Borderlands 3 Reviews

Borderlands 3 is ranked in the 83rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.5 / 10.0
Sep 21, 2019

Borderlands 3 is to all intents and purposes the son of its franchise: it maintains the same features and strengths of its predecessors, partly rejuvenating a very old gameplay with a new movement system and new features and types of quests. Some technical uncertainty and a narrative quality unfortunately not as good as the second chapter prevent the title from reaching perfection, but the latest Gearbox effort remains a healthy video game with incredible duration and fun, especially for fans of the franchise who will find themselves at home. If instead you haven't appreciated the mix of genres and the boorish humor of Borderlands in the past, you'll hardly change your mind with the third installment.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 21, 2019

Three titles that are insanely popular amongst gamers, and the world of esports. It’s the grandaddy of ’em all. Borderlands still has something to prove to us, and that’s not to take this all seriously. Sit back, have a laugh at your characters expense, with a little self deprecation and humility presenting a chuckle, while systematically planning your next attack and how to loot every single enemy in the area, while beholding it’s bloody grace. Welcome back Borderlands, we missed you.

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9 / 10
Oct 12, 2019

Borderlands 3 makes some smart improvements over its foundations. A vast variety of weapons, tighter controls, fast-travel and other quality of life improvements make it the definitive installment.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 24, 2019

Borderlands 3 is a game that is made for replayability, and it shows. It never lets you grow tired or bored with the mechanics or the grinding-looting routine.

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Simon Brown
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2019

A strong return for the series with enough changes to make combat feel fresh and exciting, some great new characters and an awesome soundtrack. A fun time from start to finish.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 20, 2019

Heroes of The Pandora are still cool. But do not await too many news. Just enjoy next killing spree!

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Alex Handziuk
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Sep 19, 2019

Borderlands 3 isn't a franchise altering game, but it does manage to combine great gunplay, an expansive world, and stellar co-op into a great overall package.

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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 17, 2019

Borderlands 3 is the quintessential Borderlands experience, warts and all. Humor, loot, and style are sprayed in every direction with a few shots missing the mark. Gearbox chose not to reinvent their well-polished wheel but perhaps delivered a game that just came short of being something special.

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85 / 100
Sep 9, 2019

A great return to the franchise that invented most of the modern loot shooter mechanics.

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85 / 100
Sep 28, 2019

Borderlands 3 is the modern looter shooter at its finest. The signature humor is alive and well, and with a cast of four fresh Vault Hunters and over a billion guns (and some with legs!), there's a lot to be excited about. It builds on and evolves everything that makes Borderlands great without changing the core looting and shooting that makes Borderlands, Borderlands.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 19, 2019

Borderlands 3 comes with great growth in gameplay, but a safe story that had the opportunity for so much more.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2019

Borderlands 3 doesn't add much to previous iterations, but is a still a smart, almost rhythmic shooter with superb movement, deep RPG systems and more guns that you can shake a stick at. You might need to mute the dialogue though.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2019
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Spaziogames
Top Critic
8.6 / 10.0
Sep 20, 2019

Borderlands 3 is everything we hoped for. Gearbox has refined the traditional formula of the franchise, improving its powerful mix of FPS and RPG elements with new intriguing features. The heart of the Campaign is the inimitable humor embodied by the characters, except for the bad guys: Calypso twins struggle to find their place among the stars.

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86 / 100
Sep 21, 2019

Seriously. Borderlands 3 is sure to be a contender for GOTY and it can only get better with more content and bombastic badasses.

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87 / 100
May 21, 2020

Borderlands 3, simply put, is more Borderlands for the nostalgic fans out there, and while it leaves some of its better jabs in the past, Gearbox has still made a pretty intriguing and explorable game.

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8.7 / 10.0
Sep 19, 2019

If you’re a fan of Borderlands, there’s a lot of love in doses here. It’s fulfilling from both a gameplay and fan-service perspective, with tons to see and do for hours on end.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 22, 2019

Borderlands 3 could potentially be the best shooter of this year with so many varieties in guns and boss fights with a good looting system, it's only hindered by its bad story and annoying main villains.

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Nov 23, 2023

The game runs incredibly well on the Switch, especially if you’re using a pro controller and has enough content to last you 100 hours or more.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 21, 2019

Borderlands 3 is just another Borderlands game. I came for a Borderlands game and I definitely got one. The game is not novel, at least in regards to mechanics, but it's a fantastic game nonetheless, especially for its story and characters. It feels the same, plays the same, and all my expectations have been met. It's a game I would recommend to anyone.

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