Once a video games franchise hits its fourth outing, it’s actually mature – but maturity is just not a phrase typically related to Borderlands, the colorful and performatively edgy looter-shooter from Texas. This sequence is characterised by a pervasive and polarising streak of distinctly adolescent humour. However in Borderlands 4, developer Gearbox has addressed that difficulty: it options loads of returning characters in its storyline, however this time round they’re extra world-weary and fewer annoyingly manic. Borderlands has lastly matured, to an extent. And never earlier than time.
Borderlands 4 nonetheless flings jokes at you thick and quick, and they’re nonetheless hit-or-miss, however no less than its common humour is a little more subtle than earlier than. It retains the distinctive cel-shaded graphical fashion and gun and ordnance-heavy gameplay that individuals have at all times cherished. Certainly, it throws much more weapons at you than any of its predecessors, and with just a little work at filtering out one of the best ones, one can find loads of absolute gems with which to tackle hordes of simple enemies and extra fascinating bosses. An honest storyline emerges after the formulaic first few hours, ultimately sending you off on some surprising, enjoyable and generally gratifyingly surreal tangents.
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