Weaponry is once again the star of the show, and guns in Borderlands 3 are impressively varied. Thankfully the reason you’re probably here, the gunplay, feels just as good as it ever has. For example, one enemy can electrocute the arena’s floor, offering absolutely no reprieve. Many conform to the ‘run around an arena killing small enemies and flanking the big bad’ methodology, but occasionally cheap difficulty spikes keep things frustrating more than challenging.
Other bosses don’t fare much better, despite some entirely unique designs. While they taunt via a radio system, they’re just lacking any charisma and can feel like a podcast you’ve tuned out of after a few conversations. It’s standard MacGuffin fare, but the shame of it is that the Calypso Twins simply aren’t as interesting as previous villain Handsome Jack. The Calypso Twins, primary antagonists and intergalactic internet superstars, have managed to unite the various Bandit factions in an effort to mobilise a force to unlock vaults hidden below Pandora’s surface. It’s exhausting, but it isn’t without its positives - enemy death cries are an easy highlight, and hearing a bandit yell “my chilli recipe dies with me” still brings a smile to my face even dozens of hours in.īorderlands 3’s campaign revels in its own absurdity, and for the most part that’s fine. Perhaps its audience has matured over the last five years, but many of the references and memetic callbacks just feel like a chance to introduce tired pop-culture reference after reference. While humor is entirely subjective, so many of the game’s ‘funny moments’ simply don’t stick the landing. Unfortunately, it’s with Borderlands 3’s dialogue that cracks begin to show. Each of the new environments stand apart from each other, from Promethea’s huge structures and urban streets to the swampy depths of Eden-6 that widen the franchise’s color palette tenfold. While Pandora has its own charm, it’s exciting to leave the wasteland behind in search of more exciting climates. Thankfully, in its jump to the current generation, Borderlands 3 offers more exciting locales too. Returning to Pandora feels like a homecoming - if the home you’re returning to is a Mad Max-inspired desert planet where the only thing more dangerous than the bandits wreaking havoc in its arid spaces is the local wildlife. I suppose you could say it’s sticking to its seemingly endless number of guns.
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Borderlands 3 doubles down on everything that makes the franchise great, but also maintains some of the series’ less enjoyable idiosyncrasies. Players earn loot at an almost obscene rate, constantly unlocking new weapons and abilities with which to battle through stylized environments. It's most noticeable when you're loading into a new area occasionally, it will just take a few seconds for all the textures to sort themselves out.For the uninitiated, the Borderlands franchise is built upon the pursuit of gear. There's also some pretty noticeable pop in from time to time, but unless you're the kind of nerd who looks for those things, it's not going to cause any detriment to your gameplay. But it's a thing, and it's annoying when it happens.īut at least it loads back up again fast!
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There doesn't seem to be a pattern as to what triggers it, and I'm not entirely convinced it's just the game's fault since it's not the only game that crashes on my Series X. Huge piles of loot spewing into the air from a boss can still trip it up, it seems.Īnd it just straight up crashes, at least once in a longer session. There are times that it goes all console on you and just seems to slow down immensely, especially in vehicles, but it's at least usually not an issue during gunfights.
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Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central)Īs much fun as it's been playing Borderlands 3 on the Series X, it isn't perfect.
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