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Borderlands 4

See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.

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Steam User 8944STEAMRecommended

Игра бомба думал что будет фуфло но нет мне понравилось ожидание просто супер)

Mar 29, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 9301STEAMNot recommended

Game crashes, Dialogue skips, NPC's duplicate when revived.

Mar 29, 2026·63h·4

Steam User 9202STEAMNot recommended

It pains me to downvote this game. I'm an avid fan of the Borderlands franchise going back to BL1. I used to play BL1 with my friends on my PS3 waaaaay back when, we all couldn't wait each weekend to cause more shenanigans on Pandora each week. BL2 was an instant classic for me, with me and my friends arguing over which Vault Hunters we would all play; hell, that game came out on my birthday!

Seeing what they did with BL3's writing, though, had me worried for the future of this franchise. It felt like the writing staff followed the same trajectory that the staff of Saints Row did. Leaning way too much into the wacky and zany, not realizing that the content people enjoyed was the serious undertones that cut through the wacky and zany. Moving on to Wonderlands gave me hope, as the writing quality in that game was a noticeable step up comparatively. But the post-launch support.... oof. And I feel as if that is the largest issue with this game.

BL4 did not release in what felt like a finished state. No cross-progression of any sort, no photo mode, buggy as all hell, unoptimized to the point where I, with a brand new 5070, AMD 5800x, and 32gb of extra RAM, was struggling to get 60 FPS w/o utilizing frame gen. 6 months later, and I am STILL having these issues. The release of the Ellie DLC is what feels like the biggest slap in the face to me at this point.

I actually quite liked the DLC. The story between Moxie and Ellie was shockingly touching, especially due to the phenomenal deliveries from the voice actors. However, it is inexcusable how short the DLC is. The entirety of the content can be finished in under 2 hours if focusing exclusively on the story content. C4SH is a well-designed VH, but in no way does he justify a $30 price tag.

If you're considering buying this game or its DLCs, I unfortunately would not be able to recommend it. Maybe I will come back and change this review in a year from now, but based on the roadmap, I really don't believe so.... The development team behind this game is releasing barebones content after barebones content. I hope, no I PRAY, that this review will eventually change. I adore this franchise and really want to see it succeed. Gearbox, please figure your ♥♥♥♥ out and make right by this community you've cultivated.

Mar 29, 2026·110h·6·Verified

Steam User 7735STEAMNot recommended

ahh

Mar 29, 2026·14h·1·Verified

Steam User 5318STEAMNot recommended

This game is a disappointment. The endgame is disappointing as well. The loot is good, but the progression is slow because the developers expect you to play for a long time, so the progression system is deliberately slow. The gameplay is not fun. I felt tired by the time I reached the last part of the game. There's no New Game Plus mode.

Mar 29, 2026·43h·2·Verified

Steam User 6301STEAMRecommended

Another fun entry to the franchise!

Mar 29, 2026·112h·Verified

Steam User 2018STEAMNot recommended

Souless open world with no interesting postgame.

Mar 29, 2026·50h·2·Verified

Steam User 6619STEAMRecommended

es muy aductivo

Mar 29, 2026·11h

Steam User 3003STEAMNot recommended

Wasted 70$ to compile shaders for hours on end. Bought this towards the release and have given the benefit of the doubt and time to fix the game but its still unplayable. I have 20+ hours and of that, ive probably played 30mins-1 hour. Rest of the time has been frozen or compiling shaders. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ greedy company lost the plot after borderlands 2

Mar 29, 2026·23h·3·Verified

Steam User 3731STEAMRecommended

play it

Mar 29, 2026·74h

Steam User 4952STEAMNot recommended

This game franchise is one I have loved for years. I do not have the best computer but still not terrible, however this game is so demanding that I am unable to play it. It really is sad because the previous title Borderlands 3 runs very well on my computer so I do not think it is the issue of my hardware but rather the unoptimized slop that Borderlands 4 is. Unfortunately I spent several hours trying to get my game to work to try out this new DLC but even after all that tweaking and researching it wasn't enough. Therefore I am attempting to get a refund and hope that the developers will figure out how to fix their game. Until then, Borderslop 4 is just not for me. Telling your longtime fans and supporters of your game that they are the problem and should just buy better parts is the most ridiculous idea I have heard in years. Sorry but if you are that twisted mentally that you feel the need to verbally attack your players you do not deserve to be the head of a company. Randy you need to go.

Mar 29, 2026·94h·4·Verified

Steam User 9060STEAMNot recommended

It's not bad but it's also pretty samesy. I feel like there are better coop shooters that have grown more with the times. Also, it's in desprate need of some sort of inventory management system / auto sell. I think I spend as much time messing with inventory as I did playing.

Mar 29, 2026·10h·2

Steam User 2902STEAMNot recommended

greedy ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Mar 29, 2026·20h·5

Steam User 4455STEAMRecommended

like the game runs well enough. side missions good with some very funny lines, will forever be a borderlands fan.
mane protagenest really not as impactful as other games borderlands 2 will forever hold my heart for that but still a great game in todays age. espically when the game is just makeing the feel and game play better with every new installment

Mar 29, 2026·83h·1

Steam User 9711STEAMNot recommended

bad

Mar 29, 2026·40h·1·Verified

Steam User 0714STEAMRecommended

I Like bl4. The Game is fun but it has some bugs and price is a bit to high. But besides that it is a good game .

Mar 29, 2026·116h·Verified

Steam User 0203STEAMRecommended

Veldiog bra

Mar 29, 2026·84h·Verified

Steam User 5035STEAMNot recommended

Optimized like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Mar 29, 2026·28h·Verified

Steam User 9357STEAMRecommended

i have Always loved the Borderlands Series and the Art style not far into this but it's been Amazing so far

Mar 29, 2026·8h

Steam User 8297STEAMRecommended

badass

Mar 29, 2026·8h

Steam User 5350STEAMNot recommended

Super lifeless and boring game. Played around 7 hours solo and then felt boring continuing.
I hate how the guns feel uninpactful.

Mar 29, 2026·7h·6·Verified

Steam User 3573STEAMRecommended

Works fine, but on low settings. Save often, though. This game is designed for Ryzen 7 set ups, but works with Ryzen 5 3600

Mar 29, 2026·12h·Verified

Steam User 5860STEAMRecommended

What to say? It's borderlands. Better than the 3rd in my opinion. Still patching, please give me my backpack back xD
Still lots of fun, and still content coming.

Mar 29, 2026·153h·Verified

Steam User 8482STEAMNot recommended

My dissapointment is immesurable and my days have been ruined

Mar 29, 2026·53h·2

Steam User 0113STEAMNot recommended

Wait, this game is still relevant? Does it still run like a 1 legged horse? I cba to re-install it to find out.

Mar 29, 2026·10h·3

Steam User 8168STEAMNot recommended

since i came back on the game BL4 keep crashing as soon as i start the game f this game

Mar 29, 2026·79h

Steam User 5486STEAMNot recommended

Games runs terribly & is just poorly optimized, yes it's not supposed to be the most beautiful game ever but if you want to focus on combat, it needs to be smooth to enjoy

The game is not terrible but is overshadowed by all its flaws: optimization, menus are horrible & hard to navigate, the open world is anything but

I don't even mind the weak story but I expect fun to be the main selling point of a Borderlands and I unfortunately did not find it with this entry

PS: screw paid dlc right after launch

Mar 29, 2026·27h·3

Steam User 5979STEAMNot recommended

I have an older pc so its on me that it ran ♥♥♥♥. The story was meh and the after content was meh. kinda sad there selling new dlc content for like 50 aud but randys gotta feed his fat belly with more money. Just wait for a sale when this game inevitably goes for like 10$. Vex was goated tho. Harlow needs to shut the ♥♥♥♥ up all she talks about is science like holy fck shut up

Mar 29, 2026·59h·3·Verified

Steam User 1092STEAMRecommended

its cool, better than 3...

Mar 29, 2026·432h·Verified

Steam User 4567STEAMNot recommended

Dlc just broke my game. Its been a struggle to get the new vault hunter to max level UVHM 6 from the get go. Not only did I experience several bugged missions which had me joining random peoples games just to be able to progress through the very few end game missions it has available now. After reaching max level attempting to do the Vault hunter modes 1-6, none of it has gone as planned, after completing a vault hunters mission from Lilith the next mission just wouldn't pop up unless attempting everything possible (joining multiple online games, starting new missions, save and quitting, and so on) which has slowed down progressing spending hours online trying to figure out fixes. Now currently stuck at UVHM4 due to the fact that my Vault of Radix isn't complete, the vault key fragments are no longer on the map as I have collected them in the past. I go to the location of the vault which is still broken in pieces. there is no fast travel to get inside, no replay mission ( go figure 90% of the game is unreplayable) and no mission from Lilith after multiple restarts and research. COOOOOOOOOL FUN BROKEN GAME GLAD I SPENT $100.

Mar 29, 2026·122h·3·Verified

Steam User 2782STEAMRecommended

If y'all keep review bombing this game, there ain't gonna be a Borderlands 5. Be careful...

Mar 29, 2026·2h·2·Verified

Steam User 6555STEAMNot recommended

its good but runs like ♥♥♥♥ and probably isn't worth the money

Mar 29, 2026·91h

Steam User 3450STEAMRecommended

Its borderlands...

I dont get why everyone tries to hate it on purpose. Yeah the FPS can drop sometimes... yes its not that much new in this game, yes its just another Borderlands...

But come on, you wanted another borderlands.
Its like buying a car and complain about having the same black tires like your last car.

If you have a potato PC sure it runs ♥♥♥♥... but its not the fault of the game at all.
I play on "2k" with about 90 FPS and thats just fine. There is no need to run a game like this on 4k with raytracing, 200% scale and this all... on a 1080....

And yes... i called you all poor :P

Mar 29, 2026·53h·3·Verified

Steam User 2736STEAMRecommended

great fun.

Mar 29, 2026·24h·Verified

Steam User 4380STEAMNot recommended

i am bias to borderlands games, i like the story,
parts i disliked
1# the biggest problem is that the hit boxes of the terrain are not the same as the visual world making it hard to fight anything that's not at a camp
2# most weapons don't matter and are unuse able, for example any charge weapon does the same damage as ones that don't charge, this is a problem when you stop shooting and you need to wait a second to shoot again,
3# your grenade slot isn't as useful as they are in borderlands 2 or 1, and the other weapons that can go in that slot are even worse then most grenades

parts i liked
1# weapons having multiple forms/uses
2# how the world is set up, and it looks good
3# enemies moving around more then the other games

Mar 29, 2026·55h·1

Steam User 3110STEAMRecommended

牛逼

Mar 29, 2026·51h

Steam User 7116STEAMNot recommended

The game was mediocre at best then a 30$ DLC yeah I'm not buying that it should be free as a thank you for the money I already wasted.

Mar 29, 2026·55h·2·Verified

Steam User 1051STEAMRecommended

Fun to play, Story unfolds and has that typical Borderlands feel to it as it progresses. Lots of side quests and exploration unlocks that attract you to see all kairos has to offer. No endgame, No replayability. Would still recommend just for the base game experience itself. First Raid boss was lame, First DLC was so-so, really wish they hadn't gone with a cold glacier theme map environment for it since we already have a large section of Kairos that was like that in the story playthrough.

Mar 29, 2026·118h·3·Verified

Steam User 3863STEAMNot recommended

Ich habe nach gut 70 Stunden Spielzeit ein Problem mit diesem Spiel.

Nicht, weil die Welt zu klein wäre, oder weil es zu wenige Waffen gäbe. Das macht BL wie gewohnt gut. Mich stören auch nicht die technischen „Besonderheiten" in Sachen Shader. Auch das wäre verkraftbar.

Was aber äußerst unangenehm aufstößt, ist, was hinter dem Spiel steckt. Oder besser gesagt: nicht steckt.

Dialoge: Plump, vorhersehbar und neuerdings mit einer deutlichen Note moralisch aufgeladener Teenager, die düster sein und gleichzeitig einem die Welt erklären wollen. Stimmung und Gefühle werden mehrfach benannt und noch öfter erklärt. Der Spieler soll gefälligst wissen, was er zu fühlen hat.

Hier winkt Netflix aus der Produktion.

Die Charaktere und NPCs: Hier ist es besonders schmerzhaft. Allein Jacobs aus BL3 hatte mehr Format als alle Figuren aus BL4 zusammen. Es tut einfach nur weh, wie eindimensional die Umsetzung „gelungen" ist. Über Liliths tristes Dasein als Zaungast unter Randfiguren will ich gar nicht sprechen. Das ist schlicht und ergreifend grausam.

Die Welt an sich: Groß, abwechslungsreich, viele Bosse. Alles gut und schön. Und gleichzeitig völlig überladen und irgendwie tot. Man könnte meinen, es wurde versucht, mit Quantität etwas auszugleichen, was mit bloßer Fülle nicht ausgleichbar ist. Ich fühle mich in einem Bethesda-Game – nur mit anderer Grafik.

Eine tote Welt bleibt eine tote Welt. Egal wie groß sie ist.

In der Gesamtschau entsteht der Eindruck, dass das Spiel sich selbst nicht vertraut. Es wird abgesichert, wo es nur geht – angefangen beim Weganzeiger (was soll das?!), bis hin zu Dialogen und „Emotionen" der NPCs.

Anstatt dem Spieler zu vertrauen, wie es in BL2 und vor allem in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep meisterhaft (!) gelungen ist, geht man einen anderen Weg. Ich denke zurück an die Eröffnungsszene mit dem Dialog um Roland – und bekomme immer noch Gänsehaut. Das ist bei BL4 nicht ansatzweise vorhanden.

Die Welt größer, und man kann endlich (?) auf den Grenadejump verzichten. Dafür erhält der Spieler einfallslose Dialoge, bestenfalls mittelmäßigen Humor und eine vollgestopfte tote Welt.

Diesen Weg möchte ich nicht gehen.

Mar 29, 2026·72h·2

Steam User 6522STEAMRecommended

gut

Mar 29, 2026·6h

Steam User 1345STEAMNot recommended

Probably the last game I ever bought from 2K. Missions are paid DLCs and the story is not fun at all. Jokes are terrible!

Mar 29, 2026·11h·3·Verified

Steam User 8240STEAMRecommended

The gunplay is great as are the procedural weapons. The AI is improved although the battle to battle sandbox still isnt comparable to Halo. The sound is good & the graphics are amazing - I've always liked the cel shaded style & it ages well, in my opinion. Having pleayed BL3 & Wonderlands I was worried about the writing & the excessive 'wokery' ruining the immersion but it's not too bad on that front either. I really like this one. The other reviews seem to mention performance alot but thats never been an issue for me after 10 hours so far at least. Grab it on sale as the standard price is ridiculous & no video game should cost that much

Mar 29, 2026·15h

Steam User 8989STEAMRecommended

Great game... Dlc is underwhelming, but still worth it!

Mar 29, 2026·82h·1·Verified

Steam User 7291STEAMNot recommended

It just drags on and on and on. The enemies are boring bullet sponges. The gear sucks. They absolutely ruined grenades. "IT GETS BETTER AT LV 30!" is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. A game needs to capture you early.

They toned down the bad jokes, and that's great. The tone of the game is better than 3 in that it's not such a cartoon. The planet looks pretty cool. The story? Some cliche evil overseer with mindless minions that mostly look like eridian clones, and renamed psychos. The first boss you fight is just a badass psycho with a gimmick. Not a single memorable character has shown up so far. I'm only at lv 10, but, I'm bored. I really do hope it improves. I'll update this later on.

Mar 29, 2026·15h·6·Verified

Steam User 9850STEAMRecommended

At launch, Borderlands 4 felt like it jumped the gun—performance hiccups, rough balancing, and systems that clearly needed more time in the oven. It had the bones of something great, but it just wasn’t fully cooked.

Fast forward a bit, and the devs have put in the work. Updates have smoothed things out, added meaningful improvements, and the overall experience feels way more polished and fun. It’s still not perfect, but it’s in a much better place now.

If you bounced off at launch, it’s worth giving another shot. In its current state, I can confidently recommend it. Especially the NEW Vault Hunter C4SH

Mar 29, 2026·153h

Steam User 0063STEAMNot recommended

Müll CEO von gearbox

Mar 29, 2026·42h·1

Steam User 2164STEAMRecommended

Still Need More Dlc

Mar 29, 2026·53h·Verified

Steam User 0364STEAMNot recommended

哈皮4k，我草泥马。构思一样游戏指思，哈皮一样的任务。这个就是带着巧克力外衣的构思。

Mar 29, 2026·2h·Verified

Steam User 4505STEAMRecommended

herşeyi çok güzel ama iyi bir bilgisayarınız olmadan çalışmıyor

Mar 29, 2026·53h·Verified

Steam User 2690STEAMRecommended

I think this is the best borderlands game out of all of them. Best gameplay meets a surprisingly good story (Not as great as Borderlands 2, but I don't think they can ever top Handsome Jack).

Mar 29, 2026·72h

Steam User 8858STEAMRecommended

most of these reviews seem to review the company and not the game. the game is pretty damn fun. now the performance issues are fixed it has fun, fast -paced gunplay, great movement mechanics, a ton of customisation, another ton of fun and unique characters/quests, etc. its a fun time if you like your looter shooters. if you stop focusing on the politics and just look at the game i think you'll have a lot of fun with it.

Mar 29, 2026·150h·3·Verified

Steam User 9255STEAMRecommended

Definitely a redemption from 3. I like the new direction of borderlands. There are some annoying encounters but it adds to the difficulty. All in all, would definitely recommend the game. If you are on PC you can play with the settings a bit to optimize it. The default settings are still a bit much and I have a decent set up as is.

Mar 29, 2026·39h·1·Verified

Steam User 6933STEAMNot recommended

why is a DLC $50 on a $110 game

Mar 29, 2026·38h·5

Steam User 6123STEAMNot recommended

什么叫我之前发售的时候可以玩，现在买了DLC更新之后连主界面都进不去了，每次准备编译着色器的时候就闪退，弄了一天了，全部方法都试过了都不行，真的nb啊，你们在更新什么啊？？

Mar 29, 2026·153h·1·Verified

Steam User 3187STEAMNot recommended

Le pire de la série ils ont réussi la prouesse de faire pire que le 3 !! A aucun moment je ne me suis amuser j’essayer de kiffé de m’y accrocher mais rien à faire personnages bidon arme bof ennemi et PNJ nul et le pire de tout le jeux n’a strictement rien d’un Borderland

Mar 29, 2026·100h·1

Steam User 3126STEAMNot recommended

Компетентная стрелялка с плохой оптимизацией 4

Производительность все еще плохая, неткод в коопе отвратительный, бывают частые дропы по фпс. Тут даже длсс особо не спасает.

Игра стала сильно разнообразнее, куча пушек, биомов, врагов, мувмент приятный. Побегать пострелять можно.

Но дизайн какой-то нитакусечный, все персонажи визуально ублюдки, ни за кого не хочется играть. Похоже пик интересных идей пришелся на Borderlands 2

Игра онли для фанатов или если очень хочется лутер шутера на пару вечеров

Mar 29, 2026·5h·3

Steam User 4512STEAMNot recommended

一般，真的很一般，不说和二比了，感觉比三都差了不是一点半点的，这个开放世界是真的难受，真是没有任何必要的改动，整体感觉就是，打也打的不爽，刷也刷的不爽，很多boss甚至打完一遍就再也不想碰了，就别提刷它了，这个开放世界是真不行啊，寡淡的要死，毫无探索欲望，整个开放世界中设置的任何东西都让你莫名的感觉烦躁，复杂，，没必要的繁琐，任务也是，淡的跟水一样，

Mar 29, 2026·18h·3·Verified

Steam User 5370STEAMRecommended

At the end of the day, we’re here for the gunplay and the loot, and Borderlands 4 absolutely nails the fundamentals. For my older system but with a 4080 it runs very smooth and maxed on 4k.

Pro:
- Gunplay: The mechanical feel is the best in the series. Most (not all) weapon have distinct
weight, recoil, and satisfying hit feedback.
- Addictive Loot Loop: The variety is massive and rewarding enough to keep the grind
exciting. Typical Borderlands.

Con:
- Familiar Formula: It doesn't reinvent the genre. It’s "more of the same," but perfected—so
it won't win over people who already dislike the Borderlands style.
- Narrative Focus: We are not here for the story. It´s ok.

Overall, it’s a very solid and polished experience that doesn't overcomplicate the fun.
Highly recommended if you love the grind.

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Mar 29, 2026·262h·42

Steam User 2370STEAMNot recommended

takes about 12 minutes to play the game after multiple shader compiles. even then it doesn't run great

Mar 29, 2026·18h·8·Verified

Steam User 3938STEAMNot recommended

To preface, I have 700+ hours in BL2, I have about 300 hours in Bl3. I have all characters maxed out in those games with multiple builds. However, I have barely hit 100 hours in this game and there is no want or desire for me to continue playing, leveling up characters, or farm items. I've tried all of the characters and none of them are "fun" at all. They are all terrible unbalanced and the skills are broken (and not in the good way). They would rather spend time nerfing any fun build or items than actually buffing and balancing the character skill trees/weapons.

In addition, the game is buggy as hell and it is one of the most unoptimized games I've ever played. The fact that the recommended GPU is a 3080 is ridiculous. I have a 9070xt (which is equivalent to a 5070ti and it makes my computer sound like a jet engine (don't get me started on the never ending "compiling shaders" that takes forever to load any map).

A "Premium game for premium gamers?" Naw dude. This is liquid turd icing on a turd cake cash grab. This series went from one of my favorite and anticipated one to one of my most disappointed game of the year.

Mar 29, 2026·106h·12·Verified

Steam User 7606STEAMNot recommended

我本来对TAA复古派嗤之以鼻，但在玩了这款“优化地狱”之后，我决定加入他们。尽管超分辨率是一项好技术，但它让厂商把优化成本转嫁到了玩家身上。更离谱的是，这款“优化地狱”居然是靠帧生成来开发的——即便帧数很低，拖影也不算多。这些厂商真是被各种技术给惯坏了。

Mar 29, 2026·3h·1

Steam User 1971STEAMRecommended

as a fan of the series i have enjoyed it so far.

Mar 29, 2026·15h·1·Verified

Steam User 7218STEAMNot recommended

更新完发现玩一会就卡死（程序无响应），重新下载了还是一样。

Mar 29, 2026·32h·Verified

Steam User 6736STEAMNot recommended

open world did nothing for this game

Mar 29, 2026·68h·9·Verified

Steam User 0797STEAMNot recommended

Extremely disappointing post launch support, which has been a theme with every BL launch after BL2, Bounty Packs should be free, DLC should be 1/3rd the cost, this franchise is delusional and this will be the last one I purchase without a guard change at gearbox. Buy the GOTY edition in 5 years when it’s $6 or don’t bother.

Mar 29, 2026·157h·14·Verified

Steam User 6987STEAMNot recommended

No slot machines

Mar 29, 2026·4h·5·Verified

Steam User 8008STEAMNot recommended

Loved every borderlands game but this one feels off. Open world doesn't really work well and the story is fine. Gunplay is fun but not worth the price. Wait a few years for the Ultimate 100% Vault Hunter Legendary Gold Edition to go on sale for $10.

Mar 29, 2026·15h·9·Verified

Steam User 8633STEAMRecommended

moxxie is a baddie nothing else to say

Mar 29, 2026·61h·Verified

Steam User 8923STEAMRecommended

lots of borders and lots of land would play on my borderlands

Mar 29, 2026·35h·1·Verified

Steam User 4764STEAMNot recommended

Huge Borderlands fan since the beginning. This game is hot garbage.

The games used to introduce fun new biomes with a variety of enemies. They would have catchy music.
Even Borderlands 3 with it's terrible story ended up being fun.
That is all gone. Left with an empty, boring shader simulator.
By the way, that is probably the ugliest ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ interface I've seen in a modern game.
Be embarrassed Gearbox. And do better.
These games are expensive and you are competing against more talented developers as well as every game that has come before.
And Randy is a loser, but he was before as well so that doesn't matter i suppose.

Go back to your roots or let this abomination die. We can still go back to the old stuff and try to drink this out of our memories.

Mar 29, 2026·44h·7·Verified

Steam User 8080STEAMNot recommended

Bought this game at launch, had problems non-stop. Have tried things for hours with no success. Tried to come back to it months later and now I can't even get to the main menu. No one came seem to find a simple-to-follow fix. Gameplay I got to try was mediocre at best. Way better choices for your money than this with way less problems. Avoid this game if possible.

Mar 29, 2026·14h·3

Steam User 7188STEAMNot recommended

STEAM DECK USER: .... with the recent update making this game DECENTLY PLAYABLE (not verified, thats false advertisement) I planned on buying this.. until I realized it has a DRM and you periodically have to check in online to continue to play.

Not for me because I like to play offline and sometimes im forced to play offline & if I buy a game I should own it, not periodically own it.

Mar 29, 2026·1h·5·Verified

Steam User 1258STEAMNot recommended

As someone who has been playing borderlands since around 2015, I think I have a pretty good grip on what makes a borderlands game good and enjoyable, that along with me 100%ing Borderlands 2, Pre Sequel, 3, and now 4, this series is definitely the one I pour the most time into and say I enjoy the most.

Generally, in the state it's in right now, I wouldn't recommend this to the general public, but we are in the early stages of the game's lifecycle and I hope to see a similar turnaround to borderlands 3. If the team continues to work hard to fixing the game and listening to general feedback, I'm sure this game could stand on its own, but if you want more details on some of my problems, I put them into sections.

--STORY RANT--

While I did not enjoy the story as much as the previous entries, yes, even 3, I still think it had great moments, learning about the phase and how exactly sirens work by channeling the phase is super cool, but as for the rest of the story, it feels as if nothing really happens and let me explain.
The Timekeeper is viewed as this massive threat that has a massive hold on the planet as a whole, but less than 10% of the story involves him, its as if he doesn't want to interact with the vault hunters, 3 was better in this regard, even if the twins themselves weren't well written, they were a constant opposition, swooping in to take both lilith and maya's powers along with the energy of the rampager and eventually the destroyer, they actively did something to halt the vault hunter's progress but in 4, well the Timekeeper doesn't care whatsoever, treating you like a miniscule ant without really showing the power he has to show us why we should be viewed as ants.
A main portion of the story is taking out each of the bolt targets, the underlings for the Timekeeper similar to FarCry 5 where you knock down all 3 pegs and then you can finally get closer to the big bad, this in itself is pretty bland, with Sol you get the locust to get into his main base and then kill him, with Callis you get enough stuff with Zane to help you jump a big gap to finally reach Callis and then kill her, and with Lictor you follow Amara through a few facilities to learn how best to approach Lictor and, again, kill him.
There isn't a whole lot of depth for this much of the story, and its a very sizeable chunk, all pretty much tossed aside to get closer to the Timekeeper and try to take in the environments and learn little bits about the world but it doesn't really hit hard compared to what all happens in either 2 or 3.
After the main 3 sections, there's probably the best area in the game, that being the shatterfield, but its relatively short and then lets you get into Dominion afterwards. In Dominion its just a pretty slow grind to get up to the Timekeeper's tower, put in the 3 bolts from earlier, and then end the game.
In reality, not a whole lot of note does happen in the story, and it upsets me because it had the potential to do so much with the Timekeeper and make him a very intimidating threat but he really doesn't do anything, sure he kills 2 people we care about, one isn't even permanent, but even then its extremely lackluster since we don't have a reason to care about their death since they were only in this game, if it was someone returning, then yeah absolutely that would be a greater incentive to kill him but it just felt very rushed to try and build tension.

--GAMEPLAY RANT--

Apart from the story, however, the gameplay is great, Harlowe alone is my third favourite vault hunter, and C4sh is a great new addition, one of the most unique vault hunters to date.
There are just a few things that I think need changed to really make the game better.
Side missions and the Infamy system.
Side missions have essentially no reason to do them aside from the infamy system, and the infamy system exists to halt your progress in the main story and incentivize you to go out and do side content.
This is terrible, it goes against the grain in so many ways that makes the few replays I've done of this game harsh.
If you wish to play through the story and see what's next over and over since you want to either get to a boss later down the story, or you are simply engaged with the story, the infamy system throws a wrench in and stops you by making the enemies 5 levels over your own, and the idea is for you to go complete side missions to go lower the enemy levels and then continue. Its extremely disruptive and goes against the idea borderlands 3 put out there of always doing things at your pace and on your level. All of the hammerlock hunts and side missions were on your level, the story missions were always on your level, everything felt great because you never reached a roadblock where you were required to go out, pause your focus on the story, and then come back after doing other side content.
The only way you can make playthroughs feel better to new people or those who wish to play through the game again, is to either remove the infamy system, or to give the side missions unique items to incentivize you to do them, or both. Have us play at our pace and if we do decide to go out of our way to do these side missions, we should be uniquely rewarded. Now I'm not saying for every single side mission there should be a unique item, but there should still be unique items, and I despise their disappearance in this game.
You either have non uniques, whites to purples, or you have the uniques, legendaries and pearlescents, there are no unique blues or purples in this game and it feels very bad because some of the blue uniques from the past games were really cool.

--PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL RANT--

Onto the game performance and visuals.
I know you all are working on ways to make the performance better, I get it, I was there for the launch of borderlands 3, borderlands 3 now runs extremely well, so I'm hoping to see this same level of effort be put towards this game, as while I do not have some of the major issues others have, I do experience some stuttering at times and frame dips.
I know it's primarily the fault of unreal engine 5 due to essentially every game running on unreal 5 performs terribly, so I do hope this issue is eventually fixed.
There is also something relating to the visuals that I don't think is a huge deal but still bugs me anyway, is the cel shading black outlines being extremely annoying on the terrain, it looks extremely out of place since, say you're traveling through carcadia and all along the roads there are these black portions of the outlines that are extremely thick and make the style look very ugly. And the same for small debris/birds flying around in the main world, the cel shader has a minimum outline amount that makes these giant black squares on some floating rocks or general debris in the air and, again, it looks pretty ugly.
In the previous games, this issue didn't occur, at least to this bad of a degree, you wouldn't see these giant "tears" in the road if there was a slight elevation difference, it would still look relatively normal and the general landscapes around you would have the black outline, so I'm not sure if this could be tweaked but I thought I'd make this known since it bothers me quite a bit.

Mar 29, 2026·195h·1·Verified

Steam User 1736STEAMRecommended

без читов играешь кайфуешь. стреляешь. много оружия. и т.д.

Mar 29, 2026·26h·Verified

Steam User 7010STEAMNot recommended

what a disappointment this game is

Mar 29, 2026·92h·Verified

Steam User 1315STEAMNot recommended

In a nutshell: now you can swim and grapple (like batman).

The boards are VERY narrow and not "open world". So far, the game involves climbing up a lot (and getting shot at from above. And I reached bosses early, so lots of dying. *sigh*)

And my all-time favorite shooter is Borderlands 1.........

Mar 29, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 7537STEAMNot recommended

nuda, optymalizacja, balans , jednym słowem ? chujnia

Mar 29, 2026·133h·1·Verified

Steam User 4263STEAMRecommended

minha linha de jogos preferido sempre gostei de borderlands comecei pelo borderlands 2 fui pra as outras de epoca e zerei tudo antes deste lançar joguei quando lançou agora parando pra lembra realmente esse jogo quando lançou havia muitos problemas de falta de desempenho tive que ir pro geforce e mesmo assim com uma internet muito boa o jogo rodando lisinho a maquina que estava rodando engasgava sksks, a historia e bacana mas sinto falta de algo nao sei e como se faltasse algo o vilao final nao e nem tao interressante no fim das contas a luta com elle nem e tao empolgante a luta com aquela subordinada dele que queria virar um monstro la teve mais emoçao na luta que com ele o sistema de loot gostei bastante o grind e muito massa refazer as lutas quantas veses quiser , quando lançou nao havia a opçao de refazer toda a historia de novo nao sei agora mas isso e oque mais senti falta pois se tivesse eu poderia usar todas as minhas arma e concerteza eu teria jogado mais umas 40 horas ksks e mesmo com um sistema de repetir missoes no fim do jogo nao e mesma experiencia de pegar abrir o jogo e começar um new game plus como no borderlands 2 e 3 tem. por fim eu digo o jogo e bom para um caralho mas minha experiencia talves tenha sido abaixo das espectativas ao jogas assim que o jogo lançou talves eu tenha que rejogar denovo agora com alguns meses apos o lançamento pra ver se o jogo melhorou e se os novos conteudos de dlcs e de historia nova valha a pena

Mar 29, 2026·40h·1·Verified

Steam User 4449STEAMNot recommended

Tbh i dont know if i should give this game a positive or negative review because on the one hand the game is amazing and is experimenting in new ways that even though needs to be improved like the open world map which is new to borderlands as usually its loads of different load zones between areas.

The new vault hunters (including C4sh) are amazing and im looking forward to future new vault hunters i always think they do an amazing job with the build potential with each VH (Shortening from Vault hunter) which thanks to a new slew of loot to chase and the introduction of Stims being something you can now use to improve builds which once again highlights another positive for me from Gearboxs they know how to make the loot worth it.

Story for the most part is leagues better than borderlands 3 and not having to go back to turn in quests like previous games is a huge step in the right direction in terms of a gameplay side of things, not every sentence has a joke inserted and it feels like the character for the most part are real people both for those who are new and old

Now the Negative which is the big reason ive unistalled and finally given up on the game the performance. First and foremost im so sick and tired of Unreal Engine 5 (UE5 for short) it makes me put all my setting on lowest possible just to play the game and it still crashes and is by far the worst engine ive seen leaving me to ask why they couldnt either A make their own engine for borderlands games or B use Unreal Engine 4 as that is universally a very good game engine and can work for most if not all PCs and ran borderlands 3 amazingly making me wonder can Gearbox optimise their games or is UE5 just that terrible this alone is my biggest negative from the game and is the reason im probably not going to play anymore going forward because they say they are trying to improve performance and optimise the game but they are doing nothing it feels like

Mar 29, 2026·70h

Steam User 7344STEAMRecommended

decent game. I have fun playing when new content drops.

Mar 29, 2026·379h·Verified

Steam User 0801STEAMRecommended

I have enjoyed pretty much all Borderlands. While many are upset due to performance, and they well should be, I have a nice enough system to enjoy the game for what it is. Borderlands open world. As a dad gamer who has just a bit to jump in here and there after work now and again this is a great Borderlands for that with lots of quality of life things such as the moxie for farming etc. I do enjoy the open world nature of it and overall have been enjoying my time in the game. I can see wanting to do all the quests at least once.

Mar 29, 2026·74h·Verified

Steam User 0714STEAMNot recommended

The guns are way to weak, the simple mobs take way too long to gun down, the quests are long and boring.

Mar 29, 2026·288h·1·Verified

Steam User 6171STEAMNot recommended

Unoptimized dogslop (but you probably already knew that) with an extremely mid story and mostly forgettable characters, but mildly entertaining gameplay.

Too bad that pr*ck of a CEO as well as the developers seem more interested in milking every one of this franchise's remaining fans dry instead of providing an actual enjoyable experience. Don't bother wasting your money on this dog water expecting to have fun.

Mar 29, 2026·47h·3

Steam User 3283STEAMNot recommended

games bad frfr

Mar 29, 2026·84h·1·Verified

Steam User 8112STEAMNot recommended

My PC cant run it lol

Mar 29, 2026·23h·9

Steam User 0381STEAMRecommended

fantastic

Mar 29, 2026·70h·1·Verified

Steam User 9642STEAMRecommended

Borderlands, but new. same great action with new story:)

Mar 29, 2026·10h·Verified

Steam User 1170STEAMNot recommended

It's ok, but after beating the campaign there doesn't seem to be anything worthwhile to do. Some quests, or you can endlessly kill bosses, but for what reason? There isn't any real incentive to bump up the difficulty. And you'll have to do so because the loot at lower difficulties is trash.

Mar 29, 2026·116h·2

Steam User 5866STEAMNot recommended

This franchise is evolving backwards, this installment is the lifeless husk of amoeba left behind by corporate ghouls. They sucked out the music, the art direction, any semblance of optimization, the writing, and even the damn mini-map.

Mar 29, 2026·28h·4·Verified

Steam User 0525STEAMNot recommended

I got the game, i'm having fun in the game, but make it so i don't have to run the game on balanced DLSS and frame gen to hit my frame cap on 4k 144hz! That isn't too much to ask considering my specs are top of the line. only then will this review become positive and based only off of gameplay. (i am on a 14900k and a 5090 getting 50fps currently on max settings without frame gen on native dlss)

Mar 29, 2026·4h·4·Verified

Steam User 5536STEAMRecommended

Overall I really do enjoy Bl4 but I still think it needs a little more time to cook. If you see this game on sale its worth your time since the story is actually really good (unlike bl3) and the gameplay is just as fun as bl3 but otherwise maybe wait a year for some more reworking.

Mar 28, 2026·359h·Verified

Steam User 0495STEAMNot recommended

First let me say I love the Borderlands series and was very excited for this iteration.

That being said, my experience:
Launch game,
Wait several Min for shaders,
start new game, Play for roughly 20 min,
crash.
Save was like 10 min prior.
Re-load,
Play for like 15 min,
crash,
save was like 10 min prior.
Uninstall.

I want to love this game, but when I can't just immerce myself and play without crashing, what is the point?

Mar 28, 2026·1h·6

Steam User 1101STEAMRecommended

great game, runs well and lots of mayhem ! much better then BL3 and actually story is interesting enough

Mar 28, 2026·8h

Steam User 7374STEAMNot recommended

Don't buy without a discount, that goes double for any and all DLC they release.

Mar 28, 2026·113h·2·Verified

Steam User 9423STEAMRecommended

I love this game. I really don't know what all the complaints are on about. I've never had a single issue with running it, either, although this is a style that looks good even on Medium.

I, personally, really enjoy the characters and especially the sidequests. Again, I don't get the criticism of the side quests, I think they're great.

Exploring the world is a ton of fun - Borderlands is one series where it had always felt like an open world would make it better, and it did.

Combat is punchy and fast and I'm loving exploring different strategies and weapons. I will say the enemies start to get pretty samey though.

I'd highly recommend this to any Borderlands fan. Tune out all the people who just come to complain, and you'll find yourself looking at an excellent game.

Mar 28, 2026·65h·Verified

Steam User 7845STEAMNot recommended

Co-op doesn't work, 1 person will be selected host and the other people will have huge ping
There is matchmaking but its fake, tested it with my friend and each time it choose him as the host and he had 0 ping but I would be at 90+
I only bought this game to play with friends
Even after all the time they had to fix co-op they haven't done shi
It was like this at launch and its still not improved many months later
I do not recommend this game
And now they dropped the first DLC which is half of the base game which is insanity
Gearbox is trash and none should support this greed

Mar 28, 2026·7h·1

Steam User 0082STEAMRecommended

sert ,e't

Mar 28, 2026·35h·Verified

Steam User 9108STEAMNot recommended

I spent enough hours in this game to say it still continues to run like crap. I have a PC that is far above what the recommended requirements and it's STILL a buggy mess. I think spending less time on crappy DLC and more time into fixing the optimization so the game is playable. It is a shame because I did enjoy the story and the gameplay was fun, but the constant crashing, quests bugging out, and various other things that make the game unplayable. Will let this game rot for a year and see if they maybe fix why it doesn't work properly.

Mar 28, 2026·62h·1·Verified

Steam User 3915STEAMNot recommended

Hi. Why is my game now compiling shaders everytime I DO ANYTHING

Mar 28, 2026·54h

Steam User 4353STEAMRecommended

ts peak runs great

Mar 28, 2026·41h·Verified

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