Borderlands 3

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  1. peggleverse
    Sep 13, 2019
    9
    This rating is just about the game itself, not Epic exclusivity or anything about Gearbox as a company—frankly I can't stand Pitchford, but the amount of work every other Gearbox employee put into this game truly shows. In many ways I think it surpasses Borderlands 2. The writing is good and in general I would say it's a bit on the lighter side, which is partly because of the villains. OfThis rating is just about the game itself, not Epic exclusivity or anything about Gearbox as a company—frankly I can't stand Pitchford, but the amount of work every other Gearbox employee put into this game truly shows. In many ways I think it surpasses Borderlands 2. The writing is good and in general I would say it's a bit on the lighter side, which is partly because of the villains. Of course, going in with the mindset that they'll never be better villains than Handsome Jack will probably hurt your perception of them. The Calypso twins are funny and douchey in their own right, but they're a completely different brand of characters from Jack and I found myself fascinated by their origins. As for the gameplay, the weapons all feel great to handle and I've played as the Siren and the Gunner so far, both of whom I've enjoyed. The reason I give it a 9 instead of a 10 is because I've had some trouble with how the game cutscenes look on certain-sized screens (21:9) and that does detract a bit from the experience. Hopefully it will be patched.… Expand
  2. er1ksson
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    Great first impressions. Feels very Borderland but better in every way.
  3. z3fire
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    The game is just dope!
    Amazing music's graphics gameplay. Everything is top. Gearbox have gone on another level and they deserve every cent. Don't want to spoil anything just buy and have a blast
    Played on xbox x
  4. catraps
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    Steam **** coming. This game and Steam are belonged to each other, because of community and achievement part. But we have what we have and it is still a borderlands game. Next time I ask to put a game on both platforms and let users decide where they want to spend money.
  5. Miralvo
    Sep 13, 2019
    9
    Against the fact that it is an epic games exclusive I am really enjoying the game. I especially like the mechanics of the weapons and the fluidity of the movements. Very good, I recommend
  6. vapmy
    Sep 13, 2019
    8
    The game is awesome！！！But，It's really hard to drive with keyboard and mouse.
  7. chico4657
    Sep 13, 2019
    9
    Great game, already spent six hours playing it and intend to spend many more.
  8. yui05062ds
    Sep 16, 2019
    1
    Game is unacceptably buggy, cant run normal frames.... I wanted this game to be so good and it's just bug after bug after bug.
  9. Jmaconpc
    Sep 16, 2019
    4
    Bugs and poor performance.
    Unfinished game.
    The main issue is the hit reg while playing with friends.
    There is no dedicated servers.
    Wait until it launches on Steam.
    I bought it from Epic on launch because I have impatient friends.
  10. Nineel
    Sep 16, 2019
    3
    Bordlerlands 3 is painfully average. This is just another gunpack. You can achieve Borderlands 3 by taking Borderlands 2 and adding in all the mods that add extra guns that you can find.

    The humor falls flat. If you want more Bordlerlands this if for you. This this is your first foray into the franchise I suggest you avoid it. The score is brought down from the average 5 by technical    Bordlerlands 3 is painfully average. This is just another gunpack. You can achieve Borderlands 3 by taking Borderlands 2 and adding in all the mods that add extra guns that you can find.

    The humor falls flat. If you want more Bordlerlands this if for you. This this is your first foray into the franchise I suggest you avoid it.

    The score is brought down from the average 5 by technical issues that plague the game and the shady way reviews from media outlets have been bought/obsecured.    … Expand
  11. turdlemckay
    Oct 1, 2019
    0
    sad version of a beloved game. I would love to turn in my politically correct version for a less inclusive version that says midget. and the graphics changes make the characters look too different. in conclusion this game is perfect if your a 10 year old girl.
  12. masseffectabc
    Sep 17, 2019
    2
    Ok. After beating the main story i can safely say everything that this game has done wrong and everything that has done right.....
    First of the good stuff:
    1. Loot progression is excelent. 2. Core Gameplay mechanics are fun (when they work). 3. The fun element is there, although very repetitive starting at the middle of the story (not gonna spoil but people who played it will    Ok. After beating the main story i can safely say everything that this game has done wrong and everything that has done right.....
    First of the good stuff:
    1. Loot progression is excelent.
    2. Core Gameplay mechanics are fun (when they work).
    3. The fun element is there, although very repetitive starting at the middle of the story (not gonna spoil but people who played it will understand).
    Now for the bad Stuff:
    1. The game IS NOT Borderlands 3, is more like Borderland 2.5.
    2. The game is a Broken Mess.
    3. The gameplay is laggy and broken, and it doesn`t have the stability to back it up.
    4. The monetization aspect of the game is another piece of **** that woasn`t necessary in this franchise at all.
    5. The Story is a dissaster.
    6. The humor is horrendous after the first hour you play.
    7. Randy Pitchford is still CEO of Gearbox (what world are we living in?)

    Conclusion & closing comment:

    Buy the game when its on sale (or when they release a full patch and make it stable) or wait (because it will happen) for the Game of the Year Edition.
    This game IS NOT worth full price at the state it was released.    … Expand
  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. Nereida
    Sep 24, 2019
    2
    Average as shooter, bad as RPG, childish low iq humor, epic exclusive. Don't buy now, wait a year or two for complete collection on Steam.
  15. RBHartmann
    Mar 14, 2020
    0
    The story is **** it has SJW vibes.
    "Man stupid, woman strong, intelligent and independent." vibe.
    They make every woman seem like a goddess with how they prop them up.
    They even do this for an annoying kid named Ava, complete waste of space.
    It's just really... bad...
  16. charlyjohn
    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
  17. DrGreatJob
    Oct 25, 2019
    4
    If Borderlands 3 was just the gunplay, the loot, the level design, and the bossfights, it would be a 8/10. But it's not. Half of this game is horribly written dialogue being constantly yammered into your ears. It's a co-op game, I wanna talk to my friends, not listen to these asinine characters. Not a single joke in the main story quest got a laugh from me. The performance of the femaleIf Borderlands 3 was just the gunplay, the loot, the level design, and the bossfights, it would be a 8/10. But it's not. Half of this game is horribly written dialogue being constantly yammered into your ears. It's a co-op game, I wanna talk to my friends, not listen to these asinine characters. Not a single joke in the main story quest got a laugh from me. The performance of the female antagonist is particularly awful. The voice does not fit that character at all, and just straight up reads lines wrongly. It's terrible. The protagonists are fine. They're of relatively few words, which is on-par with Borderlands, and they don't say anything too embarrassing. There's one character near the end of the game that seemed fine, and is probably the best character of the game. There's a twist in the story, and it's more or less pointless, also. Overall, the story is the worst of the borderlands games by far, and the jokes are right down there with it.

    The level design is ridiculous in this game. Each area is absolutely massive, full of sub areas that are massive, and full of sidequests that are massive. Speaking of side quests, they're home to much better writing. The post-campaign portion of Borderlands 3 is by far the best part of the game... but you have to go through such a slog of misery to get there, it's not worth it. They could have completely skipped out on the stupid villains and just had a game full of side quests and random missions and the game would have been a thousand times better.

    Overall, if you don't mind putting the dialogue on mute, it's fine. But what kind of maniac would play a story-based game with the story turned off? It's just not worth it. It's a disappointing package. So many improvements... but the core of the game is dated, immature, and -in some places- completely terrible.    … Expand
  18. B2BigAl
    Jan 23, 2020
    4
    As a huge fan of the predecessors, this sequel was a massive letdown. I can’t really add anything that hasn’t been said already, but just to reiterate, it’s a boring, plodding, mess. Terrible story, boring gameplay, awful characters, and mind numbing fetch quests as far as the eye can see. I forced myself to play through the whole story, and it never got more fun or interesting. TimeAs a huge fan of the predecessors, this sequel was a massive letdown. I can’t really add anything that hasn’t been said already, but just to reiterate, it’s a boring, plodding, mess. Terrible story, boring gameplay, awful characters, and mind numbing fetch quests as far as the eye can see. I forced myself to play through the whole story, and it never got more fun or interesting. Time to put this franchise to bed, the magic is gone.… Expand
  19. DesireMercy
    Oct 2, 2019
    2
    The game play, skill trees, and guns are great and obvious improvements from BL2. The game mechanics are fun, flow well, and work just like you'd like them to. Boss fights are largely improved upon and require more thought and effort than before (except for maybe the last one?)

    The different zones in the game are a crap shoot on quality. Most of them are beautiful in their own way, but    The game play, skill trees, and guns are great and obvious improvements from BL2. The game mechanics are fun, flow well, and work just like you'd like them to. Boss fights are largely improved upon and require more thought and effort than before (except for maybe the last one?)

    The different zones in the game are a crap shoot on quality. Most of them are beautiful in their own way, but it's obvious some were designed on a budget, in a rush, and with the intention of feeding you through a specific area. They are suppose to be in the "open world" be are really just outdoor dungeons.

    Shifting gears, after I completed the story for the first time I sat for a good two minutes with my mouth wide open. Not because it was amazing mind you, but because I couldn't believe I had waited 7 years for this steaming dung pile — I'm being generous. The main story in Borderlands 3 feels like the musings of sophomores just introduced to critical theory and trying intently to weave it into their favorite fan fiction.

    Characters make asinine decisions, the plot is driven by idiotic motivations, and you, the supposed hero of the story, are agentless, if not completely excluded, from the majority of the important parts of the story. You don't matter. Very little you do matters. And in the end, you don't matter at all.

    This is especially true if you're a straight male. The writers went out of their way to exclude straight men from the main story. Save for brief involvement with a couple of characters, the majority of the men you interact with will either be evil or idiots. The main cast will be dominated by female characters who seem to have forgotten their male peers from the last two games.

    This is critical theory at work in the gaming industry. Women, minorities, LGBT+ are "oppressed" and therefore the Social Justice Warriors must "right" the "injustices of oppression" by "empowering oppressed peoples", especially at the expense of the "oppressor". Logic, audience, and story be darned. Don't get me wrong. I think having meaningful, empowering, and main roles for female characters is a good thing. But not when it's done at the expense of a compelling story, deliberately excluding numerous characters who are natural additions to the story. Again, if you think this is being "over sensitive", you need to read up on what critical theory is and how it's being implemented in our culture today.

    A game that use to pride itself on being anti-PC is now a sermon on political correctness. The main story feels like it was written by a team of interns as a college project, but the game play is phenomenal. If you can ignore the main story (the side stories are where the charming Borderlands humor still resides) then you can squeeze some enjoyment out of this game.    … Expand
  20. slippery
    Sep 23, 2019
    4
    Guns? Awesome.
    Environments? Huge.
    Enemies? Various. Missions? Antagonists? Whoa, Gearbox/2k, you really missed the target. Our antagonists are a couple of youtubers. Our missions are things like "get this coffee shop up and running because I can't live without my coffee!" and "let's get this hamburger restaurant up and running!" etc. It's like every character is CL4P-Trap!    Guns? Awesome.
    Environments? Huge.
    Enemies? Various.

    Missions? Antagonists? Whoa, Gearbox/2k, you really missed the target. Our antagonists are a couple of youtubers. Our missions are things like "get this coffee shop up and running because I can't live without my coffee!" and "let's get this hamburger restaurant up and running!" etc.

    It's like every character is CL4P-Trap! It's clap-track humor all through the game.

    And the thing is, claptrap is really only funny in VERY small doses. He gets annoying really fast.

    And while I could hardly put down BL1 or BL2, and binge-played both on release, I'm just not drawn to the game. It's not a bad game. It plays well. It has a lot of polish.

    It's just not compelling. The story and enemies and motivation are just hopelessly mediocre.

    And while we're on the subject, here's a problem that BL3 has that carries over from BL2.

    In BL1, the player character was THE HERO. Yes, Angel was there to guide you, but Angel was a disembodied voice who couldn't do anything without you. But in BL2, the original BL1 characters are the heroes. The player character is just a go-fer, an errand-person, a hireling. Every step of the way, you have Roland and Lilith and the others talking to you like your child, "Way to go, Champ! Good job!" BL3 does the same, only now you have all the BL1 and BL2 characters as the heroes, and once again, it's "Hey, kid! You got promise. Here, go get me a hamburger!"

    Nah.

    It'd be much better if the player character were alone, and were the lone hero, and the others kept out of it a LOT more.    … Expand
  21. metadubrev2
    Sep 22, 2019
    0
    unplayable. as it stands now it's unplayable due to frame rate and screen freezing issues during action. don't buy or wait til you know there's been a patch.
  22. 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
  23. Racoony
    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.
  24. alex_the_a-hole
    Jan 8, 2020
    4
    Fun but exceedingly repetitive gunplay even compared to previous instalments. Poorly written overall, quite disappointing.

    Worth picking up for around $30 if you're a fan of the franchise like I am, but not spectacular and not recommended as a starting point to those new to the series.
  25. Gagnef
    Nov 22, 2019
    0
    -Humor is horrible.

    -Epic games store is involved.

    -The graphics look dated.
  26. tastehass
    Sep 15, 2019
    2
    Would have been an alright game, but its too similar to previous entries and sports humor that is so bad It actually kind of ruins the game for me.

    Performance is also terrible thanks to the insane amount of DRM that constantly sucks up bandwidth and reduces performance. Making it an epic exclusive was a bad choice since due to the amount of backlash they have gone overboard on DRM    Would have been an alright game, but its too similar to previous entries and sports humor that is so bad It actually kind of ruins the game for me.

    Performance is also terrible thanks to the insane amount of DRM that constantly sucks up bandwidth and reduces performance.

    Making it an epic exclusive was a bad choice since due to the amount of backlash they have gone overboard on DRM to stop the unhappy people from pirating it, but now it runs like **** for everyone. All in the name of money, a real shame.    … Expand
  27. 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.
  28. 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
  29. 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.
  30. panteraboy1988
    Sep 22, 2019
    0
    13 hours down the drain due to corrupted save, I have tried everything. Buyer beware! This game is shrouded behind Epic's lack of user reviews, it's all fun and games until you have a major problem and then you're on your own. Good luck getting a refund, Epic has done a splendid job at confusing users who wish to get a refund to the point when it is more economical for the user to just cut13 hours down the drain due to corrupted save, I have tried everything. Buyer beware! This game is shrouded behind Epic's lack of user reviews, it's all fun and games until you have a major problem and then you're on your own. Good luck getting a refund, Epic has done a splendid job at confusing users who wish to get a refund to the point when it is more economical for the user to just cut their losses and move on.… Expand
  31. VerdantDruid
    Sep 29, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. PC Player here, wanting to chime in. A quick summary...I did not enjoy this much, and would recommend you find something else to fill your time.

    I had played Borderlands 2, and was intrigued by the gameplay and general story leading in to Borderlands 3. I know the story wasn't terribly strong in 2, but it was still decent enough, if very predictable. In 3, the story largely ignores the set up from the interim games, and is not just predictable, but skirts by predictable plot points by going for threads that are less predictable because they are so much weaker than what you could extrapolate on your own. Side quest stories are rather weak, and despite having a massive catalog of characters to choose and utilize, they are all very two dimensional and have little growth. Don't worry about your own character's arc though; they'll never show up in any of the cutscenes (bar one, and they don't have any impact then) despite several cutscenes where they might have been able to make up for the "main crew"'s stunning idiocy in several scenes, or sudden loss of powers as the writers couldn't think of a way forward with the plot otherwise.

    The 'humor' gets very grating as well, with several sections repeating the same joke until either you go insane, complete the quest (which drags on and on) or just turn off dialogue volume (a certain 'Escort npc' on the final planet comes to mind, as does a robot-woman making chimp sounds; it's not anywhere near as funny as it sounds). If not repeating the same joke ad nauseam, it's being drowned in every single aspect of the game going for 'wacky-kooky-silly' humor where everything is a joke, at which point the humor spreads into a thin boring mire that loses its lustre and drowns you in cringy outdated jokes and pop-culture references. Some characters are just paper-thin jokes that shoot guns, which can be done well when handled by more competent writers, but in Gearbox's hands are done a disservice (such as Aurelia Hammerlock, who apparently was a more fleshed out character in the interim games; here, she is "I am better than you because I am rich and you aren't" and "I'm an Ice-Cold **** (Because she's mean and uses ice powers, get it?) and that's about it for her character).

    Enough of my complaints of how poorly written a bloody Borderlands game is, and on to gameplay! It's...alright. Gunplay is decent, but you'll often find you'll out-level areas really quickly if you do all the side quests in the zones as well as all the challenges which takes relatively little time. Enemies never get smarter than "wobble back and forth between open areas and partial cover", even towards the end of the game; they just get more bullet-spongy. Bosses are not much smarter, as they don't use cover due to their massive healthbars; only a couple use unique abilities, and even then it's largely the arena. Enemy scaling is all over the place, with areas sometimes scaling to your level to afford you a challenge and sometimes not (though this may just have been due to story purposes).

    If you thought that having several planets to travel to now would make the world open up more, then I am sorry to say you have been misled. The world(s) are even more linear feeling than in Borderlands 2, though the terrible map might trick you into thinking otherwise. Mission design is rather plain, with practically every single one being "go to place and shoot the dudes", often contriving terrible reasoning for a quest to have dudes to shoot. Interfaces continue to be terrible, which they seem to not have learned from Borderlands 2. There is even a second interface you need to go to every now and then to receive extra powerful weapons, though most often you'll just end up selling them. Additionally, the interface will often bug out and swap equipment icons around, so you better be careful when selling items to make sure you don't actually sell something you wanted to keep-best to favourite every good item you come across the moment you find it, which means slowing down the 'fast-paced shoot and loot gameplay' even more than it already does itself. The game ends very poorly, with the only reward being a legendary (the game gives them out in spades) and the option to play it again but harder now.

    As for stability, many people I talked to had issues with it crashing and bugging out, as well as frequent frame drops. Personally I lucked out, as I didn't have any frame drops aside from whenever I first loaded the game up or occasionally when zoning into a new area. I did have several other bugs though; a couple CTD's out of nowhere, as well as a bug where when I teleported into a fast travel point I was stuck and unable to do anything outside of fast travel elsewhere (though I was still stuck and needed to quit the game). I consider myself lucky on that front.

    Overall, this game is not worth the dollars. Poorly written, poorly optimized/tested, an awful repetitive slog through a miserably bad story.    … Expand
  32. Ramcon
    Oct 19, 2019
    4
    This game looks really nice and has the weapons diversity you want from Borderlands. The world has also been expanded from the previous games which was well done.
    Thats about it though, otherwise the game itself gets aggravating quick with the horrible never ending punchlines, new garbage parkour system that never works and constant frame drops. There's better ways to spend $100
  33. ToggleModGoat
    Mar 5, 2020
    4
    I have played the series since Borderlands 1 came out, played every game, and every dlc, except in Borderlands 3. I have played Borderlands to 100% but stopped playing it after that and before dlcs came out. What made me stop playing it even if new content have come out? Well the game is kinda trash, so I will point out why it actually get 5 and not 0 or 10, starting with the pros.I have played the series since Borderlands 1 came out, played every game, and every dlc, except in Borderlands 3. I have played Borderlands to 100% but stopped playing it after that and before dlcs came out. What made me stop playing it even if new content have come out? Well the game is kinda trash, so I will point out why it actually get 5 and not 0 or 10, starting with the pros.

    Pros:
    - YOU GOT LOADS OF GUNS (Just like alot of other games nothing special here)
    - The environmental artist did a amazing job and the game world looks absolutely stunning.
    - The overall combat mechanics feels more smooth with slides and slams (slams kinda bugged tho)
    - egh thats really it.

    Cons:
    - The pacing of the game is horrible. imagine having traffic lights on a highway and you get red every time you get to it, that is how it feels like. You have awesome shootouts with enemy and then you need to wait what feels like 10-30 minutes of boring talking because the characters are so hollow it makes you want to stop playing.
    - NO REAL ENDGAME ON RELEASE?!??! yes, there is no raid boss on release! what were they thinking?
    - Killing vault monsters and opening vaults feels very unrewarding.
    - Game filled with BUGS
    - Game is NOT optimized at all. I could run 70 fps on highest settings and 100 fps on lowest settings like wtf. So I just played with highest settings because it looks absolutely trash on lowest.
    - The story, world and character building is so bad.
    - You remember how much people hated on Troy and Tyreene? well they aren't what I hate about the game, Troy actually had some character development, while this certain PRICK wanted me to not play 2nd playthrough because I had to listen to her again.
    - THE ENDING MAKES NO SENSE.
    - Oh yea endgame by mayhem mode? no it actually sucks. Just makes things harder and boring to play.
    - Ah balance is something. They **** butchered anything that would seem possible in the other games, like CAPPING SOME SKILLS TO BE USELESS EVEN WITH 10 LEVELS IN IT (Looking at you moze)
    - Totally forgot! There is no persistence in anything story related to the franchise or universe.
    - Humor what is that? Even Dad jokes are more fun that this pile of ****

    I would recommend if they removed the PRICK from the game, made a different ending, fixed bugs, made actual endgame, made surprising and funny bosses. ACTUALLY JUST MAKE ANOTHER TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAME BECAUSE THIS FRANCHISE IS NOW DEAD.    … Expand
  34. Wolf98212
    Mar 8, 2020
    4
    Its borderlands 2 with improved graphics, poor humor, and sjw propoganda. In other words, just play bl2 lol this game isnt what you want it to be.
  35. Whiskey-Leg
    Mar 10, 2020
    0
    The death of my interest in Borderlands as a series. Will be avoiding 2K/Gearbox/Epic from here on out. Anti-consumer practices are never sexy.
  36. theSplund
    Oct 14, 2022
    3
    B1 was great, B2 was ok, but this is just tedious. Lacks all the charm of the previous two games and decidely unfunny
  37. Gadlajk
    Nov 8, 2019
    7
    First this game rewards you for doing challenges but because of them you get a more levels so you're over leveled and loot you get in next zones is low level so you end up just buying loot from Sanctuary vendors which isn't fun. Also in more than 24 hours of playing I only got one legendary item that was good, rest either sucked or they were low level like at the end from that chest wereFirst this game rewards you for doing challenges but because of them you get a more levels so you're over leveled and loot you get in next zones is low level so you end up just buying loot from Sanctuary vendors which isn't fun. Also in more than 24 hours of playing I only got one legendary item that was good, rest either sucked or they were low level like at the end from that chest were two legendary items I got were 7 level below mine.… Expand
  38. indominator
    Sep 23, 2019
    1
    Very terrible game. Also epic store has HORRIBLE REFUND POLICIES. They respond fast, but they """"FORGET"""" you were asking for a refund and only call one week later.

    Pros: -its ok i guess, it satiates the crave for a fps for some time, like a week, -The levels arent so repetitive as the previous games Cons: -Lots of guns, but they end up being annoying, also you can just use the    Very terrible game. Also epic store has HORRIBLE REFUND POLICIES. They respond fast, but they """"FORGET"""" you were asking for a refund and only call one week later.

    Pros:
    -its ok i guess, it satiates the crave for a fps for some time, like a week,
    -The levels arent so repetitive as the previous games

    Cons:
    -Lots of guns, but they end up being annoying, also you can just use the guns you like, you are forced to play with **** guns because """"RPG HUR DUR"""
    - The only thing it has of an rpg is the fact that it has levels. RPG is about the RP for f*s sake.
    -Story is as bad as borderlands 2, bad characters, bad plot, and horrible ending that is annoying.
    -Enemies feel repetitive, you will be tired of fighting the same enemies but with different skins.
    -HORRIBLE OPTIMIZATION. Lots of frame drops, also it will mean that you wont be able to properly play this thing before a major update.

    TLDR: Its a bad pc game, wait for when it comes to steam    … Expand
  39. Arbiten
    Sep 27, 2019
    5
    Story is awful, but the gameplay is fantastic and so are the animations and graphics. Jokes aren't as funny as they were in 1 and 2 and most times they're pretty cringey. There's 1 character that will annoy the **** out of you for the entire game, so watch out for that.
  40. D4nilf
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    По сравнению с предыдущей частью франшизы все аспекты игры на уровень безбашенней , за исключением музыки и сюжета. Во второй части для меня всё было идеально. По этому 810
    UPD: Нормальных мужиков в игре не раскрывают. Почти весь сюжет идут сильные женщины. 0/10    По сравнению с предыдущей частью франшизы все аспекты игры на уровень безбашенней , за исключением музыки и сюжета. Во второй части для меня всё было идеально. По этому 810
    UPD: Нормальных мужиков в игре не раскрывают. Почти весь сюжет идут сильные женщины. 0/10
  41. nurii29
    May 19, 2022
    0
    boring af dont waste your time with this **** just go play bl2 youtube culture killed this serie
  42. Wolvstang
    Sep 23, 2019
    2
    Should be a zero but people have said the game is fun so I will give them the benefit of doubt. However I can't play the game. When it did launch it was jumpy and was unplayable. A restart and now the game has either crashed or more of the same. Contacted support and ....... That was Thursday and I have yet to hear anything back 5 days later. Admittedly there is a weekend in thereShould be a zero but people have said the game is fun so I will give them the benefit of doubt. However I can't play the game. When it did launch it was jumpy and was unplayable. A restart and now the game has either crashed or more of the same. Contacted support and ....... That was Thursday and I have yet to hear anything back 5 days later. Admittedly there is a weekend in there but what a joke.

    PC 1: GTX1070ti, i7 6700k, 32gb memory    … Expand
  43. Coltenks
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory... BL2's witty writing and complex characters is replaced with fart jokes and cardboard with accents
  44. Carushi
    Sep 18, 2019
    3
    игра тоооолько для фанатов борды, им еще как то понравится. самый главный минус, который перекрывает здесь всё, это стрельба и пушки, ну не ощущаются они, как будто ходишь с водяным пистолетом и пытаешься кого то залить, а толкового оружия, с которым приятно играть, очень мало... это тот случай когда, вроде бы для фанатов, но даже те кто фанат серии, и привыкли смотреть на вещи правдиво, аигра тоооолько для фанатов борды, им еще как то понравится. самый главный минус, который перекрывает здесь всё, это стрельба и пушки, ну не ощущаются они, как будто ходишь с водяным пистолетом и пытаешься кого то залить, а толкового оружия, с которым приятно играть, очень мало... это тот случай когда, вроде бы для фанатов, но даже те кто фанат серии, и привыкли смотреть на вещи правдиво, а не в розовых очках, видят что игра так себе, и не лишена минусов. баги, которые появляются не в нужный момент, оптимизация, просадки бывают даже на топовом железе, персонажи вторичны на мой взгляд, ну и пушки со стрельбой, они вообще никакие. поэтому 3/10, не более.… Expand
  45. RascalsBlade
    Sep 23, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. to say the least. They were more annoying side bosses than main villans. They've had years to do this game right and it feels half baked. Cash grab even. Every story mission I got the sense they crammed as much of a fight to stall the storyline because they themselves knew there was no substance. It was always feeling like a stall. The usual business like most of the time I agree which is familiar like a Borderlands game but once I finished the story I lost all desire to continue playing. Once I managed to force myself to continue I hit the level cap and again realized that the balance in mayhem mode is a mess and don't get me started on boss battles. The one boss being stuck inside a building and him teleporting constantly right next to me led to some serious loss of funds I had to change my tactics over and over until I managed to use a corrosive weapon in a door way going across over and over wearing him out. The other bosses seemed weak repetitive and boring. For a game that's had this much time to get it right I am genuinely unhappy with the results and if there's ever another title I will more than likely hesitate to pre order. Hopefully the dlc reclaims my enjoyment in the game and bring in new vault hunters that aren't copied from previous or neutered by today's standards of gender. It's a video game don't make it political. Fix your problems. Mindless violence in games are epic but not when they are forcing it down your throat in a boring repetitious manner that leaves a bad taste just playing. It's a popular game and I'm sure there are others just as disappointed!… Expand
  46. Pasic007
    Oct 9, 2019
    3
    Played this game for about 200 hours as Amara, game should still be in Beta, there is way too many bugs.
    I had lost all my items from bank, my guardian rank went from 97 to 0,
    Online game play is crap.
    Im not going to even talk about how optimized this game is and that i dip into 39fps on low settings with 1080ti strix.
  47. cehf
    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
  48. Confectorium
    Mar 6, 2020
    3
    i made a account specifically to review this game. This is only about the game not the epic exclusivity. I just completed the main story of the game and my god was it trash. Many of the interesting characters you love are cut from the game or have limited voice lines. Brick is present for like 20 min, mordekai is there for like 3 lines, krieg made no appearance in main story with thei made a account specifically to review this game. This is only about the game not the epic exclusivity. I just completed the main story of the game and my god was it trash. Many of the interesting characters you love are cut from the game or have limited voice lines. Brick is present for like 20 min, mordekai is there for like 3 lines, krieg made no appearance in main story with the exception of a couple audio logs, which i later found out he was cut out of the main story to feature ava instead. Ava being a super annoying piss poor plot device used to create tension. She is instantly annoying and later hated. Scooter died in the tales of the borderlands spin off game so there goes alot of fun opportunities there. All around it seems like the main story is dominated by female characters, which im not against but none of them are funny except for tannis, and tina. Tina btw is also in the game for like 35 min. The villans are annoying and a complete downgrade from handsome jack. Where jack was evil but liked due to humor. Troy and tyrene are annoying, they try too hard to be bad and it feels like their design in terms of personality was built buy middle school edgy kids. Without spoiling whom they killed of 2 of my favorite characters as their only means of shock and awe. I firmly believe that they kill of characters in a world where resurrection exits simply because they cant make drive you to want to get revenge otherwise. Plot wise characters taking themselves off of the new u grid only is there so they can kill of characters for what they think is a interesting plot device. Essentially what i am getting at is the story is so bad it makes me want to put down the game ignoring all the cool loot that is out there to be gotten.
    The game does greatly improve the gunplay, weapon variety, vehicles, and character ability trees. while both of the female characters seem way too two dimensional for my liking they are still fun to play. every character now has 3 ultimates to choose from, augments for the abilites that can be changed at will. Weapons and weapons sounds are way better offering even whites to be useful, and newly added vehicle customiaztion. In the end the game mechanically is a complete upgrade but the story is lacking in so many areas i dont even want to new game plus. Just thinking about sitting through that child level story makes me want to drop bl3 and just replay bl2.

    TLDR: Story is god tier trash, gameplay is really good. Story so bad i wouldnt play unless on sale for at LEAST 50% off.    … Expand
  49. Gabbelino
    Apr 25, 2020
    2
    I waited 6 months for the steam release just to buy a huge letdown...
    The only positive in BL3 is it's gameplay but it just isn't enough to carry the whole game to be able to recommend it to anyone unless on a generous discount.
    The characters introduced are either not memorable or memorable for all the WRONG reasons(simply how annoting or waste of space they are etc). The    I waited 6 months for the steam release just to buy a huge letdown...
    The only positive in BL3 is it's gameplay but it just isn't enough to carry the whole game to be able to recommend it to anyone unless on a generous discount.

    The characters introduced are either not memorable or memorable for all the WRONG reasons(simply how annoting or waste of space they are etc).

    The story/campaign is quite lengthy or maybe it was just that i just wanted it to end since it was so bad that it felt like it would never end... I gritted and powered through the story hoping for ANYTHING good or quality storytelling.
    Any major plot point is just bad executed to create cheap shock value that just ends up ruining the story even more.

    Of course we have ton of loot... but the loot system devalues legendaries in such away that you either have found tons of legendary weapon that let's you be ridiculously overpowered through out the game eliminating any challenge or eliminating the need to farm for a legendary since you will just look at the legendary drops with your full legendary inventory and just ignore it since they don't have any value at all.
    In short all the excitement from finding a legendary is gone with the wind.

    Since the game is such a bore to playthrough, i'm simply can't bring myself to tryout another vault hunter and playthrough it all again, I just can't. In BL2 there were always something i didn't mind doing again with a new character.

    And lastly the humor that made you chuckle through out your playthrough is almost non-existent, the quality is just been lowered and it's seems afraid to offend some people.

    One thing that does not count to my rating of BL3 base game is the DLCs they are what the base game shoul've been: memorable, fun, good characters etc. So if you want to play BL3 get the DLCs to get some value from the game.    … Expand
  50. bemused
    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.    … Expand
  51. FGM
    Jan 21, 2020
    4
    I was expecting graphical improvements. This is an insult. No Ray Tracing, No God Rays, No Bloom, only blurry and washed out textures, half of the damn grass has no AO or shadows. BIG RUBBISH
  52. Chnmmr
    Jun 26, 2020
    7
    Gameplay wise, I had a blast. Stability was great though a couple of bugs did pop up. Graphically it's very pretty in that borderlands type of way.

    Story though... good lord the trash heap of a story. The story does not acknowledge the existence of the player in any cutscene. And if you play Amara, you will beg the game to acknowledge your existence as a siren. Ava is the most    Gameplay wise, I had a blast. Stability was great though a couple of bugs did pop up. Graphically it's very pretty in that borderlands type of way.

    Story though... good lord the trash heap of a story. The story does not acknowledge the existence of the player in any cutscene. And if you play Amara, you will beg the game to acknowledge your existence as a siren. Ava is the most irritating character I've ever seen in a game, and the ending is a piece of garbage.

    In summary, do not buy this game for the story, buy it for the gameplay.    … Expand
  53. Tubey
    Sep 27, 2019
    6
    A tremendous core game - almost the perfect looter-shooter with a gorgeous aesthetic. The sense of progression and the satisfying weaponry is spot on.

    But it's wrapped in a terrible story, annoyingly bad attempts at 'humour' with abysmal characters that grate on the nerves, combined with, as far as I can tell, unavoidable performance issues. The bugs may be fixed but it's worth    A tremendous core game - almost the perfect looter-shooter with a gorgeous aesthetic. The sense of progression and the satisfying weaponry is spot on.

    But it's wrapped in a terrible story, annoyingly bad attempts at 'humour' with abysmal characters that grate on the nerves, combined with, as far as I can tell, unavoidable performance issues. The bugs may be fixed but it's worth mentioning.

    It's best played with the sound off. I'd recommend waiting for a sale - the game may be fixed by then and you won't be as annoyed by the issues the game has if you pay half the price for it.    … Expand
  54. 6_4_IVI_3_I2
    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.    … Expand
  55. 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.
  56. Qgal5kap
    Dec 15, 2019
    3
    Do you guys remember a time when games used to be fun? When games were about escapism, and not about fringe political correctness? This game is not fun, and it is poorly optimized. For the money they ask, there should have been more testing to insure better performance. NOT recommended.
  57. Gen_justin
    Jan 7, 2020
    2
    Overall fun in the early game but late game is either unplayable or just boring because there are too many bugs with skills or items not working as described.
  58. MrBasileus
    Sep 21, 2019
    3
    - No optimization
    - Bugs
    - Almost nothing new
    - Paywall
    - EGS

    This game was the first game I bought in EGS. And I think it was last.
  59. Sjalka
    Nov 1, 2019
    6
    I am disappointed!

    I like borderlands very much. I have played a lot of Borderlands 2 - loved the characters, the world, the villain. What i do not like in Borderlands (ironically) is the combat. It feels underwhelming ... with guns feeling like pea-shooters or worse ... water pistols. (and no, i dont know how a real gun feels..) Borderlands 3 ... my impressions - visuals .. they    I am disappointed!

    I like borderlands very much. I have played a lot of Borderlands 2 - loved the characters, the world, the villain. What i do not like in Borderlands (ironically) is the combat. It feels underwhelming ... with guns feeling like pea-shooters or worse ... water pistols. (and no, i dont know how a real gun feels..)

    Borderlands 3 ... my impressions

    - visuals .. they are more detailed and complex than Borderlands 2 HD.. yes. But the style prohibits more realism or detail. So ... it does not really look significantly better ... at all. The world still feels very very empty.

    - sound .. still kind of bad. The dialogue is good .. the environment, music and weapon sounds are pathetic.

    - characters .. at that time, we only have 4 ( i am sure more are coming with DLCs ) .. They are the "standard" types .. a new Siren, a kind of mechromancer? a 101 soldier and i dont know what the animal guy is about.
    I do not quite enjoy their design much - but that might come down to being used to the Borderlands 2 characters (i just think the cyber ninja, Maja, the gunzerker had a lot more personality)

    - personality .. a core feature of previous Borderland games. It "tries hard..." - which is not a compliment. I really dislike the Tiny Tina grown up version - and when i compare it to the whackyness of Borderlands 2 (or even 1) characters .. you either have the weird ones from the previous games .. or you get some bland new ones. Not impressed...

    - gamplay .. combat still feels weak. AI has not gotten better .. and enemies are only a challenge because they are sponges.

    - performance .. the game looks as good as Borderlands 2 HD ... but runs much worse for that. Now i certainly do not have a "gaming computer" - but i would expect a game running such visuals and game mechanics to run much better - also considering it is not really open world but still loading limited regions.

    conclusion .. maybe it will grow on me .. but for now .. i am rather disappointed with it.    … Expand
  60. Witchcraft
    Dec 14, 2019
    1
    Sigh. Had I not gotten this game for free, this would have been the 3rd time I've paid for it. Borderlands has barely changed since the first title and even that wasn't original. It had it's charm, but it was a tarantino spin on heavily armed rednecks in space with diablo-style loot and occassionally good humor. Sadly, Borderlands 3 is... exactly... the same... game.

    This is a waste    Sigh. Had I not gotten this game for free, this would have been the 3rd time I've paid for it. Borderlands has barely changed since the first title and even that wasn't original. It had it's charm, but it was a tarantino spin on heavily armed rednecks in space with diablo-style loot and occassionally good humor. Sadly, Borderlands 3 is... exactly... the same... game.

    This is a waste of money. Just go play the first two games. Hell, even play the terrible pre-sequel if you have to, but don't encourage 2K to sell us recycled games any more.    … Expand
  61. InsidiaGaming
    Sep 19, 2019
    2
    Considering Gearbox's experience, this is the equivalent of someone like Apple releasing a phone in which iOS keeps crashing and restarting itself after 20 minutes of usage. The new characters are uninspiring and look like they were thought up in a day, in fact the actual game looks like it was put together from start to finish within 3 months. The game keeps switching to some form onConsidering Gearbox's experience, this is the equivalent of someone like Apple releasing a phone in which iOS keeps crashing and restarting itself after 20 minutes of usage. The new characters are uninspiring and look like they were thought up in a day, in fact the actual game looks like it was put together from start to finish within 3 months. The game keeps switching to some form on Windows mode which I have to then task manager quit from and restart the whole thing again.

    This game is an insult to gamers and Borderland fans. F U Gearbox; I won't be buying another Borderlands unless they give the license to someone who has some actual passion for the franchise and the industry.    … Expand
  62. TsukasaHiiragi
    Sep 23, 2019
    5
    Like many other Borderlands fans, I'm quite disappointed in BL3. I had high hopes for the same hi-jinks and hi-octane over-the-top action in previous games unfortunately it doesn't quite capture the same spirit as the previous games. I would have pretty much no-lifed the game to reach the cap quickly but this one, just hasn't captivated me or even me much drive to play!

    Other problems    Like many other Borderlands fans, I'm quite disappointed in BL3. I had high hopes for the same hi-jinks and hi-octane over-the-top action in previous games unfortunately it doesn't quite capture the same spirit as the previous games. I would have pretty much no-lifed the game to reach the cap quickly but this one, just hasn't captivated me or even me much drive to play!

    Other problems include the excess and paranoid DRM also terribly shady business practices coming from GearBox and 2Kgames also is a major concern here too, others have touched on these points so I'll rather not write an essay on this but its pretty bad. Another major issue is the rather absurd "professional" reviews again once again, providing gaming journalism is corrupt and unethical.

    Loot

    One of the problems is the loot, and how it drops - in the previous games almost always you could tell outright if you had found an upgrade, but in BL3 that isn't exactly apparent anymore and to make matters worse, most of the battles are completely interrupted with the typical loot hauling and spending several minutes looking through everything in the hopes of finding any upgrade, basically a billion different weapons but 99% of them suck it seems.

    Bosses

    Boss fights are typically over the top, some of them are way over the top but in the wrong way with high difficulty or having gimmicks and patterns otherwise you'll have a tough, tough time beating certain ones, or simply not having a specific elemental weapon - kilovolt boss fight is a prime example here, and even then - you're not even guaranteed an upgrade even after winning.

    NERFS

    A major problem has been recent nerfs, especially to drop rates which effectively limit farming significantly, in a game that prides itself on loot - any major and significant nerf to loot drops is going to be met negatively.

    BAD co-op/matchmaking

    The co-op feature is terrible, absolutely terrible to a point I don't even bother joining with randos. Imagine some of the co-op problems of the previous games, basically play with friends only on this one folks.

    General personal issues

    Feels very linear at times, and whilst the maps are huge...there literally isn't nearly enough fast travel so quite often your forced into backtracking and wasting significant time which adds unnecessarily tedium at times.

    Basically, Borderlands fans will either really love this, or be disappointed.    … Expand
  63. Dynako
    Feb 27, 2020
    2
    Borderlands 1-2 were great games, 3, however, fails horrendously in comparison. If you want to pay full price for a buggy experience written by high school kids then go for it. I can't take it anymore, incredibly boring and obnoxious.
  64. MagusGW1
    Nov 1, 2019
    2
    Boring, obnoxious and far too riddled with bugs. This about sums up borderlands 3.

    If you play it without the sound on It actually is a fun experience. The reason why? The constant SCREAMING of the bosses and the enemies that gets stuck in a loop due to you damaging them during there many "catchphrases" and they move onto the "i'm going to suicide bomb you or run into you in the    Boring, obnoxious and far too riddled with bugs. This about sums up borderlands 3.

    If you play it without the sound on It actually is a fun experience. The reason why?

    The constant SCREAMING of the bosses and the enemies that gets stuck in a loop due to you damaging them during there many "catchphrases" and they move onto the "i'm going to suicide bomb you or run into you in the hopes that I can melee you to death. stage"

    This happens mostly with bosses which can make playing intolerable along with the GODAWFUL commentary of 90% of the sidekick characters in the game and the out right ruining of some from the first 2 games.

    As far as the bugs go there are so many I cannot list them all.

    The frame rate for me was fine but the constant crashes, insanely long load times, clipping through the map, getting stuck constantly in walls/objects, and not being able to continue due to errors in the game when you kill certain enemies that should let you continue a quest line but....don't.

    The 2 main enemies are tripe trash that are supposedly like you tube bloggers or twitch streamers.
    if they are they make current day streamers look like real gods lol. With no clear goals and somehow able to get untold masses to follow them through the dumbest Streams ever they make me with handsome jack somehow could come back and the main villain for the third time in a game just so I would have someone interesting and fun to fight against.

    If you want to play borderlands go back to 1 and 2 3 isn't worth your time.    … Expand
  65. 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
  66. Master_Kosa
    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.
  67. BionicMatt
    Oct 7, 2019
    7
    Some welcome improvements of Borderlands 2, but some steps back as well and plenty of bugs.

    * The menu and map are an ungodly mess * Strings and Weapon images will sometimes get swapped * Certain enemies and quest items will frequently get stuck in walls * Mayhem mode's 'difficult' enemies are made by giving existing enemies 5000% more health, making long-range combat ineffective *    Some welcome improvements of Borderlands 2, but some steps back as well and plenty of bugs.

    * The menu and map are an ungodly mess
    * Strings and Weapon images will sometimes get swapped
    * Certain enemies and quest items will frequently get stuck in walls
    * Mayhem mode's 'difficult' enemies are made by giving existing enemies 5000% more health, making long-range combat ineffective
    * Particle effects frequently get stuck on the screen, particularly in big firefights
    * Even with the beefiest of cards, can't seem to manage 90FPS even with all settings on low.

    Other than that, a decent looter shooter with no microtransactions forced down your throat. If you're mad about the lack of Steam support don;t be. In 6 months time, you'll hopefully get this game in a much better state.    … Expand
  68. maxmoefoe
    Apr 13, 2021
    0
    One of the worst games ive played this year and ive played ac odyssey/ shadow of tomb raider this year. Characters and writing is feminist and boring as hell. Devs force you to do boring side quests by level gating the (boring) main quests. Just avoid this.
  69. Anastasyah
    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.
  70. DenisOff
    Sep 26, 2019
    9
    Купил игру напару со своей девушкой. Запускал у себя на стареньком i5 2500, 16 гигов оперативы и видеокартой ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1660 ti - проблем с игрой не наблюдалось. У девушки был ноутбук Asus Rog FX705DT на AMD Ryzen 7 3750H, 16 гигах оперативы и видеокартой NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - проблем так же не было. Играем уже больше недели, оба довольны. Игра отличная, ни к сюжету ни кКупил игру напару со своей девушкой. Запускал у себя на стареньком i5 2500, 16 гигов оперативы и видеокартой ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1660 ti - проблем с игрой не наблюдалось. У девушки был ноутбук Asus Rog FX705DT на AMD Ryzen 7 3750H, 16 гигах оперативы и видеокартой NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 - проблем так же не было. Играем уже больше недели, оба довольны. Игра отличная, ни к сюжету ни к геймплею нареканий нет - типичная борда, только больше, краше и ярче!… Expand
  71. MrMuppe
    Feb 1, 2020
    7
    Going to start with listing the good parts before I rant about what brings this game down.
    + The gameplay.
    + All those guns. The visuals are a love it or hate it thing, personally I like it. And on to the bad. - If a questgiver wants you to do something they will tell you so every second, I actually turned of the sound at one point because it was driving me insane. - Some of the    Going to start with listing the good parts before I rant about what brings this game down.
    + The gameplay.
    + All those guns.

    The visuals are a love it or hate it thing, personally I like it.

    And on to the bad.
    - If a questgiver wants you to do something they will tell you so every second, I actually turned of the sound at one point because it was driving me insane.
    - Some of the "jokes" are a little to on the nose, even as someone on the left I could clearly see some points where I said "Ya, I can see people on the right being annoyed by this and even feel insulted.".
    - Those twins. They are so annoying. It got so bad that I took breaks from the game whenever I thought I was close to having to deal with them again. Without them this game would have been an 8 if not a 9. Who wrote them and how did they make it into the game? Was it Randy that wrote them, thinking they were edgy and funny and blablabla? Who and why we will never know, just that they are there and they are insanely annoying.    … Expand
  72. dmacconn
    Sep 27, 2019
    5
    This is a solid game and if you liked Borderlands 2 you will like this one. It has some performance problems and is rough around the edges such as the occasional random crash along with cut scenes not working properly on wide screen monitors.

    Needs more polish which I'm sure it will get over time.

    Also FOR THE LOVE OF GOD make the the cut scenes skippable after the first run through!
  73. chinesebean
    Nov 5, 2019
    6
    This game is not worth 60€, so don't bother buying it on Epic Games Store - go eat sushi, watch a movie, buy Christmas decorations, you'll enjoy that more.
    Borderlands never had a good story, but this game is on an entirely new level of bad and this time there are no memorable characters to save it.
    In 40+ hours I was able to find only one memorable quest, everything else just felt    This game is not worth 60€, so don't bother buying it on Epic Games Store - go eat sushi, watch a movie, buy Christmas decorations, you'll enjoy that more.
    Borderlands never had a good story, but this game is on an entirely new level of bad and this time there are no memorable characters to save it.
    In 40+ hours I was able to find only one memorable quest, everything else just felt mediocre.
    I'm not sure if I'm simply older or if the times have changed, but I also didn't find the jokes as funny as one would expect.
    The villains were bad and not only because they were annoying, but because they had no evolution at all. From the beginning of the story to the end, they remained the same egoistical, shallow and obnoxious ****
    The other new characters weren't that interesting either, with the exception of Balex (his voice was cool, I have to admit it).
    What I hated the most, however, was the treatment they reserved for Rhys and Vaughn. The former has become a shadow of his old self, with no personality and completely wrong proportions (please, confront the BL3 model with the TFTBL model. Gearbox, that's not how humans work); and the latter is a walking cringe fest. To be honest, a lot of this game is cringeworthy.
    Now to the bugs. Do you remember Fallout New Vegas? Imagine that, but with cel shading.
    A few examples of what you should expect: characters disappearing, getting stuck in trees, losing your items, being unable to progress because NPCs won't talk to you, frame rate drops, being unable to change the settings, shaking screen, falling through the map…
    The only good thing about Borderlands 3 is the shooting, but even then there are other games that offer the same thing with fewer issues.    … Expand
  74. Mercinarie
    Nov 1, 2019
    4
    So many little issues adding together to make a frustrating experience out of an alright game.
    The Bad - No skipping cutscenes? Confusing UI, Terrible Antagonists - No really they are so bad you don't even want to go and kill them, just to avoid seeing them again.
  75. Cthulhu5000
    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.    … Expand
  76. kalszczak
    Dec 13, 2019
    0
    This game is sooooooo BORING. The villans are sh*t The loot is sh*t The main story is sh*t and is sooo boring The heroses are sh*t and Randy **** and his 20 minutes fake magic tricks are SH*T. The lags are bad The boses are boring. The optimization is bad Dated grafics and frame drops.MANY BUSG!
  77. 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...
  78. 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
  79. rawton
    Sep 22, 2019
    1
    I haven't bought a $60 dollar game in years because of games like this. I match the recommended specs in all but one category(CPU, i5 4690K to the recommended i7 4770), and yet I can't manage a consistent 60 FPS in 1080p on the lowest settings (I drop 10 FPS every time I aim down sights). They really haven't changed much to make it a different game from the previous installments.

    At the    I haven't bought a $60 dollar game in years because of games like this. I match the recommended specs in all but one category(CPU, i5 4690K to the recommended i7 4770), and yet I can't manage a consistent 60 FPS in 1080p on the lowest settings (I drop 10 FPS every time I aim down sights). They really haven't changed much to make it a different game from the previous installments.

    At the very least, wait for some optimization patches, better yet, save your $60 and play the pre-sequel again.    … Expand
  80. Goodwang1
    Sep 22, 2019
    3
    Sadly this game was not worth my 120$+. 2k games have ruined a great thing the story is **** vault hunters are unbalanced and not unique, the game is broken and filled with bugs. Basiçaly no side quests at all compared to the last 3 games .Previous dlc such as bloody harvest now being a limited time event with gear items looked behind a server wall is **** no new difficulty modes at launchSadly this game was not worth my 120$+. 2k games have ruined a great thing the story is **** vault hunters are unbalanced and not unique, the game is broken and filled with bugs. Basiçaly no side quests at all compared to the last 3 games .Previous dlc such as bloody harvest now being a limited time event with gear items looked behind a server wall is **** no new difficulty modes at launch and now no new vault hunters either this will be the last 2k game I ever purchase .so sad… Expand
  81. SpaceVarmint
    Sep 23, 2019
    5
    I have been a HUGE fan of the franchise in the past and maybe that is why I am leaving such a low score. It's all subjective, but my score is how I personally feel abut the game's fun factor. The game is well done and polished. The game is also a reboot of the same thing we have already seen many times with nothing substantial that is new. That might sound like a good thing to someoneI have been a HUGE fan of the franchise in the past and maybe that is why I am leaving such a low score. It's all subjective, but my score is how I personally feel abut the game's fun factor. The game is well done and polished. The game is also a reboot of the same thing we have already seen many times with nothing substantial that is new. That might sound like a good thing to someone devoted to the series, but I just can't find myself having fun with it due to the fact I feel like it's just large a BL2 DLC at heart.… Expand
  82. muzll0dr
    Sep 25, 2019
    4
    It's a hard time to be a game developer right now. Fans are ravenous for the best possible experience, and are super intolerant of the slightest little things. I just want a good game to play and am not terribly picky.

    Borderlands, though, is a problem. I love the Borderlands series. Have all the games, all the expansions, etc. But in every single instance, I've only played couch co-op    It's a hard time to be a game developer right now. Fans are ravenous for the best possible experience, and are super intolerant of the slightest little things. I just want a good game to play and am not terribly picky.

    Borderlands, though, is a problem. I love the Borderlands series. Have all the games, all the expansions, etc. But in every single instance, I've only played couch co-op with friends or my wife. B3 has all but nuked that ability by making a terribly split screen experience.

    The game is great. We love the graphics, characters, etc. But we're about ready to stop playing and we haven't even finished the first area. "What does that say?" is a question I hear constantly from my wife - and we're playing on a 70" screen. The horizontal split has things so wide we also can't play for very long before one or both of us get motion sickness. Opening menus is a great way to take a break since you can't really both do things at the same time. (We use it as an excuse to check our phones or go to the bathroom.)

    I'm sure the lag problems (and assorted bugs) will be sorted out. But the horizontal split screen has got to go. Gearbox have already said that there were "no plans" to do a vertical split screen option and it's just a shame. I can't even imagine what it must be like on a smaller TV.

    So, great game, fun gameplay. Decent loot (as always) but this might be the first game we give up on in split screen. Time to buy another PS4?    … Expand
  83. mikethecanadain
    Sep 26, 2019
    7
    Personally, I think that Borderlands 2 is a game that got everything right. At least for me, I don't think it is too far to say that it is one of the best games of all time. Everything that Borderlands 2 has, is something that borderlands 3 lacks. Among many pacing storyline problems, the borderlands series has lost its voice.

    Very little of the team that made borderlands 2 worked on    Personally, I think that Borderlands 2 is a game that got everything right. At least for me, I don't think it is too far to say that it is one of the best games of all time. Everything that Borderlands 2 has, is something that borderlands 3 lacks. Among many pacing storyline problems, the borderlands series has lost its voice.

    Very little of the team that made borderlands 2 worked on this game. That includes the writer, director, and producers, and creative director. This clearly shows in how different the writing is, and how different everything feels. It makes me think that all of the good things about the series might have left with them, and only the drawbacks remain.

    The story sucks. I think everyone can agree on that. More than that, the missions and level layouts feel incredibly contrived. Almost every mission boils down to "clear the area of enemies for no reason other than this is a video game". The bosses feel like bags of meat, and the overuse of invulnerability is often frustrating.    … Expand
  84. Lyushen
    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.    … Expand
  85. Garbz
    Oct 24, 2019
    3
    The gameplay is on point, the weapons are great. That's it. The jokes are incredibly lame compared to the previous games, the villains are irritating to the point of almost putting me off playing, the game runs incredibly poorly, and the game is deserving of at most a score of 5. -2 points for the abhorrent behaviour of developers, suing live streamers, abusing customers verbally, andThe gameplay is on point, the weapons are great. That's it. The jokes are incredibly lame compared to the previous games, the villains are irritating to the point of almost putting me off playing, the game runs incredibly poorly, and the game is deserving of at most a score of 5. -2 points for the abhorrent behaviour of developers, suing live streamers, abusing customers verbally, and lying to investors, because they made the stupid decision to bring the worst feature of consoles to the PC world: exclusivity. I feel cheated for my money.… Expand
  86. Ttaman
    Apr 7, 2020
    4
    This game is okay, not revolutionary. The 3D overhauled engine is cool, but it seem poorly optimized and the graphical intensity from BL2 is slight. BL3 has too much recycled content from the previous, better BL2 without the charm (same problem BL: TPS had). The story and characters are boring, and forgettable. Unfortunately, I found myself trying to avoid side missions to try to findThis game is okay, not revolutionary. The 3D overhauled engine is cool, but it seem poorly optimized and the graphical intensity from BL2 is slight. BL3 has too much recycled content from the previous, better BL2 without the charm (same problem BL: TPS had). The story and characters are boring, and forgettable. Unfortunately, I found myself trying to avoid side missions to try to find the main point of the story; still searching...

    What happened to Tiny? She's not funny. Also, the political-correctness throughout the entire game is unattractive, annoying. Thus, attracting the wrong video game players. Identity politics are a big loser for BL3.    … Expand
  87. UltimatePowa
    Nov 1, 2019
    3
    Gameplay is great, however, the story is complete garbage, completely throwing out the cliffhanger they set up with Borderlands 2.

    On top of that, they have weird SJW pandering within the game, having characters saying lines such as "The Crimson Raiders are awesome! They defend the weak!" or "Words in the wrong hands can be more dangerous than a bullet" Whatever happened to "No Rest    Gameplay is great, however, the story is complete garbage, completely throwing out the cliffhanger they set up with Borderlands 2.

    On top of that, they have weird SJW pandering within the game, having characters saying lines such as "The Crimson Raiders are awesome! They defend the weak!" or "Words in the wrong hands can be more dangerous than a bullet"

    Whatever happened to "No Rest for the Wicked?"
    Whatever happened to being a badass?

    Only characters that kind of fit this in my opinion are Zane and Fl4k.
    Zane is great, because he is not a good guy, and Vault Hunters are supposed to be more Chaotic Neutral and not protectors of the weak.
    The previous Borderlands had awesome female characters, my favorite being Lilith, but in Borderlands 3, the female characters seemed to have been sacrificed for the cause of SJWness.
    Thankfully making Fl4k "Non-binary" appears to be an afterthought, and he is pretty much a he.
    Btw, robots can't be non-binary, because they run off of binary programming.

    Not to mention, the fact they have the ending song singing "That girl is on FIrrREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!"

    I'll ask again, whatever happened to being a badass?
    If I wanted this touchy feely stuff I woulda watched the notebook.

    As I said before, the gameplay is great, the bosses are fun, except the inability to mute story dialog without muting all the dialog ruins the whole experience.    … Expand
  88. moscow17
    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
  89. aleshazub
    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?    … Expand
  90. wowerr
    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
  91. KPTN
    Dec 16, 2019
    0
    Game deleted my character after I was mid-way through the game, removing all of my progress and rendering the game completely unplayable. I had cloud saves enabled but that did not help. This is a broken game and its continued sale and lack of post-sales support is fraudulent. Only reason I didn't issue a credit card chargeback is because I have other games on the Epic launcher and it'sGame deleted my character after I was mid-way through the game, removing all of my progress and rendering the game completely unplayable. I had cloud saves enabled but that did not help. This is a broken game and its continued sale and lack of post-sales support is fraudulent. Only reason I didn't issue a credit card chargeback is because I have other games on the Epic launcher and it's well documented that they ban any accounts that issue chargebacks.

    Neither EPIC nor 2K offered a refund or any way to resolve the issue despite contacting them multiple times. Worst service I've ever encountered from a gaming company.    … Expand
  92. Hoyana
    Dec 22, 2019
    1
    After more than 50 hours of game disturbated by a lot of crash, of online game problems and lagging, my note will be a little 1. I am disappointed that the updates are never made to fix these problems. I wanted to play the new DLC but there was a crash, and this is the last crash for me I give up don't want to play this game anymore until someone discent want to make a real update. untilAfter more than 50 hours of game disturbated by a lot of crash, of online game problems and lagging, my note will be a little 1. I am disappointed that the updates are never made to fix these problems. I wanted to play the new DLC but there was a crash, and this is the last crash for me I give up don't want to play this game anymore until someone discent want to make a real update. until that don't buy or play this ****… Expand
  93. Rolls981
    Dec 23, 2019
    3
    Story so, so bad. Characters terrible. This is no Borderlands 2. Played many hours hoping it would get better, but it never did. Actual game play and gun fights are fine, but most of the boss fights are pretty dull. Missions are never engaging because you don't care about the story or characters.
  94. umba
    Dec 28, 2019
    0
    The story of the first one and second is on another level.
    The inventory is so laggy, how can some problems like this get trough the quality control.
  95. Spleege123
    Dec 31, 2019
    0
    seriously? 81???? Moving through the maps was very awkward. Once you figured it out it was doable but time-consuming and pointless. but I will skip to why I literally uninstalled this, the weapons purchase points were few on each level. when you would fight a boss at the end of the level and lose you respawn, your ammo is gone and you have to go back through the map again. If you want toseriously? 81???? Moving through the maps was very awkward. Once you figured it out it was doable but time-consuming and pointless. but I will skip to why I literally uninstalled this, the weapons purchase points were few on each level. when you would fight a boss at the end of the level and lose you respawn, your ammo is gone and you have to go back through the map again. If you want to re-up and avoid looking for unused canisters, you have to go back long distances to reload and then walk all the way back fighting the same enemies you just wasted. this is a major flaw and after a few days of it the game became a job. Lame… Expand
  96. BakaUsagi
    Feb 22, 2020
    2
    Everything is just worse than it was in Borderlands 2. The story is just awful. The characters are killed. It;s just boring to play. There are some cool features added like parkour but in a whole the game is terrible. Very big disappointment. Definitely not worth buying if you are a BL fan,
  97. AlwaysReaper
    Apr 6, 2020
    0
    I experienced a lot of cringe moments playing this game. What are those unfunny jokes? Its like those are intentionally infuriating, Also so many people say the story was never that important cause its a looter shoot but then, why its the User Score 5.2? Was the gameplay bad? No. The gameplay was very good. Its just that story actually matters, and as we can see, its making up about halfI experienced a lot of cringe moments playing this game. What are those unfunny jokes? Its like those are intentionally infuriating, Also so many people say the story was never that important cause its a looter shoot but then, why its the User Score 5.2? Was the gameplay bad? No. The gameplay was very good. Its just that story actually matters, and as we can see, its making up about half the score of this game. The pre-sequel(although considered bad cause its basically a slow-burn) had much better writing. Get ready to feel completley insignificant and worthless when all your effort put in being a bad-ass is thrown away cause gues what. you are not the main character, u are not even a character, you don't exist in this game, it feels kinda dissapointing to do everything and then never be slightly praised... Just compare character introductions and you will see how bad the writing is. Vaughn: Baaaaaaandd it Lyffffffeeeeeeeee. Vaughn was not this dumb in TFTB. The main villains are again, very infuriating, and not in a villain way, you don't hate them because of what they do, because of their actions. you hate them because of their dialog? And from what ive seen voice acting? Not saying its bad, it might be but from what i've seen the voice actors aren't doing a good job. might just be writing bottleneck. I could write all day about the frustration this writing gave me, ill end this here. This story feels insignificant, boring, like it doesn't really make a difference, its not immersive. 0 not because its a bad game, but its a huge dissapointment. I loved this franchise, im sad this is borderlands 3, it might've ruined its future… Expand
  98. bigjoint
    Feb 15, 2022
    0
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  99. BossaNovaIV
    Jun 4, 2020
    1
    Gearbox falsely believes they are brilliant story tellers, and they've unfortunately made the story and characters the main focus of BL3 and all the DLC. Because of this, the gameplay, what should be the biggest strength of the Borderlands series, suffers. Once you've gone through the mediocre main story, there's not a lot that will keep you entertained. At least BL2 had a fantasticGearbox falsely believes they are brilliant story tellers, and they've unfortunately made the story and characters the main focus of BL3 and all the DLC. Because of this, the gameplay, what should be the biggest strength of the Borderlands series, suffers. Once you've gone through the mediocre main story, there's not a lot that will keep you entertained. At least BL2 had a fantastic villain in Handsome Jack. Gearbox's idea of "harder" gameplay equals increased health and damage dealt, i.e mayhem mode. It's not harder, it's tedious. Other big problems include Mayhem 10's extremely build/weapon restrictive nature due to horrid balancing decisions, asinine limited time seasonal events, horrible optimization, and much more, which you can consistently find people **** about on reddit. Would not buy for more than 10 bucks.… Expand
  100. articosak
    Apr 8, 2021
    3
    3 years after release, and many minor bugs still on. This game is totally on line add DLC, never repair errors, bugs, crashes, some bad game designs. Loved B1 and B2, at least story, voice acting and characters are good, but not enough for good score.
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#62 Best PC Game of 2019
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#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2019
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#98 Most Shared PC Game of 2019

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 53 Critic Reviews

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