Borderlands 3

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  1. rfisha
    Sep 14, 2019
    0
    It seems its either a 0 or 10 the way the reviews go, so giving it a zero. In its current state its about a 4.

    For starters the game seems to have lost hits charm humour wise, although maybe its just because I have grown up a bit. Their seems to be a lot of corridors and exploration doesn't seem as open as BL2. The reason this game is only a 4 is that the technical issues including    It seems its either a 0 or 10 the way the reviews go, so giving it a zero. In its current state its about a 4.

    For starters the game seems to have lost hits charm humour wise, although maybe its just because I have grown up a bit. Their seems to be a lot of corridors and exploration doesn't seem as open as BL2.

    The reason this game is only a 4 is that the technical issues including constant frame rate drops and connectivity issues & lag in multi-player (even though i'm on a 100Mb link) make this irritating to play.

    Give it a few months and I am sure it will be patched, but avoid until then.    … Expand
  2. Gamemeister
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    6 years wasted on this stupid game, nothing new, no improvement over last borderlands 2
  3. Fiercevinegar
    Sep 14, 2019
    3
    do not buy this game, gearbox does not deserve your money, they have bought out so many media corporations to try and make this game sound and look good and they also made the game exclusive to epic games store to try and make more money,
  4. Shinryue
    Sep 15, 2019
    4
    I really like borderland game but on PC the game run very badly, it s poorly optimize for sure.
    I hope a patch to fix it and maybe change my review.
    I have RTX 2060, 16GB of ram, I7-8750 H but i get freeze in lower setting...that is why i give bad review.
    The gameplay is fine but unplayable for moment.
  5. sopojojo
    Sep 15, 2019
    4
    Man, what a disappointment. I picked up the first Borderlands shortly after launch and had been anticipating this launch - and after 10-12 hours with the game, divided among two character classes, all I want is my money back. This isn't the Borderlands I've been playing for the past decade. I don't know what this is. But it's definitely not worth your money.

    To start, it takes about 20    Man, what a disappointment. I picked up the first Borderlands shortly after launch and had been anticipating this launch - and after 10-12 hours with the game, divided among two character classes, all I want is my money back. This isn't the Borderlands I've been playing for the past decade. I don't know what this is. But it's definitely not worth your money.

    To start, it takes about 20 minutes to earn your first skill point, and longer until you unlock your first passive ability, so it'll be a while before you can tell if you enjoy playing your character class. If you don't, enjoy sitting through the lengthy unskippable intro cutscenes (one of which is just compressed trailer footage).

    Once you get caught up, don't waste any time exploring the initial area. Exploring on your own is a waste of time, since quest objects / items can't be activated or collected unless you have the active quest. At least on Pandora, don't bother exploring an area unless you have an active quest in that region.

    As you're travelling through the area, characters you haven't met will randomly start talking to you via your ECHO with no introduction or context. They immediately deliver fetch/kill quests before you meet them, have any reason to help or trust them, or agree to a reward, etc.

    Meanwhile, your main quest giver, 10 minutes after meeting you, entrusts you with the most powerful artifact in the universe because she's busy doing housework. You're expected to care about the villains because they apparently have done some evil **** off-screen before you show up, but they're so irritating, bland and uninspired that I couldn't possibly care less about them. Compare them to Handsome Jack in B2 - like him or not, you immediately knew who he was, what his motivations were, and why you were in conflict with him. Here, you're just kind of thrust into a situation with little explanation - and not in a compelling, in-medias-res way, more of a "we forgot to hire a writer" way.

    The lack of strong writing leads to a lot of stilted and awkward dialogue / delivery between characters. NPCs will stand stock still while playing low-budget procedural face animations during emotional cutscenes. One character got locked into a push-ups animation while he was supposed to be sobbing over the loss of his comrade. A certain character that you save from the enemy thanks you, then immediately turns around and runs right back into the bandit camp where they were just being tortured because the nearest transporter is located there.

    If you're expecting any sort of player choice or expression beyond which guns to shoot and which abilities to spec into, you'll be disappointed. There's little-to-no option for creative completion of quests. If you try to go off the beaten path at all, or come up with a clever solution to a problem, you'll get shut down and railroaded back to the script the game wants you to follow. Not great for an open world game.

    I could go on about the outdated graphics and ****ty textures, overall bad voice acting and delivery, uninspired settings, recycled mechanics, enemies, locations, etc, copy-pasted art assets, reduced enemy variety and intrigue (at least in the first ~10 hours), asinine and illogical quests (not in the fun, quirky Borderlands sort of way - just downright stupid), missing audio content, ubiquitous bugs, lengthy and irritating mandatory checklist-style quests, the fact that the game forces you to play a slot machine to advance the plot - and a whole lot else. But I'll save you the time:

    The guns are fun to shoot. Some of the character abilities are kind of fun. There's some great, satisfying sound design in combat, and combat feels good overall. So, props to the weapons/combat design team, you folks nailed it.

    If that's good enough for you, get some friends together, get smashed, and you'll find some fun in Borderlands 3. If you want an intriguing world, decent dialogue, somewhat compelling characters, a clearly defined and intriguing villain, subversive mechanics, occasionally on-point satire / meta commentary in a crazy, Mad Max-inspired world with Diablo-esque combat mechanics that feel fun and rewarding... then just go play Borderlands 2 ya dingus    … Expand
  6. Destruktor
    Sep 15, 2019
    4
    Good game, Horrible pc optimization. Studders non-stop. Can't keep a solid frame rate at any point in the game. Hard to enjoy with all the issues.
  7. BordFanWith2014
    Sep 16, 2019
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Я зарегистрировался буквально, чтобы поставить отзыв этой игре.
    Касательно технической части: игра ужасна. Эти длинные, коридорные пустые локации. Этот перегруженный интерфейс. Эти лаги/баги/фризы/зависания... Я потратил на игру 3 добрых дня, чтобы пройти сюжетные квесты и я уже жалею о потраченном времени и деньгах. Лучше бы подождал пиратку, да терпения не хватило.
    Дальше со спойлерами.
    Сюжет: банален и разочаровывает. Персонажи не проявляют и половину тех эмоций, которые они испытывали потеряв Роланда в БЛ2. Злодеи - зазнавшиеся, избалованные дети в телах взрослых. Они раздражают. Но, к сожалению, на фоне Стилл из БЛ1 и Зарпедон из ТПС - они чуточку да лучше. И все же, им очень далеко до Красавчика Джека из БЛ2 и ТФТБ.
    Больше всего во всей игре меня раздражает количество роялей в кустах, которые выскакивают просто из неоткуда. Меня разочаровывает, во что превратили уже знакомых персонажей. То, что сделали с Майей, Воном и Аурелией - вообще финиш. Мне жаль этих дамочек и мальчика-бухгалтера. Мне не нравится, что функция, которая была у нас по дефолту в БЛ2 - открывается лишь с прохождением полного сюжета в БЛ3. Это дико раздражает и совершенно не вызывает желания повторно окунаться в игру на данный момент. Может быть, если Гирбоксы поправят технические моменты хотя бы с багами/фризами/зависаниями - я еще подумаю об этом, но точно не в ближайшее время.
    Оффтоп: EGS-фаны, уймитесь пожалуйста. Ваш обожествляемый лаунчер не стоит того. Я перешагнул через себя, купил игру в EGS и я жалею об этом. Она не стоит своих денег вообще. Совет тем, кто не купил: ждите торренты или огромных, наищедрейших скидок на игру. В пределах 200+ рублей. Если не купите/не поиграете - много не потеряете.    … Expand
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. Esuba
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    Второсортный юмор, графика не соответствует системным требованиям, скучно. Из плюсов могу отметить, абсолютно - ничего. Когда игра выходит не на стим, ты ожидаешь, что разработчик и издатель хотят больше процент за годную и качественную игру, а не за второсортный шлак собранный на коленке. Надеюсь за этот отзыв T2 не пришлёт мне на дом бандитов, чтобы я его удалил.Второсортный юмор, графика не соответствует системным требованиям, скучно. Из плюсов могу отметить, абсолютно - ничего. Когда игра выходит не на стим, ты ожидаешь, что разработчик и издатель хотят больше процент за годную и качественную игру, а не за второсортный шлак собранный на коленке. Надеюсь за этот отзыв T2 не пришлёт мне на дом бандитов, чтобы я его удалил.
  11. timmydee
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Just another game that hasn't been optimized before launch... very disappointing, considering the expectations this game had.
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. GamerZero
    Sep 15, 2019
    4
    I've been playing Borderlands since the first one came out. I've played and loved all the Borderlands games including Tales from the Borderlands and considered myself a fan like so many but I have to say over the last few months 2K has worn me down to despising them to EA levels.

    Borderlands 3 is Borderlands and that's a great thing but the characters are the weakest in the series and I    I've been playing Borderlands since the first one came out. I've played and loved all the Borderlands games including Tales from the Borderlands and considered myself a fan like so many but I have to say over the last few months 2K has worn me down to despising them to EA levels.

    Borderlands 3 is Borderlands and that's a great thing but the characters are the weakest in the series and I find myself thinking back to the fun I had with Borderlands 2. Overall the game just feels rushed to say the least and I have to say I'm not impressed.    … Expand
  15. carnivorCactae
    Sep 14, 2022
    0
    Can You Imagine Needing 2Mbs Up Just To Support DRM?

    Stuttering, glitched menues, invisible surfaces where you can't shoot through, and annoying progress-loss. Now they even "patched" the game by nerfing many guns and making half of your loot useless, so you can kiss your favorite guns goodbye. The game itself falls total flat as a borderlands-game. The amount of "details" of    Can You Imagine Needing 2Mbs Up Just To Support DRM?

    Stuttering, glitched menues, invisible surfaces where you can't shoot through,
    and annoying progress-loss.

    Now they even "patched" the game by nerfing many guns and making half of your loot useless,
    so you can kiss your favorite guns goodbye.

    The game itself falls total flat as a borderlands-game.
    The amount of "details" of characters is really off-putting and out of place for a borderlands game imho.

    Movement and gunplay are worse than BL 1 and BL 2, with some kind of delay and ... its hard to describe: Feels so pointy but not meaty.

    Exploration is less fun, since its more like walking through a shopping-centre and not a big and interesting world.

    Characters are totally forgettable and uninteresting, jokes seemingly never land. Who wrote this?!

    Story is boring as hell. Ask people who finished the game and tell you their most memorable things that happened and you'll see.

    Also the size of the game (over 70 gb?) is painfully undeserved for what little it actually delivers.    … Expand
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. Renaxe
    Sep 18, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Оптимизация говно, юмор говно, баги - много, значит игра? ГОВНО!!! Та же самая borderlands 2 но хуже...… Expand
  19. 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.
  20. ruethegloom
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    No split screen on PC, poor performance and dated visuals. Gameplay is worse than the previous game. Have refunded, would suggest avoiding.
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. BallOfMeat
    Sep 14, 2019
    0
    Game would be heckin sweet if the frame stutters didnt make me want to gouge my eyes out and feed them to the skags.
  24. ReplicantIX
    Sep 14, 2019
    0
    For a game that's hyped like this, where is the budget for quality control?
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. bcdserra
    Oct 8, 2019
    4
    Dear Gearbox,
    I truly hate you beyond words.
    What I feared has come true, BL3 is botched. The most cringey, unfunny main villains I've ever faced, an astonishingly lazy, uninteresting story and worst of all the character I chose, Zane, is a useless piece of dog poo. I can't believe I wasted two of my yearly six weeks vacation on this while you ship an unfinished buggy mess while you    Dear Gearbox,
    I truly hate you beyond words.
    What I feared has come true, BL3 is botched.
    The most cringey, unfunny main villains I've ever faced, an astonishingly lazy, uninteresting story and worst of all the character I chose, Zane, is a useless piece of dog poo.
    I can't believe I wasted two of my yearly six weeks vacation on this while you ship an unfinished buggy mess while you make ten times what I make on a job that would instantly terminate my contract if I was performing at such a pathetic level.
    I sincerely wish you an atrocious holiday season.    … Expand
  29. sursaa
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Где могли там обосрались и там где не должны были все равно обосрались
  30. Casull
    Sep 23, 2019
    4
    Frame rate is a disaster .Encountered bug in min 7 of playing ...WTF. Even on low settings it doesn't work properly, massive frame rate drops....WTF is LOW! Bought it , played for 50 min, quit ,uninstall. Money wasted. Do not buy now . If they solve the issues then give it a chance. Now it is a complete waste of money! Shame on the devs to release a game in such a state and because i amFrame rate is a disaster .Encountered bug in min 7 of playing ...WTF. Even on low settings it doesn't work properly, massive frame rate drops....WTF is LOW! Bought it , played for 50 min, quit ,uninstall. Money wasted. Do not buy now . If they solve the issues then give it a chance. Now it is a complete waste of money! Shame on the devs to release a game in such a state and because i am a die hard fan of the borderlands series i hope Randy Pitchford chokes on the money he got!… Expand
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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

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