Borderlands 3 Next Gen Review
Now featuring a beautiful framerate, fast load times, and more fun!
In a console launch period light on traditional “exclusives,” the next gen upgrade of Borderlands 3 was secretly my most- anticipated release. I loved the game when it first came out last year, but it was clear to me from its questionable performance on the PS4 and Xbox One that it was built as a PC game first, and then crammed onto consoles.
That didn’t stop me from playing dozens of hours of the game across all three platforms, and heck I even bought it on sale on Stadia to try out there. Still, the second rumblings of next gen upgrade patches started, I hoped Gearbox would take a second coding run at their long-awaited sequel, and fortunately those hopes paid off.
Borderlands 3 Next Gen is a free upgrade for existing owners of the game, and the currently available digital bundles were also updated with a slightly different pricing structure and some new DLC. Some games require users to buy the game all over again, so I’m super thankful that Gearbox didn’t go this route. I don’t think they could have gotten away with it, as the core content here is exactly the…
