Borderlands 3

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  1. WendyStamps
    Sep 10, 2021
    10
    Absolutely outstanding awesome game dude I love it so much bro amazing experience
  2. CloudStrife05
    Aug 16, 2021
    8
    Not as good as Borderlands 2 but still good enough for me. Graphics were obviously great but story wise, it fell short of part 2 and the Pre-Sequel. However, overall, I say it is good enough.
  3. VOIIIXI
    Jun 14, 2021
    10
    Amazing gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
  4. Anatoliy_DeVile
    Feb 14, 2021
    9
    Пробовал я порубиться во вторую часть Борды в своё время, но особенности анимации, слишком навязчивой и если честно раздражающей, а также полностью отсутствие отечественной локализации как-то быстро отбили на это всё дело охоту. Относительно свежую третью же часть облагородили и, как по мне, сделали всё возможное дабы бесповоротно и всерьёз залипнуть в нее до упора. Как же Borderlands 3 неПробовал я порубиться во вторую часть Борды в своё время, но особенности анимации, слишком навязчивой и если честно раздражающей, а также полностью отсутствие отечественной локализации как-то быстро отбили на это всё дело охоту. Относительно свежую третью же часть облагородили и, как по мне, сделали всё возможное дабы бесповоротно и всерьёз залипнуть в нее до упора. Как же Borderlands 3 не хватает русской озвучки. Тут ведь такой мир, такие персонажи и история ну очень увлекательная и веселая. Очень надеюсь, что может быть к части четвёртой не нужно будет всё время смотреть в низ экрана, улавливая все тонкости происходящего, а текста тут ну очень много, я бы сказал, что минута тишины в этой игре без чьего бы то ни было трёпа просто на вес золота. Хотя меня это дело не особо напрягало, обидно лишь что приходилось периодически разрываться между происходящим на экране действием и содержанием общения - тяжёлое бремя насыщенных историй с качественной визуальной составляющей. Играем мы на выбор за одного из четырёх персонажей, каждый из которых по своему колоритен и имеет свои характерные только для него навыки ведения боя. Мы с женой играли за Моуз и ее механического медведя, которого периодически можно призывать в помощь для ведения боя. Этакий кусочек Titanfall в Borderlands. В арсенале у нас 4 ячейки для оружия, что я просто считаю идеальным раскладом для полного тактического расклада ведения боя, гранаты - разнообразие которых поражает воображение, силовой щит и прочие гнезда для всевозможных перков. Прокачивать перса, комплектоваться оружием, модифицировать механического медведя по ходу игры безумно интересно. По поводу оружия, кстати говоря, в Borderlands 3 видов его неимоверно много, где-то оно конечно повторяется, но всё же от начала и до конца игры, достаточно продолжительной, я вам скажу, постоянно попадалось что-то новенькое. Благодаря процедурной генерации оружия, в игре свыше миллиарда его вариаций для которых записано более 7,5 тысяч звуковых дорожек. Серьезно, я в это охотно верю. Что уж говорить, если есть даже пушка, стреляющая пушками!!!… Expand
  5. DzmitryBoston
    Dec 26, 2020
    9
    It is a very good game. Go play it. Seriously. There is nothing else to say.
  6. Tbrown5
    Dec 20, 2020
    9
    i love borderlands 3, for someone who has never played 1 or 2, 3 has become one of my GOATs, however i have 1 BIG problem with the game, the writing the writing in this game is terrible, which not inly ruins the jokes that made 2 so awesome, this game has terrible comedy with just irritating dialogue, the story's plot seems promising to be ruined by terrible characters, every single newi love borderlands 3, for someone who has never played 1 or 2, 3 has become one of my GOATs, however i have 1 BIG problem with the game, the writing the writing in this game is terrible, which not inly ruins the jokes that made 2 so awesome, this game has terrible comedy with just irritating dialogue, the story's plot seems promising to be ruined by terrible characters, every single new character aside form balex is ruined by terrible jokes, for example Vaughn isn’t a bad character, but he has terrible jokes that make him irritating to listen to, but the last 3 characters are terrible, Ava a worth less bart that is given all the praise when she does nothing, she is bull crap, and the worst part about this game are the calipsos twins, the villains, troy and tyreen both suck, they are relegated to terrible dialogue, annoying jokes, and just bad characters, but aside from that, this game is a masterpiece upon looter shooters, soundtrack is incredible, guns are incredible, open world is incredible, and the gameplay is incredibly incredible, a must buy fro FPS fans, ignoring the narrative stuff, this games a masterpiece, but putting those factors in would make it a 7 or 8, but every other feature is so good that its an easy 9, i love this game and i know you will because its arguably the greatest looter shooter out there… Expand
  7. DropTheMic
    Dec 19, 2020
    8
    It certainly has its bugs, but nothing game breaking. Besides that it's probably the best co-op shooter out there.
  8. CaptainA7ProSX
    Nov 22, 2020
    8
    This is a really great action first person shooter RPG! I love the environments, the characters and the widely large selection of guns guns guns. Highly recommend it!
  9. AzzSL
    Nov 17, 2020
    10
    Great and interesting storyline including side quests, cool gameplay, and good graphics !
  10. FrostyFeet97
    Nov 7, 2020
    8
    I've really enjoyed Borderlands 3. Played the whole game in coop so it was even more fun. Huge open world, many missions you can play on the SIDE.
  11. vaulttec
    Sep 27, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good, But...
    The Gameplay and the variety of guns are great in Borderlands 3, And it really is fun to play alone and with friends!
    The side quests are great and way better than the main ones.
    The Main Story is bad, really bad. The Villains are awful! I first thought hey the twins are cool but when I logged in and started playing, I really wanted to stab my eye.
    They are annoying, sure. But why do Villains act like Streamers?Why?
    The Main Missions are repetitive, and in almost every case you need to talk to the highly glorified Firehawk!
    The game mostly ran smoothly on my Xbox one X.

    I loved every Vault Hunters skill tree and customization, while customization was outstanding in the Skill Trees more would have been possible.

    Verdict: I give it an 8/10, as of 30/08/20, at launch it was not better than a 6/10, but with the many dlcs released and many incoming, it is a good game. Sure, it suffers in its writing, but the entertaining side quests and the awesome gameplay make up for it.    … Expand
  12. Thwompthing
    Apr 21, 2020
    9
    16-17 hours in and only about 60% done with the main story. That's how much fun this game is. Despite what people think about the main villains (Calypso Twins), this game has PERFECT gameplay.

    This is my first Borderlands experience and on the Xbox One X and it is freaking GORGEOUS. Most of the game runs at a smooth 60 fps in performance mode. There are some big performance drops in    16-17 hours in and only about 60% done with the main story. That's how much fun this game is. Despite what people think about the main villains (Calypso Twins), this game has PERFECT gameplay.

    This is my first Borderlands experience and on the Xbox One X and it is freaking GORGEOUS. Most of the game runs at a smooth 60 fps in performance mode. There are some big performance drops in later levels, but it didn't affect my gameplay at all.

    The graphics, music, guns, levels, everything was awesome. Who seriously gives a crap about story when you have a Diablo like FPS game here? What boggles my mind is that people give this a low scores because of the story, when in fact MOST GAMES HAVE CRAPPY STORIES, ESPECIALLY loot games like these. Sorry, but this is all about the gameplay. And if anyone has even played a recent Nintendo game, they would know those games are basically only about gameplay ever, with little to no story (Mario? Lol)

    So if you like addicting gameplay and good voice acting, nonstop action and unlimited lootable items and always upgrading your character, you will love this game. The bonus here imo is the story, because there are tons of cool characters and dialogue and what not.    … Expand
  13. calledbycrows
    Apr 10, 2020
    10
    Great game! More of what I wanted. I'm glad they kept it to what people wanted from Borderlands and didn't change it too much. Basically just an upgrade from Borderlands 2 which is what everyone I knew wanted.
  14. Risi1
    Feb 17, 2020
    10
    Fantastic game, I've always been a fan of the series and even Tales From The Borderlands , This game its a huge improvement on the formula that is borderlands, the amount of customization in the game is great and deeper than i remember from the older games, the skill trees for each character is also well thought out and has dept. Lets face its, alot of the guns in the game are crap, butFantastic game, I've always been a fan of the series and even Tales From The Borderlands , This game its a huge improvement on the formula that is borderlands, the amount of customization in the game is great and deeper than i remember from the older games, the skill trees for each character is also well thought out and has dept. Lets face its, alot of the guns in the game are crap, but also a hell of a lot of them are amazing, It took me a while to get a good inventory built up for myself, but if you just stick with it and grind a little bit you will have fun, for me its almost like materialistic, even though the amazing shield i have and the vast number of guns i have are not real and are all part of a digital thing, i feel some sort of ownership and pride for my collection and i will just go through all them and admire them, no other game has been able to satisfy this weird urge i have to have the best gear and the gear that's highly sought after. The graphics are amazingly well done, the art direction is stellar, especially on a 4k tv, idk how many people worked on the design of each and every weapon but every weapon is different and detailed uniquely, even if its minor, its noticeable when you use it, so much creativity and soul has been put into the art and design of these guns and the feel of every gun has nice impact that makes you feel tactile when shooting! Just the feast your eyes get when the screen flashes gold when you level up and the big text shows up above showing your new level is suppppper satisfying! the fact that when you kill a boss they basically explode with cash and loot and sometimes legendary weapons shoot into the air and then fall to the ground is something of a treat that is seldom given to you in other games. Ever since the first game, i saw potential in the series but i didn't expect it to come this far. The environments are much more vast and different from each other, you never get bored of staying in a world because within the world there's beautiful vistas to travel around in and just explore and find loot and hidden secrets and bosses. The characters are also very well written the little nuance things they will utter is actually funny or clever, even the enemy characters say some hilarious stuff, i remember i killed an enemy once and she said "i soiled myself!!" as she died, little things like that are what makes the moment to moment gameplay very interesting and addicting, But the game is about the guns and man are they amazing, there's a gun that shoots out other guns, there's guns that will talk to you, there's guns from pop culture like the gun from The 5th Element movie, easter eggs galore!!!!, from the ridiculous but clever names of bosses and the indigenous wildlife of the game to the flavor texts of each gun and item, they're really are some good zingers and references from the last decade of pop culture in this game and you will be charmed for sure. Theres a legendary grenade that you can get from a certain creature that you will run across named after a popular Mexican crypto that will drop it if you can kill it that homes in on the nearest enemy when you toss it, and on the flavor text shows just one word "Cabron" which makes me think cmon!! you gotta appreciate the little things! and the effort they put into just a description on a grenade mod, that's not the only clever stuff you will see in the game, they just know how to take jabs at our pop culture past and present, its satire and just damn badass and makes you proud of the times we live in. Get the game and you will be blown away!… Expand
  15. Steyraus
    Feb 13, 2020
    9
    Builds on but doesn't reinvent the things that were good in BL2. There more gun, maybe to many at times and more special moves. The character are pretty crap but the overall package is very enjoyable. An the fact they had the good sense to include a 60 FPS mode is a huge boon to the game. No FPS game should run under 60 fps.
  16. Spaceacer2012
    Nov 18, 2019
    10
    I preorded this and have been playing since day one. The 1st week my rating would’ve been 6 due to frame drops, freezing, crashing and I just didn’t like the newer visuals, but, I loved the gamelplay. Cut to November 18th 2019, the technical issues are mostly gone, my eyes have adjusted to the visuals which are beautiful and the gameplay and loot keep me coming back almost daily. TheI preorded this and have been playing since day one. The 1st week my rating would’ve been 6 due to frame drops, freezing, crashing and I just didn’t like the newer visuals, but, I loved the gamelplay. Cut to November 18th 2019, the technical issues are mostly gone, my eyes have adjusted to the visuals which are beautiful and the gameplay and loot keep me coming back almost daily. The Bloody Harvest event has been a blast. I’ve hit leve 50 with FL4K. The 25th time I killed Captain Haunt (when I completed the Captain Haunt challenge) he dropped 4 legendaries for me- in one drop! I’ve never seen that.

    Complaints are small, like the frame rate still drops here and there. I REALLY wish ALL shift codes would stick around longer. At the end of October “life happened” for me and I wasn’t watching for Borderlands news for a couple weeks. I discovered I missed a number of shift codes, including the Halloween heads. RANDY – please make a way for those who missed on the Halloween heads shift code to get those heads. I’d love to be running around the game with them. Surprise us and make this happen.

    Other than that, love the game and despite a few flaws, it deserves a 10 in my humble opinion. Thanks Gearbox for a great game!    … Expand
  17. AndreAlexandr
    Nov 14, 2019
    9
    Fast, dynamic, frenetic...

    It's all that should be wanted from Broderlands and it is what this game offer in a new adventure full of possibilities to evolve and blow up things. Never is boring run, jump, use skills and hit some head shots or just make a trap and see things go boom in the same way(!), be it alone or with friends. This game is simply Borderlands and has hours of    Fast, dynamic, frenetic...

    It's all that should be wanted from Broderlands and it is what this game offer in a new adventure full of possibilities to evolve and blow up things.

    Never is boring run, jump, use skills and hit some head shots or just make a trap and see things go boom in the same way(!), be it alone or with friends.

    This game is simply Borderlands and has hours of fun, even the things happening being a bit linear.    … Expand
  18. Saul_B
    Nov 5, 2019
    8
    The best in the series. It's mostly the same as the previous games, but with many quality of life improvements and more generous loot.
  19. Tommysan
    Oct 29, 2019
    8
    I've put a mild 45 hrs into this game and I can say confidently, if you like the borderlands loot and shoot formula as I do, you'll love this game. Borderlands 3 knows what it is and confidently shows off the genre with new gun play mechanics and just way better guns tha
    the previous game.
  20. Weaksauce11
    Oct 19, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is one of the best Borderlands games ever it is not as good as Borderlands 1 but it is a close 2nd.… Expand
  21. Guilhem96
    Oct 13, 2019
    8
    No se porque tantas malas criticas, yo no tuve problemas con el juego (xbox one s), lo que si tengo que decir es que para mi fue entretenido al igual que aburrido en ocasiones, ya que si es lo mismo y lo mismo en las misiones secundarias, la historia mmm meh, buenos planetas, enemigos y personajes pero no me entretuvo mucho. Para mi fue el mas corto de los borderlands no se porque y no meNo se porque tantas malas criticas, yo no tuve problemas con el juego (xbox one s), lo que si tengo que decir es que para mi fue entretenido al igual que aburrido en ocasiones, ya que si es lo mismo y lo mismo en las misiones secundarias, la historia mmm meh, buenos planetas, enemigos y personajes pero no me entretuvo mucho. Para mi fue el mas corto de los borderlands no se porque y no me lo acabe en 1 o 2 días, fue en dos semanas y media porque no juego todo el día o hay días que ni jugaba, eso si las armas en este juego me encantaron al igual que la movilidad y el árbol de habilidades . A mi por el momento si me gusto pero no pienso comprar sus DLC.… Expand
  22. Ben98
    Oct 9, 2019
    8
    If you enjoyed borderlands 2, then this is worth a buy. In a way, it can feel slightly dated. Would have been a 9/10 in 2017
  23. MickeyG
    Oct 4, 2019
    9
    Outrunner literally the *worst* vehicle in any game I've played since Battletoads. Cannot forgive that in a score for a game that I truly like.

    Missions based on it should have been scrapped.
  24. Weewhytey
    Sep 30, 2019
    10
    Excellent game with hours of fun and laughs loads of guns to choose from and a wide range of character skills to customiser you’re vault hunter
  25. thi5_guyy
    Sep 27, 2019
    9
    Has some technical issues but this game is awesome. A LOT of content and Gearbox has stepped there game up in a big way with the gunplay. And the loot system may be the best that any looter game has to offer. Love this game.
  26. theinfinityline
    Sep 26, 2019
    9
    I have logged hundreds of hours across B1 and B2... with multiple playthroughs. B2 was an improvement on B1 and B3 is an improvement on B2. The story is actually underrated and if you played the previous games it's great to see the development of some of the long term characters. Movement is excellent, loot much improved, so many cool guns and the combat is as satisfying as ever. OverallI have logged hundreds of hours across B1 and B2... with multiple playthroughs. B2 was an improvement on B1 and B3 is an improvement on B2. The story is actually underrated and if you played the previous games it's great to see the development of some of the long term characters. Movement is excellent, loot much improved, so many cool guns and the combat is as satisfying as ever. Overall B3 is a great success - outside of 2 crashes I really haven't had the issues that others have been complaining about. If you loved B2 then you will love B3... fact!… Expand
  27. SugarHBear
    Sep 24, 2019
    10
    This is a near perfect online co-op game. My son and I play on separate Xboxes (sharing a single copy of the game), and we have played every minute together (including the opening intro). Mission progress counts for both of us, and we use the setting where we don't have to fight for loot. The game is great in that you can play together or split up for a while (on the same map). This is theThis is a near perfect online co-op game. My son and I play on separate Xboxes (sharing a single copy of the game), and we have played every minute together (including the opening intro). Mission progress counts for both of us, and we use the setting where we don't have to fight for loot. The game is great in that you can play together or split up for a while (on the same map). This is the first co-op game that I have been into as much as a single player experience.

    We've experienced minor but no game-breaking bugs. Performance is fine with performance mode on my X, and he hasn't complained on his base Xbox Elite.

    On the downside for playing with kids, while you can turn off much of the gore in settings, there is no option to filter the language. I don't think there are f-bombs, but I've heard basically everything else.    … Expand
  28. Kudretullah
    Sep 23, 2019
    10
    Specially made metacritic accounts to rate 9/10. Game is unbelievable addictive and fun to play, also really good enjoyable mechanics/Gameplay, yet -1 for not enough content? Not enough modes for multiplayer.. hopefully they will bring some crazy stuff for multiplayer.. I would love to play more online with other peeps..
  29. Fatal_R_097
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    After the Train wreck that was battle born this is the game that gear box NEEDED.When i fist played borderlands i thought it would just satisfy me, Boy was i wrong!
    it was more then i excepted. The vast variety of vault hunters you can play as with thier on unique skill tress. By all means this game deserves a 10/10
    Fatal Approved
  30. cerb747
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    Amazingly fun game especially when you play with friends I can't wait to play the DLC missions. There are just so many positives to this game A+++!!
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Metascore
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Oct 13, 2019
    80
    Borderlands 3 may not be clever, but it is very big – and above all else, the source of a vast well of over-the-top shooting fun and mayhem. Be thankful that Gearbox refused to reinvent the franchise just for the sake of it. [Issue#183, p.73]
  2. Easy Allies
    Oct 10, 2019
    85
    Rather than trying to latch on to current trends, Borderlands 3 stands confident in the fact that there’s still no other game that does exactly what this series does so well. The sheer creativity and inventiveness presented in its arsenal is hard to match, and while the humor may not be for everyone, it keeps the gameplay in perspective as we’re all just here to have a good time. It isn’t as big of a leap forward as Borderlands 2, but it’s well-refined and there’s a lot to experiment with to keep you coming back for more.
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  3. TheXboxHub
    Oct 9, 2019
    90
    It delivers on its promise and then some, and if you’re someone who enjoys playing video games alone or with friends, and likes having fun whilst doing so, in that respect, Borderlands 3 is perfect.
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