Borderlands 3

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2780 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 1,245 out of 2780
  2. Mixed: 363 out of 2780
  3. Negative: 1,172 out of 2780
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  1. Lonewolf031
    Sep 21, 2019
    4
    The gameplay is okay, and the loot is okay too.. with that being said, I'd wait til it's on the bargain bin at a used game store to buy it.
  2. JohnM88
    Sep 21, 2019
    3
    Eh, 10hours in and while it is neat it doesnt have the same humor or edge as the old borderlands. Falls flat in a lot of cut scenes and the Cyclopse twins dont have the same quality as Handsome Jack had. It's okay but falls short of its predecessors.
  3. Von-Drako
    Sep 21, 2019
    10
    1070 Ti run normal frames. 9/10 cos the stupid, idiotic,GOD I HATE EGS. Story is awesome.
  4. powL
    Sep 21, 2019
    7
    - mediocre gunplay
    - mediocre balanced gameplay
    - mediocre mapdesign
    - mediocre technical state

    Its not bad, but its not that good neither. Its a good game to play with friends, and since it doenst have microtransactions and lootboxes, I add 2 more points to the rating.
  5. Artkuz2
    Sep 21, 2019
    10
    У меня одного нет лагов, описываемых здесь? Я один играю нормально? Может, проблема не в игре, а в вас?
  6. lak
    Sep 21, 2019
    5
    Оптимизация слабая. Геймплей не стал лучше, почти полностью такой же как и был во второй части. Сюжет отвратителен, задания не интересные. Все победы над боссами у нас в роликах воруют девушки волшебницы. (сражаемся со всеми боссами, далее ролик в котором участвуют только девушки) в финале опять побеждаю только девушки. Главного героя как-бы нет.
    Сделали игру хуже чем прошлые части.    Оптимизация слабая. Геймплей не стал лучше, почти полностью такой же как и был во второй части. Сюжет отвратителен, задания не интересные. Все победы над боссами у нас в роликах воруют девушки волшебницы. (сражаемся со всеми боссами, далее ролик в котором участвуют только девушки) в финале опять побеждаю только девушки. Главного героя как-бы нет.
    Сделали игру хуже чем прошлые части. успех.    … Expand
  7. Marson
    Sep 21, 2019
    8
    The Game feels nice and the gunplay is really fun. I haven't encountered any big bugs jet and I'm almost at the end. The framerate could be better and the inventory loading screens are bit laggy but overall not to bad considering that they most likely patch this in the near future.
  8. Europium
    Sep 21, 2019
    9
    Definitely a good game and has improved on some aspects of the previous Borderlands. While some things like the story and main villan are arguable better in Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3 vastly Improves on other aspects such as Action skills, gun variety and playable characters.
    (Not gonna lie the massive negative reviews are quite puzzling, I'd understand a mass of mixed reviews, It seems    Definitely a good game and has improved on some aspects of the previous Borderlands. While some things like the story and main villan are arguable better in Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3 vastly Improves on other aspects such as Action skills, gun variety and playable characters.
    (Not gonna lie the massive negative reviews are quite puzzling, I'd understand a mass of mixed reviews, It seems like its all from one person/small group of people with absolutely no time on their hands)    … Expand
  9. DreamCore
    Sep 21, 2019
    0
    Garbage game. You only do 2 things in this game. Kill swarms of bullet-sponge enemies and open loot boxes. That's it. There is nothing more to it. Also playing solo is essentially impossible so definitely don't get this unless you have several friends to who also want to play this.
  10. Gerald19
    Sep 21, 2019
    1
    Poorly paced and thin story. What are they doing with all that 2K money? That fat Randy should just get fired and replace him with a diversity hire. That would be justice.
  11. Anatar90
    Sep 21, 2019
    0
    0 because the game in such a state requires full price. If it were a f2p demo then ok, but for the finished product, as developers state it, this is unacceptable.
  12. Saffroncha0
    Sep 21, 2019
    10
    Excellent graphics. Funny presentation. It doesnt take itself serious and neither should you. Its just a fun game. And reviewer websites are trending towards indie trash games. So buy this game and support developers that make real games.
  13. AdfertMortem
    Sep 21, 2019
    4
    TLDR I'm disappointed and Gearbox can and should be better.

    I desperately wanted to love this game. I loved the borderlands games. The last two games had so much energy in them and I was so excited to play this one. However The NUMEROUS NUMEROUS game breaking bugs i encountered alone hurt the game for me, along with the blatant fee to pay economy already baked in waiting for the reviews    TLDR I'm disappointed and Gearbox can and should be better.

    I desperately wanted to love this game. I loved the borderlands games. The last two games had so much energy in them and I was so excited to play this one. However The NUMEROUS NUMEROUS game breaking bugs i encountered alone hurt the game for me, along with the blatant fee to pay economy already baked in waiting for the reviews to roll in so that micro-transactions can be added later.
    The story of this game feels like a borderlands game with the heart removed. Looking back to borderlands 2 Handsome Jack was a villain that you liked thwarting. He was always a presence and they caught lightning in a bottle with him. Here i feel like they could have done something interesting with the cult but instead decided to try and create handsome jack, but this time we have 2 of him.
    I loved the idea of more worlds to explore because we had so much environment in Pandora in the last games to explore so it seemed like we were promised entire worlds to roam. Instead we got small chunks of pretty scenery with reskinned enemies and half as many side quests.
    This game lost the heart of borderlands and doesn't feel like it promises anything.
    When i finished this game i didn't sit back in relief like after any other borderlands play through and think, man i can't wait to do that again. Instead I just felt this knot in my stomach, and a feeling of emptiness.
    "this is what I waited for?"
    "where was my adventure?"
    It's just more borderlands, but not in a good way. It's the worst parts of borderlands Boiled into a game.    … Expand
  14. Insanefun
    Sep 21, 2019
    10
    People probably don't really understand how hard this **** really is. Game development is probably the incarnation of hell. You really need to read "Blood sweat and pixels" to better understand how hard it is. Meanwhile you are going on a metacritic without even playing the goddamn game and say stuff like "Another shameless early access with microtransactions, dated graphics and ****People probably don't really understand how hard this **** really is. Game development is probably the incarnation of hell. You really need to read "Blood sweat and pixels" to better understand how hard it is. Meanwhile you are going on a metacritic without even playing the goddamn game and say stuff like "Another shameless early access with microtransactions, dated graphics and **** optimization. This franchise ended on Borderlands 2." Well.. you guys full of **** Literally. If you "play" it on youtube twitch or anywhere else.. may be you should not leave your opinion on metacritic? Since your opinion worth as much as pile of **** You know, there is no microtransactions in the game. Completely.
    It's a solid experience in the looter shooter genre, from the series that created this exact genre. Destiny, Division, Warframe, Anthem - every single game in this list exist because of Boarderlands. And every other looter shooter that will come after will exist for the same reason. Now, what about game? It's **** amazing. Obviously not a single game come without issues, but if you are fan of BL1 Bl2 and may be even BL Presequel - you have to play it. And i promise you, that you won't be disappointed. Gameplay is on completely another level in compare to last games. Especially GUNPLAY. All i can say about gunplay in BL3 - is that it's as close as it gets to the best gunplay in the genre - Destiny 2. Borderlands never had this. Sometimes gunplay in BL3 even completely goes over Destiny 2 level. So it's just outstanding job by devs. Sound design is abosolute marvel. Music - oh boi, you won't forger this.. Lot's of people talking about technical issues. That is something you can't deny for now. But i guess i am just a lucky one. So i have to go with score 10 for this game, even if it actually deserve 8.5. But with all this hate on the game.. I have to give it some credit.    … Expand
  15. Swirly
    Sep 20, 2019
    8
    The most refined gameplay in a Borderlands game to date, but also the worst and most insulting writing and story in a Borderlands game to date.
    It's insulting to the fans of BL2 because they wanted to see their favorite vault hunters and characters interact with each other and give them quests, only to see one of them used a bit, another pumped and dumped for a really terrible reason with    The most refined gameplay in a Borderlands game to date, but also the worst and most insulting writing and story in a Borderlands game to date.
    It's insulting to the fans of BL2 because they wanted to see their favorite vault hunters and characters interact with each other and give them quests, only to see one of them used a bit, another pumped and dumped for a really terrible reason with the worst execution possible (you can completely tell this part before it even happens), and the rest completely ignored like they never existed or no one liked them.
    And my god, the entire ending was so shoehorned in. it genuinely feels like the game should have ended at a specific boss fight (you will easily tell which one it is when you finish the story), but it's like the writers barged in and said "NO WAIT WE HAVE TO ADD THIS IN" and forced the entire dev team to half-assedly work on the last chapters, produce cutscenes missing sound effects and sound that is always out of sync, and an ending where a character, who is actually shown to be the least wise and knowledgeable in the entire story, indirectly explain to the player the complete obvious.
    If you legit crazy love Borderlands and it's formula enough to overlook the bland gunplay of BL2, and how outdated BL1 feels like I do, you will not regret buying this game.

    If you have played a Borderlands game before but it did not hook you in or you just enjoyed it because you were playing with friends more than anything else, avoid this entire series and never ever look back.

    If you have not played a Borderlands game before but you're interested in this: Instead of getting this, play Borderlands 2, solo (and don't play Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode aka 3rd playthrough since it's very badly balanced and sucks out all fun out of the game). If you enjoyed the formula of getting guns and constantly killing enemies, bosses, and opening chests for a chance at really great guns enough to play through it multiple times with multiple characters, then yes. You will like this because it really is more of the same but much much more refined.    … Expand
  16. Zakuta64YT
    Sep 20, 2019
    7
    I was expecting a lot more from this game overall I can sum it up in one sentence “Eh it was ok”
  17. kainoa
    Sep 20, 2019
    10
    Overall, too fun to complain about anything. I have been playing on a potato computer and it still works with minimum settings and yet, even with the poor quality I have forced upon myself I still find this game amazing and fun.
  18. Zeev
    Sep 20, 2019
    1
    This game is out for almost two weeks and they still did not fix the Troy boss fight which one shot you and to fix it you have to exit to main menu and go back to the boss fight.
    Lazy ass quality assurance.
  19. Djalminha
    Sep 20, 2019
    9
    De los mejores juegos de la generación, con incontables horas de diversión, mejora a su predecesor en todo
  20. Icelandicman
    Sep 20, 2019
    4
    Такое ощущение, что игру делали не 5 лет, а год-два!
    Взяли старые локации и персонажей и этов се смиксовали. В любом случае я свою порцию удовольствия получил и хотел было поставить игре 8 балов, все же эта старая добрая борда, где весело играть с друзьями в коопе, даже пара интересных квестов было, но снимаю балы за баги:
    3 раза улетел сковзь текстур, но это мелочи по сравнению с тем,    Такое ощущение, что игру делали не 5 лет, а год-два!
    Взяли старые локации и персонажей и этов се смиксовали. В любом случае я свою порцию удовольствия получил и хотел было поставить игре 8 балов, все же эта старая добрая борда, где весело играть с друзьями в коопе, даже пара интересных квестов было, но снимаю балы за баги:
    3 раза улетел сковзь текстур, но это мелочи по сравнению с тем, что основной квест нельзя было пройти из-за ха баговоной двери ближе к концу игры. Она просто не открывалсь, пришлось шаманить через сессии друзей. Но и это простительно, если бы хай лвл контект.
    Есть такие миссии по отбиванию волн врагов. 5 раундов по 4 волны. Мы потратили с друзьями 2 часа на то, чтобы пройти его и чтобы вы думали. Моб на последней волне застрял в текстуре. Окей, мы переигрываем последний раунд - 4 волны. 30 минут. И что-то видимо опять забаговала ибо врагов нет, а квест не засчитыывается. Ну вас, ребята с такой херней. У кого -то слышал сохранения слетали. Спасибо нам за бетта тест, уроды, блин, слов нет. Выпускать такой сырой продукт.    … Expand
  21. kitthornton
    Sep 20, 2019
    2
    This game has several serious flaws that keep it from being a worthy successor to one of the best shooters of all time. Unfortunately, these are "fun spoiling" problems that cause the game to become a tedious grind.

    1) BULLET SPONGES: Everything, even the most mundane footsoldier takes multiple clips to kill, even with critical hits. As for the heavies, you may find yourself spending    This game has several serious flaws that keep it from being a worthy successor to one of the best shooters of all time. Unfortunately, these are "fun spoiling" problems that cause the game to become a tedious grind.

    1) BULLET SPONGES: Everything, even the most mundane footsoldier takes multiple clips to kill, even with critical hits. As for the heavies, you may find yourself spending most of your ammo on a single opponent, who, even with multiple headshots, does not go down. I'm not talking about bosses, here, I mean just MOOKS require an inordinate amount of time and ammo.

    2) Every attack is a wave attack: Dozens upon dozens of opponents, attacking in waves at almost every setpiece. Add to this the magical ability of every last enemy to soak huge amounts of gunfire and it gets TEDIOUS.

    3) Technical problems: Nothing is quite like spending several minutes whittling down a half-dozen bullet sponges only to have a CTD and have to start the entire sequence again. Frame rate drops, freezes and stutters are far too frequent.

    4) The humor is gone. Everything is grim, except for occasional buffoonery from ClapTrap. The hip humor that made 1 and 2 memorable is conspicuously missing, as is character development. The use of allies in some battles is nice, but on the whole, no character made me care the least about what happened to them.

    5) The shooting accuracy has gone to @#!!. I don't know if it's a framerate problem, but it's extremely hard to target down the scope. I don't know why this decision was made, but with the relative weakness of sniper rifles, and the aforementioned bullet sponginess, forget playing a sniper. You can hit several head shots in a row with a standard sniper rifle and still not get the kill.

    I could go on (quest design is poor, the villains are, well, not engaging, etc.) but you get the idea. It's grindy, lacks the feel of a Borderlands game (there's more to it than "a billion guns" each varied only by minor stat tweaks, Randy) and doesn't run stably, even with a high-end PC. Saddens me, since I'm a big fan of 1 and 2, and even 1.5(?)    … Expand
  22. Misterecco00
    Sep 20, 2019
    0
    This game is up there with Anthem level in alpha phase still underbaked! Too many glitches. And shady Spyware behavior
  23. pirate135246
    Sep 20, 2019
    6
    I finished the story along with all the side missions in 30 hours. Overall, the game-play feels nice, but the story was not very good, it revolved too much around two characters and left most of the interesting cast to the side for very little showtime. The villains were not good villains. You only hated them because they were cringeworthy and annoying. The side missions are a hugeI finished the story along with all the side missions in 30 hours. Overall, the game-play feels nice, but the story was not very good, it revolved too much around two characters and left most of the interesting cast to the side for very little showtime. The villains were not good villains. You only hated them because they were cringeworthy and annoying. The side missions are a huge improvement to the previous games however, as they ditched the fetch quest style and gave each side mission it's own flavor and style. The easter eggs are nice and there are many of them. My biggest complaint with the game is when you reach the endgame. The endgame consists of a lopsided reward system and a terrible difficulty system that relies on rng modifiers. There isn't any real rewards for doing any of the endgame content such as TVHM, Proving grounds, or circle of slaughter, you can just farm easy boss fights for much more rewards than the endgame content. The endgame appears to leave people bored pretty early on from my experience with many other players. I see this game as a great play if you typically get your value out of games without playing the endgame, but to those who want more, look elsewhere.… Expand
  24. iSnoff
    Sep 20, 2019
    1
    **** game, falling frames all the time don't have a decent save system product crap for $ 60 don't buy!
  25. MetaCriticSUX19
    Sep 20, 2019
    1
    Metacritic took down my last post. Seems they are wiping out a LOT of negative reviews. ANYWAYS...
    This game is garbage compared to the previous ones. The writing is horrible. Jokes are NOT funny. Gameplay is sub-par. Randy P. can just eat a whole bag of ButtStallion's droppings.
  26. swowsk
    Sep 20, 2019
    1
    This is borderlands 2.5 (when it works)... i'm so confused about the good reviews... if folks would quit buying these "new" games maybe some more creativity would hit these game makers...
  27. Xcreatiik
    Sep 20, 2019
    8
    I played around 50+ hours right now my main character is level 50+ got secondary character that will be level 50 soon.

    Why not a 10? first there are just buggs and some annoying ones too.. i lost my hole bank/shared storage and im still mailing with gearbox about it. i lost around 20 legendary items and some very strong ones because i was saving them there so i could try new ones look    I played around 50+ hours right now my main character is level 50+ got secondary character that will be level 50 soon.

    Why not a 10?
    first there are just buggs and some annoying ones too.. i lost my hole bank/shared storage and im still mailing with gearbox about it. i lost around 20 legendary items and some very strong ones because i was saving them there so i could try new ones look at dmg ect.

    i'm not get higher than 80/90 fps and sometimes it wil be around 45.. the textures when you spam the first time are bad but that is an easy update to patch that.. sometimes i got delay in my inventory when i open in after doing alot bosses.

    Why i love the game?
    just because its borderlands. i got a **** ton of guns some very fun ones, i love to see some old characters backstory i love to see some old characters come back and i cannot wait to see the dlc in the hope we gonna search for lilith    … Expand
  28. Souljkl
    Sep 20, 2019
    9
    Best FpS of the year! Best Borderlands ever! Don't listen the critics! The overall gameplay is fun, largely improved from B2. My personal goty! Cons : the lack of endgame activities.
  29. BryanLR
    Sep 20, 2019
    0
    Borderlands look great, but it still crashing.... Don't play this game until he's patch.
  30. Iyunzusto
    Sep 20, 2019
    0
    Zooming stuttering makes it unplayable. Contacted Epic Games for a refund after 4 hours of gameplay (most of it trying to fix issues) and 2 days after purchase. Was denied. Spent $150 australian. Avoid.
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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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