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Borderlands 3
Critics Consensus (Play It)
Borderlands 3 is a competent continuation of the franchise, a love letter to its fans filled with characters from previous installments, unapologetic action and silly humor.
Game Info
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and a mayhem-fueled adventure! Blast through new worlds and enemies as one of four new Vault Hunters. Play solo or with friends to take on insane enemies, score loads of loot and save your home from the most ruthless cult leaders in the galaxy.
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Average Score
Total Reviews: 116
Silver TIER
47% of scored reviews fell within the range of 80 to 86 / 100
RELEASE DATES:
GENRES:
- RPG, Shooter
DEVELOPER(S):
- Gearbox Software
PUBLISHER(S):
- 2K Games
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- Borderlands
GAME MODES:
- Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
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RATING & REVIEWS
Ratings & Reviews
116
Critic Reviews
80
Average Critic Score
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CRITIC REVIEWS
All reviews are from professional critics. Learn more about the critics VSG aggregates.
High Score
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Median Score
80%
Low Score
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James Duggan (IGN)
September 9, 2019
9/10
Borderlands 3 sticks to its guns and outdoes itself with an amazing arsenal of weapons, humor, and missions.
James Davenport (PC Gamer)
September 9, 2019
63/100
An endless font of bad jokes and cool guns in the series’ most vapid story yet, Borderlands 3 skates by on watching numbers fly and goons explode.
Joshua Rivera (Kotaku)
September 9, 2019
Recommended
There’s enough good here to understand why you’d keep it around, but also enough troubling aspects that you could justify cutting it from your life entirely. But, even then, if you came across it at a house party, you’d probably take a bite.
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Score Ranges
Read the Reviews (116 total)
| Outlet | Author | Score | Date | Quote | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DNews | Алексей Лихачев | 7 / 10 | 09-22-2019 | The game is stuck in the past with its unfunny jokes, archaic game design decisions and unwillingness to follow at least some modern trends. If words | Read review |
| Atomix | Israel Mendoza | 85 / 100 | 09-09-2019 | A great return to the franchise that invented most of the modern loot shooter mechanics. | Read review |
| Attack of the Fanboy | William Schwartz | 4.5 / 5 stars | 09-18-2019 | Borderlands 3 delivers the game fans have been waiting for. | Read review |
| AusGamers | Kosta Andreadis | 7.5 / 10 | 10-01-2019 | Lilith, Maya, Claptrap, Sir Hammerlock, Mordecai, Brick, Moxxxi, and others. | Read review |
| BaziCenter | Danial Karimi Tar | 8 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 is fun and entertaining, without a doubt, but it’s not a revolutionary title like its predecessors, and everything we see here we already saw in the last two games. | Read review |
| Bazimag | Mahdi Eftekhari | 8 / 10 | 11-07-2019 | Although Borderlands 3 doesn’t have anything new to offer, it’s the best looter shooter title we’ve seen in years. Its simple but enjoyable gameplay and lovable characters and story can easily keep you playing for many hours. | Read review |
| Bloody Disgusting | Andrew King | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-23-2019 | Most of what this game has to offer hasn’t changed since 2012. It’s more Borderlands. Decide how you feel about that. | Read review |
| But Why Tho? | Quinn Hiers | 9 / 10 | 09-21-2019 | Borderlands 3 is just another Borderlands game. I came for a Borderlands game and I definitely got one. The game is not novel, at least in regards to mechanics, but it’s a fantastic game nonetheless, especially for its story and characters. It feels the same, plays the same, and all my expectations have been met. It’s a game I would recommend to anyone. | Read review |
| Cerealkillerz | Manuel Barthes | 7.5 / 10 | 09-16-2019 | All good things come in threes but not in the case of Borderlands 3. Gearbox manages to cut out a lot of beloved features from previous titles and leaves us with uninspiring open world areas that are only kept alive from the craziness of beloved characters. | Read review |
| CGMagazine | Alex Handziuk | 8.5 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 isn’t a franchise altering game, but it does manage to combine great gunplay, an expansive world, and stellar co-op into a great overall package. | Read review |
| Cheat Code Central | Jenni Lada | 4.8 / 5 stars | 09-13-2019 | It looks, works, and plays well, and fans of the series will be more than happy to join the Crimson Raiders. | Read review |
| Checkpoint Gaming | Elliot Attard | Not Recommended | 09-18-2019 | I can forgive the game for a lot of its shortcomings, although there’s something about Borderlands 3 that I absolutely cannot forgive – its technical problems. | Read review |
| Chicas Gamers | Raúl Pinto | Recommended | 09-17-2019 | Borderlands 3 is the most funny and ridiculous shotter in all history of videogames. In a travel to search a new vault, we find a shotter game with many elements of RPG, a gradilocuent soundtrack and the perfect comic style. | Read review |
| COGconnected | Alexander Thomas | 86 / 100 | 09-21-2019 | Seriously. Borderlands 3 is sure to be a contender for GOTY and it can only get better with more content and bombastic badasses. | Read review |
| Critical Hit | Darryn Bonthuys | 8 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 may be a braindead 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. | Read review |
| Cubed3 | Drew Hurley | 9 / 10 | 09-26-2019 | Borderlands 3 has been crafted from the ground up with fans of the series in mind. | Read review |
| Cultured Vultures | Nathan Gibson | 7.5 / 10 | 09-18-2019 | Borderlands 3 brings all the fun and enthusiasm that the series is famed for while also introducing tighter gunplay and new locations to explore. Disappointingly, it fails to address some issues that have plagued earlier games and there’s very little in the way of innovative, refreshing gameplay. | Read review |
| Daily Mirror | Matthew Osborn | 4 / 5 stars | 09-21-2019 | Overall the game is a real blast from the past, keeping true to its style and doing the core mechanics outstandingly well whilst improving some quality of life aspects. | Read review |
| Daily Star | Jamie Nightingale | 3 / 5 stars | 10-06-2019 | Ultimately Borderlands 3 is a mixed bag. It’s like going to visit my family at Christmas; you jump in the car, visiting those same people that you love dearly and enjoy seeing but it’s still the same long journey and your Dad is telling the same old jokes that make your skin crawl. | Read review |
| DASHGAMER.com | Dan Rizzo | 8.5 / 10 | 09-21-2019 | Three titles that are insanely popular amongst gamers, and the world of esports. It’s the grandaddy of ’em all. Borderlands still has something to prove to us, and that’s not to take this all seriously. Sit back, have a laugh at your characters expense, with a little self deprecation and humility presenting a chuckle, while systematically planning your next attack and how to loot every single enemy in the area, while beholding it’s bloody grace. Welcome back Borderlands, we missed you. | Read review |
| Destructoid | Chris Carter | 9 / 10 | 09-09-2019 | Borderlands 3 takes most of the good bits of Borderlands 2 and either rolls with them or improves upon them. It didn’t need to reinvent the wheel either, as Gearbox pretty much had the formula figured out the second time around. | Read review |
| Digital Chumps | Ben Sheene | 8.5 / 10 | 04-17-2019 | Borderlands 3 is the quintessential Borderlands experience, warts and all. Humor, loot, and style are sprayed in every direction with a few shots missing the mark. Gearbox chose not to reinvent their well-polished wheel but perhaps delivered a game that just came short of being something special. | Read review |
| DualShockers | Cameron Hawkins | 8.5 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 comes with great growth in gameplay, but a safe story that had the opportunity for so much more. | Read review |
| Easy Allies | Daniel Bloodworth | 4.25 / 5 stars | 10-10-2019 | Borderlands 3 isn’t a huge step forward, but its ridiculous brand of mayhem confidently expands on the distinctive strengths of the series. | Read review |
| EGM | Michael Goroff | 6 / 10 | 09-24-2019 | Borderlands 3 has finally arrived, seven years after the last numbered game in the series. But in that time, while most of us were growing older and wiser, Borderlands has doubled-down on its most prefrontal cortex obsessions. There’s more loot than ever, and it’s more individualized, but there’s very little room for other areas of growth, like in story or character. As busy as Borderlands 3 can feel, and as much as this game expands the universe, you’ll still feel like all you’re doing is keeping your nose on the ground, sniffing out shiny, colorful guns. | Read review |
| Electric Bento | Christopher Joslin | 9.4 / 10 | 09-24-2019 | Overall Borderlands 3 is more of the same, and that’s a good thing. | Read review |
| Eurogamer | Vikki Blake | Not Recommended | 09-19-2019 | The humour is even more annoying, the guns even more amazing and Gearbox’s shooter is more divisive than it’s ever been. | Read review |
| Fextralife | Languard | 6.8 / 10 | 10-21-2019 | Borderlands 3 is an OK game. The shooting and the looting is mostly good with just a few niggles here and there. It could have been a good game, possibly even a great game, but is held back by a truly abysmal story. | Read review |
| Forbes | Paul Tassi | 9 / 10 | 09-09-2019 | Borderlands 3 was worth the wait and will be a fixture in this genre for years to come. And I think few fans of the last two will be disappointed when they get their hands on it at last. | Read review |
| Game Informer | Matt Miller | 8 / 10 | 09-09-2019 | Borderlands 3 is a love letter to its fans and a celebration of the style of play it first popularized. Filled with characters from previous installments, and unapologetic in its silly humor and bombastic action, it’s an amusing ride that seems hesitant to innovate. | Read review |
| Game Rant | Dalton Cooper | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-21-2019 | Borderlands 3 may be a buggy game with performance issues and a disappointing story, but its fun factor is impossible to deny. | Read review |
| Game Revolution | Jason Faulkner | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-27-2019 | Despite its flaws, Borderlands 3 is worth playing, and it’s definitely no worse than the other entries in the franchise, which means it’s pretty darn okay. | Read review |
| Gameblog | Eva Martinello | 8 / 10 | 09-18-2019 | Nothing says “Welcome home” better than Borderlands 3. It’s no different than the other games, it’s simply more ambitious: the shooter and lifespan of the game are better, you will explore more planets than ever. But with all of this ambition, it lacks technical polish, where it should have learn from its past mistakes. | Read review |
| GameCrate | Angelo D’Argenio | 7 / 10 | 09-17-2019 | Borderlands 3 is more Borderlands and not much else. It doesn’t innovate. It doesn’t push the looter shooter genre forward. It doesn’t say anything profound with its plot. It plays it 100% safe by nearly copying its predecessors. That might be enough for some people, but it’s not enough to stand out against other contemporary looter shooters. | Read review |
| GameGrin | Simon Brown | 8.5 / 10 | 09-26-2019 | A strong return for the series with enough changes to make combat feel fresh and exciting, some great new characters and an awesome soundtrack. A fun time from start to finish. | Read review |
| GameMAG | Unknown | 8 / 10 | 09-23-2019 | Borderlands 3 is a great co-op shooter/RPG with huge amount of content and good variety of loot, locations and quests. Shooting, exploring the locations and collect new guns is fun and interesting. Especially with friends online. Problems with framerate can be annoying, but I want to play Borderlands 3 even after tens of hours, and this is important. | Read review |
| Gameplanet | Chris Brown | 9 / 10 | 09-20-2019 | When most people think of the looter shooter sub-genre, they think of the Borderlands series. Borderlands essentially created the mould for what a looter shooter should be. Lots of shooting and lots of looting. I don’t think any other looter shooter loots or shoots as well as Borderlands 3 does. Borderland 3 is the best game in the series, not by breaking the mould, but by expanding and deepening it. | Read review |
| GamePro | Hannes Rossow | 84 / 100 | 09-13-2019 | Borderlands 3 offers more weapons, more action and more nonsense. That’s good for fans, but uninteresting for everyone else. | Read review |
| Gamerheadquarters | Jason Stettner | 9 / 10 | 09-16-2019 | Borderlands 3 is the exact follow-up that fans have been waiting for, delivering more of what they’ve come to expect with some surprises along the journey. | Read review |
| Gamers Heroes | Blaine Smith | 7 / 10 | 09-17-2019 | Borderlands 3 does very little to reinvent itself. It plays it safe, sticking to the tried and tested formula that made the original games such a success. A must-play for fans of the genre and past Borderlands games, but much of the same for anyone else. | Read review |
| Gamersky | 不倒翁蜀黍 | 9 / 10 | 09-09-2019 | Borderlands 3 is the best game Gearbox has ever made. The weapons are interesting and goofy, the battles are intense and tricky, and the multiple open-worlds are beautiful and full of challenging missions. For Chinese gamers, it might be the most immersive 3A game in recent years because of the wonderful Chinese voice acting. | Read review |
| GamesBeat | Jason Wilson | 77 / 100 | 09-09-2019 | If you enjoy lootin’-and-shootin’, check out Borderlands 3. But go in knowing that you’re going to cringe at some of the jokes and feel fatigue every now and then | Read review |
| GameSkinny | John Schutt | 8 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 is the best Borderlands has ever been. It’s beautiful, funny, and frantic in the best ways. There are issues, but those shouldn’t deter you too much from having an absolute blast. | Read review |
| GameSpot | Jordan Ramée | 8 / 10 | 09-11-2019 | Borderlands 3 fumbles with its bosses, but the game ultimately continues its predecessors’ tradition of fun, mayhem-filled looting and shooting. | Read review |
| GamesRadar+ | Unknown | 4 / 5 stars | 09-17-2019 | Borderlands 3 is a fan-servicing treat of a Borderlands game, albeit one somewhat soured by technical issues and lacklustre villains. | Read review |
| GameZone | Cade Onder | 6.5 / 10 | 09-30-2019 | Borderlands 3 sometimes struggles to earn your time commitment. Whether that’s testing your patience with a plentiful supply of bullet sponges or quests that outstay their welcome, it’s difficulty lies within wanting to continue playing it. To play Borderlands 3 is a true test of endurance that may cause actual fatigue and exhaustion after a few hours. While it reaches a lot of highs in gunplay and progression, this long-awaited threequel may not leave people instantly begging for more like they were after Borderlands 2. | Read review |
| Gaming Nexus | Russell Archey | 8 / 10 | 10-01-2019 | Borderlands 3 is a great game, but it’s definitely got some technical issues with sadly brings the score down a bit. While my issues weren’t as bad as others I’ve heard about, they’re still annoying at times. However, if you can get past that you’ll find a game that’s more of the same as previous games (especially 2 and pre-sequel), but that’s what made Borderlands great to start with. A great story, reuniting with old friends, and some pretty interesting villains ensures I’ll be coming back to open any more vaults that are found on any planet Gearbox wishes to travel to. | Read review |
| GamingBolt | Will Borger | 8 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Awesome guns. Irreverent humor. Great characters. Lots and lots of bad guys to shoot. Borderlands 3 is more of the same, but when it’s this much fun, who cares? | Read review |
| GamingTrend | Ron Burke | 85 / 100 | 09-28-2019 | Borderlands 3 is the modern looter shooter at its finest. The signature humor is alive and well, and with a cast of four fresh Vault Hunters and over a billion guns (and some with legs!), there’s a lot to be excited about. It builds on and evolves everything that makes Borderlands great without changing the core looting and shooting that makes Borderlands, Borderlands. | Read review |
| Geek Culture | Jake Su | 9 / 10 | 09-08-2019 | All the best stuff, with a tiny mix of bad, Borderlands 3 is here to blow your mind. | Read review |
| Geeks Under Grace | E.L. Wilson | 9 / 10 | 10-02-2019 | Become a vault hunter and see the universe as you hunt for new vaults in the amazing Borderlands 3. | Read review |
| God is a Geek | Nicola Ardron | 8.5 / 10 | 09-26-2019 | Borderlands 3 doesn’t add much to previous iterations, but is a still a smart, almost rhythmic shooter with superb movement, deep RPG systems and more guns that you can shake a stick at. You might need to mute the dialogue though. | Read review |
| GotGame | Daniel Ladiano | 8.5 / 10 | 10-12-2019 | Borderlands 3 makes some smart improvements over its foundations. A vast variety of weapons, tighter controls, fast-travel and other quality of life improvements make it the definitive installment. | Read review |
| GRYOnline.pl | Daniel Stroński | 8 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 is a terrific looter-shooter, one of the best out there, among the best in history. The game focuses on the most important thing – the gameplay. Shooting provides tons of fun and a gigantic arsenal of weapons keeps boredom at bay. It would be pretty much perfect, if not for the technical pitfalls – the game needs fixing. | Read review |
| Guardian | Steve Boxer | 4 / 5 stars | 09-20-2019 | While there are some new aspects, such as a game-world that is more substantial than its predecessors, the third instalment is reassuringly familiar fun | Read review |
| Hardcore Gamer | Kevin Dunsmore | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-18-2019 | The phrase, “doesn’t do anything particularly new,” is apt to describe Borderlands 3. | Read review |
| Heavy | Collin MacGregor | 8 / 10 | 09-18-2019 | Borderlands 3 is a complicated game to recommend. It’s a technical mess that is flooded with bugs and sports some pretty mediocre writing at times. On the other hand, it boasts terrific gameplay, characters, and endgame content. | Read review |
| Hobby Consolas | Álvaro Alonso | 94 / 100 | 09-09-2019 | Gearbox has taken the Borderlands formula and improved it to achieve the definitive “looter shooter”. Bigger, better, longer and funnier; Borderlands 3 is legendary loot. | Read review |
| IGN | James Duggan | 9 / 10 | 09-09-2019 | Borderlands 3 sticks to its guns and outdoes itself with an amazing arsenal of weapons, humor, and missions. | Read review |
| IGN Italy | Gianluca Loggia | 8.4 / 10 | 09-23-2019 | A solid new episode for Borderlands, with a lot of things to do, but ten years after the original some mechanics are a bit obsolete. | Read review |
| IGN Middle East | Zaher Albalbisi | 9 / 10 | 09-22-2019 | Borderlands 3 could potentially be the best shooter of this year with so many varieties in guns and boss fights with a good looting system, it’s only hindered by its bad story and annoying main villains. | Read review |
| IGN Spain | David Soriano | 9 / 10 | 09-09-2019 | Borderlands 3 does not include any major revolution, something we celebrate taking into account the shameless essence of the Gearbox franchise. So many years of waiting have been worth it to return to the office of Vault Hunters. | Read review |
| Impulsegamer | John Werner | 5 / 5 stars | 09-24-2019 | Overall, I must admit that “Borderlands 3” is an incredible game and it’s a perfect successor to the Borderlands series. However, as much as I enjoyed the game, I have my concerns for people who are new to the series. | Read review |
| INDIANTVCZ | Marek Čabák | 7 / 10 | 10-15-2019 | Borderlands 3 has all the good things we loved in its predecessors and upgrades them a little. On the other hand it still has all the problems of Borderlands 2 and a few new ones. It’s fun to play, it has great feeling and it still is the best loot & shoot game on the market. However it also has some game design problems and more than a few technical difficulties that spoil gameplay and just shouldn’t be part of modern AAA titles. That being said it’s still a must for every fan of the series and every gamer who wants to became badass crimson raider traveling impossible galaxy full of insane creatures. | Read review |
| Just Push Start | Grant E. Gaines | 4 / 5 stars | 09-18-2019 | For better or worse, Borderlands 3 rides the line between amazing fun and horribly awful. | Read review |
| Kotaku | Joshua Rivera | Recommended | 09-20-2019 | There’s enough good here to understand why you’d keep it around, but also enough troubling aspects that you could justify cutting it from your life entirely. But, even then, if you came across it at a house party, you’d probably take a bite. | Read review |
| Leadergamer | Alper Dalan | 8 / 10 | 09-20-2019 | For those, who want to get drowned in action, bullet and loot. | Read review |
| LevelUp | Víctor Rosas | 9 / 10 | 09-21-2019 | Borderlands 3 is one of the best games of the year and without a doubt the best game in the franchise to date Yes, it’ s more of the same, but consider it quantitatively: more action, more chaos, more weapons, more possibilities, more roads, bigger stages, more impressive battles, etc. Do you have a problem with that? | Read review |
| Merlin’in Kazanı | Furkan Güler | 81 / 100 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 promises a lot of fun gameplay and a good scenario. But the technical problems of the game, destroy the fun. | Read review |
| Metro GameCentral | Unknown | 7 / 10 | 09-17-2019 | A surprisingly unadventurous sequel, given the long years fans have been waiting for it, but the entertaining weaponry just about makes up for the overfamiliarity and obnoxious sense of humour. | Read review |
| MMORPG.com | Mitchell Gassner | 8 / 10 | 09-25-2019 | Simply put, running through the story of Borderlands 3 was a blast. | Read review |
| MSPoweruser | Unknown | 7.5 / 10 | 09-16-2019 | Borderlands 3 does technically evolve the franchise, and it is a fun time for those who know what they’re getting into. While most of the quests don’t have the motivation that you’d expect, the core gameplay is incredibly engaging. Every Vault Hunter feels fantastic to control and the world-hopping adventure leads to some gorgeous locales, but it’s not a decidedly better game than what’s come before. It’s one step forward and a juvenile step back to impress its friends. Oh, and there’s a fart at the end just for good measure. | Read review |
| New Game Network | Tim Reid | 78 / 100 | 09-29-2019 | Borderlands 3 sticks to the formula established in previous games. Despite suffering from technical issues and some pretty obnoxious characters and dialogue, the improvements to core mechanics, a great variety of locations and enemies, and series-best procedurally generated loot make it a more than a worthy sequel that should enthrall fans for dozens of hours. | Read review |
| Nexus | Sam Aberdeen | 8.7 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | If you’re a fan of Borderlands, there’s a lot of love in doses here. It’s fulfilling from both a gameplay and fan-service perspective, with tons to see and do for hours on end. | Read review |
| NoobFeed | Bogdan Robert Mateș | 75 / 100 | 09-20-2019 | Borderlands 3’s stellar gunplay and awesome arsenal heavily contrast its disappointing humor and characters. | Read review |
| Oyungezer Online | Sabri Erkan Sabancı | 8 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Borderlands 3 gives what you want and expect after a 7 years of waiting. But if you didn’t like this genre or Borderlands series before, this one won’t be able to change your mind either. | Read review |
| Paste Magazine | Holly Green | 6.5 / 10 | 09-30-2019 | It’s a shame that Borderlands and I are no longer a good fit. What I miss most of all is its personality. The aesthetic and surface changes to the series don’t make it a stranger; the change in temperament does. We just don’t have as many laughs as we used to. Better to cut things off now, and remember the relationship for what it once was, because it doesn’t get any better from here. | Read review |
| PC Gamer | James Davenport | 63 / 100 | 09-09-2019 | An endless font of bad jokes and cool guns in the series’ most vapid story yet, Borderlands 3 skates by on watching numbers fly and goons explode. | Read review |
| Player.it | Riccardo Liberati | 8.5 / 10 | 09-21-2019 | Borderlands 3 is to all intents and purposes the son of its franchise: it maintains the same features and strengths of its predecessors, partly rejuvenating a very old gameplay with a new movement system and new features and types of quests. Some technical uncertainty and a narrative quality unfortunately not as good as the second chapter prevent the title from reaching perfection, but the latest Gearbox effort remains a healthy video game with incredible duration and fun, especially for fans of the franchise who will find themselves at home. If instead you haven’t appreciated the mix of genres and the boorish humor of Borderlands in the past, you’ll hardly change your mind with the third installment. | Read review |
| PlayStation LifeStyle | Annette Polis | 9 / 10 | 09-17-2019 | Is Borderlands 3 a perfect game? No, at least not at launch. But it damn sure is so much fun that I wish I were playing right now and not writing this review. I’ve got Vaults to loot and trinkets to buy. Don’t forget to tip Moxxi! | Read review |
| PlayStation Universe | John-Paul Jones | 8.5 / 10 | 09-19-2019 | Though the humor frequently misses the mark, the much improved gunplay of Borderlands 3 and stupendously generous endgame easily wins out in the end, creating arguably the best entry in the series to date. | Read review |
| Polygon | Ben Kuchera | Not Recommended | 09-09-2019 | Borderlands 3, if it works well at launch, is a competent game that feels like a passable continuation of the franchise instead of an evolution. It’s the same general idea with new vault hunters, but with little of the joy and danger that I fell in love with in earlier entries. | Read review |
| Press Start | James Berich | 7.5 / 10 | 09-20-2019 | Borderlands 3 is what you would expect from a Borderlands game, for better or for worse. It does little to innovate on the now ubiquitous looter genre it helped to define ten years ago and plays it safe. While it’s almost the same Borderlands it was those ten years ago, it’s still hard to deny that it’s a great romp with mates. | Read review |
| PSX Brasil | Bruno Henrique Vinhadel | 90 / 100 | 10-01-2019 | The insanity of its universe and the best combat system ever made make Borderlands 3 the best game in the franchise. An extensive campaign, captivating characters and various alternative game modes heighten the interest in the title and the fun that comes with it. Even though technical problems and badly developed villains may undermine some of the quality of the game, there are a lot of positive stuff and dozens of hours of fun guaranteed in Gearbox Software’s crazy franchise universe. | Read review |
| Push Square | Liam Croft | 8 / 10 | 09-18-2019 | In refusing to dramatically innovate, Borderlands 3 continues to occupy a unique position in the RPG genre. Its blend of looting, shooting, and comedy makes for varied gameplay sequences, deep and meaningful player progression, and a couple of laughs along the way. It’s not going to convert anyone who wasn’t a fan of previous iterations, but in doing so, Borderlands 3 sticks to what it does best. | Read review |
| Reno Gazette-Journal | Jason Hidalgo | 8 / 10 | 10-04-2019 | Borderlands 3 doesn’t introduce any massively revolutionary concepts that completely change the game. Sometimes, though, people just want more of a good thing and Borderlands 3 delivers on that front for fans of the series. | Read review |
| Rock, Paper, Shotgun | Nate Crowley | Recommended | 09-16-2019 | While the game itself isn’t the most stellar company, there’s no denying why it, like its predecessors, will be incredibly successful – because it provides a superb environment for hanging out with your pals. | Read review |
| Saving Content | Scott Ellison II | 4 / 5 stars | 09-27-2019 | The massive amount of guns, quality of life improvements, planets you travel to, and proper endgame are all a recipe for satisfying even the hungriest among us. But the performance issues are a detriment to the enjoyment that should be had. Due to it being so much fun (especially in coop), that you can look past some of the issues. Borderlands 3 represents the best of the genre by again offering ‘Diablo with guns’ to such a satisfying degree that’s been so sorely missed. | Read review |
| Screen Rant | Zak Wojnar | 4 / 5 stars | 09-25-2019 | The latest Borderlands entry continues the series’ tradition of FPS/RPG co-op action. | Read review |
| SECTOR.sk | Branislav Kohút | 8.5 / 10 | 09-20-2019 | Heroes of The Pandora are still cool. But do not await too many news. Just enjoy next killing spree! | Read review |
| Shacknews | Josh Hawkins | 9 / 10 | 09-09-2019 | The Borderlands formula might be a bit dated with its raunchy jokes and cheesy dialogue, but that doesn’t change that it is a formula that keeps reeling players back in again and again. Despite the fact that I’ve already logged over 40 hours in the game, I still can’t help but feel the want to dive back in with a new character just to experience it all again. | Read review |
| Skill Up | Ralph Panebianco | Recommended | 09-18-2019 | Video Review | Read review |
| Slant Magazine | Aaron Riccio | 2.5 / 5 stars | 09-20-2019 | The game is boorish, infantile, and violent, and, in refusing to take any sort of consistent stand, is wildly off the mark. | Read review |
| Softpedia | Cosmin Vasile | 8 / 10 | 11-11-2019 | The extremely stupid humor, top-notch combat and wide range of weaponry make Borderlands 3 one of the best shooters of all-time. Although it’s an old formula, Borderlands 3 offers one of the best shlooter experiences you can get. | Read review |
| SomHráč.sk | Karel Šír | 80 / 100 | 09-28-2019 | Borderlands 3 isn’t revolutionary in any way, but it’s a welcome evolution. Shooting and looting is more fun than ever before. However, the technical aspects of the game are a bit of a mess and the story is a massive letdown. | Read review |
| SpazioGames | Unknown | 8.6 / 10 | 09-20-2019 | Borderlands 3 is everything we hoped for. Gearbox has refined the traditional formula of the franchise, improving its powerful mix of FPS and RPG elements with new intriguing features. The heart of the Campaign is the inimitable humor embodied by the characters, except for the bad guys: Calypso twins struggle to find their place among the stars. | Read review |
| TechRaptor | Anson Chan | 9 / 10 | 09-18-2019 | Borderlands 3 improves upon the Borderlands formula in every way possible, showing what a looter shooter is capable of when the basic requirements like a coherent story and cool loot are not just fulfilled, but exceeded | Read review |
| Telegraph | Dan Silver | 4 / 5 stars | 10-11-2019 | Is there anything more pernicious in modern cultural criticism than the concept of a guilty pleasure? | Read review |
| The Angry Joe Show | Joe Vargas | 8 / 10 | 09-24-2019 | Video Review | Read review |
| The Digital Fix | Eden Penketh | 8 / 10 | 10-02-2019 | Borderlands 3 is a safe step forward for the franchise, but rough optimization, a leaning toward old jokes and a pair of underwhelming antagonists take some of the shine from this otherwise thoroughly enjoyable and beautifully rendered sequel. | Read review |
| The Games Machine | Paolo Besser | 9.1 / 10 | 09-17-2019 | It makes no sense to focus on small flaws: Borderlands 3 is a great game, with charisma and great replayability, with four characters to look into, lots of sub-quests to deal with and a future DLC that could shine to the full. | Read review |
| The Outerhaven Productions | Diego Perez | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-18-2019 | Borderlands 3 delivers on the looting and shooting, but everything else unfortunately falls flat. The four playable classes are the best the series has ever seen, and the loot progression has been fine-tuned to an impeccable degree. Obnoxious characters, painfully unfunny jokes, and numerous technical shortcomings make Borderlands 3 a hard game to recommend to anyone but existing fans of the franchise. If you already love Borderlands, you’ll like Borderlands 3. If you don’t, then this one won’t do anything for you. | Read review |
| TheSixthAxis | Jason Coles | 6 / 10 | 09-18-2019 | I’ve got very mixed feelings about Borderlands 3. Overall I like it and it’s fun to play, but it could have been so much more and the writing feels like time traveling back to your high school days and being surprised and a little disappointed at how immature everyone is. Few things in life are as embarrassing as the person you were five years ago. If you’re not embarrassed, then I’m sorry to say that you may well be the Borderlands 3 of your friend group; stuck in the past unable to grow or change in any meaningful way, relying on fart jokes as a stand-in for your personality. | Read review |
| Too Much Gaming | Carlos Hernandez | 8 / 10 | 10-04-2019 | There are countless issues that made me roll my eyes, but they did not outweigh the gameplay, which is something I plan to engage in every now and then, but probably on mute or while watching a movie. | Read review |
| Twinfinite | Ed McGlone | 4 / 5 stars | 09-20-2019 | Borderlands 3 is the ultimate example of playing it safe and giving their core fans exactly what they want to see. I can certainly understand the desire to not fix what isn’t broken. It’s a valid strategy. | Read review |
| Unboxholics | Θέμης Μπολτσής | Not Recommended | 09-18-2019 | Borderlands 3 is an absolutely jam-packed game in terms of content with its unique style and loot shooting action. But in terms of humour, story and narrative it fall terribly short. On top of it many technical glitches and bugs leave a lot to be desired when it comes to the graphics department. | Read review |
| USgamer | Mike Williams | 4 / 5 stars | 09-09-2019 | Despite the formula growing a bit stale, Gearbox has expanded upon it in the right way, resulting in a great Borderlands experience. | Read review |
| VG247 | Kirk McKeand | Recommended | 09-18-2019 | Despite the fact Borderlands 3 seemingly wants me to hate it, I really, really like it. Like, a lot. | Read review |
| Video Chums | A.J. Maciejewski | 8.1 / 10 | 09-29-2019 | Borderlands 3 definitely feels like a Borderlands game. | Read review |
| VideoGamer | Josh Wise | 7 / 10 | 09-20-2019 | Best enjoyed at a breezy remove, Borderlands 3 provides a punchy shooting experience, a massive open world, and some eye-rolling, adolescent humour. | Read review |
| Wccftech | Nathan Birch | 7.5 / 10 | 09-20-2019 | Borderlands 3 is another bountiful, bullet-filled buffet for fans. Hunting for that perfect gun is still addictive and the minute-to-minute action is better than ever, but flat writing, sometimes-frustrating level design, and a lack of polish limits the game’s potential. If you’re starving for more Borderlands, by all means, dig in, but you might find you’ve had your fill sooner than you expected. | Read review |
| We Got This Covered | David Morgan | 3.5 / 5 stars | 09-21-2019 | Borderlands 3, besides being technically unsound, plays it a little too safe to stand out. While the gunplay is excellent and the weapons wild, cringeworthy writing weighs it down. | Read review |
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