- Publisher: 2K Games
- Release Date: Sep 12, 2025
- Also On: PC, Xbox Series X
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Summary:
The definitive looter shooter arrives in 2025.
See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.
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- Developer: Gearbox Software
- Genre(s): Action, Shooter, First-Person, Arcade
- # of players: Up to 4
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 27
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Mixed: 5 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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Oct 1, 2025Refining the formula that has brought it such success, Borderlands 4 is the definitive looter shooter of this generation. Some technical hiccups take the sheen off what is otherwise a very polished experience that delivers poignant story beats, hearty belly laughs and a smorgasbord of slick, violent action. Despite its technical issues, this is the incremental evolution that Borderlands needed and rewards long time players with callbacks we've waited years to see. A true delight.
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Sep 26, 2025Despite navigation and interface flaws, Borderlands 4 is, without a doubt, an ambitious and extremely fun new direction for the franchise. For those who have always loved the series' stylized chaos, the adventure in Kairos is unmissable, and for newcomers, it's the best entry point since the first game.
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Oct 17, 2025Borderlands 4 doesn’t reinvent the Vault—it just rebuilds it stronger. The writing occasionally misfires, and the performance hitches are unacceptable in a AAA series like this. Still, the moment-to-moment thrill of firing absurdly designed weapons at even more absurd enemies carries the experience. It’s messy, noisy, and entirely too much at times—but that’s Borderlands at its most honest. Gearbox hasn’t made a flawless sequel, but it’s made a hell of a fun one.
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Sep 18, 2025Borderlands 4 delivers everything fans love - humor, loot, and action, but technical issues and a lack of innovation hold it back from becoming a true milestone for the series.
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Sep 25, 2025Though I have issues with certain aspects of Borderlands 4’s pace and progression, it does so much right that those problems aren’t dealbreakers. Far from it. Sixteen years in, this is Gearbox’s cel-shaded shooter series at its best. From a well-calibrated tone, still-satisfying guns, best-in-class traversal, and an inviting open world, Borderlands 4 answers the question I asked when it was announced. How much can the Borderlands series possibly change? Turns out the answer is both not much… and a whole lot.
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Oct 5, 2025Quotation forthcoming.
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Oct 3, 2025Buried beneath a pile of technical issues, memory leaks, and broken textures, there’s a good Borderlands game struggling to shine through. However, at this point in time, I cannot in good conscience recommend this game. This is a shame since the game is a fun looter shooter at its core, with a pedigree that started this genre but did not innovate enough. Tiny Tina’s spinoff had more ideas and progressed the genre further than the official sequel to the franchise.