Borderlands 3 review round-up
See what the critics are saying ahead of this week’s release
The first Borderlands 3 reviews have gone live ahead of the game’s arrival for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
The Borderlands 3 release date is September 13, 2019. On PC, the game will be available exclusively through the Epic Games store until April 2020.
According to publisher Take-Two, The Borderlands franchise has shipped more than 48 million units worldwide, with 2012’s Borderlands 2 accounting for 22 million copies.
Read on to see what critics think of Gearbox’s new loot shooter and check out the game’s launch trailer at the top of this page.
- GameSpot (8/10) – “Borderlands 3 has a few stumbling blocks when it comes to bosses, but these fights are overshadowed by the game’s rewarding gunplay and over-the-top humor.”
- Destructoid (9/10) – “Borderlands 3 takes most of the good bits of Borderlands 2 and either rolls with them or improves upon them.”
- Forbes (9/10) – “Borderlands 3 was worth the wait and will be a fixture in this genre for years to come. And I think few fans of the last two will be disappointed when they get their hands on it at last.”
- Polygon (N/A) – “The franchise used to feel adventurous. Now, without any fresh ideas or concepts, it’s little more than a holdover from a different time. Borderlands 3 feels safe, oddly careful (especially for a game about anarchy), and, worst of all, corporate.”
- IGN (9/10) – “Borderlands 3 sticks to its guns and outdoes itself with an amazing arsenal of weapons, humor, and missions.”
- ShackNews (9/10) – “Whether you’re an old fan who has played all the previous games, or a brand-new fan just diving into the series, Borderlands 3 is an absolute masterpiece that will bring you hours upon hours of fun.”
- PC Gamer (63/100) – “An endless font of bad jokes and cool guns in the series’ most vapid story yet, Borderlands 3 skates by on watching numbers fly and goons explode.”
- Game Informer (8/10) – “If more of what you loved before is your chief desire, Gearbox has granted that wish through a game of impressive scope that charts some very safe territory.”
- USgamer (4/5) – “Despite the formula growing a bit stale, Gearbox has expanded upon it in the right way, resulting in a great Borderlands experience.”
- VentureBeat (77/100) – “If you enjoy lootin’-and-shootin’, check out Borderlands 3. But go in knowing that you’re going to cringe at some of the jokes and feel fatigue every now and then.”
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