Fun, colourful first person shooter, I only ever played as a single player but I get the impression you get more from this game on multi player, highly recommend.
I enjoyed borderlands 1 but number 2 out stayed its welcome by dragging on for so long. Borderlands 3 however keeps it fresh by changing locations by planet hoping. A much better enjoyable game that has kept me coming back for more questing, gun toting and looting. Also spend a lot of time helping science with the in game science. Definitely worth it if you enjoyed number one
A great addition to the already brilliant Borderlands game series. Fun to play solo however even more fun teaming up with friends online. Highly recommended for any gamer looking for a challenge.
The reason why I’m giving this game 5 stars is based on a few reasons on my own, as well as sharing my thoughts on what little I knew about the game before buying it…
First just to get this out of the way; I will say that the Gameplay in Borderlands 3 is ridiculously loads of fun! I honestly had a heck of a lot of fun with the guns and grenades I played around with. And the skill tree from the Four Vault Hunters (I mained as FL4K, the Beastmaster) are especially fun to play around with as the Skill Tree mechanic in BL3 has been enhanced with allowing the player to equip more than 1 skill. Makes it very interesting to combine skills from other trees.
The Side Missions and Echo Logs were very well written and were fun to listen/engage to. They were definitely my favorite part of the game!
Oh! And for those who played The Pre-Sequel, the interactive voice lines of whichever character you picked to play as is back! Definitely allows some immersion from the game!
Now with that out of the way, I have to mention the story and how abysmal it was handled this time around. It was one of the minor things I knew about sometime after hearing about the game’s launch on release date.
The story, unfortunately, does not deliver. And according to what I found, there were different (albeit not very experienced) writers behind this game which explains the underwhelming writing performance.
While the story sets up a rather very intriguing premise as well as focusing heavily on the Siren Lore and giving us a compelling concept with The Calypso Twins, Troy especially, a good chunk of the story has no payoffs, too many plot-holes, a lot of things not making a lick of sense, unanswered questions, little-to-no likeable characters that are constantly being introduced, villains with incredibly weak motives (and I personally find that the Twins had no good reason for how they turned out the way they did but this is debatable), the Vault Hunters from BL2 are shafted tremendously and are not involved with the exception of Maya & Zer0, an unsatisfying ending, etc…
The list just goes on and its disappointing, to say the least. One of the biggest issues I had with the game personally throughout the Main Campaign was the lack of immersion from the cutscenes. As in, despite you, The Vault Hunter is doing all of the work, as soon as a cutscene starts you’re either no where to be found or your existence isn’t acknowledged at all. To the point the credit completely goes to characters who weren’t even involved in the fight that you yourself was already taking on. There’s only one cutscene that I can recall throughout the entire game where your Vault Hunter is for once acknowledged. But that was the one and only time it ever happens.
Borderlands 3 strengths itself on its tremendously fun gameplay, side missions and echo logs. But because of how abysmal the Story Campaign was, it makes it hard to give it another playthrough on other characters. Especially on True Vault Hunter Mode.
I bought this game knowing little about how bad the story was going to be but I wanted to play it myself after having the PS4 for sometime.
And the only reason why I bought this version instead of the Deluxe was because if the story was as bad as others claimed, then I saw no point in playing the addtional content if I’m just going to drop the game completely after finishing the Main Campaign.
Which… is what happened as soon as I was done. I feel no desire to continue playing on another character. And I certainly have no desire to do another run on the Story Campaign.
So, despite what I stated above, the game is worth it in terms of its fun gameplay. But beware that due to its abymsal Story Campaign, it may be difficult to give it another playthrough on any other Vault Hunters you’ve yet to play as.
Edit: Something I forgot to add and mention; for anyone who played Tales From The Borderlands, do not expect Borderlands 3 to give you the answer on what was found inside the Vault at the end of the game. And as disappointing as this sounds, Fiona and Sasha are not present within the Main Campaign of BL3. There’s only a small subtle mention for only one of them through an echo-log, but that’s about it.
To add on, this game completely disregards the warning that The Watcher warned Lilith and Co about at the end of Pre-Sequel.
Having completed both Borderlands 1 and 2 I was expecting a lot from the third outing. Whilst it doesn’t dissapoint due to its lovely graphics and smooth gun play, I do feel like the weapons lack the same kind of kick as in previous Borderlands games. I suppose Borderlands 2 pushed it to the limit so this one has a lot to live up to.
I do feel like the gun play is a major improvement from previous games, the story is not as good though. I sort of hope that the next outing we go back to Pandora and spend more time fighting interesting enemies and less ‘go over there fetch this’ quests.
I would rate it below the previous two but good enough to stand up on its own.
Having played all previous titles in the series I suprised my self and didn’t buy this at launch. I just felt it did feature anything new….when the price dropped to 9.99 I though “why not” and picked it up. I must say it is a great game, sure its similarl to the others but it also features some new stuff to keep you playing. I’m not sure I would have felt like this if I had payed the launch price but for 9.99 it is a real bargain (I’m playing on ps5 and it’s a free upgrade with ps4 version), I must have put in 40+ hours and even purchased the dlc (which I am yet to start). My only negative comment is the online matchmaking is terrible, I am yet to find/be matched any other players, I tend to play solo so doesn’t really bother me but it could be a big issue for other people. Overall its a great addition to the series and I would say the 2nd best (number 1 being Borderland 2)
Fun, colourful first person shooter, I only ever played as a single player but I get the impression you get more from this game on multi player, highly recommend.
If you have a disc based PS5, you get the PS5 enhanced upgrade for free which is great.
Plays well and is really good value if you get it on sale like I did.
I enjoyed borderlands 1 but number 2 out stayed its welcome by dragging on for so long. Borderlands 3 however keeps it fresh by changing locations by planet hoping. A much better enjoyable game that has kept me coming back for more questing, gun toting and looting. Also spend a lot of time helping science with the in game science. Definitely worth it if you enjoyed number one
A great addition to the already brilliant Borderlands game series. Fun to play solo however even more fun teaming up with friends online. Highly recommended for any gamer looking for a challenge.
If u enjoyed previous borderlands games you will like this.It has a huge world with good graphics and great gameplay.
In my opinion this is the best out of the borderlands games 8/10
Excellent price. Arrived quickly and sealed. The code inside for some free cosmetics expired last year howeve
The reason why I’m giving this game 5 stars is based on a few reasons on my own, as well as sharing my thoughts on what little I knew about the game before buying it…
First just to get this out of the way; I will say that the Gameplay in Borderlands 3 is ridiculously loads of fun! I honestly had a heck of a lot of fun with the guns and grenades I played around with. And the skill tree from the Four Vault Hunters (I mained as FL4K, the Beastmaster) are especially fun to play around with as the Skill Tree mechanic in BL3 has been enhanced with allowing the player to equip more than 1 skill. Makes it very interesting to combine skills from other trees.
The Side Missions and Echo Logs were very well written and were fun to listen/engage to. They were definitely my favorite part of the game!
Oh! And for those who played The Pre-Sequel, the interactive voice lines of whichever character you picked to play as is back! Definitely allows some immersion from the game!
Now with that out of the way, I have to mention the story and how abysmal it was handled this time around. It was one of the minor things I knew about sometime after hearing about the game’s launch on release date.
The story, unfortunately, does not deliver. And according to what I found, there were different (albeit not very experienced) writers behind this game which explains the underwhelming writing performance.
While the story sets up a rather very intriguing premise as well as focusing heavily on the Siren Lore and giving us a compelling concept with The Calypso Twins, Troy especially, a good chunk of the story has no payoffs, too many plot-holes, a lot of things not making a lick of sense, unanswered questions, little-to-no likeable characters that are constantly being introduced, villains with incredibly weak motives (and I personally find that the Twins had no good reason for how they turned out the way they did but this is debatable), the Vault Hunters from BL2 are shafted tremendously and are not involved with the exception of Maya & Zer0, an unsatisfying ending, etc…
The list just goes on and its disappointing, to say the least. One of the biggest issues I had with the game personally throughout the Main Campaign was the lack of immersion from the cutscenes. As in, despite you, The Vault Hunter is doing all of the work, as soon as a cutscene starts you’re either no where to be found or your existence isn’t acknowledged at all. To the point the credit completely goes to characters who weren’t even involved in the fight that you yourself was already taking on. There’s only one cutscene that I can recall throughout the entire game where your Vault Hunter is for once acknowledged. But that was the one and only time it ever happens.
Borderlands 3 strengths itself on its tremendously fun gameplay, side missions and echo logs. But because of how abysmal the Story Campaign was, it makes it hard to give it another playthrough on other characters. Especially on True Vault Hunter Mode.
I bought this game knowing little about how bad the story was going to be but I wanted to play it myself after having the PS4 for sometime.
And the only reason why I bought this version instead of the Deluxe was because if the story was as bad as others claimed, then I saw no point in playing the addtional content if I’m just going to drop the game completely after finishing the Main Campaign.
Which… is what happened as soon as I was done. I feel no desire to continue playing on another character. And I certainly have no desire to do another run on the Story Campaign.
So, despite what I stated above, the game is worth it in terms of its fun gameplay. But beware that due to its abymsal Story Campaign, it may be difficult to give it another playthrough on any other Vault Hunters you’ve yet to play as.
Edit: Something I forgot to add and mention; for anyone who played Tales From The Borderlands, do not expect Borderlands 3 to give you the answer on what was found inside the Vault at the end of the game. And as disappointing as this sounds, Fiona and Sasha are not present within the Main Campaign of BL3. There’s only a small subtle mention for only one of them through an echo-log, but that’s about it.
To add on, this game completely disregards the warning that The Watcher warned Lilith and Co about at the end of Pre-Sequel.
Having completed both Borderlands 1 and 2 I was expecting a lot from the third outing. Whilst it doesn’t dissapoint due to its lovely graphics and smooth gun play, I do feel like the weapons lack the same kind of kick as in previous Borderlands games. I suppose Borderlands 2 pushed it to the limit so this one has a lot to live up to.
I do feel like the gun play is a major improvement from previous games, the story is not as good though. I sort of hope that the next outing we go back to Pandora and spend more time fighting interesting enemies and less ‘go over there fetch this’ quests.
I would rate it below the previous two but good enough to stand up on its own.
For 10 pounds its an absolute steal. The game is fantastic with tons of replayability and best of all it has a free Ps5 upgrade.
Having played all previous titles in the series I suprised my self and didn’t buy this at launch. I just felt it did feature anything new….when the price dropped to 9.99 I though “why not” and picked it up. I must say it is a great game, sure its similarl to the others but it also features some new stuff to keep you playing. I’m not sure I would have felt like this if I had payed the launch price but for 9.99 it is a real bargain (I’m playing on ps5 and it’s a free upgrade with ps4 version), I must have put in 40+ hours and even purchased the dlc (which I am yet to start). My only negative comment is the online matchmaking is terrible, I am yet to find/be matched any other players, I tend to play solo so doesn’t really bother me but it could be a big issue for other people. Overall its a great addition to the series and I would say the 2nd best (number 1 being Borderland 2)
The code was expired but apart from that great game
Great game with free PS5 upgrade (and an abysmal story) but no crossplay yet which is what I’m currently waiting fo
Great game, lots of content, perfect if you love loot drop games and over the top violence.
Gorgeous visuals super smooth frame rate on PS5. Well worth picking up at this price and fun single player or in team.
Arrived as expected, wrapped and new, although golden guns code was out of date. Not bothered, but one to bare in mind if you care about that.
Game arrived quickly and in amazing condition. Was in much better condition than I was expecting. Thankyou!