Borderlands 3 in the Test
The cult series is back again, Borderlands is finally back! Seven long years ago that one of my absolute favorite games – Borderlands 2 has been released. With this game were the developers of Gearbox Software is a total success. Not only they surpassed itself, and the first offshoot of the series, no, they revolutionized the Loot-Shooter and paved Games such as Destiny and co. the way. Accordingly, the expectations for the continuation of the story about the vault hunters were. Yes, there were the Pre-Sequel is already officially a “third” part, the Fans of the series but it was unanimously decided to delete these from the history books. Hopefully it does Borderlands 3 the Pre-Sequel is not the same….
So, you want to hear a story, eh?
Borderlands 3 is joined directly to the end of Borderlands 2 to. To be precise, rather to the end of the DLC Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary. Typical of the game series of the legendary arms dealer Markus gives us a very accurate retelling of the previous events.
After the heroic exterminator of the second part have defeated the Antagonsiten Handsome Jack, managed to get them to the so-called Vault Map. A map can show the locations of a number of chambers in the universe. Of course, it wasn’t long before the first rogue went on the hunt for the artifact. One of them Colonal Hector, a former Dahl soldier, which was in consequence also for the Disappearance of the card was responsible.
With the new players Tyreen and Troy, the Calypso twins, and the cult of the COV, Children Of the Vault, it was finally, for the Crimson Raiders at the time of your Arsenal to increase. On the new exterminator, the hope of the hero group, and thus also the responsibility for the rest of the chambers is charged with now.
Always this Streamer…
In the course of the action, players of the previous parts to know for sure the one or other familiar face again. A reunion with old veterans of the exterminator squads, such as Tiny Tina or Maya is, of course, included. Unfortunately, that’s not enough for me personally but. Clearly, something pushes on the nostalgia, but with such a huge, and mainly over several parts of it-developed game world, had more can be. Where is Salvador? Which was seven years ago, the undisputed best and most efficient Endgame Farmer for legendary weapons. Where is the war, a very popular chamber of the hunters of the Community? Personally, I am of the opinion that in this respect, more would have been possible a few of the Audio Logs, which are not to enlighten us about the future of our heroes are quite nice, unfortunately, but enough.
So we come to my, but also for most of the other critics, the biggest criticism of the game: The Story. Maybe my expectations were due to the long wait just to high, or the Story of the second Borderlands to well. All in all, the plot of the official third offshoot is, actually, not bad at all. The side missions are, admittedly, part more interesting and also a lot of brilliant design. All areas not be left to the players hidden when they are missed on a regular basis by way of the agreement, and also the small, fun actions include this one. The history of the shooter of course has its UPS and Downs, what’s wrong with me but most of all, is Handsome Jack, one of the, in my opinion, best and most popular antagonists in a video game. 7 years ago conquered Borderlands 2 not only because of its Innovation in the Shooter Genre by storm, no, also because of his charming adversary. Although the are not designed against players Tyreen and Troy on the sheet of paper is interesting and credible, unfortunately, it worked in the implementation of the Two-so, as I thought. The two streamers are more annoying than entertaining. Clearly, the line between amusing and banal is very narrow, often the talks with the twins act placed but unnecessary. Your Streamer-existence of the standards. Unfortunately, transfers the but not 1 : 1 into the game – Shame really. Of course, a second Handsome Jack, it will not be so fast, and it would also be unfair to the developers, since the bar very high, however I miss the Anti-hero of my favorite game. It always has to be this pink-colored glasses…
Wonderful World
In Borderlands 3 takes us, finally, to other planets than the rather barren of Pandora. While we were in the Pre-Sequel to explore the moon Elpis, varied this, however, was hardly. Now there are in addition Pandora also Promethea, Eden-6, and Athenas, visit. These differ from your Design very much from each other, but are very presentable. Your Hero is not just on the barren desert planet of predecessor, we find this, for example, on a technologically advanced planet where a war between two great powers fought, or a jungle world, which is inhabited by various animals, again. On a Open World in Borderlands 3 is omitted, however, the different areas for their uniqueness to Shine.
I personally love the Cel-shaded Look of the Borderlandsseries, and I’m therefore all the more pleased that this in the third part of the expanded was. The title now looks even more like a Comic than before. Although the lighting of the objects remains the same in the game, in a direct comparison, the models and textures have far more detail. In General, the graphics received a General overhaul and also for the Gameplay unimportant elements, such as water, can be seen. Solely to the change from Nvidia to AMD as a Partner, ensured that the detailed particle physics of Borderlands 2, not represented. The current effects are still worth seeing, but not nearly as dynamic as it used to be.
Only one open question remains: How can you travel from one planet to Another? This is quite simple, with the Sanctuary! “What Sanctuary? The floating city?“ No, that would be completely banal. Unlike in Borderlands 2 is a Sanctuary, not a floating city, as a retreat for our exterminator is used, but a space ship! After the events in Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary, took care of the Crimson Raiders to a new home. With the map of the locations of the Vaults in the back of the head, were precautions taken, what leads you to already relatively early in Borderlands 3 its new home is related. In addition to a very useful means of transport, the Sanctuary serves as a Hub. There one meets his current companion, has a crew room which you can decorate with trophies, or you can use the safe, which to replace character-across Items.
Borderlands 3 offers many of these so-called “quality of life improvements”, the a – compared to the previous Parts of the series – life is far easier. Automatic Pickup of money and ammo, when you Open a crate, is just one of those things that every Borderlandsveterans relaxed sigh of relief can be. Also, all forgotten or lost weapons are at a Station on the Sanctuary I collect, makes it a much more pleasant. Everything would be perfect if there but just not this annoying quest tracking system would be. It is not possible to track multiple Quests simultaneously. You want to plan an optimal Route to the Toil of the missions, you have to struggle laboriously from one to the other menu and to keep each Time you turn it back on the map, the Overview. A Patch would be more than nice, at the time of testing, however, it looks like, despite the Outcry of the Community, then, as the developers would change in the near future, do something about it.
The Multiplayer aspect of Borderlands 3 falls better than I thought, and has some new options in the predecessors, unfortunately, was missing from the. Now you can set, for example, simply by the click of a mouse, the other players, which will accompany you in your adventure, scaled automatically. This makes it easy to Play with friends, which could develop a lead. Also, there is the possibility of the instantiated Loot to spawn. Ie: If a Boss or a chest spits out a rare weapon, it must be assumed to make no more Worries about empty. It is. how can I, a skilled Ninja-looting, the fun of this Option, other items wegzuklauen in front of the nose, of course, flutes.
Never change a running system….though..?
A masterpiece of developer Gearbox Software, is the reworked Movement System. In addition to some slightly less-used innovations such as the Smash, which you can Fall to use, it looks like the new Slide is completely different. A new Feature is the ability to Slide after Sprinting across the floor, which not only looks stylish, but actually also very practical is. The distance to opponents can thereby rapidly reduce, and also the next level of coverage is reached at a record pace. The control key is glowing! Generally speaking, feel Borderlands 3 is still faster and better than its predecessors. Also new: pulling up on the walls. And even if it doesn’t sound like much, it changes a lot of things. Many of the otherwise complicated-placed places, therefore, are in a hurry to reach.
And if you are not yet convinced, then maybe the newly customized Gun-Play. Many developers have cut in the past on this topic already, the teeth. Halo and Destiny were, for me, in this respect, so far, unrivaled. This is changing now, however, with Borderlands 3. The pleasant and particularly intense blasts, was expanded in the sequel and now feels better than ever. The shootings by an average Soundtrack, which will be accompanied with even better effects to be painted. Each weapon manufacturer has a different Weapons. Whether it is Maliwan, which usually work very technically, or Jacobs, a rather old-fashioned manufacturer, whose shooting iron behave very realistically. No matter with what weapon you play, every shot is fun and, combined with the revised Movement, almost unbeatable.
The icing on the cake in Borderlands 3 are probably his, in the meantime, tens of billions of weapons – innumerable variations to which even grenades, shields, and more are being added. Everyone has heard now of the current weapon with feet, right? In addition, some of the war offer tools two different modes, between which you can choose, such as, for example, the exchange between different edible elements.
I am particularly pleased that some of the legendary weapons from the Prequels, which you get only very rarely, or bosses, are represented in the game. The new “Legendaries” were able to convince me yet as well. But it’s worth it to the Endgame in any case, a little longer to stay on the Ball. The fact that the developers of the drop chances in Borderlands 3 significantly increased, it is correspondingly easier for the big catch, and not hundreds of times the same Boss for kill to. Because the Gaming Community is, as always, was pretty fast with the thing, there are already some of the Farm Guides, to facilitate the hunt for the weapons. Only recently, however, there were some Hotfixes, which have reduced the chances of getting legendary loot significantly, nevertheless, that should prevent anyone from the Passion of, and I hereby quote a colleague from the industry:“looting and lev.., wait a minute. You can carry on with the Loot but without the Levels!“
Only a couple of seconds..!
Absolutely right! As in any other part of the series, it is up to us at the start of the game to choose one of four characters. Including would Moze, a former soldier of what your Mech in battle, can summon, Fl4k a beast master and, thus, also the first Pet class in Borderlands, Zane a assassins of the self, but also a lot of helpful Gadgets digistructen can, and finally Amara, a siren which can be with fists beat. Each character has three Skill Trees, which you can expand. Unlike in the predecessor, however, there is now the possibility of his active ability to change the so-called Action-Skills, directly, or even replacing it. All classes play quite well, and depending on the game type, each with their own advantages for the players. Especially in the Endgame it is important to invest every single skill point is useful to be able to, combined with the use of weapons, the maximum damage potential. This will also need!
You Borderlands 3 after around 30 hours of playtime and only played in True Vault Hunter mode, the story again on a harder degree of hardness gamble. There is, after the finish of the play action, the possibility of the Mayhem mode in the Sanctuary to adapt. The advantages of the offers in the sense that there are higher drop chances for rare Items, and enemies and bosses but also the stronger and more persistent.
That brings us to my last point, the opponents. These are no longer in normal difficulty mostly, unfortunately, as cannon fodder, which makes me nothing. Who wants to have a particularly hard time with the Mayhem modes anyway good, only the slightly moronic AI makes me sometimes not like a God, the weapons feel. In a few cases, the enemies will not cover or position yourself unnecessarily bad. It happens, although fortunately only very rarely, unfortunately, but still. What relates to the range, you will be well served reasonably well. The different areas of the fact that there is a greater variety of opponents. At least visually. Sometimes it feels like different enemy types behave very similar. The boss fights themselves have, in comparison to Borderlands 2 is much improved. Where it used to be only dull around shooting, you have to respond now on different stages and Move Sets of the bosses, what is the actually enjoyable Gameplay a little more complicated to Touch.
CONCLUSION:
I love Borderlands 3. Sure, there are a few small quirks that I can see, and of course, the plot falls in the third branch is also slightly weaker than expected. However, for me there is no better game, which I play currently so fond of. Nothing makes me more fun than the perfect Build for my class to find, or to invest all of my time to get this damn weapon. And I haven’t even mentioned how much fun it is in co-op mode. Borderlands 3 has not fundamentally changed, and that was exactly the right decision to the developers. Just more of Borderlands , that’s what the Fans of the series wanted, and that’s what you get. More weapons, more bosses, more side quests, and most of all: More Bang! What better can you wish for but hardly, or? So, now excuse me, the legendary Strong Westergun concerned itself.
What Borderlands 3? A looting Shooter scores with his sense of Humor.Platforms: PC, Mac OS
Tested: on PC Intel Core i7-6700HQ, 8GB RAM, GeForce GTX 960M
Developer / Publisher: Robot 2K Games / Gearbox Software
Release: 13. September2019
Link: Official Website
