Borderlands 4 Reviews
Borderlands 4 delivers everything expected from a modern AAA game, balancing fresh ideas with the franchise’s trademark style. Though the looter-shooter formula feels less groundbreaking and the narrative lacks the punch of earlier entries, the flawless gameplay and perfect gunplay makes this new episode worthwhile. Overall, it’s a stylish, confident return and a strong contender for action/shooter of the year.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Borderlands 4 delivers a quality looter-shooter experience. Featuring the mightiest roster of Vault Hunters yet and chaotic, open-world gunplay that's a tonne of fun. Sadly, the story and pacing falls flat with bland characters, repetitive enemies and grindy side quests that drag down the flow. Add in inconsistent visuals and rough co-op performance, and you’re left with a game that nails the action but misses the mark in other key aspects.
Borderlands 4 is a looter shooter that knows how to walk the fine line between too much and too little. It adds to a long history while introducing new features that make it difficult to return to earlier games. It is a crazy, beautiful, and always fun trip into the heart of Gearbox’s biggest and best-known world yet, for both longtime fans and newcomers.
Borderlands 4 seeks to right the wrongs by simply upgrading everything the previous installment offered. However, the performance issues and bugs affect the overall experience, preventing the game from being the best version of itself.
orderlands is a beloved, storied franchise in gaming. And Borderlands 4 is a welcome return to the silliness and chaos that made it so enjoyable in the first place. With the backdrop of an outstanding new setting in Kairos, and by refining the storytelling, honing in on player abilities, and expanding builds and loot in smart ways, Borderlands 4 is likely my favorite Borderlands yet.
Gearbox has found an excellent balance between the typical Borderlands-style humor and a more serious narrative approach. Apart from that, Borderlands 4 doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it does improve on the now 16-year-old formula with more movement options and a largely open-world experience. Unfortunately, when it comes to performance, it still sticks to familiar shortcomings and has yet to fully tap into the potential of Unreal Engine 5. Nevertheless, we once again had a lot of fun looting and are still motivated to keep playing even after finishing our review.
Review in German | Read full review
The new Vault Hunters make combat more dynamic than ever, even if their personalities disappoint. It may not be the definitive Borderlands experience, but it proves the franchise still has plenty of firepower left.
Borderlands 4 is an amped-up version of the tried-and-true formula with hefty upgrades to the gameplay. With an action-packed story and a whole new planet packed with possibilities, Borderlands 4 is a wild and wicked time worth experiencing.
At the end of the day, we're just blasting our way through the same old missions, of course, but that's still a lot of fun overall and, thanks to the online game world and the co-op mode, should keep you motivated for a few weeks. In that sense: "Borderlands" remains "Borderlands," regardless of the number behind it.
Review in German | Read full review
Borderlands 4 preserves the series’ most essential DNA while delivering meaningful innovation. Although its open-world structure is not yet fully refined and shows some rough edges, the game remains immensely enjoyable and unmistakably Borderlands
Review in Korean | Read full review
Borderlands 4 is back in great form thanks to its exceptional customization, dynamic open world, and reinvented boss battles. Gearbox Software clearly listened to its community, addressing past critiques with a sprawling, interactive map, expansive skill trees, and guns that feel genuinely unique.
Borderlands 4 was the “make-it or break-it” moment for Gearbox that would determine the fate of the franchise going forward. Despite not having the greatest faith going in, I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun I had playing it. The colorful cast of characters, combined with the great writing, made me laugh, sigh with relief, and gasp at the choices that I made. While the collectibles are overbearing, the combat and build-crafting in this game went well above my expectations, giving players more than they could ever want when it comes to the fast-paced looter shooter grind.
Borderlands 4 is designed thoroughly with fun in mind. It doesn't play like a greatest hits compilation of what has come before, but rather as an evolution of the series.
Borderlands 4 is a masterpiece