Borderlands 3 Review

[@AyyMatto]

You called me your buddy uWu you’re still a bitch tho

[@ПётрПавловский-щ1х]

who are you

[@AyyMatto]

Пётр Павловски Your mums a truckie lol

[@fragarena9910]

LoL 🤣

[@kaspersaldell]

@@ПётрПавловский-щ1х Probably the guy he's playing with in the video

[@ПётрПавловский-щ1х]

@@kaspersaldell oh okay!

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Borderlands 3? what kind of Doom mod is that?

[@maximkatsur3870]

Don't touch the link tho!

[@frostywasp1743]

I thought this was Rage 2 dlc ?

[@SpecShadow]

It's a paid mod from Bethesda launcher you never heard of

[@CoolEliteSquad]

Frosty Wasp no, rage 2 is a dlc from BL3

[@ezequielhermoso5954]

This bad boi has as much content as a maus

[@AliquemVR]

I would die laughing if Marcus has been lying about all these "stories" in the end.

[@ShanaynayGosby]

he prolly is honestly

[@AliquemVR]

@@ShanaynayGosby All of his stories are about how he became rich off of gullible gun nuts.

[@bloodypsycho6025]

That was actually what borderlands one was, it was him just telling a young Orphan a story he made up on the fly, hence why the first DLC wasn’t canon and sounded like he was bsing

[@ПавелПовх-з3у]

Its clearly all a version of events through Marcus lense, we see deeper layer when we replay through whole borderlands 2 again through Tina's lense, but we never see reality.

[@AliquemVR]

Hmm, no wonder he really doesn't seem to be making himself appear like he is really in too much trouble ever and he's always making money to boot getting rich off of everyone. Where the game theorists at on this guy? Lmao

[@ded4ss]

Borderlands has a hard roof to break, Handsome Jack was perfect as the main villain.

[@noop9k]

Honestly, with that much filler and repetition, could barely remember why I’m supposed to hate him.

[@dominik4666]

Well, to be honest anything could top Borderlands 3's story. Honestly. It's the worst thing to ever happen to the franchise.

[@Pianet]

Nothing beats Gen. Knox. A guy who clawed his way to the top of an evil corporate military only to have his direct superior be replaced by a spoiled 5 year old. Now he isn't sure if he should do his duty and kill you, or let you kill him, or just kill himself.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

@@Pianet knox from boderlands 1 was the coolest for sure and quite intimidating

[@alesin1992]

More like an impossible roof to break. Four games (five if you count the Tales non-game) and Jack is the only villain of such caliber. At this point I'm convinced they accidentally wrote a good adversary and the entire franchise has been riding on Jack's dick ever since, and now the fabled Borderlands 3 is tolerable if you mute the dialogue and play your own music or a podcast in the background. Okay, Knox was cool too.

[@Imikxd]

Borderlands 3 be like >Kill millions of humans, animals and anchient aliens >dont use wrong pronounce on a robot.

[@MoistChungus]

>kill thousands of midgets >Can't call them midgets

[@OuhPii]

OMG, can't forget the pronouns, bigots! x'D

[@ПётрПавловский-щ1х]

@Ahmad and skeleton fuck you ahmad

[@augustwest5356]

Really? Does it really "be like" that? Apparently you failed English class. No, it doesn't make you sound cool. It makes you sound like a barely literate victim of brain damage. Idiot.

[@HonsHon]

@@augustwest5356 What is you saiyin?

[@carposp7789]

my short review: compared with BL2, better graphics and slightly better gameplay, much worse characters and story

[@steel5897]

Gameplay is MUCH better, characters are worse, story is just as bad.

[@trumpwonhereistheevidenced4390]

I despise 2 for killing off two player characters, I can't wait to spend more nights crying over the mistreatment of something I love, yay

[@carposp7789]

@@trumpwonhereistheevidenced4390 SPOILERS..... at least those deaths had meaning, specially Brick, Maya in this one was so stupid, "oh yeah, lets just kill her off cause of angsty teen"

[@gandalftheblonde770]

@@carposp7789 Brick didn't die?...

[@carposp7789]

@@gandalftheblonde770 i meant Roland lol

[@CumeronThomas]

"The presentation is good" >Shows footage of the game stuttering and dropping in framerate.

[@Gggmanlives]

Game looks good, doesn't run good. I literally say that in the video.

[@CumeronThomas]

GmanLives I realized that when you started talking about how badly it was optimized, just found it strange that you'd use footage of cutscenes stuttering when you talked about the visuals.

[@kazmiller5209]

Excuse me? Did I just hear you say Flak was a he? I can hear Randy moaning in his office, last time he was so loud he said he forgot something in a restaurant.

[@tmerchead1]

Gman don't give shiiiiittt.

[@mikeangelo2886]

Seriosly, hes looking like a male robot, buut if he wont want to be calling "he", i may call him a "she". BEacouse in my mother tongue, we have a nondescript type, but it is reserved for idead, things or animals. Not person. Callim her "they" is so goddam disrespectful in my eyes, beacouse you call her a "thing".

[@sopothetocho]

​@@mikeangelo2886 Fam, Its not a real person, its doesnt "want" be called anything because its not alive. All characters are literally things, they do not want or need anything. You are not disrespecting anybody.

[@qui-gonjinn6060]

rayco santana yeah foreal

[@drownsinkoolaid4203]

@@mikeangelo2886 Pretty sure Fl4k is referred to as "they" in game

[@akshatsharma5051]

Would you do a video review on binary domain one of the most underrated third person shooters

[@JB.zero.zero.1]

I replayed BD about a year ago - still really good fun.

[@Sellipsis]

Lost Planet 2 would be another great one. Especially since it’s backwards compatible on Xbox now.

[@bradthegiant]

Ooooh. Binary domain would be an awesome one to look at.

[@ezequielmorales4221]

What are you talking about? That game is crap. Writing is crap, playability is crap and graphics are crap.

[@jetnipatteeravithayapinyo2468]

Ezequiel Morales How though? Clarify pls?

[@aarongarza4769]

22:40 - No artist or programmer would be punished if you refused to buy the game while it was locked to the Epic Games Store. As it stands they take a large sum of money that supposedly covers the debts the game accumulated during development... gearbox and it’s employees don’t miss out on anything. The company, the one they work for, would still have to pay them. Gearbox would have to re-evaluate the decisions that led to poor sales. Aka taking an exclusive deal from Epic. Rushing the game with bugs. Etc. unfortunately, to many people are so apathetic to all the bs going on that they actually help promote it rather than help stifle it’s growth. Every time you make an exception it only gives companies the green light to go exclusive and put their stuff on the trash heep Epic Game Store. Every time you buy a micro transaction you let the company know that micro transactions are what they should be focusing on. If everyone wants games to go back to being games that are well made, complete, and perform well out the gate, then people need to stick to their guns and hold to a set of standards and principles. Otherwise, things just get progressively worse as time goes on and people’s apathy allows this rotten trend to continue. Devs will say stuff like... Look it worked for them! Let’s do it to. Gamers don’t have principles anyway! *facepalm

[@datguyuno98]

I see all this shit thrown at the Epic Store but other then the fact that it doesn’t show review scores (which isn’t really a problem imo because you could easily look that up) I don’t really see what the problem is

[@Texelion]

Add to that the fact that a KZbin reviewer cannot pass on the opportunity to make views with something popular. I never saw a single youtuber NOT talk about or buy a game despite all the controversy. The right thing to do would be to ignore that completely, but noooo, they need those views because it's a popular subject.

[@Ornoob-]

I love how you idiots miss out on the good stuff out of sheer principle like that is gonna get you somewhere in life. I get that condemning the practices of a greedy company should be done but damn, do you guys target the wrong people while carrying out this sense of fake justice. And then you come in here and justify how not buying a game will be beneficial for hard working developers and artists.

[@Gabbagool86]

@@Ornoob- Yeah yeah we get it you bought the game and you are proud of your purchase and now you come into the comments trying to justify how buying the game will be.....wait a minute.

[@finkyboy008]

Exclusives? Bugs? Wanting to make money? Oh no, this has never happened before in the history of gaming! Take your platform loyalty and shove it up your ass.

[@T-Jex]

You think the monkey impressions were bad? Just wait until you hear the dialogue in the lord of skags mission, you will know suffering when you listen to dialogue about memes written by someone who clearly doesnt understands memes.

[@williamwhitehouse8741]

God that mission was the worst dialogue

[@other_horizon1085]

Perhaps... that was the point.

[@ericglenn9984]

This is like the Spiderman ps4 DLC. The Screwball missions give off that exact vibe.

[@gabrielloko30000]

One of the most anticipated game of the year, for the WRONG reasons Pffff....who i'm kidding, Doom Eternal is THE most anticipated game of the year

[@aniruddhadas1011]

Both are really the most anticipated releases of 2019

[@SevenCompleted]

Lol I could give a fuck less about anything gearbox shits out

[@porkerr_5485]

Ahmad and skeleton yes

[@drivanradosivic1357]

@@SevenCompleted I would argue that Gearbox has more good games then bad games.

[@Negamare1]

At least doom eternal is on steam.

[@RGDcommentnode]

The game is fun, but I won't recommend it until: - it's on Steam in 6 months - bugs and performance issues fixed - patches and free content help with balance

[@TheBlackswanwhite]

fuk u and steam.stupod sheep

[@lostmyedge_]

Ryan D I don't know why people are so pissy about the fact it's not on steam yet. Like who gives a shit how you launch the game, just shut the fuck up and enjoy the game

[@weebtriespiano3651]

Do you mean weapon balance? In a single player game? Why? That would just suck all the fun, it’s frankly the reason people still play borderlands 2

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

RaineTCG You know, some people don't like to install some programs. Install origins to play this, install steam to play this, install uplay to play this. People are tired understand? And they have all rights to complain about this. Now would you not say some more bullshit please?

[@nookambient7052]

@RaineTCG Atleast we don't have to pay more money for multiplayer...

[@trubblegum5787]

Honestly to me "Tink" sounds way more offensive, but that's just me.

[@jimmy37591]

Shhhhh dont tell the special kids in the journalism club or they'll start screaming.

[@big_ry82]

Its what we called smelly poor people back in the 80s and 90s in Scotland

[@trumpwonhereistheevidenced4390]

Doesn't it? Hard consonants have that ring to them. Makes it easier to spit the word out. "Midget" is hard to spit properly, but "Tink" is easy as heck.

[@realname8362]

I don't think so, the enemies are tinkerers that build turrets.

[@trubblegum5787]

@@realname8362 No bro... Go call someone a Tink and see what happens. I get it but nah.

[@JaxxsinsTrails]

First legitimate review I've seen so far. I actually feel informed about the things I was curious about. Appreciate it sonny jim.

[@Olie956]

20:50 - That bug isn't an issue with Borderlands 3 but rather the Epic Game Store's Cloud Save Feature not working like it's suppose to.

[@paradoxinraindrops141]

Aaron Garza - BUH-BUH WUT ABOUT THE PROGRAMERS?!

[@Olie956]

@@paradoxinraindrops141 Which ones? Lol.

[@monke2229]

my friend had his data fucked over even with cloud saves turned off and the game still tanks at least once every session, so idk

[@Olie956]

@@monke2229 All the Epic Game Store's doing.

[@noop9k]

And devs are still responsible for taking the bribe and releasing on inferior buggy customer-hostile EGS. And yes, they could add their own savegame verification for safety. Maube they will. I think the new fast travel was explicitly added as an excuse for falling-out-of-map bugs

[@SinaelDOverom]

5:55 Calling FL4K a "guy" You have now been forever banned from the game and game forums for misgendering "them".

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

It’s “they” you nazi

[@pymonodew]

Which forums omegalul

[@Lord_Deimos]

Muh pronouns

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

The only character you couldn't call non-binary if you tried

[@Peluceus]

"Have I ever told you about that time I went to Randy Pitchford's house?" Uh. Do tell?

[@Tenzima]

Looks nice, İ might buy this on sale when it hits Steam.

[@90maducc]

Hopefully this year.

[@90maducc]

Or next year.

[@Miraihi]

April 13'th 2020.

[@Avioto]

@@90maducc April ;)

[@Tryton4551]

i'd buy it two years from now

[@cyrushansen5378]

Yeah everyone still gonna call them midgets and not whatever they're called now see I can't remember and he just said like 2 minutes ago that's how ingrained into our heads it is.

[@jarrettengel586]

Coolest thing is how I’ve used 100+ guns and they’ve all been significantly different either in design or mechanics. Coolest thing I’ve ever seen in gaming

[@jctheboy9155]

22:40 - Your point stands but I very much disagree with that sentiment about "think of the developers" because affecting their bottom line can nourish change for the better for not just the product and company, but the industry as a whole. Unless Randy comes out bitching and the journalist shove all the "gamers" under the rug again and some "gamers" say and do a bunch of stupid shit that'll only negate any and all criticisms towards the industry. (I mean if we said and did nothing because we "thought of the developers" with EA's Battlefront 2, it would probably still have P2W loot boxes.) I honestly agree that people should enjoy what they want but I also want to inform and encourage the masses to not support these types of behaviors. Especially now since I've grown more self-aware from experience in the past and as I've grown older and become more informed. We all should do that. We should also never belittle or cast aside those who just want to have fun. But those people who wanted the product should not complain about issues outside of the product. If you bought something on a store/launcher that has issues, and you were well aware of those issues, don't complain about about that store/launcher. You just wanted the product. Really though my bottom line is that I want no THIRD-PARTY exclusives on the PC platform and just in general. I want everyone who's on the PC platform or is joining it to equally enjoy a product and have the BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE.

[@ПавелПовх-з3у]

But if you don't buy product, why you people keep complaining about it EVERYWHERe, on every forum, everysite, there is one shitbag like you.

[@asteria9963]

@@ПавелПовх-з3у So what? They have every right to exist and voice their opinions, just like you. Claiming anything else would make you nothing more than an asshole.

[@jctheboy9155]

​@@ПавелПовх-з3у Thanks for calling me, and people who hold a same or similar belief, a shitbag. Even when I have said nothing negative. I'm so glad you talk down to me when I just want to speak my thoughts and opinions, and wish to cause change for the better.

[@DarkKiller-0]

Well in the video he doesn’t say “you should support the business practice because the devs need their paycheck. He says to not go after the devs because of what corporate commander decides where the game should be sold.

[@jctheboy9155]

@@DarkKiller-0 I understood that. But that's not what I was talking about. I was talking about how the sentiment of "think of the developers" is more of an excuse. I'm not disagreeing with Gman when he talks about not wanting to harm devs. If we honestly cared for the devs we would be putting our foot down, not harassing devs and others.

[@nat040496]

19:14 yeah it still baffles me that Eridian weapons have never returned since BL1 We got ONE in BL3 and it's the Gun-Gun.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

You mean the alienweapons? Well glad I never played 2 and 3 as they already looked like shit

[@Dampzombieslayer]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti 2 is the best game in the series actually

[@100greenmen]

Glad to finally have this review out. Even if the dialouge is awful, still looks really fun. Can't wait till it releases on pc in 6 months.

[@shannonfield9360]

Not sure if joking but it's already out on PC, but you need to get it on Epic/Humble/2K Store/Microsoft Store. It's just coming on Steam later.

[@100greenmen]

@@shannonfield9360 Yes, that last bit was a joke.

[@guidila8111]

good for you, im having a blast playing the game right now ;)

[@bitbat9]

I love how people are priding themselves on waiting 6 months til steam when you could literally play it right now

[@GiblixStudio]

@@bitbat9 nothing wrong with waiting. especially with all the bugs that need to be ironed out. i'll get it from steam and not EGS as well. I waited 7 years. what are 6 more months. its not as if there arent plenty of other great games to play in the mean time.

[@Maxelya]

Since the only friend who wanted to play this with me owns a PS4 (and no gaming PC), we went for the console version. Splitscreen on PS4 means we play at 10-15fps (and even less if one of us DARES to open the menu to chech his inventory/skills) and playing with a controller means any build based on critical hits and overall AIMING isn't an option (he went for a tank/shotgun Amara while I just toss grenades everywhere with Moze). Dispite all of that, we're still having quite some fun with Borderlands 3, so that's saying a lot about the overall quality of the game I guess.

[@drownsinkoolaid4203]

As a fellow PS4 player (can't stand Epic store) I can agree, optimization is pretty lacking. Maybe I was spoiled by Handsome Collection running so smooth at all times, even splitscreen ran pretty well, but man the second-long pauses every time you bring up a menu is grating.

[@timschwarze1739]

Same here on Xbox One X. Every game I played so far ran extremely smooth, even if they were not optimized for the console. But BL3 just runs like shit at times although it actually is optimized for the One X. Sucks, hopefully Gearbox will fix that soon

[@Nevermore2790]

"No! Say it like you MEAN it! PUT SOME HEART INTO IT!! RRRRRAAAAAAAHHH!!!" - Ross Scott

[@DukeoftheAges]

It's funny they come up with all this other names to replace "midgets" but all the names they choose are far more offensive and demeaning. Midget isn't even bad lol. On another note it's sad the game still has bad writing. The first game is so much better than the rest of the series when it comes to writing and atmosphere. Wish they would take more influence from that.

[@maxim196]

First game ?Bettet writing ? The ending is literally the wost ending in gaming hiatory....commander steele was wasted only to get "surprise" murdured by the destroyer....having finished BL2 for the 100 time last werk I cant see how BL1 has better story....Handsome Jack is such a great antagonist and so much more happends in the story missions....while in BL1 all you do is fight Crimson Lance troops and collect vault key fragments

[@Drawnartist]

I don't care about the midget thing either but I do see how some people might consider it rude. Would you walk up to Peter Dinklage and say what's up midget? HahA

[@dominik4666]

I'd say this was the best review yet I mean, most reviews just say "Guns good, story bad. Thats the whole game" Instead you ACTUALLY went on detail and understand the game isn't JUST about the guns.

[@aniruddhadas1011]

yup

[@foreignuser_]

dude, performance issues should have been given a lot more time in this video

[@DrowsyBean]

Foreign User sight frame drops over the menus hardly is worth talking about despite how much people drone on about it.

[@foreignuser_]

@@DrowsyBean lol gtfo with your apologetics

[@ПавелПовх-з3у]

@@foreignuser_ by the way, on consoles game works fine too. Especially on old ones, better than borderlands 2 did on ps3/60

[@skeee8837]

There's no reason to talk much about something they've been actively fixing.

[@eternity5947]

@@gwenzhead566 good one

[@SimplyScop3s]

You cannot skip the opening cut scene! Only complaint lol.

[@drownsinkoolaid4203]

Yup I was checking if anyone had this complaint! I play one character a few hours, and go to start a new one, and nope. Sit here for 5ish minutes for the cutscenes to play. And the tutorial area is even slower than the older games, but at least does give a fun boss.

[@SinaelDOverom]

Just rename the intro vids, like in prior games.

[@drownsinkoolaid4203]

@@SinaelDOverom I'm on console, unfortunately :P

[@maxim196]

You can skip if you start TVHM

[@Aragorn7884]

Does that story about you going over his house include getting a USB thumb drive? 😈

[@carrier2823]

Aragorn7884 sometimes I wish randy would stfu and let his company have good PR for once lmao

[@cyrexarcfire]

"People should judge this game on the game itself, not on the platform it's being sold at." Nailed it. Games aren't rated anymore based on gameplay, it's all about bombing scores because the devs did something that 'betrayed' and overly sensitive player base who takes things way too personal.

[@BizlaC]

You only have to look at the responses of those steam fanboys to know that they don't even know why they're angry. They will defend steam to their deaths and say Epic is evil, but epic only charges developers a 12% cut, versus Valves piss taking 30% cut. I care about gaming, and if I like a game, I want the developer to earn as much money as possible, so that they are more inclined to release DLC's or sequals. For that reason alone, I always buy on Epic if given the choice.

[@eldeano9964]

While you were at randy pitchfords' house, did he say anything about battleborn 2?

[@demogorgonzola]

``Playing solo as a looser, or playing with friends as a loser`` So, play with enemies not to be a loser, eh? ;-)

[@zyker2156]

I thought Antony Burch was the only good writer to write for the series, I mean. He helped write Handsome Jack and Tales from the Borderlands.

[@Supdawg26]

The game legit looks so much better graphically than the second game. Idk how people don't see that.

[@SnugglesPrime]

I think it's that, without the lighting, BL3 would be basically Borderlands 2 in terms of looks. But that's okay. Cel-Shaded graphics aren't meant to blow you away. When Gman talks about taking 15 seconds staring at the cyberpunk planet, I think we're all gonna take 15 minutes staring at the world of....well, Cyberpunk. It also speaks to the medium that Cel Shaded graphics make a game hold up no matter how old it is. Look at games like Viewtiful Joe, Okami, and Sly Cooper. They're not the best, but they hold up because of their artstyle. I mean, look at MvC3 compared to Mortal Kombat 9. Both released in 2011, both 2D fighting games, but MvC looks a lot better. Granted, games like Battlefield 3 are also from 2011 and still hold up relatively well today. Idk I'm going off in a tangent.

[@pelkoshisha122]

@@SnugglesPrime THE GAME IS NOT CEL-SHADED 🤦‍♂️

[@aniruddhadas1011]

@@pelkoshisha122 it's comic book esque art style so it's sorta cell shaded only man

[@ajn.televisionakapeachspic1780]

@@aniruddhadas1011 black outlines don't exactly qualify as cel-shading. Take a look at some Suda51 games like killer7 and Killer is Dead, that's what real cel-shading is. I'm honestly glad the outlines arent that noticeable in 3 unless you TRY to see them, Borderlands 2 on PC let you turn off the black outlines and it honestly looks more pleasing and also made the game more colorful (it also helped improve performance).

[@dushikorsou1]

Pretty much looked like bl2 to me with better lighting and higher resolution textures.

[@klausosho451]

Another video without "Shwheck... your mother"!?! We miss those old times. Awesome review, thank you!

[@nalvious]

The right time to buy a Borderlands game is when the GOTY edition is $10

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 yup, i picked up the Borderlands Bundle on the Steam Summer Sale

[@vilegoblin]

Your accuracy is almost......too good. You're snapping to enemies scary fast.

[@Arclight104]

Coming from someone who has played since launch, I have a few complaints: 1) The twins are just awful. Dialogue is rubbish. Humor is rubbish from them specifically. Handsome Jack was obnoxious and psychotic but he had a layer of humanity that made him believable as a character. The twins are just sadists for no reason with zero charisma which completely undercuts their uniqueness as villains especially in a game already overflowing with generic sadistic psychos. 2)The Vaults. Yeah really. Both the first two games established them as the end point of the campaign that everything was building toward. Now, there are vaults every 5 seconds. They start to get boring given their frequency in the campaign and lose a lot of the excitement surrounding their opening given that they all have the predictable monsters attached. 3) The music...alright in places but way too little and too quiet at times. Southern Shelf in Borderlands 2 had more memorable music than this entire game and its a real atmosphere killer. 4) The level scaling....some spots have enemies weirdly under level or above. There is a weird variance at times. 5) Sanctuary hub- good god what an awful hub. The layouts all over the place and its hard to navigate even when you know it. Much worse than Borderlands 2. 6) Bosses...bullet sponges with many having cheap unavoidable AOE attacks ( Killavolt for one..). Makes solo annoying but maybe that is the idea? 7) Level size-they are big. Too big at times...a lot of unnecessary empty spaces and confusing map layouts like Eden 6. 8) No 'invincible' bosses or raid ones to be specific only those tied to missions. 9) Legendaries are very hit and miss. Some are just pure gimmicky rather than practical weapons. I suppose that was true in BL2 but here it seems more so. 10) Pop in of textures on PS4 Pro...quite jarring at times. Lag in swapping between menus at times is noticeable and can freeze up. There is more to say but its not like anyone is going to read the above so I'll wrap it up here but to put it simply its not as good as BL2 so far in my opinion. Its decent but so many missed opportunities in the narrative, mission structure, pacing, music, level design etc hold it back from being as great as its predecessor.

[@beastlybeast2716]

Arclight104 Disagree. Simply because, as a game, its mechanics are simply better than borderlands 2. The gameplay is all around better and borderlands humor and writing has always been pretty damn bad anyway. Maps being too big? There’s more convenient fast travel and you usually don’t have to repeat large sections if you die. Which fixes my main issue with 2.... the freaking second wind. It just works better in 3. Legendaries might be more hit and miss but there are also way more of them. The gunplay is vastly improved. Borderlands 3 is the type of improvement that you don’t appreciate until you try to go back to the previous games.

[@nachi6808]

Am sry but i only disagree with the bosses bit. You can get a shield that negates everything kilavolt does and theres a few tricks to avoid them but reat i agree with. Wish you mentioned anointed bugged enemies tho

[@Ghosttea]

I'm gonna play fl4k because Prozd voice the character haha

[@tombstonex3244]

fl4k is a good choice for the strength he can do, plus ProZD

[@Ghosttea]

@@tombstonex3244 haha nice can't wait to play

[@Nah-ps7iy]

The games was at an 80 for me but when they brought in my prozd it was at a 110

[@Enclavefakesoldier]

Prozd killing it as FL4K. I hope he don't let this go to his head. I don't want him becoming a minion of king dragon

[@RyebredroxRPD]

Enclavefakesoldier King Dragon sends his regards.

[@OlujaDoTokija]

Did you just assume that FLAK is male? You are banned from the Gearbox forums.

[@rhcolossal]

The end credits songs are Alicia Keys and Cage the Elephant. Nelly Furtado doesn't exist anymore

[@RegBeta]

GManlives: "Like I had one person on Twitter, telling me I had no principal for playing the game." Me: Why do I feel like that's something DW Terminator would say?

[@pastichiorocker]

Because you're one of those braindead idiots Gman is talking about in this review?

[@Paddy656]

BL3 is the first game with a seperate writing department, and if you didn't tell me that I would have assumed they took the only writer out back and shot them.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Explains this pile of garbage

[@FROEZOEN]

Remember when this was coming out and the Epic Games store was literally the worst thing that ever happened in the history of everything apparently?

[@BizlaC]

Only the uneducated and overly vocal thought that... Unfortunately that sums up a very large percentage of gamers.

[@FROEZOEN]

@@BizlaC And then they turned around and attacked a mom and pop indie game into obscurity because they took a deal with epic when they needed money

[@longshlongmcgeeshakabruhro2748]

I’ve always like playing borderlands by myself

[@etheralfox412]

I’m the one problem I have with this game apart from bad writing at points was the boss battles. I normally play alone and I think I’m very good at loot shooters, but the bosses on solo suck. I had to pull in a friend just to get one boos and I had very strong weapons. Other than that I think it’s a great game.

[@hunterlord101]

Love you Gman, and your reviews are always fun to watch, but I can't ever see myself getting this cause of Randy Pitchford and how 2K sent PI investigators at that Borderlands-KZbinr's house for finding accidentally-revealed gameplay tidbits and talking about em. I also saw they still have Claptrap and I absolutely disdain that talking Chinese takeout box.

[@bintangfathurrahman3419]

It's currently free on Epic Games Store, grab it while you can.

[@KABLAMMATS]

Borderlands 3 is like your friend that think he's quirky and funny but the truth is obnoxious and cringe.

[@josebasforero8512]

but sometimes he tell a good joke, or at least a joke so bad that is good

[@someguy3263]

I love that friend, but he is no where near as funny as he thinks he is.

[@KABLAMMATS]

@@someguy3263 yeah at least he's not a bad dude.

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

Tinks will be considered offensive too by the time the next game is out.

[@TeddyOnTheSpot]

Having played this on the Xbox One X, I can confirm the performance really isn’t better on there. I haven’t had any crashes, (knock on wood,) but I’ve had frame rate issues, the game freezing for a second or two and then coming back, usually resulting in me running into a wall. I’ve had an enemy launch about a mile away after I used Amara’s slam ability, meaning I couldn’t get the loot from it. I enjoy Borderlands 3 a lot, and I love the sound design and the way it looks, but I think there’s a lot of things that just don’t work in this game, such as devoting so much anti-piracy software to the game that it hampers the performance. Definitely a really great review, Gman.

[@darthmisogyny3828]

The game dashboard on me twice and crashed a few times on my X. I heard their releasing a performance patch sometime this coming week

[@VertSecretStash]

My friend had this problem, don't put the game in performance mode. I guess "performance" means perform badly

[@howaboutsomesoyfood]

this is old but I've had performance issues on my fairly high end pc (stuttering and frame drops etc). this game is just not well-optimized.

[@amazonbox8717]

I've been playing on ps5 with resolution settings turned up and I've been getting consistent 50 FPS. Might just be the updates tho

[@jesfest]

If you called someone a tink irl, would they be more or less offended?

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

The twins personalities from Borderlands 3 sound like the twins from Far Cry New Dawn.

[@AyyMatto]

Oh it’s much worse than new dawn

[@Subject98]

As fun as the mechanics are, the thought of replaying it once let alone multiple times is nauseating. It goes on more than long enough even without the DLCs and gets pretty repetitive feeling later on like 2 did. I had the most fun going through the whole Promethea act.

[@magnusberge]

My favorite quality of life improvment is that money and ammo is auto collected when you open a contrainer

[@IanTolmay]

...Dude an Ichi the Killer reference! Yessssss. Thanks for the review.

[@toprem4037]

2:43 - 482 hours in BL2, only played two characters. 9:15 - How dare you? I will fight you, sir. 19:25 - So forgotten it's still full of cultists.

[@Natasha-ce3rm]

You could do the “slam move” in the pre-sequel as well...

[@kingqasmoke2802]

Only with oz kits which are not a thing in Borderlands 3

[@ajn.televisionakapeachspic1780]

Pre-Sequel didn't deserve it, or to exist in the first place

[@alesin1992]

@@ajn.televisionakapeachspic1780 TPS isn't even bad.

[@erieriderschillingcorner1595]

@@ajn.televisionakapeachspic1780 TPS is good why are everybody hating on it.

[@Ilmaricinema]

@@erieriderschillingcorner1595 ...because it was nothing but an expansion pack/slight graphical upgrade of Borderlands 2?

[@judsongaiden9878]

Does anyone else see the irony/juxtaposition in helping Atlas fight Maliwan? You know, because those of us who played BL1 *before* BL2 probably spent a lot of time melting Crimson Lance troopers with a Pestilent Defiler. 0:36 Why does she have spiked studs on the right shoulder of her vest if she shoots right-handed? 9:28 It's like if KZbin personalities had a literal "cult of personality" like Immortan Joe. *Note:* Wait, wait, wait. "Cambot?!" How do they get away with using the name "Cambot?!" That's already taken! MST3K beat them to it. 9:48 That Vladof machine pistol makes no mechanical sense due to the gap at the back of the receiver combined with the fact that the magazine well is in the grip. How do the cartridges feed?! This isn't rocket surgery! Gunsmithing is a form of engineering, yeah, but not it's not rocket surgery. 12:41 I'll always associate that with the NES version of Strider (also the Genesis and arcade versions, but mostly the NES one). 16:02 I've been a Jesper Kyd fantard since I first played Sub-Terrania on the Genesis back in 1993. 18:14 Don't get me started on scoped sh0tguns. Same for Mashers. Ir0n sights are fine by me as long as they line up right (a lot of them don't in BL2/TPS). Simplicity is perfection. 18:24 "Five power" is how that's meant to be enunciated. It's even worse on a sh0tgun or Masher. Ir0n sights or ghost ring sights are ideal for a sh0tgun. Plain ol' pistol sights for a Masher. 21:51 I'm a Hoosier of Virginian heritage, descended from Appalachian moonshiners, and I'm not offended by the way they portray the Hodunks. 22:38 Maybe customers and developers together should consider forming a secessionist movement against publishers, number crunchers, and internationalist bankers. Take Two is Jack-era Hyperion and SupMatto was our Roland.

[@noop9k]

Look, dude, you are overanalyzing the crap made by ppl who don’t give a shit about actual warfare, mechanics or even physics.

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@noop9k I overanalyze the crap out of everything. That's "how I do" (spoken in Gaige voice).

[@Eric-uf8zx]

That's a pass from me, I can't deal with the writing and those characters.

[@devonmolina5200]

If you hate the twins for their writing and being annoying, you might as well hate Handsome Jack for his smugness and Butt Stallion jokes.

[@Zomtism]

​@@devonmolina5200 They do a good job making the calypsos absolutely insufferable but you can do that with any villain, when i comes to borderlands i'm in it for the gameplay not the writing. If i want good lore/writing i go to destiny for the tons of lore books, for the writing i go literally anywhere else, you get the gist but hey if it's a game that plays well and is fun to sink time into i'll play it for days without pause until i pass out from exhaustion.

[@maxim196]

@@Zomtism writing? Go to Destiny ? HAHAHAHA good one

[@Groaznic]

Ggg, if you think this UI is bad (it is), just look at the Doom eternal UI clusterfuck.

[@Quiver333_real]

Groaznic yeah doom eternal hud is insane and the game itself creates an artsyle rift between doom2016 and doom eternal

[@rasmusgustafsson6720]

Wicked Buuuuuuurn and explanation of the Villans. Continue doing what you do best big respekt.

[@augustwest5356]

You spell respect like you just took a railroad tie to the head. Were you trying to sound cool? Because you failed.

[@AyyMatto]

August West Now that’s a fucking burn.

[@CallofDutyBlackOps28]

"Not so fast Val--" **Zane would like to know your location**

[@sagieboi1204]

Nice.

[@realOmegasMovie]

Holy crap!, now this is what I call a real review, really well made man 😃

[@halciteskeram8710]

Ey Sonny Jim! Just wanted to say that I've been watching your vids for years now and still loving it! Keep it up!

[@xxTICxxTOCxx]

Most balanced review I've seen, so glad you reviewed the game as a game, not the centre for all the garbage that surrounds it. P.S. I fell through the map in exactly the same place, after the exact same cut scene.

[@beng6149]

That line about playing solo or with friends was great

[@rememberHAZARD]

Pretty messed up, calling them Twinks like that

[@MrAirpumpkin]

Seems over blown to me. They changed the names of a lot of other bandit units too I think someone's just fishing for an excuse to bitch...

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

@@MrAirpumpkin I don't think you got the joke.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Why messed up you are one too

[@cursedhawkins1305]

They named a planet after one of their characters? Does anyone else remember that Athena was a character in the Pre-quell as well as well as an appearance in TellTale's spin off games.

[@pond0479]

22:08 Gman I think you have a notification.

[@shadowp3000]

it sounds like this game would benefit greatly from proper modding support even if it was just replacing sound files. (like replacing all of the dialogue with different Lego Yoda death screams or just with his voice).

[@cipherenigma]

Wait a minute your taking time out of your review to give objective examples of gameplay changes from BL2 to BL3??? But every other “reviewer” cough said there was no changes from BL2 to BL3! Not to mention ShillUp saying “I wish the open world was expanded more” and I’m like why? Why do you want unnecessary padding to a campaign that’s meant for multiple playthrough. Oh don’t forget the critique “it’s just more borderland”. What nonsense. I’m glad this review wasn’t like the other ones I’ve been seeing. Like well deserved

[@fatguywhobreathesfire6488]

I got the game when it came out. I chose Fl4k and ended up using a green Lvl.14 Jacobs assault rifle all the way up to Lvl 40 cause it had the perfect scope and recoil for me to land critical hits all day long.

[@NoobPwnzor147]

That flamethrower SMG is actually a reference to Elon Musk’s flamethrowers. The name as well as the flavor text reference him.

[@mitchell2719]

The Doom Shotgun djents when you fire it? 10/10

[@Sn8kezz]

I'll buy it. When its on Steam And if its 90% off.

[@-AceItX-]

And this is why Epic game store exist

[@Sn8kezz]

@@-AceItX- I think i'd rather play 100 hours of Bubsy 3D than subject myself to the Epic Game store.

[@sniff494]

@@-AceItX- to bleed impulsive retards of their money?

[@soulweaper]

Im not a huge fps fan but the fact that i find these videos so enjoyable is a testament to how engaging ggman makes his content keep up the good work.

[@GojiraRising]

They honestly need better writers that don't cater to meme obsessed 14 year olds.

[@TiernanWilkinson]

"So you wanna hear a story, ah? TOO BAD! This is Marcus time!"

[@tonystock8015]

2:08 did my man just reference Ichi The Killer?

[@stepheng1523]

It's hilarious, the midgets were just little people, but the "tinks" are big-headed circus freak caricatures that are way more offensive than the midgets ever were

[@ChisponGroxo]

I know I'm very late but this is a quality review, talking about the game's improvements and flaws, not trashing everything just because "the story was weak". I mean someone even made an hour and a half video cringin' about the story... come on.

[@aljoshilagan3204]

For the people waiting for the steam version or hasn't played the game yet. A little tip, don't do the side missions in the first run. Never do a single one of them. In the end, you'll unlock something called "mayhem mode". And when you do. Pick level 3, and do all the side missions. You'd get 3 times the XP you'd normally get, and not to mention. Have a better chance in getting legendary. This is how I got my moze to level 50 without even stepping into true vault hunter mode.

[@paradoxinraindrops141]

I’ve yet to bother with this game after all the EGS and SupMatto bullshit but goddamn, if I’m not sick and tired of people pretending launchers never have an effect on the games we play.

[@Irrelevant_Interests]

Installing the epic launcher decreased my life expectancy by 15% lol. life is short making it grim for yourself and being disgruntled about everything wont serve you any good. life will go on for those devs you despise so much whether you bought their game or not.

[@paradoxinraindrops141]

irrelavant intersts I don’t hate the devs my problem is w/ the publishers as, when they’re not bullying KZbinrs they’re choosing God awful PC launchers. What GG said was about progress losses stems from the EGS exclusivity so its not true to say the deal has gone off without a hitch. In fact, this is just another in a long line of issues for the launcher. So don’t give me the life is short shtick because it’s a BS smokescreen.

[@youtubeuser_apxubks22h]

That Hugh Mungus reference just earned you a like :D

[@calebcipparrone120]

You've literally played a bit more than 7 hours a day over one week. That's dedicated, man. Jesus

[@childOFtengu]

Honestly, that's how reviewers and critics should be playing to begin with.

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

Well it’s his job and makes money off of it, some niggas no life games without getting nothing from them

[@calebcipparrone120]

I meant as a props guys, I know I couldn't do it 😅

[@AyyMatto]

Papa Pimp trust me, I’ve known gman for years, this ain’t his job, we just went full retard playing it over the launch weekend

[@ReviewPimpUSA]

AyyMatto well it kinda is his job, I’m sure he’s earning money of off this, look at the views, I’m sure he’s treating KZbin like his second job no doubt, but yeah if you’re his friend you might know better lmaoo, I was js

[@Irochi]

So somebody said that by buying this Epic Store exclusive game "you have no principles" What would mean to have principles according to them? Doing exactly what he and others say and not playing a game that YOU decided that YOU want to play? Some people...

[@VoidedEyelids]

The whole argument "it's better with friends" if I had a good group of friends I could enjoy watching paint dry. Everything is better with friends. If the base game isn't good/enjoyable/fun alone than I'll play something else.

[@ShatteredCiv]

the original had the funniest dialog. handsome jack was refreshing -- the twins, if you listen to their banter, gets funnier the longer you get into the story. it's not stellar, but it's consistent. thats all they need. consistent. the city worlds felt really bleak and empty, they need to keep to outer barren worlds to retain the illusion. gameplay is fun. consistent.

[@evelynblackwood1470]

Your review was THE most honest, straightforward, and half decent review I've watched of BL3. Everyone bitches about how bad the writing is and how terrible the game is compared to BL2. Your review looked at BL3 for what it was worth - all the good and bad that came with it. You didn't shit all over the game purely because of its bad writing because there IS more to BL3 than that. Thank you for your honesty!

[@Baja383]

I've always enjoyed the constant banter running in the background while your playing. Made it seem something was always going on even when your playing by your lonesome.

[@steveo1131]

"Sequel to Borderlands the Pre-Sequel," If it was a sequel it would've followed the Eridian Watcher's "a war is coming" plotpoint, which hyped me up for the game, but instead they went with THESE VILLIANS? The hell Gearbox, what the hell! I thought they would've touched up on the plot point, but from what I've heard so far he's not in the game. Probably in a future paid DLC. Which is worse, but at least something.

[@nd8490]

Pro tip. Play BL3 offline,in privacy mode. It runs wayyyyy better offline.

[@DemureDoughDaddy]

This game is solid. I’ve really enjoyed my time in it so far, but I got to say the writing is total shit. Always has been, but everything is so cringey I can’t help but agree with you. Especially running the coffee missions and such, I thought those were really stupid. But the gunplay is great.

[@Ragnheiour]

yes because the only thing people complain about "its the epic game store exclusive", it's not like there any other drama with the game it self, gear box and 2k *rolling my eyes*

[@Gggmanlives]

How does all that affect the game though? The only thing that flat out affects the game is the EGS. Randy doing shady shit doesn't make BL3 a worse off game. It ruins your perception of the game, not the game itself.

[@Ragnheiour]

@@Gggmanlives Bad pr = lover sales number less people will play it. In every other review you make jabs at the games industry for garbage practices but of course borderlands 3 gets a free pass cause bias.

[@DP-fq7iy]

Yeah, wouldn’t give GB money IF they made a good game.

[@jackhopkins9870]

Bet they're gutted...

[@Kharn526]

BTW that slam move is from Pre Sequel!

[@JesusChrist-lh8di]

Gimmicky weapons? Have you ever played a BL game ??