Borderlands 3

this game is now owned by take 2 interactive aka spyware they have changed the terms of service and have made me never want to touch a game connected to them again its sad how a 12 plus year old game can be ruined with one small what is seamingly insignificant to the company can ruin their older titles but i guess this what the world has come to, base game is amazing dlc is great will change this post if they ever remove the spyware but i doubt that will happen

I will not accept Take Twos dystopian TOS. The level of information they want over a video game is a huge red flag with so many company servers getting hacked these days. Time to stop brainlessly hitting accept on terms of service people!!! I was a huge fan sense the day borderlands came out but video games are not worth this level of privacy issues. If my medical information can be stolen(mine just was) then like hell if I want ANYONE else haven the level of information these people want to play a video game. Go retro get of modern gaming asap!!!

Required statement: bad story. fun shooty bang bang.

It has aged like a satire of the era it was written in and included punishment push ups before Dragon Age Veilguard, but hey it ain't the Borderlands movie! Still it was living rent free in me 'ead and now I can say I am on the Borderlands died side of the fan base

1. Gameplay -> Divine. Feels like angels forged these guns themselves. They explode, they scream, they make glorious loot fountains erupt when u blast psychos. Top-tier shooty-bang-bang...

2. Story -> Imagine the most annoying TikTok influencers got superpowers and decided to start a death cult. Yeah...
Prepare for cringe and a plot that makes u miss Handsome Jack dearly.

3. Then there's Ava -> She's like that one quest NPC u have to escort, but instead of just being slow, she actively drains ur will to live with every line. If Claptrap is the annoying but occasionally charming robot uncle, Ava is the cousin who breaks your favourite toy and blames u for it.

Wish you met Ava in the first 2 hours window, so you could return the game without any problems

If someone can make a more annoying and dumb character than Ava you'll honestly impress me, I hate seeing her, I hate listening to her smoothbrained lines, you could delete her and the game would not lose any value whatsoever.

played this game when it first came out for a full playthrough and leveled to 46. Got bored of it and uninstalled. Re downloaded it and gave it another chance and it legit put me to sleep. Such a step down from Borderlands 2.

Written by a 12 years old kid who desperately tries to get some attention by turning EVERY single line into forced humour. It's never funny, it's childish and immature. I get that they are targeting a young audience but there is no structure to the writing, no goals, no purpose, just forced jokes after forced jokes followed by forced jokes..

Thank god you can turn the dialogue volume off, I have never experienced such obnoxious writing, it's like listening to a child with insecurities trying to be funny... it's not.

Writing and Dialogue are absolutely, god forsaken awful. Like, the worst of the worst BY FAR. You don't need to make a streamer and influencer a villain by making them commit atrocious acts, being a streamer and influencer is by far the most evil thing you can do as a human being. Besides, this game gave us Ava, what's posssibly the worst character ever made in any game, except for very, VERY specific cases. They dedicated an entire DLC to try and get people to at least understand where she comes from, but it only made it worse. AS-TOUNDING.
Gunplay is still pretty good, and skills and character classes still are fun.
So, why the thumbs down? To make the game passable, you'll need to turn dialogues to zero. Or do a bit of file modifying by deleting all the character audios, but even then it will never take away the fact that this is the worst, no questions asked, by far, Borderlands ever made. Story and character wise.

I've been putting this review off for a while.

Honestly I can't recommend this one.

I loved Borderlands and Borderlands 2 (Played both on Playstation back in my high school days). Borderlands 2 was particularly fun with it's comical writing and amazing dlcs. Loved Tiny Tina's dlc.

I managed to make it 20 hours into Borderlands 3 and realised I wasn't having fun. Maybe it's because of the awful writing of the annoying villains or the lack of any real innovation from Borderlands 2. Maybe I didn't pick up the right class for a better experience. Maybe I was disappointed by loot. Maybe it was because every mission felt like a pointless fetch quest. Maybe the side characters weren't as interesting or as wacky as previous side characters. Maybe the abilities and ultimates of my character felt a big lacklustre.
Or maybe I simply didn't give the game a better chance.

All I know is that for the foreseeable future, I don't see myself reinstalling this one.

I know this game is considered a classic and is loved my many. But for me it is incredibly boring, and i can't really for the life of me bring myself to play through the beginning area. It feels more like the entire game revolves around the level and rarity around the guns. Wich severely lowers the skill celing to play the game and brings down the actual "fun" meter for me. and it really dosn't cut it for me. But what do i know?
You should probably test it for yourself before you state your opinion.

It blows my mind how, on the surface, these games look like they should be creative and inventive over the top wild fun, but they're just so boring, slow, and such a slog.

Borderlands? More like Borederlands.

new terms of service changes it to allow it to be malware, copy's your passwords, finds out your phone number. and to sue you if you criticize the game. do not agree to it. i know i haven't.

it feels so cheesy. none of the characters have any dept and the game leans into the silly vibe but it fails to entertain. this game's humor from the first 2h i played can be summeaized into 3 words :
"Gross Equals funny"
i would give the game a chance and keep playing but this game does a good job of showing what it's all about in the first hour the gun play is not satisfying and if you don't have a millennial's early 2000s sense of humor u just wont like it.

If you can get past the cringe dialogue Borderlands 3 is a really fun shooter with a plethora of worthwhile content on offer, there's a ton of cool loot/gear to acquire, the characters are all unique and fun to play.

The gameplay in general just feels so much smoother and faster than previous entries. The driving/vehicle combat is still as awful as ever but besides that I have no other complaints here.

As I said already the writing isn't good but it's also pretty easy to stomach/get through most of the time, especially if you're in co-op. It's also mostly the main story that has the worst dialogue and writing, the DLCs are much more tame in that regard. You definitely shouldn't let this stop you from trying out the game if you were interested in the gameplay but hesitating until now.

I also have no technical issues to report, the game ran smoothly and without any crashes throughout my entire playtime.

Was enjoying the game, got into the level 20s and then the game started having an error. The game would starting resetting my computer system, which annoys me most because i was really getting into the game

This game is alright but with the new Big Brother Behavior TOS agreement, it is not worth cow tailing to. Hellfire made a video Take Two Spies On Borderlands Players. Check it out.

Horrible story suffering from bad pacing and writing, but the gameplay and the vault hunters are fun. 5.8/10

I could never in my right mind recommend this to anyone. While the combat is fun, the story and the dialogue is horrible. It's so bad, it isn't even fun to make fun of. It's just so sad...

Storyline may be somewhat AIDS but fun combat and characters.

I love BL2, and I deem it my utmost favorite game of all time. BL3 has some quality of life improvements, and that is the only good thing I can say about it.

The story and the characters are horrible, with not a single male admirable character present. Most characters are annoying, and most deaths are not even characterized properly through the story. These attempted shock value moments are an absolutely amateur approach to creating tension without actually building up to it.

Almost all the levels blend into one another, and they seem AI generated, rather then someone actually sitting down to design them properly. The world is needlessly cluttered without actually giving thought to how to practically place world elements to make some sense and variety. And do not even get me started on the myriad of invisible walls..... The laziest way to deal with "you cannot go there, I will slap you on the wrist."

I have sat down with pain to go through one playthrough so as to prepare for the upcoming BL4, and it has been a torment to finish this excrement. I could really go into intricate detail as to why this is horrendous, but it would turn into a TLDR review.

People don't like this one for the main story, which is kinda valid? I mean its solid but yeah, it doesn't compare to 2. However, the gameplay, settings, UI, events, characters, weapons, variety- literally everything else is better than 2 lmao.
I'd even dare argue the story was enjoyable, villain dialogue corny at some points but they had a handful of funny moments in their defense. Also the settings and world building where super fun and a great time, really fun to explore and do quests in. Definitely worth getting, though I recommend getting the Pandora edition thing so you get all of its content, plus the other games.
Also I want to mention how all of the DLC in this game is AMAZING in all aspects, and quite honestly makes you forget the shortcomings of the main story.

My only complaint is that I wish all Mayhem modes had an option to turn off their modifiers cause they're annoying af lol, tho mode 11 solves this but its only for max difficulty. And some better optimization around sanctuary would be nice.

Also big tip!!! - Turn off volumetric fog in the in-game settings, it tanks your fps and is super ugly.

The writing is TERRIBLE but the actual gameplay is super fun. Ava is hands down the most annoying character in any game ever and it's not even close.

Great game if you completely ignore the Story.

It's solid enough if you skip as much story as possible, but this is a game that just cannot get out of its own way.

Good shooter with a horrid story, Sorry but Ava and the twins just suck hot garbage through a straw made of stained butt hole skin.

The obvious problems are indeed obvious, combat is solid (although I prefer bl2 combat still) but everything else feels like a downgrade.

The story is giga ass. It's infuriating, I hate Ava.

Gameplay is good, buy it on sale if you liked the older Borderlands gameplay.

Not good, too much talking, boring unskippable story and bosses are easy. Other borderlands are better, save your money and time, dont play it.

This game is not for everyone. a lot of people will complain about the way the graphics look, and based their opinion on the entire game off of that. The skill trees are awesome. the fast travelling is prime. the map UI is so good. the dialog for all the characters are fantastic, creating humorous moments that get serious fast. If you enough an FPS MMORPG, this is one of them!

The usual Borderlands Mayhem, tropes in the writing are a bit old, but this is still a great looter-shooter

Main story-line is so cringe it wasn't worth paying attention to. The DLC's and side quests on the other hand make the game worth it. There is plenty of content that keep gameplay from getting stale and makes it enjoyable.

better than 2 if you ask me. more boss fights, more customization available. Only thing I don't like so far is how complex the maps can be sometimes, and that eridium is no longer used to upgrade your storage and ammo count

This game is underrated and over hated. Is the writing as great as 2? No. You'd find few who would say it is. Is the writing bad though? Also no. People complain about the potty humor in this game, but choose to forget Borderlands has ALWAYS had potty humor. The villains are also not terrible as people like to say. Two psychopaths creating a hit livestream for torturing people is one of the most Borderlands things ever.

The biggest thing this game does for the franchise is making the gunplay feel truly good for the first time ever. Guns actually shoot where you expect them to. It feels like a modern game. The improved variety of your active abilities is something that I really hope to see added upon in 4. I know a criticism that isnt uncommon is that 3 is much easier than the other entries. While this is true, for those who continue after the campaign, you have 12 different difficulty levels you can play on, including the base difficulty. Each makes the game harder, adds modifiers, and increases loot value.

Love playing this game with friends. It feels endless and is a nice game to just relax and play together. Works great on steam deck

story wise: absolute garbage, the only way to enjoy this game fully is to manually go in and remove the dialog files.
gameplay wise: solid good fun that just about anyone familiar with borderlands can enjoy

is it worth it for 60 dollars, no and never will be.
either get it on an extreme sale or flat out pirate it if youre so curious.

Good graphics, good gameplay
Holy s h l t amount of guns
cringe story, cringe antagonists and freaking stupid Ava
It feels a whole lot different than the previous ones
Still worth playing

terrible story, amazing gameplay. needs a skip dialogue mod off nexus to be bearable

This game is massively overhated. I understand that for original fans of Borderlands waited a long time between 2 and 3 and had their standards set high by Borderlands 2, but I don't think this game deserves the hate it gets at all. The main issues people have is the writing, and whilst there are some annoying characters it's really exaggerated just how bad it is. It's not like it's got Marvel movie dialogue, if you can just get past Ava and some cringe inducing lines from Troy and Tyreen, it's really not that bad! I would even go as far as to say Troy and Tyreen are fun characters! Every time they were on screen, I felt like they were truly threatening in a way Handsome Jack couldn't even do (Jack is still better though, of course), I was always scared they'd do something to the characters that I love. And as far as story goes I think it may be the best? It might just be the most lore heavy and we learn a lot about the universe that we didn't before.

Gameplay is where the game gets it's rightful praise, it's hard to rank any Borderlands game above another because I genuinely think they're all equally fun to play, but this one is especially fun to go through and makes the grind to get 100% completion (which I did) not as gruelling as some others.

My one complaint: no on-screen Rhys and Vaughn interaction. Come on now.

The best way to enjoy this game is to completely mute the voicelines and turn off subtitles, so you don't have to listen to some of the cringiest fucking dialogue and """humor""" ever put in a video game.

I WOULD put this as a positive review since the gunplay is actually pretty good, but I refuse to give Gearbox and Randy Pitchford a positive review since they're everything wrong with the gaming industry condensed into one company and one incredibly greasy """""""""""""""man""""""""""""""""

Lots of great improvements from BL2. I think Gearbox did a fantastic job of listening to their player base, and improving upon a game play formula people enjoyed in the past, and made a fresh new game out of it.

My personal favorite improvements in BL3 include multiple action skills per character, action skill augments, character class mods now invest points into skills without the need of upfront skill point investment. These improvements open an insane variety of potential builds to contribute to Borderlands' addicting game play. The DLCs in BL3 are also fantastic.

What I DON'T like about Borderlands 3 is the endgame. Specifically mayhem mode. Borderlands 2 endgame was difficult enough to make you think strategically about how you engage in combat, and how you go about building your character to gain full benefit from all skills and equipment. The last thing I want is a bunch of gimmick modifiers added at random to throw everything off and have me redo and nitpick all my previous gear/skill choices. Luckily, Borderlands 3 still has great endgame game play without the use of mayhem mode.

Also I don't know if this is factually correct or if its just a feeling I have.. but Borderlands 3 seems to be incredibly saturated with legendary weapons. By the time I was level 50 (in a game with a 72 lvl cap) my entire arsenal was nearly all orange. With every character.

Red chests and bosses drop legendaries too often. Ammo vending machines seemed to almost always have a legendary grenade mod for sale as well. Kind of numbs you to any excitement you're supposed to have when you finally see orange drop after a tough boss fight.

Overall I do love the game. I think its a decent improvement from BL2. Even with how absolutely goated of a game BL2 is.

i hate that i can't give this game a negative recommendation because i genuinely think it's really great and an improvement over the others in many ways but a bunch of it is so crap it just pisses me off so much.

don't come into this game expecting a good story. don't come into this game expecting a decent story. expect a story. the story of all time. that's what it is. a story that drags on for way too long. and ruins part of the mystique of a concept i genuinely found amazingly cool.

okay, well, gameplay. the gameplay is a significant improvement with the new mobility options that you're given, something i had been wanting since i played borderlands 1, which was like... around a month before playing this, so, i'm not exactly a sage of the borderlands. but one thing i will say, i genuinely HATED!!!!! HATED!!!!!!!! HATED!!!!!!!!! how many legendaries this game dropped me!!! it was TOO MANY!!! i didn't LIKE IT!!!!!! i ended up ONLY USING LEGENDARIES!!!!! because i like being STRONG!!! but i was TOO STRONG!!! i felt PRESSURE. to USE. those LEGENDARIES.

and what the HELL was up with this game's dlc, huh? vault cards, seasons, and all that, it was so confusing for me as a new player, and i couldn't really distinguish what was dlc and what wasn't!!! what a mess!!! but the story dlcs, they were great, maybe my standards had been lowered immensely by the calypsos mere existence, but i had a lot of fun with the dlcs! of course, more handsome jack content and i'm immediately engaged...

too many psychos. just too many psychos.

don't even talk to me about this game's final boss... or even main story bosses in general. just don't. i miss the sentinel.

boring story, confusing non-story dlc content, but it's still a damn good game.

TERRIBLE OPTIMISATION THOUGH!!!! IT TOOK AGES OF MESSING WITH THE SETTINGS TO GET A SEMI-COMFORTABLE FRAMERATE!!! AND I WAS WAITING FOR UP TO A MINUTE JUST TO LOAD SOME AREAS!!!!! IF I WANTED TO WAIT THAT LONG TO LOAD A GAME, I'D PLAY GENSHIN IMPACT ON A HARD DISK DRIVE!!!!!!!!!!!

and what did they do to claptrap, man. i'm not insane right? they definitely upped claptrap's awfulness to an insane degree in this game, right??? i remember he was stupid a little shit but he had a good heart when it REALLY mattered, but in this game he just comes off as a total ass!!!! if i could just not consider this game canon, oh i so would...

but, despite my grievances, it's still a good game i can't deny that. it's a lot of fun, especially when you don't have to think "oh shut UP tyreen" every few minutes GOD i hate her.

3/3.3 i would still die for tina

A fun new unique experience to the Borderlands franchise.
The new open-world exploration, encouraging players to explore and complete challenges on each map, unlocking new guns, and customizations.
The gun play and player interactions is by far the best so far.
Only thing that sucks is the obnoxious twin tiktok streamers constantly talking.
8/10 overall, very fun, refreshing, and obscure game!

Longtime Borderlands fan. After trying this game, hating it, trying it again after I forgot how much I hated it, hating it again, and repeating a couple of times, I finally realized that it's a pretty good shooter IF you skip all of the cutscenes, mute all of the voices, and ignore all of the cringeworthy story, at least until you get to the legit excellent wild west DLC.

But I can't give it a thumbs-up if you have to do all that to enjoy it. It's a big step down from BL2 or the pre-sequel, and it will make you hate the world and characters you used to love. And Lilith's an idiot now.

While the gun-play is phenomenal, this game's writing is genuinely the most mind-numbing suicide-inducing piece of ass I've ever had the displeasure of being subjected to. Dipping my balls into hydrochloric acid while watching my entire family burn would actually be a more enjoyable experience.

Gunplay is good.
Gun Design Kinda Bad for some manufacture.
Char Design is Good.
Mayhem Level is a bad change.
Dialogue is very very VERY bad.
Ava is a profesional gaslighter, fucking bitch.
and this review make me want to TALK to Lilith.

It's hard to describe...
The game FEELS better than borderlands 2, but it also FEELS so much worse

I think the issue comes down to the ADD, causal-player game mechanics, which focus more on making sure the player is being entertained with pretty colours and big damage, rather than attempting to create any meaningful challenge

Even if you just look at the improvements in BL3 over BL2, I STILL prefer the way BL2 does it...

bottom line, play BL2 instead

Also, the story is absolute unmitigated garbage, but you probably already know this by now

This game is just bad.
It falls short of the other titles before it, and is just a bug filled mess.

probably the worst writing of all time in a video game, dialogue on mute and a current events podcast is the only way to play this. Writing is bad in terms of both dialogue and the actual plot itself, characters are wholly uninteresting and even bringing back past fan favourites like zer0 serves no purpose. The story is a meandering nothingness that dishonestly tricks you into thinking there even is a story. Vault key is here, ok now another one, completely unoriginal or inventive or engaging in any sense of the word. Gameplay, its the exact same shit as the last 3 games, which is to say fun but repetitive, something you only play to trick your dopamine receptors into rewarding you. Except I got god tier loot for some reason and this made the entire game simple so no dopamine was ever fully given. Every boss fight was a joke as a result, I beat the final boss in about 3 minutes. Genuinely one of the dullest things I've ever wasted my life on, and unless they give away the season pass before the new one comes out I have zero interest in any of the end-game content

Borderlands 3 is a wonderful game gameplay wise, horrible story wise. While Borderland's story isn't the main focus, there is no denying how undeniably horrible this titles campaign is.
Fun gameplay all to be halted by listening to painful dialogue for 40 minutes.
Any fan of the series knows how badly they gutted the story that was built not only by the second game but by Telltales Tales game. Don't get me started about Rhys.

TLDR: ALL the borderlands games are amazing when you dont have an obnoxious fan in your ear telling you they're not.

The dialogue isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Its literally the same amount of cringe dated humor in all the games. The main villains aren't as interesting as handsome jack but they aren't boring either, they are on par with the weaker far cry villains (new dawn, 4, etc). I'd say the devs have a really good excuse to have *slightly* worse dialogue than the previous titles due to: 1. The shear amount of dialogue added. And 2. The insane gameplay changes over the other games. I was scared going into the game that the conversations between NPCs was going to be horrible and make the game almost unplayable but no, its just a bunch of redditors who have been being dramatic about it. If you are trying to play Borderlands for the story go play something else, because this is the same formula as the other games; weak story, corny dialogue, funny side missions, and amazing combat.

TWO GRIPES: Common and uncommon weapons are almost obsolete. You will find a couple here and there that stick out but youll quickly get rid of them for a rare, epic, or legendary variant within 20 minutes. BL1 and 2 were much more on the steady side when it game to feeding you loot but BL3 is not. Luckily all the guns are fun, but I miss being forced to survive off a barely functional common assault rifle, personally. My other issue is that this game feels significantly faster paced. In BL2 it took about an hour and a half to get a shield, another 2 to get a car, and then another hour to get to sanctuary. In this title you get all of that in the first 30 minutes. Its nice for me since I finished BL2 last night and wanted to jump into this, but for a new player it goes pretty quick. I do feel like BL3 dropped a little bit of the grittiness and charm of the previous games but not a whole lot. It just means you have to force yourself to take it slow. The previous titles forced you to slow down a lot, but this game really just takes the leash off, def try to take your time and enjoy the map and explore.

I have been playing all the borderlands games since I had an XBOX360 when I was tiny, and I honestly think this is the best installment, especially for newer gen gamers that are coming off of modern games. People who don't recommend this game also think Lilith was a well written character in the last games (she wasn't). Don't let the reviews scare you and remember that the borderlands community has always been a toxic hell hole. If you like looter shooters or have enjoyed any other borderlands games you'll like this.