Borderlands 4 |OT| It's about time. Literally.

Also they gotta patch this up. Some textures don't load and look like ass. PS5 Pro.
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Thanks for sharing this; console impressions are harder to come by. Are you playing single player or split screen?

I'd only get this to play split screen with my wife on our (base) PS5 but I won't bother if it's a technical mess.
Single player.

It's odd. I've seen a few videos on YouTube stating that the game holds a steady(ish) 60fps. I can only assume they have remained in quiet areas at the very beginning of the game. As soon as there's more than three or four mobs on screen, it drops noticeably.

But even worse are the graphical compromises. It's genuinely uncomfortable on the eyes. The draw distance is fine but the texture pop and asset loads are really, *really* bad. Once you are inside a building, it's ok.

And all this for a game that looks almost exactly the same as BL3. The performance should not be this bad.

I'm still having a lot of fun. The game is good. But the performance on PS5 has been overlooked by reviewers.

Lord knows what it will look like on Switch 2.
 
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Single player.

It's odd. I've seen a few videos on YouTube stating that the game holds a steady(ish) 60fps. I can only assume they have remained in quiet areas at the very beginning of the game. As soon as there's more than three or four mobs on screen, it drops noticeably.

But even worse are the graphical compromises. It's genuinely uncomfortable on the eyes. The draw distance is fine but the texture pop and asset loads are really, *really* bad. Once you are inside a building, it's ok.

And all this for a game that looks almost exactly the same as BL3. The performance should not be this bad.

I'm still having a lot of fun. The game is good. But the performance on PS5 has been overlooked by reviewers.

Lord knows what it will look like on Switch 2.

Oh yeah that's all I need - to spend $70 on something that will hurt our eyes and probably give her motion sickness.
 
This stuff about the visuals is disappointing. I thought it looked pretty good in the trailers and footage. I guess that was all PC then.

Did anyone try the fidelity mode on consoles? Is the pop in way less aggressive and is it at least a steady 30fps?
 
Some good news.

Was just checking Reddit for performance impressions. There's definitely a memory leak issue on PS5. After an hour or so, game really starts to chug.

I just had a fight where the frame rate was dropping below 30 on performance mode. But I'd been playing for about 5 hours.

Have just restarted the game and there's a big difference. Much closer to 60 again.

Game needs a few patches.
 
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This stuff about the visuals is disappointing. I thought it looked pretty good in the trailers and footage. I guess that was all PC then.

Did anyone try the fidelity mode on consoles? Is the pop in way less aggressive and is it at least a steady 30fps?
Ps5 Pro and quality mode here. I just got to the open world section. I second the slow texture loading. Pop in isn't that noticeable to me. U can't really shoot for shit at that framerate tho.
 
I've installed Borderlands 2 which i'm having a great time with but the game mechanics (shooting etc) are a bit dated so now i'm installing Borderlands 3 and i hope it will have better and refined mechanics.
 
I've installed Borderlands 2 which i'm having a great time with but the game mechanics (shooting etc) are a bit dated so now i'm installing Borderlands 3 and i hope it will have better and refined mechanics.
bl3 is waaaay better than bl2 if we are talking about gameplay alone.
 
Cool, thats nice to hear since i'm not sure about purchasing BL4, i don't have any experience with the Borderlands franchise.
if you want a good game overall i recommend Borderlands 2, combat is kind dated, but its the best one of all games, has good balance and have amazing end game content.

Borderlands 3 on the other hand has amazing gameplay, but everything else is mediocre at best and the story/villains are insufferable
 
if you want a good game overall i recommend Borderlands 2, combat is kind dated, but its the best one of all games, has good balance and have amazing end game content.

Borderlands 3 on the other hand has amazing gameplay, but everything else is mediocre at best and the story/villains are insufferable
Really mediocre? Well i hope to get some hours of fun playing it, i don't need the perfect game as long as the gameplay is fun and the loot is actually nice.
 
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Really mediocre? Well i hope to get some hours of fun playing it, i don't need the perfect BL game as long as the gameplay is fun and the loot is actually nice.
the loot in Borderlands 3 is in over abundance breaking the balance of the game, but the worse sin of the game is the character, villains and story, its really bad imo, the only thing that holds this game together is the gameplay.

i ll tell you this, if you have a hard shell for cringeness, can handle annoying characters/enemies yelling for 40 hours in a row, have a taste for bad jokes and there is the TikTok villains, they are the cherry on top, if you can handle all this you ll have a great time.
 
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the loot in Borderlands 3 is in over abundance breaking the balance of the game, but the worst sin of the game is the character, villains and story, its really bad imo, the only thing that holds this game together is the gameplay.

i ll tell you this, if you have a hard shell for cringeness, can handle annoying characters/enemies yelling for 40 hours in a row, have a taste for bad jokes and there is the TikTok villains, they are the cherry on top, if you can handle all this you ll have a great time.
wheww i don't know if i can handle this, actually XD
Is Borderlands 4 better in all those aspects?
 
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wheww i don't know if i can handle this, actually XD
Borderlands 2 has one of the best villains in video game and the gameplay even if is dated ll get better as you play it, is the one that i play when i want to have some fun.

dont get me wrong, i have more than 400 hours in Borderlands 3, but i m here since the first one, like i said gameplay is waaay better than 2, BUT, 2 is the better game overall.

amigastar amigastar we can play some BL2 if you wanna, i dont have what it takes to replay 3 again XD
 
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Might be the biggest regret but of 2025.

This game fucking sucks man.

The UI overload makes it so fucking hard to lock in on and identify enemies.

It's constantly tripping over itself with way too much shit to loot and sift through. Quests too often are slow paced not letting me just play fast and go go go.

The humor is worse than ever somehow.

The graphics are pathetic, performance is meh.

Journalists need to be perma banned from this website. All of them. Their opinions are based off of nothing at this point.

Fuck Randy and fuck this game.
 
Might be the biggest regret but of 2025.

This game fucking sucks man.

The UI overload makes it so fucking hard to lock in on and identify enemies.

It's constantly tripping over itself with way too much shit to loot and sift through. Quests too often are slow paced not letting me just play fast and go go go.

The humor is worse than ever somehow.

The graphics are pathetic, performance is meh.

Journalists need to be perma banned from this website. All of them. Their opinions are based off of nothing at this point.

Fuck Randy and fuck this game.
its more Borderlands, if you dont like Borderlands the game isnt for you, i ll give you that performance is hot garbage but graphics are on par with all the series.
 
Borderlands 2 has one of the best villains in video game and the gameplay even if is dated ll get better as you play it, is the one that i play when i want to have some fun.

dont get me wrong, i have more than 400 hours in Borderlands 3, but i m here since the first one, like i said gameplay is waaay better than 2, BUT, 2 is the better game overall.

amigastar amigastar we can play some BL2 if you wanna, i dont have what it takes to replay 3 again XD
Thanks for the offer man but i'm rather play my games solo, don't be mad at me please.
 
Thanks for the offer man but i'm rather play my games solo, don't be mad at me please.
np dude, i offered cause co-op in Borderlands game are always fun, but solo is an amazing experience nonetheless, i completely understand, have a good one and i hope you enjoy this franchise.
 
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its more Borderlands, if you dont like Borderlands the game isnt for you, i ll give you that performance is hot garbage but graphics are on par with all the series.
Have you seen the shots in here for ps5 pro doo doo environments textures? It is not on par lol.

I like borderlands just fine. I'd say it starts off better than BL3, but it's as I mentioned tripping over itself any chance it can get.

The UI needs options for minimal or remove aspects.
 
Have you seen the shots in here for ps5 pro doo doo environments textures? It is not on par lol.

I like borderlands just fine. I'd say it starts off better than BL3, but it's as I mentioned tripping over itself any chance it can get.

The UI needs options for minimal or remove aspects.
yeah i saw, but that's is a optimization problem, graphically game looks like any other borderlands art direction speaking.

i ll tell you this, imo this is cyberpunk all over again, this game should not be release for this gen of consoles.
 
About 6 hours in and I can safely say the game is very, very good. A return to form, and I hope they can fix PC performance quick for those who play on it, so you all can experience this masterpiece. Borderlands is definitely back with this one. And to add, I have been playing solo so far and outside of the very beginning before you get a shield, it feels well balanced on normal difficulty. I'm so happy to play Borderlands that really good again.
 
Might be the biggest regret but of 2025.

This game fucking sucks man.

The UI overload makes it so fucking hard to lock in on and identify enemies.

It's constantly tripping over itself with way too much shit to loot and sift through. Quests too often are slow paced not letting me just play fast and go go go.

The humor is worse than ever somehow.

The graphics are pathetic, performance is meh.

Journalists need to be perma banned from this website. All of them. Their opinions are based off of nothing at this point.

Fuck Randy and fuck this game.
I just played for a couple of hours, and yeah, it's Borderlands. But I like the open-world twist here, discovering new objectives and such. I just miss a couple of friends to play with; alone, the game feels a bit lonely. :messenger_grinning_sweat:

Maybe gives it another chance tomorrow?
 
Played for a total of maybe 40 minutes. I haven't run into much cringe but it's fun. It's borderlands. I haven't dug into much but have it about locked to 4k60 on a 4090 on DLSS quality.
 
I just played for a couple of hours, and yeah, it's Borderlands. But I like the open-world twist here, discovering new objectives and such. I just miss a couple of friends to play with; alone, the game feels a bit lonely. :messenger_grinning_sweat:

Maybe gives it another chance tomorrow?
That's the plan. Try another class. The gunplay is all good, but it feels like … a worse version of say the new Avatar game from last year. Which is akin to Far Cry but the open world design is by the numbers checklistathon.

Which works fine if i can just go fast but this game slows itself down in a bad way too often.

And it's also not hitting the interesting story or visuals of say avatar, plus a more interesting crafting system.

But like you said it's borderlands. It's mindless game fodder for the masses.
 
They keep throwing multiple Wardens at me who summon in these homming bombs that just keep getting me unless I have a shotgun.
The game has been stingy with the health pickups. Probly the most rare thing in the game is seeing a health pickup during a firefight. :(
Level 10 I still don't have the bank ability. The down and out mission is looooooooong.
 
its more Borderlands, if you dont like Borderlands the game isnt for you, i ll give you that performance is hot garbage but graphics are on par with all the series.

Actually, I disagree here. I didn't much care for the series at all, but my best friend loves it so when this was coming out, I said I'd get it and we'd go through it together.

This one is much, much more enjoyable to me, if I'm honest. The storyline is better, the open world aspect is enjoyable, especially the dynamic events akin to FATEs from Final Fantasy XIV.

Also, I've always gravitated to playing a Paladin, which the other games didn't quite offer for me, but they do here.

And Amon is essentially Reinhardt and it makes the game so much more enjoyable to me.

Still some bugs and hiccups and I *really* want the motion blur toggle and FOV slider added for console. I don't feel as nauseous as I did playing the other ones, though.

For some reason this series always made me feel queasy unless FOV was maxed and no other FPS does that. Can't explain it.
 
Accepted the first 2 side quest from npcs in the small village you find at the beginning of the game and i had to read subtitles to understand what these chicks wanted from me :lollipop_grinning_sweat:

First 3 hours on hard really don't feel that much harder at all, i hope it gets harder.
 
This stuff about the visuals is disappointing. I thought it looked pretty good in the trailers and footage. I guess that was all PC then.

Did anyone try the fidelity mode on consoles? Is the pop in way less aggressive and is it at least a steady 30fps?

The game average 45 fps @4k on a 5090. Ofc it would be ass on console.

Question is how long will the UE5 circus continue running.
 
The game average 45 fps @4k on a 5090. Ofc it would be ass on console.

Question is how long will the UE5 circus continue running.
They really should have just made this on the engine they used for TTW and B3.
 
I picked amon but his skills are kinda basic...

I kinda wanna try the other 3 but i fear the va of the 2 chicks could be too much too handle :lollipop_grinning_sweat:
 
I picked amon but his skills are kinda basic...

I kinda wanna try the other 3 but i fear the va of the 2 chicks could be too much too handle :lollipop_grinning_sweat:
Amon is Wonderlands gameplay and thats a bad thing imo.

Rafa is the best one for me, his skills remember me of Zane
 
Amon is Wonderlands gameplay and thats a bad thing imo.

Rafa is the best one for me, his skills remember me of Zane
I'm probably gonna try all of them, if only we could skip the escape from prison so you could have the character with the basic skills already unlocked.

Rafa speciality seems to be melee and i don't know if just run and slash with the occasional spin to win is a playstyle that could keep me engaged for much long, there was a similar class in outriders and it got boring real fast, i think i prefer his dual shoulder cannon skill but in the end it could be boring as having 2 extra guns shooting for you, very turn on and forget about it type of skill, and the spear gun skill look boring af, just a big projectile basically.

The witch and gravitard have skills that are more involved i think, especially the gravitard where you try to entangle as many enemies as you can, but i'm not sure if i can handle their constant va if it is very marvelesque and quippy.
 
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I'm probably gonna try all of them, if only we could skip the escape from prison so you could have the character with the basic skills already unlocked.

Rafa speciality seems to be melee and i don't know if just run and slash with the occasional spin to win is a playstyle that could keep me engaged for much long, there was a similar class in outriders and it got boring real fast, i think i prefer his dual shoulder cannon skill but in the end it could be boring as having 2 extra guns shooting for you, very turn on and forget about it type of skill, and the spear gun skill look boring af, just a big projectile basically.

The witch and gravitard have skills that are more involved i think, especially the gravitard where you try to entangle as many enemies as you can, but i'm not sure if i can handle their constant va if it is very marvelesque and quippy.
This was the reason I went with Rafa instead of one of the ladies. Although I'm pleasantly surprised so far how toned down the dialog is compared to BL3 and Wonderlands.

Harlowe does have the most interesting looking skill tree IMO. I'll probably give her a shot for my next run.

#WhiteDudesForHarlowe
 
I'm probably gonna try all of them, if only we could skip the escape from prison so you could have the character with the basic skills already unlocked.

Rafa speciality seems to be melee and i don't know if just run and slash with the occasional spin to win is a playstyle that could keep me engaged for much long, there was a similar class in outriders and it got boring real fast, i think i prefer his dual shoulder cannon skill but in the end it could be boring as having 2 extra guns shooting for you, very turn on and forget about it type of skill, and the spear gun skill look boring af, just a big projectile basically.

The witch and gravitard have skills that are more involved i think, especially the gravitard where you try to entangle as many enemies as you can, but i'm not sure if i can handle their constant va if it is very marvelesque and quippy.
Melee is his worst skill tree thats all i have to talk about Rafa.

Harlowe is basicaly temu Maya.

Vex is cool, but i think ver sirens power are the worse in the franchise.

Amon could be fun If they made him more close to Brick/Krieg instead of Wonderlands gameplay.

Characters are good but i think they are kind generic this time around.
 
Might be the biggest regret but of 2025.

This game fucking sucks man.

The UI overload makes it so fucking hard to lock in on and identify enemies.

It's constantly tripping over itself with way too much shit to loot and sift through. Quests too often are slow paced not letting me just play fast and go go go.

The humor is worse than ever somehow.

The graphics are pathetic, performance is meh.

Journalists need to be perma banned from this website. All of them. Their opinions are based off of nothing at this point.

Fuck Randy and fuck this game.
So an 8 out of 10 then?
 
Melee is his worst skill tree thats all i have to talk about Rafa.

Harlowe is basicaly temu Maya.

Vex is cool, but i think ver sirens power are the worse in the franchise.

Amon could be fun If they made him more close to Brick/Krieg instead of Wonderlands gameplay.

Characters are good but i think they are kind generic this time around.
So you are gonna use the double cannons with rafa?

They sound extremely useful and easy to use but like also super boring? i know you can turn them into ground turrets but still...
 
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So you are gonna use the double cannons with rafa?

They sound extremely useful and easy to use but like also super boring? i know you can turn them into ground turrets but still...
they are super OP and its his best skill tree atm, but i agree with you that they are kinda boring, if you want a more "dynamic" skill with him it ll be his melee one
 
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