Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3 is a butter-smooth game that finally eliminates the incredibly exhausting bullet-sponge experience. Not only that but maps are fun to explore because of their thematic uniqueness as opposed to those depressed vast open lands that are filled with repetitive enemies and monotonic colors. The fast travel option also saves a huge junk of your time. The vehicle gameplay could still be improved, sometimes I feel like I'm driving a yoga ball.

The story was not that bad. I mean since when was Borderlands famous for its writing? Campaign was well understandable and straightforward, although some of the scenes just seemed to be coming out of nowhere and has almost no buildup. Your character contributes very little if no interaction to the story. It would have been better to have only one character that players can choose which class to attach with.

Don't get me wrong, this is a popular and fun franchise with some great writing and BIG loot system but with it being a triple A title, the game has the worst performance from any game in the series. From terrible Frame rate issues to extremely slow and laggy menu loading screens, these are just the tip of the iceberg of problems. I would have been happy to wait an extra couple of months for the team to release a stable product..

2 player split screen is not great at all. Lag is a consistent issue. Can't read anything with 2 player. Disappointing as they could have fixed it rather than just throwing it out to the masses. Sound isn't great either. Names above players and icons seem to jump around vigorously it's distracting.

This is the best of this series. The only reason i didn't give it a 10 is because it is not perfect. However, it is pretty close. The new quality of life improvements are great, gameplay is tight, and the story is very good. However, the main antagonists are not nearly as good as Handsome Jack, they try, but they dont quite get there. I will say, if the dlc finds a way to bring Jack back this game may hit a 10.

The game just dropped so it has some glitches but the game is still awesome