Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Reviews
The droll and shockingly boring game loop is spread far too thin. The level requirements demand the player go and grind with side quests, but that also means having to endure more of the same tired, coma-inducing gameplay. After a while the inane chatter of the characters and the constant hail of bullets become white noise and the game’s basic components become all too apparent.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a spin-off that overflows with its own personality. She is not limited to being a mere restyling of Borderlands 3, but she has the courage to experiment and differentiate herself enough from her older brother. The plot, albeit thin, entertains with its irreverent and parody irony. The novelties and changes to the gameplay work properly, giving greater dynamism and new stimuli. The character progression system allows for a variety of development directives and each player will be able to find their ideal build. However, the title would have benefited from a filing on specific aspects, such as confusing inventory management and technical cleanliness, as well as presenting an endgame that does not live up to expectations.
Review in Italian | Read full review
I can’t say I didn’t enjoy all of my time with Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, because I did enjoy quite a bit of it. And when they patch out the bugs I’m sure it will be a much better experience. Unfortunately, the things I butted heads with that are inherent to the design of the game sapped all of the joy out of it and by the time I finished the campaign, I just wanted to be done with it and move on to something else.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands plays it safe, never leaning enough into its fantasy elements or bringing any significant changes to the Borderlands formula, but offering more of the fun looting and shooting the main series is known for. It boasts better writing and humor than Borderlands 3 while throwing in interesting spells and class powers that spice up its otherwise familiar combat system.
While still Borderlands at its core, Wonderlands stands on its own as a great entry that's worth trying.
If you are a fan of the looter shooter genre or if you like the lighter filled with humor experiences, you should give Tiny Tina Wonderlands a try!
Review in Greek | Read full review
Published as a separate game, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands has managed to bring a different flavor to the Borderlands series, but it is a game with a lot of untapped potential.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a full-priced offering that seems like it would have been better suited as DLC, like its predecessor. It's still a solid shooter with some whacky characters and a fun story, but it doesn't take any risks or innovate on the established formula, and the multiplayer issues are an annoyance.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is Gearbox's most complete game in this genre; with it diverse gameplay enough to keep you busy for a good amount of time. Whether you are a Borderlands fan or not, Tiny Tina deserves a shot.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands doesn't disfigure among other members of the prestigious Borderlands saga, even if it doesn't bring significant novelties besides the reinterpretation in a fantasy key, which turns out to be a winning idea anyway. Hilarious and irreverent dialogues, a satisfying gunplay and an end-game that hardly gets boring are the elements that will keep you glued to the game.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands not only in a delivery with its own entity within the saga but in an essential title for any shooter lover
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands can easily keep up with the main Borderlands games and feels like a high production value game, not like a smaller spinoff you might expect. There's a lot of content underpinned by fantastic gameplay. Just the endgame is a bit repetitive. If you're a fan of Borderlands this is highly worth your attention.
Thanks to a couple of fresh ideas the game is much more engaging than Borderlands 3, but it's still not great enough to compare it to the sequel.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands offers a fun story and fun experience without any striking addition to the overall style of Borderlands series games.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands had the potential to take RPG games and make them into something more like an RPG/FPS hybrid, but Gearbox forgot to keep the RPG bits in other sections of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands outside of the story. If there was more focus on the RPG side of things rather than established Looter/Shooter mechanics, then Tiny Tina's Wonderlands would be a much better game. But at the moment, it's just another Borderlands game, but a fan Borderlands game.
No revolution, no surprise, no surprises, but with a ton of decent humor, excellent shooting, lots of weapons and good fun in cooperation. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands refreshes the gameplay in a good way.
Review in Polish | Read full review
2022 is going to see a lot of contenders for Game of the Year with the likes of Elden Ring and Horizon: Forbidden West already high on the list and we are only in April. It says a lot about the quality of gaming at the moment. Witty, more guns and crossbows than you can ever imagine, a well set out story and stunning graphics all create what is simply a superb game. If you love the Borderlands games you will love this. If you haven’t played them then you will still love this game. Quite simply superb and will knock on the door for GOTY 2022.
Despite its shortcomings, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands manages to cement itself as one of the best games in the series due to its whimsical storytelling and captivating gunplay. It may not be better than Borderlands 2, but it's definitely on the right track.
Following the disaster that was Borderlands 3's writing, there was some serious pressure on Gearbox to deliver this time around. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands isn't a spectacular game and doesn't live up to Borderlands 2, but I doubt most people will care about that. The simple fact is that we got a Borderlands game that is fun with a story that isn't painful to experience. That's a win in my book.
Sparse laughs can't win Borderlands a new fan.