game.
    Still got stuck at the exact same place with only a minor variation.
    Every god damn mission i have to ALT TAB and go to some forum to find a fix.
    Not a single god damn properly programmed Mission Trigger.
    F*** this game. Borderlands 76 is it's real name.
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  21. Nov 13, 2019
    5
    the most boring looter-shooter I've ever played.
    Story is awful.
    gameplay is mediocore.
    didn't want to go back after first 3-hour playing session.
    making a refund.
  22. Nov 12, 2019
    9
    I just got the game and they must have worked out all of the bugs. It plays great and its a ton of fun. The graphics are good and the gameplay is good. If you did not get the game then try it now because it is a good game and more Borderlands.
  23. Nov 12, 2019
    3
    Absolutely terrible story due to bad writing, plain and simple. It's unbearable. Humor and story are the worst written parts of a game I've ever heard. That along with a terrible port, hard crashing more than 12 times in 24 hours of game play is unacceptable
  24. Nov 12, 2019
    4
    Feels like those neverending S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mods, not like a new game from original developers.
    Basically the same game as years before, I can't say that something is really new, except from those advertised by developers features as loot system, difficulty level system and travelling to different planets. But planets feel like Pandora biomes or even worse, weapon's type (fire, corrosive
    Feels like those neverending S.T.A.L.K.E.R. mods, not like a new game from original developers.
    Basically the same game as years before, I can't say that something is really new, except from those advertised by developers features as loot system, difficulty level system and travelling to different planets. But planets feel like Pandora biomes or even worse, weapon's type (fire, corrosive etc) mattered more back then.
    Really long and frustrating and dull game with bad teen "sci"-fi unentertaining plot with primitive gamedesign such as "here a side-quest, go to location you wiped while doing plot mission so we can use one boring place twice!" with really few fun-to-play episodes.
    Two words about graphics: unamusing and unoptimized.
    No bugs though.
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  25. Nov 12, 2019
    0
    Give it, take it, talk with, press it, clear it, and FOLLOW, follow, follow... I have not seen such a bad narration for a long time.So straight-forward linear game, where u need to just flow by the scenario.
    But most depressing thing this is useless loot-system, the guns are useless... Borderlands supposed to be loot shooter but loot there is a joke. The guns pretty much useless bc "roll"
    Give it, take it, talk with, press it, clear it, and FOLLOW, follow, follow... I have not seen such a bad narration for a long time.So straight-forward linear game, where u need to just flow by the scenario.
    But most depressing thing this is useless loot-system, the guns are useless... Borderlands supposed to be loot shooter but loot there is a joke. The guns pretty much useless bc "roll" of dmg from most of them making them useless against same level enemies, it's not balanced, same as bosses, some of them are extremely hard and some extremely easy. Every classes pretty much with the same play-style, boring mechanic of activation (one)skill and I've not found enjoyable/fun class to play.
    Only talking talking talking, nonstop talking, waiting for talking, waiting for cut-scenes, with "overplayed" voice-acting and linear jokes.

    BL3 is boring to loot, boring to shoot and boring to listening. Worst Bordarlands imo.
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  26. Nov 11, 2019
    3
    Story - SUCKS
    The Tyreen is a **** Joke Compare to Handsome Jack
    Graphics - too much celshading/particle effects with more disorientation and too many Lags
    Class Balancing - Its complete Broken again
    Endgame - Absolutly boring compare to BL2

    It makes not really better compare to BL2 and the bad release with lags and bugs makes it much worse, it feels like an Early Access Game

    BL2
  27. Nov 11, 2019
    6
    With dialogues volume turned to 0 and every time a cut-scene is happening leaving computer to do other better things like going for a drink this game is surprisingly fun.
    Story is demented, characters retarded but if completely ignored it is a good game. I remember having similar fun in 1st Borderlands.
    After several months it is not as buggy as it was in the beginning.
  28. Nov 10, 2019
    9
    Amazing game, better than the previous chapters. Very enjoyable and long story. Weapons are fantastic, as always. Very well done and optimized graphic. Some bugs during bosses.
    I'm wainting for borderlands 4 ;)
  29. Nov 10, 2019
    5
    Had no lags, and gameplay was perfect but
    Again too many women. Playing borderlands after the Outer Worlds and i have seen all these before. The another planet, the ship, the crew... and the Women. Omg really? 5 only for the gameplay.
  30. Nov 9, 2019
    4
    Another delivery of Borderlands 2, but with more guns and a weak story line. Every mission has a simple objective but has to consistently drag the plots out with simple infractions because a fuse has blown. Every gun you buy/find is 1-3 levels ahead of you - encouraging the user to play pointless side mission. If you remove all the running about for surprise sub-objectives during storyAnother delivery of Borderlands 2, but with more guns and a weak story line. Every mission has a simple objective but has to consistently drag the plots out with simple infractions because a fuse has blown. Every gun you buy/find is 1-3 levels ahead of you - encouraging the user to play pointless side mission. If you remove all the running about for surprise sub-objectives during story missions, the game would be very short. The badass token replacement is only available AFTER story missions ??????? I mean, who's ideas was that? Expand
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81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 53
  2. 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. 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.
  3. 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.