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#9: Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3 felt like a solid "meh". It's a rather disappointing game considering how fun Borderlands 2 was. I'd even say it's less enjoyable than The Pre-Sequel on the whole.

The core of Borderlands is still there - insane human enemies, monster-like creatures that have no regard for your life, bombastic/zany NPCs, lots of explosions, and lots of loot. Nothing about that is any different. Yet, it's getting old. Borderlands 2 improved upon that formula from the first game by upping the stakes of the story, having better characters, a more impressive world, and more climactic boss fights. The Pre-Sequel maintained that, and Borderlands 3... maintains it again. The Borderlands games are not short games, and I think 2 + TPS gave me enough of this exact mold. Borderlands 3 needed to do a bit more than have new playable characters with new action skills to keep things interesting.

Borderlands 3 also seems to have no idea how to follow up the feat of Handsome Jack, because the villains here aren't nearly as exciting or interesting. They make you hate them, but in the wrong kind of way. With Handsome Jack, wanting to kill him made the game more enjoyable. With the twins in BL3, wanting to kill them was a result of them being too annoying to bear.

At the end of the day, if you liked Borderlands 2, you probably will still like Borderlands 3 to an extent. As I said, the pillars of the series haven't been removed. I thought it was okay, but I wouldn't play it again.

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