Borderlands 4 Reviews
Borderlands 4! Still crazy. Still cool. This successful sequel learns from the mistakes of the past. It builds on the strengths of the series, such as loot hunting, responsive shooting and memorable character interactions. Despite some flaws, it offers a fun and exciting co-op experience.
While I undoubtedly have a soft spot for the first two games, this is without question the best Borderlands experience to date. It's by far the best-looking entry into the series and one of the best-looking games of the year. Gunplay is tight, movement is responsive, and there are dozens of hours of stuff to do.
Borderlands 4 is a statement of intent. It's not the chapter that rewrites the rules of the game, but the one that refines them with the confidence only a mature franchise can have. Gearbox chose not to chase fleeting trends, didn't give in to the temptation of turning Borderlands into a soulless live service, nor to betraying its own DNA.
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The Borderlands series has long refined the looter-shooter formula, and Borderlands 4 feels like it has finally reached its theoretical peak. From seamless maps and freer movement to expanded skill trees, every change serves the same purpose: letting players and their friends dive into the endless loop of shooting, looting, and powering up in more satisfying and varied ways.
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Borderlands 4 realises the full potential the series has always had, delivering that unmistakable Borderlands experience but with a ton of modern sensibilities to establish itself not simply as a fun co-op shooter, but as the definitive example of what a fun co-op shooter should be.
Now that we survived the wasteland of Borderlands 4, we can say that our original impression from PAX West 2025 held true. The gameplay is refined and feels like a modern looter shooter due to the quality of life improvements that Borderlands 3 neglected. Overall, Borderlands 4 is a true return to form that Borderlands 2 established and is the actual spiritual successor that Borderlands 3 wishes it could have been.
The new characters are fun, the gunplay is as cool as ever, and the additional mechanics add an extra layer. The only fly in the ointment is that the sheer amount of fights do start to get repetitive, but with a crew, Borderlands 4 is about as good as it gets.
This massive sequel brings a new dose of great action to the series. However, the story itself is uninteresting and drawn out unnecessarily. Navigation and travelling through the environment could also be improved.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Borderlands 4 returns to its glory days while introducing new exciting features. From engaging gameplay to millions of weapons and a huge world to explore, you'll find everything you've come to expect from Borderlands 4. If you're a fan of first-person Looter shooters, Borderlands 4 is one of the best games you can possibly experience.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Borderlands 4 is easily the best entry since the hallowed Borderlands 2, reclaiming its title as the best looter shooter in the biz. Whether co-op or solo, fans of the series should check it out.
Borderlands 4 is a bold, chaotic open-world reinvention with thrilling combat and inventive loot, held back by technical issues and instability.
If this game ran smoothly under normal circumstances, it would have earned a higher score, but optimization has become the true enemy of what is arguably the most enjoyable Borderlands game in history. If you can somehow manage to play the game efficiently, there's no chance of not having fun. One day, when Borderlands 4 runs properly, it will be etched in history with the letters Eridium.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Borderlands 4 is the best game in the franchise in many ways, with improved gameplay and a good story, all in a package of changes that truly adds an open world for the first time in its excellence. Despite this, the technical side is a complete mess.
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Review in Russian | Read full review
Borderlands 4 delivers the best story and humor the series has ever seen, easily making it one of my favorite FPS-RPG looters to date. Sadly, Unreal Engine 5 drags the fun down with its usual performance issues
Review in Arabic | Read full review
There's a ton of content packed into this package, and while the dialogue and characters are interesting enough to carry over into a gameplay structure that's starting to show its age, we wonder what this game would have been like if quality had been prioritized over quantity.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Borderlands 4 sticks to the formula that made the series famous: frantic gunfights, dark humor, and a creative arsenal. Although it retains its classic gameplay and doesn't innovate much, the skill progression and combat remain highly satisfying.
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Borderlands 4 isn't content to simply replicate the formula of its predecessors, but attempts to expand it, enrich it, and make it more modern, dynamic, and playful, presenting itself to fans as the most ambitious and complete* chapter in the saga.
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I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Borderlands 4 and although it doesn't reinvent the series, it provides a formula that fans will appreciate while newcomers will surely be impressed by the frantic co-op online multiplayer zaniness. 🔫
Borderlands 4 is more Borderlands, but it plays better than any other game in the series. Improved movement, a new open world format to go with the new planet Kairos, and a better-written villain than the last entries’ heavily criticized ones. There are some weird parts, a bad and under-functional UI, and some real performance issues, but you would be hard-pressed to find a better looter shooter to play with friends that you haven’t already exhausted by now. I have to give the game its flowers for being a ton of fun to play, despite some questionable design decisions.