Zany characters give you ridiculous objectives, obnoxious one-liners often make you chuckle, and the weapons border on the ridiculous. Since its release, we’ve had looter shooters like Destiny, Anthem, The Division and many more which have come along and given the genre a complete revamp.īut where these games can often feel soulless and devoid of personality, Borderlands absolutely oozes charisma at every turn. True, Borderlands does feel a bit dated in its design and presentation now. It’s been years since she picked up a pad – partly due to injury and partly down to disinterest – but now she’s really got a taste again and it’s wonderful. Replaying Borderlands GOTY has got my partner back into gaming all over again. This gen, it’s become really difficult to find a good game that supports you sitting on the couch next to a buddy so you can trade gun tips and bark out tactics. Mostly, though, playing splitscreen manages to feel so bloody refreshing all over again.
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Truly, the 4K upgrade is impressive for a game that released so early on in last-gen’s life cycle. Visually, the game is also so much sharper, crisper, and more fluid with stable, solid frame rate.
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Plus ammo and money are now picked up automatically, though ammo still needs to be picked up individually. The inventory management has also been refined to suit the Borderlands 2 style of play, making it easier to navigate, drop, and select the items you want. Originally, you’d have to pause the game to see your map and keep switching screens, but now it’s always present in the top right. The biggest change is that the Borderlands 2 style mini-map has been added into the game for ease and convenience. And I am really impressed at how much effort has gone into the upgrade.
The difficulty balancing is often at odds with your levelling and equipment, the environments, enemies and quests soon become overly familiar, and the game really lacks the narrative drive of 2.Īll that said, I am really surprised at how enjoyable it is diving into this all over again a decade after my first run-through. The Borderlands games have always been a firm favourite of mine, though the original definitely isn’t without faults.Īnd replaying it as part of the new Game of the Year edition does expose some of those limitations as it sometimes feels like a step backwards from the sequel.