Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition

 Xbox One
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 56
  3. Negative: 8 out of 56
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  1. DemonicRobots
    Oct 3, 2021
    7
    Borderlands, the original looter shooter, has aged pretty decently. It has a lot of positives from the looting, enemy design, and the gunplay. The characters and abilities you are able to use are relatively simple but satisfying and all have different styles. This, along with the multiple playthroughs really helps with replayability. That being said there were some aspects that didn't ageBorderlands, the original looter shooter, has aged pretty decently. It has a lot of positives from the looting, enemy design, and the gunplay. The characters and abilities you are able to use are relatively simple but satisfying and all have different styles. This, along with the multiple playthroughs really helps with replayability. That being said there were some aspects that didn't age well. The level design can be very confusing to navigate and not that interesting with a focus on drab, boring desert areas or trashpiles that make it difficult to navigate and fails to give unqiue feelings to a good majority of the levels. A lot of the side quests feel like padding as well that don't offer anything interesting, with some being so simple you can basically walk over, press a button without fighting, and leave. Along with that, going through multiples times of a game to get a maxed character can be frustrating for completionists, and the skill trees of characters don't really let you create a unique playstyle within or any alternative playstyles.The DLC helped boosting this rating up by one, with Zed's being my favorite. I didn't love the General Knoxx DLC because of the driving, but I liked the other aspects and especially the story stuff. The Claptrap one was really good too, and I think all around it is a solid attempt. I didn't do Moxxi's but it is just enemy wave fighting, but it is good because it has the bank to store items which is extremely helpful. Definitely boosted this game up. Still, a very fun game that I would recommend to people before they jump into Borderlands 2.… Expand
  2. tom974
    Jul 31, 2021
    7
    Very nice remaster with many additions from Borderlands 2 and a nice 4K 60fps on Series X. A must play in co-op mode for me, it'd be too flat of a game in solo. The story of the main game is quite expeditive and it lacks a bit of dialog, nice way to discover the series debuts though.

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#50 Best Xbox One Game of 2019
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#70 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2019
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#45 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2019

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. DualShockers
    Apr 27, 2019
    80
    Quotation forthcoming.
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  2. M3
    Apr 26, 2019
    70
    Although it is somewhat outdated with regard to some elements, Borderlands Game of the year edition is still proof that some things were better in the past. Local four player mode is something we miss enormously in today's games. But best of all is that the update is free for PC players.
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  3. TheXboxHub
    Apr 23, 2019
    70
    If you are playing on an original Xbox One, and haven’t played it before, then Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition is without a doubt, a five star game. If you’re on an X, or have played it before, it’s not. There’s a great deal of fun here, even for returning players, but it’s hard to recommend this over the Backward Compatible version.
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