3. Borderlands 3
The latest entry in the series, Borderlands 3 falls firmly in the middle of the spectrum of the series’ quality, and that’s a good thing.
Host to some of the grandest stakes the games have ever seen, it tasks players with stopping the rise of two cult leaders and their army of bandits, thwarting their ambitions of finding every Vault in the galaxy and harvesting their unbridled power.
This sees the game world expanded past the dusty towns of Pandora, taking to the stars and exploring new planets that house set pieces and events ranging from a cataclysmic corporate buyout war to a monastery of pacifist monks besieged by raiders.
It likewise gives players some of the best variety between its Vault Hunters to date.
From a tank-y Siren and a tech-wielding rogue to a mech-piloting soldier and a beast-commanding droid, each of its characters gives their own twist to the gameplay and lead to a wider array of play styles.
Its only downside is that it feels late to the party.
While the game is polished to a fine sheen and feels like it was intended for current-gen consoles, its writing and general design make it feel like a sequel that should have come out closer to the second game’s release, if not during the last generation of hardware.
This by no means ruins the experience, but it does hold it back from achieving the heights of other entries on this list.
