Borderlands 3

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  • Summary: At the hard edge of the galaxy lies a group of planets ruthlessly exploited by militarized corporations. Brimming with loot and violence, this is your home – the Borderlands. Answering the call of the Siren champion Lilith, four Vault Hunters charge head-first into a spray of bullets, blood,At the hard edge of the galaxy lies a group of planets ruthlessly exploited by militarized corporations. Brimming with loot and violence, this is your home – the Borderlands. Answering the call of the Siren champion Lilith, four Vault Hunters charge head-first into a spray of bullets, blood, and bandits to recover a map to ancient Vaults and prevent a universe-destroying power from falling into the wrong hands. The rest is history. Fearless renegade mercenaries on the wildest interplanetary treasure hunt of all time. FL4K is a wandering robotic tracker whose cold steel heart warms only for their pet beasts. Amara beats bad guys into pancakes with her psychic fists. Moze’s best friend is a 10-ton walking killing machine. And Zane, the semi-retired corporate hitman... well, he’s Zane. Hunting Alone? No problem! Shoot and loot your way through the Borderlands, discovering the region’s untold stories and piling high your increasingly deadly cache of goodies and weapons. [2K Games]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. Cheat Code Central
    Sep 16, 2019
    96
    Perhaps the best way to describe Borderlands 3 is to say it is exactly the game you would expect it to be. There are plenty of familiar faces, and it has the same sort of ambiance and atmosphere. People will still keep going into quest after quest for the same reasons (loot). While it might be difficult to accept the new villains after a great one like Handsome Jack, the twins are fine. Most importantly, the new Vault Hunters work well and the game is as fun to play alone as it is with friends. It looks, works, and plays well, and fans of the series will be more than happy to join the Crimson Raiders.
  2. PlaySense
    Sep 13, 2019
    90
    Borderlands 3 is more of the same in the best possible way, while some small tweaks to gunplay and exploration - being able to fight your way through multiple planets is invigorating - are welcome additions to the franchise.
  3. DualShockers
    Sep 19, 2019
    85
    Borderlands 3 comes with great growth in gameplay, but a safe story that had the opportunity for so much more.
  4. Critical Hit
    Sep 19, 2019
    80
    Borderlands 3 may be a brain-dead story of already dead on arrival memes and a cast that is largely forgettable (Save for Tannis, I still love you for being my socially inept spirit animal), but it’s easily the most satisfying power fantasy of the year thanks to its amazingly tuned gunplay and a sophisticated flow of action that picks up the juvenile slack.
  5. Gamer.no
    Sep 25, 2019
    80
    Borderlands 3 is, quite simply, more Borderlands. That means excessive charming humor, great variety in environments and sidequests and a lot of fun coop action spread throughout. The things that hold the game back are mostly minor annoyances – like the overabundance of everlasting boss fights and the gruesomely tiresome inventory management – but all in all this is a package that simply works.
  6. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 16, 2019
    75
    Borderlands 3 is a by-the-book sequel that takes no risks. Veteran Borderlands players will embrace it, but others will find that it has not evolved enough.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Sep 20, 2019
    50
    The game is boorish, infantile, and violent, and, in refusing to take any sort of consistent stand, is wildly off the mark.

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  1. Positive: 303 out of 648
  2. Mixed: 119 out of 648
  3. Negative: 226 out of 648
  1. will28s
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    If you're a fan of the series you will absolutely love this! It's everything you'd expect, with small little tweaks here and there to improveIf you're a fan of the series you will absolutely love this! It's everything you'd expect, with small little tweaks here and there to improve some of the downsides of the old games. As for framerate drops, just change the performance on visuals to prefer FPS, then it's smooth as butter!… Expand
  2. phoeniix23
    Oct 26, 2019
    10
    I bought the Super Deluxe Edition on PS4 on Day One and have been playing since. I'm level 23 right now and having a blast playing theI bought the Super Deluxe Edition on PS4 on Day One and have been playing since. I'm level 23 right now and having a blast playing the campaign SOLO. I did not try local splitscreen co-op nor online co-op. Here's my take so far.

    If you love everything about Borderlands 1, 2, Pre-Sequel and Tales, you WILL, without a doubt, love Borderlands 3. To me, it is THE best Borderlands experience. It improves so much from the previous games.

    1. Fast travel
    Previous games had me backtracking so much! It became so frustrating to undertake a quest, complete it and finding myself having to trek back across the map to another location. I would just quit the game and restart to get back to a fast travel point. In BL3, you can fast travel anytime, anywhere. Just open the map, and BOOM! Fast travel anywhere. This is a game changer for me.

    2. Exploration
    This time, it's more rewarding to explore the full map, uncovering every inch of it. BL1 & 2 felt empty, where the rewards for exploring were just Echo Logs and Vault Symbols etc. This time, you're rewarded not just with Echo Logs, but Collectibles/Crew Challenges that give you useful loot! Plus the game is so gorgeous and the diverse landscapes made exploration enjoyable.

    3. Characters
    Admittedly, so far, the antagonist twins aren't as compelling as Handsome Jack but they're passable. However, I am more attached to characters from previous games like Lilith & Co. So for me, I am enjoying the main campaign just because I'm finding out more about what happened to them since the last games, what's going on right now and what will happen to them. You are also rewarded with a lot of dialog when you keep prompting each NPC. The previous games usually had 1-2 lines of dialog per prompt, but BL3 definitely put in the effort in fleshing out NPCs more.

    4. Loot
    OMG, the loot!!! It is the bread and butter of this game! Gunplay and gameplay is so so so satisfying. I'm playing as Moze, having played Sirens in the previous games, and oh man am I enjoying myself. I cannot wait to max out Moze and then try out Fl4k, Zane and Amara in other playthroughs. I usually don't care for the other character besides my main, but BL3 made me intrigued. You also get rewarded for using guns from each manufacturer. So if your favorite type of gun is from Maliwan or Jakobs, these companies will send you special loot for being a loyal customer! It's just so rewarding, and the pace that I get new loot before I got bored with what I currently have is perfect.

    5. Music
    The music is excellent. Very chill and relaxing. The Sanctuary3 music somehow reminded me of The Matrix.

    6. Customization
    There's a huge variety of cosmetics and customization you make on your charater, guns and vehicles. I especially love the gun skins and trinkets which is something new, cos you see your weapon 100% of the time so being able to customize them is cool! Also, I do not see any intrusive microtransactions in game whatsoever, unlike games like AC Odyssey, Origins, Battlefield, Destiny, COD, etc. It feels like an old school looter shooter to the core!

    7. Bosses
    Man some of the bosses so far are pretty cool! And kinda tough for a normal difficulty. I cannot wait for True Vault Hunter Mode.

    8. Stability
    On single player campaign playing on SOLO on my original PS4, the game has been super smooth with no crashes and bugs since Day 1. 30fps gameplay is good enough for this generation. I wasn't expecting 60fps so I was fine with the gameplay.

    So yeah, having played about 30+ hours so far and not nearing the end yet, it has been an awesome experience. If you love the Borderlands series and play solo, this is a MUST BUY!

    EDIT (Oct 26): I just beat the campaign at Level 44 with most side quests completed and some collectibles left. What a game! So much content, so much fun! I'm finishing up the remaining side quests, Circles of Slaughters, Proving Grounds and finding all collectibles. I'm also playing at a new difficulty level called Mayhem mode. Mayhem1 is tough and makes the game so much more challenging and forces me to change my approach. I tried the highest tier, Mayhem3, just for fun, and it is NOT fun. Bordering on impossible. I find myself now finding better gear to challenge myself at Mayhem3. If you're familiar with Torment levels in Diablo3, Mayhem mode is similar. Mayhem mode also has modifiers that affect your current game session, things like more SMG, shotgun damage, less crit, pistol damage etc.

    I haven't even started a 2nd playthrough on True Vault Hunter Mode. I'm guessing TVHM at Mayhem3 will be the Bloodborne of shooter looters!

    Feeling very excited to improve my Moze into the ultimate badass. This almost feels like Goku training at 100x gravity.

    Awesome game, one of my favorite gaming experiences of the year, along with Control.

    Oh, not to mention the current free Halloween content, Bloody Harvest! I'm having a ball of a time, even after 100+ hrs of gameplay.    … Expand
  4. electronicoffee
    Sep 15, 2019
    9
    BL3 is **** epic and it's ZERO BUGS . ZERO GLITCHES and 10 hours in. Works flawlessly, **** of new features and content, new storyline, etc.BL3 is **** epic and it's ZERO BUGS . ZERO GLITCHES and 10 hours in. Works flawlessly, **** of new features and content, new storyline, etc. BL3 is awesome. I haven't seen a single bug or glitch yet, 10 hours in, **** of new features, gameplay mechanics, and really what people are mad about and LYING about are the STEAM fanboy losers who are mad it's an EPIC STORE exclusive for six months. Cry more. VALVE/STEAM takes 30% of all sales from video game companies. EPIC only takes 12% and is much more friendly to the companies making these games FOR YOU ENTITLED **** Yes, Randy Pitchford is a piece of **** but he's not the entire game. The game is not him. Why rob yourself of an amazing game because you hate one person who worked on it? Dumb as ****… Expand
  5. werek3
    Dec 2, 2020
    7
    story is steaming hot garbage. Combat is fun, not much more to say. oooooooooo
  6. LeDreak
    Jan 2, 2021
    5
    Terrible optimalization, lags and stutters. Story that could be rated 0/10 followed by tons of legendary weapons with funcionality notTerrible optimalization, lags and stutters. Story that could be rated 0/10 followed by tons of legendary weapons with funcionality not explained. FInally, amount of particles and effects is so high, you cant even see whats going on.

    Overall, disapointment written all over my face    … Expand
  7. DavidJoeseph
    Aug 26, 2021
    3
    I have played this both on PC and PS4. PS4 is close to unplayable. It crashes like crazy and bugs out often. The PS4 just cant handle thisI have played this both on PC and PS4. PS4 is close to unplayable. It crashes like crazy and bugs out often. The PS4 just cant handle this game as it does not appear to have much optimization.… Expand
  8. brunopersio1986
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    Impossible to play due to the constants crashes and bad performance, total waste of money, thanks God I borrow ir form a friend. Gearbox goImpossible to play due to the constants crashes and bad performance, total waste of money, thanks God I borrow ir form a friend. Gearbox go fck yourself.… Expand

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