Borderlands 3

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  • Summary: At the hard edge of the galaxy lies a group of planets ruthlessly exploited by militarized corporations. Brimming with loot and violence, this is your home – the Borderlands. Answering the call of the Siren champion Lilith, four Vault Hunters charge head-first into a spray of bullets, blood,At the hard edge of the galaxy lies a group of planets ruthlessly exploited by militarized corporations. Brimming with loot and violence, this is your home – the Borderlands. Answering the call of the Siren champion Lilith, four Vault Hunters charge head-first into a spray of bullets, blood, and bandits to recover a map to ancient Vaults and prevent a universe-destroying power from falling into the wrong hands. The rest is history. Fearless renegade mercenaries on the wildest interplanetary treasure hunt of all time. FL4K is a wandering robotic tracker whose cold steel heart warms only for their pet beasts. Amara beats bad guys into pancakes with her psychic fists. Moze’s best friend is a 10-ton walking killing machine. And Zane, the semi-retired corporate hitman... well, he’s Zane. Hunting Alone? No problem! Shoot and loot your way through the Borderlands, discovering the region’s untold stories and piling high your increasingly deadly cache of goodies and weapons. [2K Games]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. Cheat Code Central
    Sep 16, 2019
    96
    Perhaps the best way to describe Borderlands 3 is to say it is exactly the game you would expect it to be. There are plenty of familiar faces, and it has the same sort of ambiance and atmosphere. People will still keep going into quest after quest for the same reasons (loot). While it might be difficult to accept the new villains after a great one like Handsome Jack, the twins are fine. Most importantly, the new Vault Hunters work well and the game is as fun to play alone as it is with friends. It looks, works, and plays well, and fans of the series will be more than happy to join the Crimson Raiders.
  2. PlaySense
    Sep 13, 2019
    90
    Borderlands 3 is more of the same in the best possible way, while some small tweaks to gunplay and exploration - being able to fight your way through multiple planets is invigorating - are welcome additions to the franchise.
  3. DualShockers
    Sep 19, 2019
    85
    Borderlands 3 comes with great growth in gameplay, but a safe story that had the opportunity for so much more.
  4. Critical Hit
    Sep 19, 2019
    80
    Borderlands 3 may be a brain-dead story of already dead on arrival memes and a cast that is largely forgettable (Save for Tannis, I still love you for being my socially inept spirit animal), but it’s easily the most satisfying power fantasy of the year thanks to its amazingly tuned gunplay and a sophisticated flow of action that picks up the juvenile slack.
  5. Gamer.no
    Sep 25, 2019
    80
    Borderlands 3 is, quite simply, more Borderlands. That means excessive charming humor, great variety in environments and sidequests and a lot of fun coop action spread throughout. The things that hold the game back are mostly minor annoyances – like the overabundance of everlasting boss fights and the gruesomely tiresome inventory management – but all in all this is a package that simply works.
  6. 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.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Sep 20, 2019
    50
    The game is boorish, infantile, and violent, and, in refusing to take any sort of consistent stand, is wildly off the mark.

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  1. Positive: 301 out of 643
  2. Mixed: 116 out of 643
  3. Negative: 226 out of 643
  1. will28s
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    If you're a fan of the series you will absolutely love this! It's everything you'd expect, with small little tweaks here and there to improveIf you're a fan of the series you will absolutely love this! It's everything you'd expect, with small little tweaks here and there to improve some of the downsides of the old games. As for framerate drops, just change the performance on visuals to prefer FPS, then it's smooth as butter!… Expand
  2. Rabbitslayar
    Sep 13, 2019
    10
    Very good game. Was impressed with how much it has improved since BL2. Played BL2 for last 2 weeks so I notice the differences of the 2 games.Very good game. Was impressed with how much it has improved since BL2. Played BL2 for last 2 weeks so I notice the differences of the 2 games. Play on a PS4 Pro and settings on performance and have had no troubles so far, that's not to say that there could be no problems I am just saying I have experienced no problems. Will continue to play this game till and after the next Cod releases. Gearbox has made a very good game and with some bug fixes it will be better for all those having problems. Don't trust all the bad the bad reviews. Some poor reviews may be true and many won't be true. Play the game and find out yourself or wait till it's cheaper if your on the fence.… Expand
  4. Weissmark
    Sep 13, 2019
    9
    I’ve only dabbled in Borderlands games before, but after playing this game all night I am in love it is so much pure fun
  5. Dragonfly44
    Oct 26, 2020
    7
    The environments and gameplay (especially the sliding) are quite nice but the story is all around pretty dissapointing 75/100
  6. BadassBada
    Nov 17, 2020
    5
    Mediocre game... Ok story ok gameplay ok graphics... It doesn't do anything new... Just a ok game.
  7. Osernovsky
    Dec 28, 2020
    3
    Lags, bugs, frizzes and very slow to load up and load menu. Terrible, for 2019 year game...
  8. brunopersio1986
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    Impossible to play due to the constants crashes and bad performance, total waste of money, thanks God I borrow ir form a friend. Gearbox goImpossible to play due to the constants crashes and bad performance, total waste of money, thanks God I borrow ir form a friend. Gearbox go fck yourself.… Expand

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