Battleborn
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Critic Reviews for Battleborn
Classic Gearbox shooting with an experimental MOBA twist, but it's no Borderlands.
Battleborn has a strong cast of characters and exciting action, but suffers from a lack of content, frustrating server issues, and some questionable design choices.
Gearbox's blend of shooter and MOBA is generous and inventive, but the marriage of genres doesn't fully convince.
Battleborn mixes the FPS and MOBA genres to produce a game that oozes character and original ideas. Just don't expect to love it straightaway.
A varied playable roster isn't enough to salvage a lackluster campaign and clumsy combat
The combat is frantic and tense, but often feels samey and superficial. The in-match leveling works wonderfully in the campaign, but can become problematic in multiplayer. The varied cast of heroes adds longevity, but the game still feels relatively content light. With so many moving parts that never quite gel, I found plenty of things to love but just as much to feel confused by and ambivalent about.
Battleborn has done what I would have previously thought was impossible: it has kept me interested in its multiplayer.
Industry Coverage
Battleborn Servers Are Shutting Down
2K Games have announced that they will be shutting down Battleborn servers in 2021
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