Borderlands 3

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  1. MUSSICKKS
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Has some minor flaws, villain is already **** but tbh not bad because we get to kill them but all in all it is THE BEST BORDERLANDS GAME TO DATE.
  2. argus4never
    Sep 29, 2019
    10
    it's the king of looter shooters. big improvement on the previous game. cant wait to see whats next
  3. BananaSplit
    Sep 29, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Easily the best game of the year.
    Character diversity is through the roof.
    Guns better then ever. Developers working all the time on hotfixes and patches to balance the game and get performance on top.    … Expand
  4. HelldreW
    Sep 29, 2019
    9
    This game have some bad things like a bad optimization and minor bugs, but Borderlands 3 still be best loot and shoot game (except Destiny 2) All the problems of this game can be solved, because of that 910 now, and 1010 after patches that will solve them
  5. ChilledScooby
    Sep 30, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfect loot breakup and new weapons have made this game near perfect The bosses are occasionally hard but fun… Expand
  6. CrazyCam
    Oct 2, 2019
    10
    So much fun. I mean the game has over a billion guns, and they all feel unique and useful for different scenarios. The loot system is a great design. The campaign is also alot of fun with friends.
  7. dirrdevil
    Oct 6, 2019
    0
    This game is overhyped trash. I was a huge fan of Borderlands 2, but this sequel failed hard. Skip it, and any Gearbox games.
  8. dizertir
    Oct 29, 2019
    10
    Если честно - игра классная, сюжет (+продолжение) охотников - зачет. Есть свои нововведения, что проявило интерес. Для себя однозначно взял и не жалею. Играю с самых первых частей - и даже если будет выпущена новая часть - обязательно возьму. Нравится мне этот дикий дикий мультяшный мир в коопе !!!!!Если честно - игра классная, сюжет (+продолжение) охотников - зачет. Есть свои нововведения, что проявило интерес. Для себя однозначно взял и не жалею. Играю с самых первых частей - и даже если будет выпущена новая часть - обязательно возьму. Нравится мне этот дикий дикий мультяшный мир в коопе !!!!!
  9. JAGUAR10
    Sep 20, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've reached Promethea and have played a few hours there and I'm pretty disappointed in this game. I'm not thrilled with any of the Vault Hunters but am playing the Beast Hunter as you 3 pet helpers (one would have been good enough!). One thing I find is that the level up menus are ridiculously complicated as are the fast travel menus. More is not always better. Maybe its just me but I'm also having a hard time reading anything on the screen and I'm about 6 feet away from the TV. The blurb for the guns is hard to read and usually an ugly color (too much black and red lettering). You have to step back to read the whole description when going to pick it up. I haven't gotten any purple or gold guns yet either. It's hard to see what kind of gun they are, too, as the actual gun does not match the symbol for the gun (shotgun, pistol, etc.). Ammo and cash zips into your inventory and you don't even get a chance to see what it is!! Some money is yellow and some is black & white!!!??? The humor is forced and fairly stupid. I was shocked at the voice of the female villain! She sounds like a Valley Girl not an evil villain. One of my biggest disappointments is the music in Moxxxie's bar! I want that cool techno vibe and this one is playing low key mood music!! I hate it!! I've not experienced any glitches (playing on PS4 regular gold version) just disappointed in story, characters, guns, dialog boxes, colors of guns, and other cosmetic things. Additionally, there is so much color spray from enemy weapons and fireworks all over the place that makes it hard to see the enemies. Good things are - Shooting, instant ammo purchase from machines and the cars are easy to drive as in the previous games. This game is not a 10! Far from it. Borderlands 2 was much better.… Expand
  10. pkarapan77
    Sep 19, 2019
    7
    Gameplay, looting and shooting mechanics 9/10. Graphics 8/10. Story and dialogue 1/10. Optimization and technical issues 6/10. Game is a lot of fun, but the story is incredibly cringey and not even remotely as funny as BL2 was.
  11. HaloFever
    Oct 10, 2019
    8
    For better or worse, Borderlands 3 looks and plays like Borderlands 2. The best Borderlands 3 has to offer is its loot driven gameplay that is completely devoid of micro-transactions. Triple A publishers lie to you every time they tell you that micro-transactions are necessary to fund these kinds of games. If you want a particular gun in Borderlands 3, just keep playing and having a blastFor better or worse, Borderlands 3 looks and plays like Borderlands 2. The best Borderlands 3 has to offer is its loot driven gameplay that is completely devoid of micro-transactions. Triple A publishers lie to you every time they tell you that micro-transactions are necessary to fund these kinds of games. If you want a particular gun in Borderlands 3, just keep playing and having a blast doing it. There are no loot boxes to buy.

    UPDATE: Just wanted to break into my old review to talk about the multi-player and end game. Borderlands 3 is just not as popular as Borderlands 2, and matchmaking for co-op activities suffers for it. Both my friends list and matchmaking are a ghost town. End game also lacks a reason for existing. You can play harder modes for better loot but that only leads to harder modes for better loot. And most of the harder modes are just enemies spamming rocket launchers or going immune (Anointed). Worse, whenever the level increases, all that loot will be moot. The game needs better end-game activities sooner rather than later. I fear that by the time Gearbox introduces something great like a raid, there will be no one left to play it. END UPDATE

    The shooting itself feels better than classic borderlands. Some guns have more aim assist than others, but you never feel like that game is playing against you like some RPGs in the past. Shooting doesn’t feel quite as “crispy” as Destiny, but the guns in Borderlands are much more varied and fun than the guns in Destiny. The enemies are also much more varied, and different guns and strategies are a must. Much of time, its fun just to go through areas and shoot stuff.

    If loot-box free gameplay is a leftover from last gen, the graphics in Borderlands 3 are a relic. The art style is not the problem. Back in Borderlands 1, the art style was fresh. It is still fresh. Don’t believe me? Look up Borderlands cosplay. The art style also complements the visual and audio jokes in the game. But the lighting, textures, and frame rates are all subpar. I’ve played remasters that look better than this. Maybe this is the result of the long development cycle (7 years) or reliance on an outdated game engine. The game simply doesn’t look near as polished as most games that release at the end of a console cycle.

    Finally, the multi-player is a mixed bag. Like in earlier Borderlands games, you can “party up” with 3 other players and roll through content together. No need for special strikes or raids. You simply join up and increase the difficulty at your desire. Loot can also be shared equally so everybody wins. It’s fun to join up with friends and take down bosses for legendary loot. Joining up with random players is not so fun. 9 of 10 matchmaking sessions end with getting kicked by the host player. I think most players don’t realize that other players can join them. I don’t mind if someone jumps in my game and helps me fight bosses. But I guess I’m not most people. Peer-to-peer is an issue. Bungie abrogated peer-to-peer in Destiny by making Bungie the host for its matchmake game types. Hear, there is the ever present danger of a host kicking you before the loot explosion. This yet another example of the last gen game design in a world dominated by dedicated services.

    All-in-all, Borderlands 3 is a fun game to play and I recommend it. The game is especially nice for anyone tired of the business model of modern day games. I don’t just mean the battle royals scene. Games-as-a-service games are exhausting. It’s nice to enjoy playing a game for the sake of playing it.    … Expand
  12. jonbates123
    Nov 4, 2019
    5
    I loved BL2. I mostly play with my wife on co-op splitscreen and we have completed the story twice already, playing through a third time now on True Vault Hunter Mode.

    The good: - Gameplay - It's really great, the battles can get so crazy to the point you can't even see what you're shooting but it's somehow really, really fun to play. - Future Updates - Gearbox updated and added so    I loved BL2. I mostly play with my wife on co-op splitscreen and we have completed the story twice already, playing through a third time now on True Vault Hunter Mode.

    The good:
    - Gameplay - It's really great, the battles can get so crazy to the point you can't even see what you're shooting but it's somehow really, really fun to play.
    - Future Updates - Gearbox updated and added so much to BL2 over the years, the hope is that they will do this for BL3 too because it really needs it.

    The bad:
    - The story - It's not entertaining at all, it's slow in places and really badly written.
    - Technical issues - on PS4 splitscreen you basically freeze when you open any menu.It is so annoying and frankly it should be fixed by now. The game crashes frequently. I played in single player and it wasn't so bad but if you want to play co-op wait until the game is fixed.
    -End-game - At the moment it consists of replaying wave defense type scenarios and once you've done that, you increase the difficulty and do it again for more loot. It is fun but it does get repetitive.    … Expand
  13. zoot494
    Oct 6, 2019
    3
    The game is enjoyable until you hit level 50. Then you realize that half the game is bugged, half the skills are not functional, the patches are ridiculous and ruining the game, an entire character is unplayable, mayhem mode makes no sense and it's better to just save + quit until you get good modifiers (because the modifier system right now is dumb as hell. -50% dmg to all guns! +50% dmgThe game is enjoyable until you hit level 50. Then you realize that half the game is bugged, half the skills are not functional, the patches are ridiculous and ruining the game, an entire character is unplayable, mayhem mode makes no sense and it's better to just save + quit until you get good modifiers (because the modifier system right now is dumb as hell. -50% dmg to all guns! +50% dmg to assault rifles and snipers! ok... so no change... ), 1 billion guns with only 10 guns actually worth using...

    This game shouldn't have been released for at least another 6 months and if I could return it, I would. Most overhyped game on the market right now. Just absolutely horrid.

    My first 10-20 hours on the game I'd give a 8/10. The rest I'd give a 1/10 considering how utterly glitchy and broken this game is.    … Expand
  14. shiftyman
    Oct 2, 2019
    4
    After 7 years of waiting all we get basically is borderlands 2.5, with a horrible main story and one that’s been done before as well, it’s just an horrible boring all female cast to keep the minority snowflakes happy, with none of the great writing, characters and humour from the first 2 two present in this game. 7 years on and still have the same crappy map layout and woeful backpackAfter 7 years of waiting all we get basically is borderlands 2.5, with a horrible main story and one that’s been done before as well, it’s just an horrible boring all female cast to keep the minority snowflakes happy, with none of the great writing, characters and humour from the first 2 two present in this game. 7 years on and still have the same crappy map layout and woeful backpack inventory system, which shows just how lazy and non innovative Gearbox is. It’s just the same old boring formula (which was great back then) with hardly any new editions. Just overpriced, overhyped, overrated trash. Have had no technical issues with the game whatsoever.… Expand
  15. BuildLancer
    Sep 26, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It is a decent game, more borderlands but a lot of the Cameo characters feel like they were thrown in last min, some missions get stuck or glitch and require closing the game and opening it up again. Had some lag issues and also a weird glitch that makes my name and my group members names fly around the screen constantly which is not only distracting and annoying. I also feel that they killed off characters just to kill them off with characters making some very dumb decision that i felt was really forced. Endgame is already boring me and my friends who have already hit LVL 50 and gotten all the legendaries they want im currently LVL 47 with my other friend being 49 and it just feels like a chore to us to play the game to gather legendaries and match making takes a longtime as well, if anyone thinks its my internet i got 300 mbs download and 50 mbs upload speeds. But in conclusion it is more borderlands not a bad thing but it just feels like it could have been more.… Expand
  16. TobyG
    Oct 3, 2019
    1
    DISSAPPOINTING boring and coop is total garbage.
    I liked B1, loved B2 and TPS was okay but B3s is just MEH, the writing is terrible all characters are either total DUDE-BRO DOUCHE BAGS or utterly forgettable, the new character (the kid) is just a whiny irritating boring nobody who added nothing to the game that others could not have done better, then there was the framerate issues and all    DISSAPPOINTING boring and coop is total garbage.
    I liked B1, loved B2 and TPS was okay but B3s is just MEH, the writing is terrible all characters are either total DUDE-BRO DOUCHE BAGS or utterly forgettable, the new character (the kid) is just a whiny irritating boring nobody who added nothing to the game that others could not have done better, then there was the framerate issues and all out hard crashes when trying to access the menu.
    I have rated this a 1/10 due to the game being crap but if I added in the disgusting actions of randy pitchford and 2K I would rate it -10/10    … Expand
  17. mohitawana
    Oct 24, 2019
    0
    This is the worst borderlands game I even played . It’s a unfinished sht I won’t recommend buying this ryt now. Madarchod 2k splits screen thek karo
  18. Volsyden
    Oct 27, 2019
    8
    i love borderland games, although i did not like the bosses in this game and the way it ended but was still super fun to play. needs a lot of DLC to make it a fantastic game.... like tiny tinas adventure... that was awesome. i didn't like the arena things though where you just in one spot and those flying turds are hard to kill - they are way to fast, hard to hit, and they can kill you ini love borderland games, although i did not like the bosses in this game and the way it ended but was still super fun to play. needs a lot of DLC to make it a fantastic game.... like tiny tinas adventure... that was awesome. i didn't like the arena things though where you just in one spot and those flying turds are hard to kill - they are way to fast, hard to hit, and they can kill you in one hit. took a group of 4 just to kill one that took 20 min. but overall i still liked the game… Expand
  19. Silshihab
    Sep 18, 2019
    6
    I have played borderlands almost nonstop since the original came out. As in, a new game comes out, I play it, beat it, back to borderlands. I've played with friends, solo, online, and I always loved the experience. Blds 1 and 2, are absolute must plays in my book. The pre-sequel definitely had its moments, but the best thing about it was the new characters/playstyles, nothing more. EndedI have played borderlands almost nonstop since the original came out. As in, a new game comes out, I play it, beat it, back to borderlands. I've played with friends, solo, online, and I always loved the experience. Blds 1 and 2, are absolute must plays in my book. The pre-sequel definitely had its moments, but the best thing about it was the new characters/playstyles, nothing more. Ended up just going back to Bl2 after one or two playthroughs.

    Now, I'm about halfway through BL3 and I have to say... getting similar vibes to the pre-sequel. You might argue that Im not fit to give a critique having not beat it, but right now... Im not sure I WILL beat it. Granted, they really improved on sound, added maybe a little more variety on weapons (though some of the new weapon sub-types are completely worthless) but overall, it feels very same-y.

    The sense of getting new and better loot consistently has kinda disappeared, and only seems to happen on occasion. It feels like there are way fewer sidequests and areas to discover, even if some might argue its the biggest of all the games. The story is pretty garbage (like always).

    To ME, the biggest problem is the new skill system. Each character has three trees as always, but from the few chars I've looked at, the trees dont always have a synergy between them. And some of the skills are just plain pointless. Ive been using the Siren so far, and Im currently deciding which of the second trees for me to choose is the least garbage.

    I could nitpick for a while, given my past love for the series, but in the end, I have to say its an OK addition, but one I would have probably waited for a sale if I was able to play a little beforehand.    … Expand
  20. BoltSnapBolt
    Sep 19, 2019
    7
    Gameplay is amazing but Co Op is BROKEN. I am playing on a PS4 Pro and every time I try to play either locally or online with friends, the lag and FPS drops make the game UNPLAYABLE. Wait until after the patches to get this game.
  21. FlyHinkle
    Oct 1, 2019
    3
    I would be embarrassed to say how much I played borderlands two. That was an amazing game. And someways borderlands three is a remarkable achievement. The new engine, the gameplay, the look, all are worthy of the franchise. But the writing is absolutely terrible. There used to be somebody in that writing room that understood that a little honesty goes a long way. Every single characterI would be embarrassed to say how much I played borderlands two. That was an amazing game. And someways borderlands three is a remarkable achievement. The new engine, the gameplay, the look, all are worthy of the franchise. But the writing is absolutely terrible. There used to be somebody in that writing room that understood that a little honesty goes a long way. Every single character in this game is purely one dimensional. They choose one note for each character, and then just hammer away at it relentlessly. To call the writing and the performances sophomoric would be an insult to sophomores. It seems clear to me that no one involved with this project had any love for the previous game. It is such a shame. RIP Tiny Tina.… Expand
  22. hulkbin
    Dec 29, 2019
    9
    Borderlands 3 improved in every ways (except for the villans) from Borderlands 2.

    However, Borderlands 2 deserved GOTY back then, but Borderlands 3 is being received badly because of the times have changed.

    Gamers not only want more, but they want different.

    Borderlands 3 failed to deliver (different) part.

    But if you have enjoyed Borderlands 2 like me, you will love this game.
  23. Gokiburi-Sensei
    Oct 13, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only real positive I have for this game compared to it's bl2 ancestor is it's gunplay is better. It's story is pretty average an forgettable which is fine I guess for a Borderlands game. Buts it's end game content blows. Mayhem is just a bunch of random modifiers that might or might not destroy your build. If you find a cool playstyle mayhem is guaranteed to destroy it. 140 legendaries are world drops. So if you want a certain legendary rather than having a source to farm it from you have to farm one boss over and over until you maybe get it. Even then it might have a crappy annointment or no annointment at all. And the game doesn't run that great on all platfors. The menus are laggy and borderline unusable. The game is really just a bunch of negatives compared to bl2.… Expand
  24. CountBalls
    Nov 4, 2019
    3
    I love borderlands series and have spent countless hours on the games. My partner and I love couch co-op games, so this is a big disappointment. How can they release such laggy game? My game crashed twice within 2 hours, the menu freezes a lot, loading time is slow, and I have to wear glasses to be able to read the text! Please fix this asap!
  25. LilSourDough
    Nov 7, 2019
    1
    Bought this game for the splitscreen Coop. Horizontal splitscreen is basically unplayable. Very disappointed that there is no vertical splitscreen option. Have played once for 30 mins, given up and not touched again.
  26. User227
    Nov 23, 2019
    5
    The best game of 2019.Borderlands 3 better than Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 2.
  27. BallzyDan
    Jan 14, 2021
    3
    Seriously repetitive, not fun and overly difficult. The boss named killavolt is where I stopped.
  28. Dengario
    Dec 23, 2019
    0
    UI is completely innavigable and gives no instructions to users. I just want to play the damn game. Idk what happened to all the UX people, but any change shows in this product. Outside of gameplay, this game is complete hassle.
  29. pedroschott
    Aug 13, 2020
    2
    I didn´t like this game at all. The story is boring, gameplay is generic and for the graphics, it could run at 60fps with some touches.
  30. Trippple
    Aug 13, 2020
    3
    So disappointed in this game, I played it for about 5 hours with friends and decided to sell it. Absolute trash story line and character development, very laggy menus and dissatisfying gun combat, will stay away from borderlands games in the future.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 43
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  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Oct 22, 2019
    80
    More guns, more planets, more skills, more… more. If you liked the previous ones, this gives you plenty of the same to enjoy. Borderlands 3 is the very definition of the bigger and better sequel. [Issue#168, p.76]
  2. 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.
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  3. Telegraph
    Oct 12, 2019
    60
    Factor in the graphical glitches, rampant texture pop-in and generally asthmatic performance levels, even when running on a PS4 Pro with settings optimised to favour smooth running, and there really is no end of reasons not to love Borderlands 3 (and don’t even think about Googling developers Gearbox Games’ litany of employee relations history)...And yet... love it, I do. Guilty as charged.
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