Borderlands 3 Review (PS4) | Push Square

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Republished on Wednesday, 15th February, 2023: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of February 2023's PS Plus Extra and Premium lineup. The original text follows.

Borderlands 3 is one of those rare games where you most likely knew if you would be purchasing it or not the moment it was announced. Its unique brand of looting, shooting, and humour divides the room, with those who manage to get a good laugh out of its referential comedy on one side and those who can’t help but cringe on the other. What can’t be debated, however, is that there’s not another franchise out there quite like it. That’s probably why the series manages to get away with a third entry that feels wholly similar to its predecessors. This is an excellent experience, although you might begin to feel like you’re going through the motions once or twice.

In the seven years since Borderlands 2, the series’ formula hasn’t changed one bit. This continues to be an undertaking full of looting and shooting, and if previous iterations didn’t take your fancy, then the third entry won’t convert you either. Gearbox Software has remained true to what put its adventures across Pandora on the map, much to the delight of fans. The studio hasn’t been biding its time, however, because those same features and mechanics that it excels at have been tweaked, fine-tuned, and improved upon to such a degree that this latest iteration automatically becomes the definitive Borderlands experience.

The simple act of playing the game feels better than ever. A freeing amount of movement and mobility allows you to get about the battlefield with ease, whether it’s clambering up cliff edges to jump back down again with a ground pound or just