Borderlands 3

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Sep 13, 2019
    9
    Borderlands 3 is the newest addition to the critically acclaimed FPS franchise. Starting the stories of 4 new Vault Hunters, Borderlands 3 delivers 300% more awesome. Led by former Vault Hunter, Lilith, Recruit Vault Hunters Zane (as Himself) the operative, Amara the Siren, Moze the gunner, And FL4K the Beastmaster embark on a journey with a lively roster of characters from the formerBorderlands 3 is the newest addition to the critically acclaimed FPS franchise. Starting the stories of 4 new Vault Hunters, Borderlands 3 delivers 300% more awesome. Led by former Vault Hunter, Lilith, Recruit Vault Hunters Zane (as Himself) the operative, Amara the Siren, Moze the gunner, And FL4K the Beastmaster embark on a journey with a lively roster of characters from the former games. The story is loaded with all the twisted humor you've come to expect from Pandora's wild inhabitants. Giving fans the finality of several story arcs, Borderlands 3 also opens possible story niches to further explore. The skill system has evolved greatly allowing far more customization to how you can build your Hunter. You could play the same character as your friend and end up with entirely different skill sets and roles in the heat of battle. The games Soundtrack and voice audio collection is staggering! Everyone, has something to say, usually snarky, about nearly everything. The weapons... Where do I even Start? Borderlands has always boasted an impressive collection of firepower from the absolute Wackiest, to the most incredibly devastating weapons, but this installation brings an ass-load more to the table. Every feature in the game is beautifully crafted from the UI to the Map screen. If you are new to the franchise, or a returning fan Borderlands 3 will provide you with hours of insane combat, with crazy weapons, and tons of laughs as you interact with the games cast! A Must Have for fans of Borderlands, and anyone that likes to shoot things! A true must have for fans and newcomers alike on the Xbox One.… Expand
  2. Johnnybravo8125
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    If you liked borderlands 2 you will love this game. They basically improved on everything. Graphics are noticeabley better, I recomend playing on performance. Movement, climbing, sliding is awesome. Looting is quicker, you don't have to spam the loot button. Guns feel great. And it still has that great borderlands charm.
  3. Drayden
    Sep 16, 2019
    6
    I'll start with the good. The gun variety is excellent and feel great in action. Gun play is vastly improved over Borderlands 2. Everything else is pretty much meh. The story is pretty boring, and I just don't really care about any of the characters. The maps feel overly large. Vehicles are encouraged, but driving them isn't much fun. Performance is lacking as well, running the gameI'll start with the good. The gun variety is excellent and feel great in action. Gun play is vastly improved over Borderlands 2. Everything else is pretty much meh. The story is pretty boring, and I just don't really care about any of the characters. The maps feel overly large. Vehicles are encouraged, but driving them isn't much fun. Performance is lacking as well, running the game on an Xbox One X still sees dips in framerates on performance mode, and 4k mode goes below the 30 fps mark. I also experienced multiple game freezes, some clearing up after 30+ seconds and others requiring force quitting the game. I have experienced crashes to the dashboard as well.

    If farming for crazy weapons to shoot things to get more crazy weapons is you're thing, this is a serviceable game. Just don't expect a smooth experience.    … Expand
  4. Gormph
    Oct 24, 2019
    3
    Let me start off by saying i'm a big fan of borderlands. I played the second installment first with all the DLC and I love it so much that I still buy a copy with all the DLC for anything I own that will run it, having said that however I found the pre-sequel kind of boring and Borderlands 3 complete trash!

    To start off with every item is a world spawn, like almost everything so in    Let me start off by saying i'm a big fan of borderlands. I played the second installment first with all the DLC and I love it so much that I still buy a copy with all the DLC for anything I own that will run it, having said that however I found the pre-sequel kind of boring and Borderlands 3 complete trash!

    To start off with every item is a world spawn, like almost everything so in order to get some good gear that works with your build you have to put in ridiculous hours and HOPE that you get something close to what you need. This wouldn't be so bad except that the game gets a new hot fix (in what feels like everyday) to Nerf something because gearbox doesn't like it that way and bam all your work means nothing, have fun starting over with a new build. Now working up a new build wouldn't be THAT bad except now you have to come up with a new list of gear for it and start farming allllll oooooovvveeer……then to make this even better they keep reducing the spawn rates on equipment so you have to farm even more. fk you gearbox. Then to top it all off you have this tiny ass storage that doesn't let you collect **** for gear at all which you would need to it anyway but you need EVEN more since your going to be changing your build again next week and you don't know what gear you're going to need.

    This game seems to have many pointless things as well, for one cars. On your first playthrough you can get some cool stuff for your cars if you try hard, make them awesome and then basically try to never use them again because in all other game modes they are made of gas soaked paper. The iron bear mech is about as bad, no matter what you do its weaker then every character on foot, doesn't last very long, and has no cool effects or abilities.it is ment seemingly to be like a tank and fails at it. I haven't seen a real build using it anywhere and Flak’s pets are almost as bad serving as little more than minor buff sticks, still better than the mech though at least they are doing something.

    The writing in this game is ...well bad, the villains aren't even really hatable they are just a little annoying but like less then claptrap so idk, idc about them, they just didn't matter to me and the plot was bout them so the plot didn't matter to me. Ava is pointless and could have been replaced with Tiny a much better character who is awesome and doesn't suck unlike Ava but then who would get all the friends killed off with bad choices?

    The game runs like **** disconnecting all the time, randomly turning off xbox, and glitching out non stop, hey instead of removing all the fun stuff from the game, how about making it RUN!!?? Before i forget let me **** about the anointed. They are cool in theory and all but dont work in the game. You start fighting them in groups and that's not even the worst part, what sucks is when you get stuck with groups of them using attacks that make them immune to damage while they blanket the field with large area, high damage attacks which they simply spam, I don't think i need to explain why this is bad i just needed to mention it.

    Tldr; disappointed, developers don't care about fans, or the series, or at least that's what this game reflects to me. Don't buy this game, if you did try to get your money back, Gearbox **** the bed on this one and i'm sad for borderlands. If they fix it good but it's kinda to late we have our first impression. don't bother checking it out until it's cheaper than takeout.

    P.S. where the fk is Torge and not enough Tiny!!    … Expand
  5. muttsy13
    Sep 28, 2019
    7
    Was waiting 7 yrs for this didnt think it was the best borderlands felt the bugs and story where very poor but the gameplay when not buggy was fun for me and my friends if your a borderlands fan its a must buy
  6. 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.
  7. BoostedBandCamp
    Nov 2, 2019
    7
    I'm writing this review as a true Borderlands fan, having played the last two games multiple times alongside all the the DLC's released (yes, even pre-sequel). This games has more hits than misses, but those misses are huge. The first major miss here the story. The antagonists are one dimensional, even when the plot seems to give them room to expand they remain static and boring.I'm writing this review as a true Borderlands fan, having played the last two games multiple times alongside all the the DLC's released (yes, even pre-sequel). This games has more hits than misses, but those misses are huge. The first major miss here the story. The antagonists are one dimensional, even when the plot seems to give them room to expand they remain static and boring. Performance on the Xbox One (regular) is sub-optimal, and the decisions to consistently nerf items so soon post-launch sets a dangerous precedent for the rest of the game's life cycle. What saves this game from disaster is the gameplay and improvement to movement & customization. Shooting, movement, and customization a huge step up from last time. Overall, B3 is a good game that was almost great, if not for a sloppy story and concerning balancing philosophy.… Expand
  8. Dangermouse591
    Sep 14, 2019
    3
    This is so disappointing. We bought an Xbox one just to play Borderlands 3 in couch co-op move. They've removed the vertical split screen option, and in horizontal split mode the UI text is so small as to be unreadable. Added to that, there's so much lag when the other player uses a menu that the game is near unplayable. Such a let down after the greatness that was Borderlands 2.
  9. SQ22
    Sep 14, 2019
    0
    Game is unplayable without vertical split screen. How was this overlooked? Huge disappointment!
  10. CubanCriminal
    Sep 15, 2019
    6
    More of the same stuff here with literally 0 quality of life improvements. It's nice that you can cycle between missions on the main screen but a diamond at the edge of my minimap doesn't say a whole lot. If you want to see which mission is closed to you, you have to flip between to tabs in the pause menu which gets excruciatingly painful. Add on top of that the the harder difficulty isMore of the same stuff here with literally 0 quality of life improvements. It's nice that you can cycle between missions on the main screen but a diamond at the edge of my minimap doesn't say a whole lot. If you want to see which mission is closed to you, you have to flip between to tabs in the pause menu which gets excruciatingly painful. Add on top of that the the harder difficulty is locked behind one playthrough and it was enough to get me to stop playing. Last of all, the endless amounts of weapon variations isn't attractive when you all you receive the first 8 hours are shotguns and assault rifles with 9 round magazines. Every looter shooter wants to be an fps Diablo, but none offer the same amount of fun grinding for gear as Diablo. Skip purchasing and wait to get it at a deep discount. With Ghost recon out in less than 2 weeks, COD and so many other great games coming soon, definitely worth skipping this reskin of what feels like a game from 5 years ago.… Expand
  11. Thankedbloom
    Sep 16, 2019
    4
    Summary: All appearance no substance, cringey, vapid dialogue and story, way too easy, and laggy on release. As a huge borderlands fan who replayed borderlands 2, borderlands, and the pre sequel, this game has been a bit of a disappointment. I think Gearbox confused better graphics and flashy lights as being the barometer for a better game. The story is by far the worst and is very cringeySummary: All appearance no substance, cringey, vapid dialogue and story, way too easy, and laggy on release. As a huge borderlands fan who replayed borderlands 2, borderlands, and the pre sequel, this game has been a bit of a disappointment. I think Gearbox confused better graphics and flashy lights as being the barometer for a better game. The story is by far the worst and is very cringey and most of the jokes sound like something written by a 12 year old. The game play for some reason feels worse than the previous games. It feels like even more of a repetitive grind, with guns that look different but essentially all function the same and do about the same amount of damage. All you have to do with any of the guns is point and shoot. Enemies miss most of their shots if you simply move around a little and you and the enemy are both bullet sponges. I played as Zane and I found his abilities pretty lackluster, putting down an impenetrable shield you can basically stand in one place and shoot. In any case, the enemies hardly ever lowered my shield and I only ever went down and died because of accidents. This game is way too easy, they really need to add a hard mode for more veteran players right off the bat, whats the point of collecting all these cool guns if the game isn't even challenging? it hardly even matters what guns I use. Whoever wrote the story line seriously need to be fired. I tried playing local co op and it was almost unbearable when the game would almost come to a halt when one of us tried switching out weapons. Also the new claptrap sounds like the old one lost his robotic soul.… Expand
  12. davepettyweb
    Sep 20, 2019
    2
    My wife and I fell in love with the Borderlands franchise as the last AAA couch co-op game. We've spent hundreds of hours blasting through BL1/2/PS. Needles to say: we were ecstatic that not only was it coming back but it was keeping split screen.

    So far BL3 is an AWESOME update to the franchise - keeping what made it great and improving in other areas. LOVE all the new weapons and    My wife and I fell in love with the Borderlands franchise as the last AAA couch co-op game. We've spent hundreds of hours blasting through BL1/2/PS. Needles to say: we were ecstatic that not only was it coming back but it was keeping split screen.

    So far BL3 is an AWESOME update to the franchise - keeping what made it great and improving in other areas. LOVE all the new weapons and customizations and the world's massive (all of them).

    However, split screen being the only mode we'd play this game in, is completely broken - almost to the point of being unplayable. Our love of the franchise has pushed us to try and work past the flaws (lack of vertical split screen, unreadable menus, announcements taking entirety of top players viewing area and all the fact that it chugs like a windows 95 pc trying to run crysis).

    But it feels like more of a chore than a game; it's flaws are quickly outweighing the great updates and I'm regretting buying the Super Deluxe.    … Expand
  13. sewsable
    Sep 14, 2019
    5
    For single player I'd give this a high score, but that's not what I bought it for. I bought it for vertical split screen co-op to play with my husband. Horizontal split screen should be outlawed, it's horrible, the fonts are so small as to be illegible without sitting way too close to the TV and the lag in big fights or when accessing menus is awful! I'm not ditching the game as IFor single player I'd give this a high score, but that's not what I bought it for. I bought it for vertical split screen co-op to play with my husband. Horizontal split screen should be outlawed, it's horrible, the fonts are so small as to be illegible without sitting way too close to the TV and the lag in big fights or when accessing menus is awful! I'm not ditching the game as I expect patches will improve most of it over time, but they really need to add vertical split to the co-op.… Expand
  14. Scorpion_Breath
    Sep 14, 2019
    4
    Game is, pretty much, unplayable in local co-op. The horizontal split-screen makes it ridiculously hard to see enemies or your map and the text is so small you can't read any tutorials, gun stats etc. The fact Gearbox didn't include vertical split in the first place and are remaining silent on patching it in is very worrying.
  15. Jspotter89
    Sep 16, 2019
    4
    Disclaimer up front. This is an early review, and I have only sunk about 7 hours into the game.

    That aside, this game is, at the time of writing, a technical DISASTER. If you are on the fence about this game, or if you are someone who would like to play in local co-op via split screen, DO NOT buy this game until they have fixed the atrocious condition of it at present. Specifically,    Disclaimer up front. This is an early review, and I have only sunk about 7 hours into the game.

    That aside, this game is, at the time of writing, a technical DISASTER. If you are on the fence about this game, or if you are someone who would like to play in local co-op via split screen, DO NOT buy this game until they have fixed the atrocious condition of it at present.

    Specifically, co-op split screen play is, for some godforsaken reason, limited to horizontal alignment. What this means, on most modern widescreen televisions, is that the game is nigh unplayable. Enemies are extremely hard to see unless you are right on top of them. Forget about reading any of the game text or subtitles. They knew about this.

    On top of the alignment troubles, the game is just plain laggy in co-op. Whenever a player opens their ECHO device, the other player's screen will stutter and lag, in some cases for more than a second or two. That might seem manageable, but in a firefight it makes the game extremely frustrating. They knew about this issue and released anyways.

    There are also a number of significant bugs on top of the co-op ones. The worst one I've encountered is that, when trying to sell items in a vending machine, the display will show the wrong item and stats than what you have selected. On several occasions I have sold items I intended to keep as a result. Thankfully they kept the "Buy Back" tab, but this is still annoying as all get out, considering how often you sell items in this game.

    As for story, gameplay, and voice acting, everything is thoroughly "meh." There's a lot of sameness to all of it, from enemy types, mission design, etc. It seems hard to believe this took 6 years to develop, and then arrive in the condition it is. It would also help if one of the first characters you interact with to start the campaign wasn't voiced by Chris ****ing Hardwick. Maybe don't lead in with him, huh?

    The latter stuff is manageable. Like most, I like the Borderlands formula and wasn't looking for them to reinvent the wheel. But the technical condition of this game is atrocious. Vertical splitscreen is an absolute must. Gearbox will not get another dollar from me until they add it.    … Expand
  16. SIPPIO
    Sep 20, 2019
    0
    Shame!
    This game is the same thing as Borderlands 2.
    The graphics are soo similar. This is identical to what EA did with Madden20 & NHL20. Both EA sports games used the 100% IDENTICAL UI layout from NHL19/Madden19.. That is soooo lazy... In the past they atlelast changed the layout of the UI so the presentation looked new.. Not this year... I was amazed when I played NHL20..    Shame!
    This game is the same thing as Borderlands 2.
    The graphics are soo similar.
    This is identical to what EA did with Madden20 & NHL20.
    Both EA sports games used the 100% IDENTICAL UI layout from NHL19/Madden19..
    That is soooo lazy... In the past they atlelast changed the layout of the UI so the presentation looked new.. Not this year... I was amazed when I played NHL20..
    ****after 1 played 2 sessions of Borderlands on Xbox I realized that I hate the characters.
    * I played the beastmaster & Doppleganger guy..
    both are MEH,,
    I picked these two because the other two just looked awful.
    Butch Awful.. Why does a girl have to look like a dude to be Badass???
    They Don't= see Lilith!
    **The one is a ripoiff of Gaige & the other is the lamest SIren idea ive heard ever.
    Where's the creativity???
    **Somehtig is wrong with AAA & Hollywood lately..
    There's no excuse for STARWARS Sequel to be sooo bad..
    And Bordrlands 3 had the right idea of exploring that galaxy but the reason for doing so is too cheesy...
    ~~Siren powers should be unique & uber exciting..
    I thought Maya was bland & just like the Prequels of SW I now kick myself for thinking that was bad...

    ~Ellie??? Ok sure,,but Why is she alive surrounded by bandits who wat to kill her?
    And she's not exactly 'capable'..
    ***The worst travesty aside from Graphics has to be CLAPTRAP!!!
    Why not have a new Claptrap with a brand new annoying voice>??
    Are they thinking people wont be mad/creeped out by a generic almost sounding Claptrap??
    How hard is it to come up with a weird Voice Actor to use a weird ebonic of voice gimmick..
    THIS GAME WAS RUSHED!
    Gearbox didn't start it until years after the final B2 DLC..
    WHY?? Battleborn?? seriously?
    im disappointed because B3 was supposed to be special and it's not..
    in fact it's not even worth playing & I played it for free(Gamefly rental)
    I bought NHL Hockey instead. that sucked too..
    Whatevs,,,im going to my backlog instead of wasting more time on this crap....    … Expand
  17. 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
  18. HungryShoggoth
    Sep 15, 2019
    3
    I was really looking forward to this game, unfortunately in it's current state it's nearly unplayable, and in split-screen it's completely unplayable. Maybe after a few patches it will be worth another look, but as of right now the copious glitches and abysmal framerates just make for a frustrating experience rather than a fun one
  19. teufelhundenjd
    Sep 16, 2019
    0
    Absolute trash, unplayable. Constant stuttering, forced horizontal split screen, text so small that I have to sit with my nose against my 70" TV. Do the devs not have friends to test the couch co-op with? You could not have played that and said "this is fine to ship." Zero, because my wife refuses to turn it on again unless it is patched.
  20. SCOLL
    Sep 18, 2019
    0
    Couch co op is a joke. Also played 18 hours and cloud save destroyed my save file im not happy.
  21. 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.
  22. Qasmoke
    Oct 18, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game had so much potential but, Gearbox and 2K don't like their fans because, they squandered the established continuity. Eva is a **** character that is shoehorned into being a siren; Tannis being a siren seems stupid. Gearbox hates you and nerfs all the legendaries the game still a month after release, the performance has not been improved but sure, write it off as more borderlands 50 hours in it kinda sucks.… Expand
  23. mob0103
    Sep 18, 2019
    2
    Very buggy. Laggy. No appeal to return and play. Soooo disappointing for a long time fan of the franchise. Seriously thinking about returning for a refund. Bloody awful.
  24. Shatterhavok
    Sep 14, 2019
    6
    BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: If you're on the fence about buying this game now or waiting, I suggest you wait until some issues are hopefully fixed, all the DLC is out, and a lower price.

    Long time Borderlands fan. Multiple playthroughs of BL1 & 2. Only played the Pre-Sequel once. Solo player on Xbox One. Keep in mind this is a very early review. Level 10 right now, however I have issues with    BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: If you're on the fence about buying this game now or waiting, I suggest you wait until some issues are hopefully fixed, all the DLC is out, and a lower price.

    Long time Borderlands fan. Multiple playthroughs of BL1 & 2. Only played the Pre-Sequel once. Solo player on Xbox One.

    Keep in mind this is a very early review. Level 10 right now, however I have issues with the game already. I just completed a new playthrough in BL2 prior to BL3 release, and BL3 just feels different, and not in a way I like. So maybe I'm not far enough removed from BL2, but in my opinion when I pick up a new sequel it should feel like an improved product. It feels like they've tried to make the gameplay (and the backpack menu) to be like other shooters instead of sticking to their successful formula. I do not want a more realistic game. I've enjoyed BL all these years because it was something different than all of the other bland shooters out there. It was a colorful and exciting shooter experience. 1. Movement and gunplay does not feel as smooth and crisp as previous titles. Gunplay just feels like you are farther away from the action. Targets seem smaller and off in the distance unless they are right up in your face. 2. I think my biggest gripe right now is the new backpack menu. I HATE the new menu. It is almost painful to sort through my backpack now. Not sure why they switched to a side by side menu for your unequipped items. The text is smaller, the weapon stats display is boring now (and hard to read), and comparing weapons is just not user friendly nor visually appealing. This whole menu is just ugly. I hate it compared to BL2. I loved the old menu. Also not sure why we need the character model in the middle of the menu to further break up item information and make your eyes scan back and forth across the screen. Also do not like the new interface for the vending machines.

    3. The text is too small ALL OVER the place. Mission info on the play screen, item/weapon info, and the menus. Oh and small change I hate that others might not care so much as i do, but i really liked seeing how much exp you get after downing an enemy. It let you know WHEN you downed an enemy and was useful in knowing how strong your enemies were. Now we have to look way down at the bottom of the screen at our exp bar to see how much exp we received. Oh and the exp displayed is super small text too. Imagine that. They do show a red X in your reticle now when you down an enemy, but I feel like there is a lag for this. I preferred the old way. Soon as I saw that exp pop up, I knew I could move to a new target. 4. Pretty sad they couldn't pony up a few more dollars (or whatever the problem was) for the original Claptrap voice actor. It IS noticeable that it's not the same voice. (Once again, maybe I'm not removed enough from BL2 yet)

    5. I do like the alternate firing modes for weapons. Pretty cool.

    6. Not crazy about the map in the menu. It's always rotating depending on which way you're facing. Maybe it's just me, but I like my maps to stay with a fixed north position. It's nice they added elevation to it though. Mini map is ok. At least they give you an option for the mini map to rotate or not, so it's your preference on that one.

    7. FL4Ks pet can make it difficult to pick up loot. Like I've said a few times, maybe I'm not removed enough from my last playthrough of BL2 to get a more fresh perspective on this new entry. However I think going straight from BL2 to BL3 should give the the same/better feeling while playing. BL3 so far for me falls short of the normal BL experience that I used to enjoy. Seems like the makers were trying to make this new entry similar to other current popular shooters instead of remaining true to their fresh and original take on shooters. I've always like Borderlands because it was different.

    So in summary, I wish I could get my $$$ back and wait about a year until some things are fixed/improved and most of the DLC would be out. Did I mention how much I HATE THE BACKPACK MENU! NOT USER FRIENDLY!    … Expand
  25. Gamemonster
    Sep 17, 2019
    3
    Technically this game is a huge letdown. Can't hold 60fps even in 1080p mode on X1X. Maybe we've been spoiled by 4K60 Gears 5. I'll much rather play Handsome collection.
  26. NeverLessRaven
    Sep 15, 2019
    8
    Only issue I am receiving is some consistancy and performance issues. And is only a minor setback.
  27. tymis
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    Bought two copies of this game so my wife and I could play together on different TVs, just like every other game in the series. Turns out local LAN is NOT POSSIBLE, only split screen, which is unplayable. The only way to play together is to get two copies of XBox Live, and then the lag and disconnects are unbearable. Disappointment after disappointment.
  28. Sirreginaldpepp
    Sep 13, 2019
    1
    I have spent hundreds of hours playing the previous Borderlands game and bought a new xbox one just for this game. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. I always play couch co op with my wife and this game is unplayable right now. The lack of a vertical split screen was frustrating but I was willing to try and get used to it. But neither of us can read anything on the screen.I have spent hundreds of hours playing the previous Borderlands game and bought a new xbox one just for this game. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. I always play couch co op with my wife and this game is unplayable right now. The lack of a vertical split screen was frustrating but I was willing to try and get used to it. But neither of us can read anything on the screen. I have to play literally 12 inches from the tv to read anything on the screen. Giving us each headaches. On top of that gun stats get cut off and scoped weapons take up the entire view in front of you. Then there are the bugs. The game froze up twice already within 20 minutes of playing each time. Also no loot, not a single piece, has dropped from any of the enemies for my character the entire time I played while my wife's character got normal drops. So while we had prepared for a fun night it was a frustrating several hours before I no longer wanted to deal with the issues. I won't even bother trying to play again until these issues are fixed and vertical split screen is back. It's that bad.… Expand
  29. Johnnye3
    Sep 14, 2019
    0
    The way coop is set up is garbage, expected way more from gearbox and 2K seeing as all the other games they brought us have been so great. Played all borderlands since they game out.. I can’t even play this one until they bring back vertical split screen
  30. Willwist24
    Sep 14, 2019
    3
    Game is buggy as **** Needs to be updated ASAP. Lag issues and frame rate drops galore. Fix your **** Gearbox!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

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  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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