Borderlands 3

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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 2780 Ratings

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  1. MemQ
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    Despite problems with FPS, the game is the heir to Borderland two. The creators paid much attention to the weapon, it became more pleasant to shoot from the weapon. The game looks juicier, more lively, but the old spirit of the previous parts also remained. I hope the developers fix all the bugs in the future. PS: there are no microtransactions in the game.
  2. Coldwil
    Sep 15, 2019
    10
    A few small bugs, but easily overlooked due to amazing gameplay. If you liked the other entries in the series, this cranks it up to 10. Very well done.
  3. AVTOMATOID
    Sep 15, 2019
    10
    I love it. Was afraid when heard that there is low rating on meta, but when i run it - i felt it. Feels like home. Loot. Smash. Hear the stories. Best world of future so far as for me.
  4. Proxymanada
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    Не считая оптимизации для меня всё замечательно)
  5. LupinTheIV
    Sep 15, 2019
    10
    Borderlands 3 is phenomenal and all I could’ve wanted out of a new entry in the series. All your favorite characters return and the writing and humor is on par for what one could expect from the series. In game music is purely amazing with heavy hitting synth wave style tracks and electronic music alongside epic tracks to go with huge firefights and battles. The new Vault Hunters areBorderlands 3 is phenomenal and all I could’ve wanted out of a new entry in the series. All your favorite characters return and the writing and humor is on par for what one could expect from the series. In game music is purely amazing with heavy hitting synth wave style tracks and electronic music alongside epic tracks to go with huge firefights and battles. The new Vault Hunters are fantastic, I’ve grown very attached to Zane and love how he converses with different characters. The amount of guns on show is fantastic and varied, no doubt even at 1000 hours of play will any one player see every gun on offer. Weapons also sound punchy and visceral taking a cue from Borderlands 1 weapons instead of the weak sounding Borderlands 2 guns. Character customization is expanded with all new heads and skins as well as getting to choose your own colors for everything. Weapons are now customizable with different skins and little trinkets you can equip to them for flair, there are no micro transactions, it is all purchased with one of the in game currencies called “Eridium”. I’ve been playing through the game on a base Xbox one and have encountered practically zero issues, only one so far being that certain vehicles don’t have an engine sound to them unless they’re on their respective planets where they were obtained. Borderlands 3 is slowly making its way to the top spot as my favorite game of all time, even beating out Metal Gear Solid 3. If you’re a huge fan of the series then this is a definite buy, and if you’re wanting to get into the series this is definitely a great starting point.… Expand
  6. RunnyPilot
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    I'm gonna give it a 9 simple because I really enjoy this game. And I mostly enjoy playing with my friends. Sure, there are some stuttering issues, but that doesn't stop us from playing. There are some bugs and glitches but nothing game breaking. And so what if it's from the Epic Store? I bought it with my friends and I'm playing it with my friends. 20 hours in so far and we're enjoying theI'm gonna give it a 9 simple because I really enjoy this game. And I mostly enjoy playing with my friends. Sure, there are some stuttering issues, but that doesn't stop us from playing. There are some bugs and glitches but nothing game breaking. And so what if it's from the Epic Store? I bought it with my friends and I'm playing it with my friends. 20 hours in so far and we're enjoying the hell out of it.

    And we all are aware of the lag and maybe the patch will come soon. But we're still enjoying it nonetheless. Negative reviews are just a bit unfair in my opinion.    … Expand
  7. zooombi2091
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    Don't listen to all the people review bombing because of the epic deal. Honestly I love this game with over 25 hours in, and I have to say I will be putting many more hours, But no launch can be perfect. I haven't been experiencing glitches like others but I have been experiencing bad optimization with a gtx 1080 getting around 110 fps to around 70 to 65 fps on high settings. I do have toDon't listen to all the people review bombing because of the epic deal. Honestly I love this game with over 25 hours in, and I have to say I will be putting many more hours, But no launch can be perfect. I haven't been experiencing glitches like others but I have been experiencing bad optimization with a gtx 1080 getting around 110 fps to around 70 to 65 fps on high settings. I do have to say that the game notifies me for an update pretty frequently which means that they working on it. If you can get over the epic deal and Randy Pitchford, you will love this game!… Expand
  8. 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.
  9. Psy_pmP
    Jan 14, 2021
    3
    Sorry, but you do not have access to grade 9, connection lost. Try to connect again. Your SHIFT.

    Awful connection. Shift always falls off. So many years and nothing has changed.
    The inventory is made worse,
    the settings are worse,
    the map is worse,
    you have to hang the ux designer by the balls.
  10. MAZA007
    Sep 22, 2019
    8
    Quem é fã vai curti o jogo. Jogabilidade excelente bem divertido em jogar com amigos ou solo.
    Jogando no PS4 Pro - Teve lag - bug - queda de Frame. Mas nada que Impossibilitou de jogar.
    Se jogo estive tudo OK, certeza nota 9,0
    Para quem jogou BL1 e BL2 - te que jogar.
    Super indico.
  11. Joostk
    Oct 5, 2019
    8
    The storyline is pretty bad, and not being able to skip cutscenes etc. gets annoying. The characters are also not as interesting as the previous Borderlands games. Gameplay wise it is a good game though, and if you don't care much about the story, this might even be the best Borderlands for you since the core gameplay remained the same, they just improved it a little.
  12. Chickenph
    Feb 22, 2020
    1
    After taking that long to release a new game, they put out a game that could’ve been rushed out a few years after BL2. Minimal improvements, worse writing, AND they made most PC gamers wait a year unless we want to start on a separate store. Hard pass.
  13. Bunnycorn
    Sep 19, 2019
    7
    It's. Solid. Not great, but Solid The characters are worse, the guns can feel better or worse, the SMG's and assault rifles are very good, Maliwan weapons aren't. I don't think this should be the considered a best game. It's nowhere near the greatness that was Borderlands 2; 2/3rds of the way through the game.
  14. phenom_cs
    Sep 25, 2019
    10
    Bunch of whiners with pc's they bought from dell and ibuypower. First off, the frame rate can get questionable at times, but I'm running 2 980 ti's with everything that matters graphics wise maxed and I'm sitting @100 fps with dips to around 70 at most for only a second or two here and there. The performance hasn't been an issue at all.

    Furthermore, sure the game play is the classic    Bunch of whiners with pc's they bought from dell and ibuypower. First off, the frame rate can get questionable at times, but I'm running 2 980 ti's with everything that matters graphics wise maxed and I'm sitting @100 fps with dips to around 70 at most for only a second or two here and there. The performance hasn't been an issue at all.

    Furthermore, sure the game play is the classic Borderlands game play with not much changing aside from mayhem modes and tvhm being available at launch rather than part of an expansion. New guns, new fire modes for certain weapon manufacturers, new weapon specials. It's everything Borderlands 2 was with all of its expansions and then some. Everything is fresh and while it stays true to its roots without taking any risks (which for some isn't enough) it's still highly enjoyable. I could care less about a story line in a shooter, especially one that is a loot-shooter. I'm here for the gear upgrades and the guns. Besides, it's the only loot-shooter on the market that does it right. I got exactly what I paid for, Borderlands. The overall reviews of the critics have it right this time. The users are a bunch of butt-hurt ibuypower pc buying neckbeards.    … Expand
  15. blacktorn
    Sep 29, 2019
    8
    The gameplay is the best in the series, the story... just above BL1. Don't get me wrong, the plot has increased in scale and epicness? vultiple planets, lots of vault across galexy, but... it doesn't help when your villans are plot devices. When you introduce highly annoying sidekick and forget about a bunch of old but good ones. When you exploit too much of an old hero. No. the plot isThe gameplay is the best in the series, the story... just above BL1. Don't get me wrong, the plot has increased in scale and epicness? vultiple planets, lots of vault across galexy, but... it doesn't help when your villans are plot devices. When you introduce highly annoying sidekick and forget about a bunch of old but good ones. When you exploit too much of an old hero. No. the plot is one huge disappointment about this game.
    After two weeks of constant improvements most of the technical issues are no longer there. FPS is stable, scoping doesn't slow the game, etc. I'd recommend this game to fans and newcomers as well.    … Expand
  16. JonsGone
    Mar 27, 2020
    9
    Great game.
    Similar to BL2 in all regards but the story.
    Story is worse than BL2's but still enjoyable, main issue are the villains who are not bad by any means but serve as a terrible follow up to Jack Typhon DeLeon is the best character in the game and most likely one of the best characters in the entire franchise. Wainwright is a close second. Many people have problems with female    Great game.
    Similar to BL2 in all regards but the story.
    Story is worse than BL2's but still enjoyable, main issue are the villains who are not bad by any means but serve as a terrible follow up to Jack
    Typhon DeLeon is the best character in the game and most likely one of the best characters in the entire franchise.
    Wainwright is a close second.
    Many people have problems with female empowerement but the real question is why those people feel that female empowerement is problematic.
    It is not a real problem, grow up, get out of your basement.
    Humor is dated but it is very hard to stay up to date with internet humor, especially when you are making a game. I respect them actually trying.
    Guns have been marginally improved even if the order of magnitude is lesser than from BL1 to BL2.
    They must have actually hired a boss designer because bosses are a real pleasure to fight.
    Massive amounts of content. Worth the asking price.

    I still want a thematically coherent sequel to BL1.    … Expand
  17. C45513
    Jan 13, 2021
    4
    Borderlands 2 with even worse writing. Their style of humour hasn't aged well. Even if you were to remove all the dialogue and cutscenes, the underlying gameplay is bland, the shooting is mediocre, and the UI is awful.
  18. Timer19
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    Веселая игра. Приятная графика. Кооп режим!!!
  19. tshon1590
    Sep 15, 2019
    5
    First off, can't say anything about the graphics/fps lag mainly due to me having a 2080, however I can justify for the random crashes and having some bugs such as mission completion, weapon reloading bugs, etc. To be honest, the reason why this is a 5 not a 3 is because well its a borderlands game and within the franchise.

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

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

    However there are some pros:
    + beautiful graphics
    + borderlands style "cheesy" comedy
    + side quests are relatively good
    + new guns, new combat techniques    … Expand
  20. LoLViX3D
    Sep 15, 2019
    8
    This game is awesome. If you like Borderlands you will enjoy Borderlands 3 for sure. People are even speaking about graphics as a bad point. WTF looks 32035350% times better than the other borderlands games.

    The only problem (and very big one) is the performance. They for sure will update it so enjoy the game even on Epic Games Store.
  21. SokkaBlyat
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    I was extremely surprised to see just how negative the reception to this game was. I have put in roughly 10 to 15 hours so far since launch and I've loved every second of it. It's more Borderlands but with much smoother shooting and movement. Its not doing a lot different but thats not a negative to me. I'm having a blast playing through the campaign. Performance wise I haven't really hadI was extremely surprised to see just how negative the reception to this game was. I have put in roughly 10 to 15 hours so far since launch and I've loved every second of it. It's more Borderlands but with much smoother shooting and movement. Its not doing a lot different but thats not a negative to me. I'm having a blast playing through the campaign. Performance wise I haven't really had an issue. Im running an rtx 2080, 9700k and 16gb of ram @ 3440x1440p at a mixture of high and medium settings and im getting an average of 100 fps. In certain areas it drops to the low 90s and in other areas im maxing out my monitors refresh rate at 144 fps. A quick look through the user reviews for this game and it seems like im the only one who isnt having performance issues. Day one the game ran worse that it does now, Im pretty sure gearbox updated the game on the 14th and that seemed to boost my performance quite a bit, so im assuming the negative performance reviews came before this patch. If you are expecting a completely new and unique experience you will be disappointed, if like me you just wanted more borderlands then you wont be disappointed.… Expand
  22. Derbed11
    Sep 16, 2019
    9
    Don't mind the bad reviews, they're just hating over epic games store, the game is actually awsome
  23. Meta_Duio
    Sep 18, 2019
    6
    Hmmm..

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

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

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

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

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

    It's too bad Gearbox and 2K seem to be more focused on selling us the next DLC rather than fix their broken game that was rushed out the door.    … Expand
  24. walruse
    Sep 18, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Borderlands 3 is an entertaining, enjoyable and overall great sequel to the games that came before.

    I'm not intending to lie in this review, so yes, the performance on Day 1 wasn't what I would have expected to get from my machine, however by the time I was back from work on release day, they had already implemented a patch that seemed to have remedied the problem, now the only "Issue" is a slight stutter when loading areas (Which happens in 99.99% of all games)
    I now however get a consistent 70 frames on my rig which I can't complain about given its a 3 year old machine.

    Story wise: The story introduces a good number of new characters that aren't just knock-offs of other characters we've seen in the past games, there are several returning vault hunters and associates, though they're not as central to the story and self-referrential as compared to borderlands 1 to 2.
    The baddies of this game posess an interesting new power that's a change up from BL2, the combo of twin enemies is a refreshing mixup and gives them a good sense of rapport with one another, though it does sometimes feel they were working towards something else with their arcs and abandoned it at the last second. They are however brilliantly charismatic and also formidable, I found myself routinely wondering at what point they may pop up next to antagonize me.

    Gameplay: The QOL UI and Movement updates have made a big change in how playing the game feels with regards to menuing and getting around the map, having buttons to quick buy full ammo & full heal at vending machines is a brilliant addition, and sliding allows you to make combat more dynamic and have a bit more fun with yourself.
    It seems like there was a much larger variety in terms of drops and gun types/combinations and through my first playthrough I was able to test so many different combos and mechanics. The legendary droprate seems reasonable, I seemed to get a legendary drop from around 1/5 of the bosses, and the guaranteed quest legendaries were fun and unique.
    Quest wise there hasn't been a huge update from the format of questing in the previous instalments of the franchise, however it hasn't been made any worse in any significant aspect either.
    The scale of the game feels like it's been greatly increased, with the travel via your new spaceship to different planets and multiple vaults, it always felt like something fresh was being added whenever you travelled somewhere new.

    The voice acting as always is fantastic and the characters are incredibly fun to interact with (since when are they ever not in borderlands)

    The main thing I really noticed changed though is the music. Holy heck is the music insanely improved in this game, you can see in the trailers a boss that has fantastic musical based fight, and the same quality of boss music and general combat/driving music is present throughout the whole game.

    This brings me to my two gripes that I have with the game (hence why it's getting a 9)
    The first one is the "sirenification" of many characters, the reveal of Tannis being a siren was cool, however I can't help but feel that her abilities are basically just Angel's abilities from BL1 and 2, It would have been nice if there was a more hard link introduced about Angel's powers somehow choosing a new host or something along those lines, but instead it feels strange to know that for the entirety of BL2 Tannis could have probably been a whole lot more useful. It felt a lot like they could have leaned into it in the same way as Maya's powers tranferred to Ava but oh well. It was cool that the Calipsos were sort of a combined siren and their power was unique in itself, however having quite so many sirens all within the same storyline did feel like it diminshed how rare and important sirens had been made out to be in the previous games (Probably didnt help that I was also playing siren). Maybe if the calipsos had a kind of eridian tech that allowed them to absorb the powers instead of it being another siren power that could have made it feel a bit better for me.

    The other gripe is the final boss, which felt rather underwhelming. "The destroyer" which was claimed to be able to eat stars, and required the extinction of the eridian race as well as the power from 4 vaults to seal away... wasn't really any stronger that any of the other realeased vault monsters. It felt like out of a fight between the Warrior from BL2 and the Destroyer the warrior probably would have won.

    Other than that however I've thoroughly enjoyed almost every other aspect of the game. I've played for 48 hours according to EGL, and don't regret a moment of it or a single penny spent. Will look forward greatly to the coming DLC's and finishing up true vault hunter!

    Thanks for reading    … Expand
  25. 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.
  26. Draston
    Sep 21, 2019
    10
    i'm very happy with bdl3, but i know this game have any problems with lag,crash, but i will play very times
  27. Aeres
    Oct 27, 2019
    1
    Game could be good but is unplayable due to crashing and bugs. Even 1,5 months after release and tousends of complaints there are no fixes. Do not buy this game until this is fixed.
  28. DCS431516526
    Oct 28, 2019
    8
    The game overall feels great. OST, gun play, VFX/SFX, maps and enemies design these are all a huge step up from the previous titles. Story is not as amazing as BL2 unfortunately, and there's a lot of controversies about the stories and EGS release. It launched with some small issues here and there, now I'd say 80 percent of them have been fixed. There's some that still need to work onThe game overall feels great. OST, gun play, VFX/SFX, maps and enemies design these are all a huge step up from the previous titles. Story is not as amazing as BL2 unfortunately, and there's a lot of controversies about the stories and EGS release. It launched with some small issues here and there, now I'd say 80 percent of them have been fixed. There's some that still need to work on though.

    So, if you are a borderlands fan or pretty much a loot shooting fan we are good to go! The loots drop crazy and shooting is awesome. Oops, yeah epic game store, if you are not a fun of that, you can wait next year until the steam release on April.    … Expand
  29. EvilJolly
    Apr 5, 2020
    0
    Неоптимизированный кусок кала. Если вынести за скобки сюжет и его ценность, то в остается абсолютно убитый геймплей. Я ставлю минимальные настройки графики, получаю в среднем 135 fps и 1-2 микрофриза в секунду, что делает невозможным нормально стрелять и получать от этого удовольствие. Просто невозможно аимить, когда картинку постоянно дергает, это просто ужасно (i7-6700k, GTX 1070).Неоптимизированный кусок кала. Если вынести за скобки сюжет и его ценность, то в остается абсолютно убитый геймплей. Я ставлю минимальные настройки графики, получаю в среднем 135 fps и 1-2 микрофриза в секунду, что делает невозможным нормально стрелять и получать от этого удовольствие. Просто невозможно аимить, когда картинку постоянно дергает, это просто ужасно (i7-6700k, GTX 1070). Сейчас 5 апреля и они нихуя не поправили с сентября месяца. Нахуй такую игру, нахуй таких разработчиков. Они за это время успели уже высрать новое dlc, а с оптимизацией ничего не сделали.… Expand
  30. kman1014
    Mar 30, 2020
    9
    The gameplay is amazing, I love the new unique guns that they’ve sprinkled in as a joke/spice to the gameplay, and there are some really cool bosses and mini-bosses in this game. The only con is the villains are so annoying, but when you have a villain that you like as much as you hate in Handsome Jack, can’t really fault them for trying a new idea.
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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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