Every Borderlands Game Ranked From WORST To BEST

In the late 2000s, the video game world was awash with brown, gritty games. The military shooter boom of the middle of the decade had left consoles and PCs flooded with serious, manly games about war and its varying levels of horror, and whilst many of these titles were very, very good, gamers were crying out for something with a little more… pizazz. Enter Borderlands. Rather than fading into obscurity among the rest of the sludge, Borderlands bounced onto the scene with colourful deeley-boppers and a foul mouth, delighting gamers as it went. Since its 2009 release, Borderlands has spawned two sequels, a pre-sequel, and multiple spin-offs, as well as comics, novels, tabletop games, and even a live-action movie. But of all of the Borderlands video games, which are the jewels of Pandora and which should be left to rot in a vault? Here is Every Borderlands Video Game Ranked from Worst to Best.
Featured Borderlands games:
• Borderlands
• Borderlands 2
• Borderlands 3
• Borderlands Legends
• Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
• New Tales from the Borderlands
• Tales from the Borderlands
• Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Cat Elliott
#Borderlands #Wonderlands #Gearbox
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[@TeamTripleJump]

Which is your favourite of Gearbox's Borderlands titles? Favourite class? We're big siren fans personally 😎

[@barnkat573]

Krieg

[@Bakuru]

Zero will always be my favorite 🔥🔥🔥

[@Paul_McSeol]

Tales will always be my number one. Class? Mechromancer. DLC? Guns, live and tentacles.

[@louisewilliams1258]

B2 and Axton

[@professormilly2021]

My favorite thing about Borderlands is the cell shaded art style.

[@ReverendRaff]

I can still remember the absolute unbridled JOY I experienced playing the original Borderlands for the first time. It was a breath of fresh air for me in terms of gaming as a whole.

[@jimdavies9354]

The first Borderlands will always be the best to me.

[@RileyDia]

2: Borderlands 1 1: Borderlands 2

[@Courier_Seven]

Top tier take. Brick was amazingly fun to play as but my personal favorite main was roland, as i usually played with my brothers and the support and buffs from that tiny scorpio turret he had was INSANE, It actually made his death more impactful for me personally. Top G. Handsome jack and bl2 was the peak of the series tho.

[@jburrr3142]

I wanted to feel the same attachment with BL3 that I did with BL2 but I just couldn’t, I’m glad this list reaffirmed my feelings. BL2 just has a much better story and I’m not even a big story guy, but the humor and story telling in BL3 just felt a bit corny like they were reaching to recreate what they did in BL2. BL2 is a timeless classic that I’m still playing to this day, hopefully we get a BL4 that can match what we got in BL2 because if we do it can be up there with the best looter shooter games of all time.

[@connor1910]

I know I’m a month late but i feel like Bl2 and Bl3 are both extremely corny, but Bl2 is just sincere and genuine in its corniness while Bl3 isn’t. Imo Bl3 is the Love and Thunder to Bl2’s Ragnarok

[@LuminalSpoon]

I still can't get over how good TFTB was, I'm not even a Borderlands fan and I loved it.

[@Paul_McSeol]

Some of the best writing I’ve ever seen in a game. Loader Bot, we love you.

[@lennychurch]

Same here. It’s also one of my favourites from Telltale.

[@Paul_McSeol]

I’d love to see two follow up lists. One ranking the DLC, of course, and will expect to see Guns, Love and Tentacles near the top. Another ranking all your playable characters. I think that one could be really tough though. Great list. Thanks so much!

[@Midragor]

Justice for the Pre-Sequel, it's much better than this rank!!!

[@celticreviews3899]

It was kinda mid tho

[@TheBat007]

I tried so hard to enjoy it but it’s just pretty bad

[@stevenbrooks8983]

The Pre-Sequel is so under rated.

[@john-paulkesseler4180]

Tales From The Borderlands ranked too low. I will remember that.

[@Justforvisit]

*Reloads Chapter*

[@ManuMora199]

If you are going to rank the DLCs in the future you might as well rank the vault hunters too

[@cgzepp]

Yes, please

[@davidgrady9220]

That was great fun! 2 is undeniably the best, but I loved them all. Zane’s my fave to use tho. Also, can we have an Every Final Fantasy ever next? 🙏

[@qactustick]

The one issue I have with this list is not counting Pre-Sequel among 'the numbered games' as though it's some type of spin-off. The sad part is that the wider BL community seems to agree with snubbing it for this arbitrary reason, as it's often not even mentioned in discussions of which game is 'best', as though it doesn't even exist.

[@raargebloktesnor]

We JUST started playing the first game again (didn't know there was a physical PS4 version). 🤩🤩

[@kidokoala]

Every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Video Game Ranked Worst to Best

[@mosstwig3591]

Borderlands 1 should be above 3. I've never had the desire to replay 3, unlike the first one.

[@Hxlst]

Honestly don’t get the pre sequel hate, i really think it’s the second best game in the series

[@Becauseimbrian]

Would love to see every Ratchet & Clank game ranked!

[@Ghostbody]

Tales of the Borderlands 1 for favorite and class would probably be Psycho with Mechnomancer right beside it

[@Paul_McSeol]

Gaige was OP as hell and I loved playing through as her.

[@DerkuiDerkui]

I still play a lot of good ol' Borderlands. I have bought that game so many times: Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Switch, and PC.

[@kensuter1441]

Holy heck, I just bought these to play fully. Yall are living in my head rent free

[@nicholasnaro8963]

Every SNK games ranked from worst to best

[@Str8outta604]

I only played Borderlands 2 on VITA 😅 shooting flying sht is impossible lol

[@hellonation33]

My list based on fun: S Tier BL3 Bl2 A Tier TTWL with Redux mod B Tier Pre-sequel

[@BirdGang6]

Every Yakuza game please and thank you!

[@RileyDia]

You can't make a whole list of number ones though

[@Midragor]

​@@RileyDia Can't hug every cat dilemma

[@BrotherMag]

Borderlands 3 shouldn't bebso high. Ava and the twins killed the game

[@occono3543]

You left out Borderlands 2 VR, and not as part of the mentioned exclusions either. I mean it's not a great version, but it is distinct and you forgot it 🤭

[@dirtmckert1149]

.....just a friendly FYI (or simply a reminder for ye, ehhh------ ?? hehhh) for team TJ (@7:09): As opposed to your amazing "nickname" of sorts for "Frozen Yogurt", we do have a name for this here in the States (which I noticed is in Fran's "title"): "FroYo" --- although, I'm betting y'all were just being a bit cheeky here (as y'all oftentimes are, much to us users' delight), and are likely quite aware of this already =-] hehh.... but, tbh, I rather like "FroYog" and may just start using this name for "FroYo" instead [-=

[@kingpin1331]

Every Ratchet & Clank game ranked?

[@themarvelousjoe1501]

1. Borderlands 2 2. Tales From The Borderlands 3. Borderlands

[@okaythen7360]

The humour of borderlands 3 was praised?! Did you guys do any research?

[@jacket6139]

I gotta say i put so much time into bl2 but bl3 is my favorite. Its criminal you put it at 3.

[@RogerWazup007]

I like that this was thought-out instead of being based only on Metacritic numbers.

[@Nevergates]

Yup. That's the correct order alright.

[@peterkirby7546]

I never played 3, because I heard that while the gameplay was still more of the same great fun, it seemed that the dialogue and humor had to crossed the delicate line from amusingly silly and crude, into just downright pathetic and off-putting'.

[@StrengthOfSamson45]

Triple Jump > what culture gaming

[@Doodeeization]

Why does peter sound like a robot?

[@leonardbacalzo]

Borderlands: The Squeakquel

[@anvil4life]

The OG borderlands is hands down the best. I hated 2 at release and stopped playing it so i never made it through the entirety of it. The pre sequel was awful and 3 was awful. 2 has grown on me and i am now trying to actually finish the game then im gonna go through the pre sequel again which will be painful. And anything outside of the 4 games are god awful. Tales wasnt fun at all. But nothing beats the OG as a matter of fact i play that one still to this day

[@classicgamer323]

9:09 actually, the word your are looking for is Midquel - a piece of media that exists in the middle of a franchise or in-between another piece of work 🎉

[@Justforvisit]

No, no, it's "Pre-Sequel", as Borderlands has taught us. That's the new norm now!

[@chasedwyer5167]

i think bl3 gets too much hate tbh. i’m not saying it’s the best game ever or even in the series not even top 2 but it’s a good game that has a bad story that was hours of fun with friends to play best gunplay and movement which is most important to me personally and the world itself was the most beautiful

[@chumbosaurio7099]

Presequel lore >>> borderlands 3 story

[@TyphonJRT]

Now do the same for the gameplay. I mean, who actually plays Borderlands for the story anyways?

[@TenguHD]

Day 1 of asking for every One Piece game to be ranked.

[@ILOVEPITS2]

Pre sequel is far better than borderlands 3 better story better characters better everything

[@whenisdinner2137]

Borderlands 3 has much better gameplay, pacing, and enemies. Also has better guns and builds.

[@derekwilhelm1555]

U rank bl3 higher than presequel yea this is rigged presequel is way better than 3 who ever made this list is fucking stupid wonderlands should be worse than presequel not better its one of the 2 games that killed the series

[@pantsmage970]

Isnt there only like three? 😂

[@petesmart1983]

Gearbox made a crap game with new tales

[@petenehl1685]

Borderlands 3 is way overrated compared to the rest...bad villains, bad plot, meh hunters...it would be below PreSequel and Borderlands, and possibly tied with TFTB

[@trippytravis8812]

Borderlands the pre sequel is just below borderlands 2 in terms of story the end game is the only bad part

[@eternalfailure4081]

Interquel

[@ZeldaCDI99]

How the hell is presequel LOWER than 3

[@TyphonJRT]

I dare you to tell me the gameplay in presequel is better than 3.

[@somethingboss]

If Borderlands 2 isn't no1, then you're wrong. End of story.

[@barnkat573]

I swear to God you put borderlands 3 at number 1 and I'm unsubscribing

[@Tez.6]

Froyo

[@jamesmcgeachy5433]

🎉

[@milosgagic5689]

I wonder how many of us turned off the video after that terrible opening joke

[@thomasgrieve1924]

Borderlands 3 being in 3rd place is the worst take this channel has had in awhile It's 2 places too high That game is proof positive that Anthony Burch deserved the lion's share of credit for the success of this franchise 2 is so much better written than every other game in this series (not including Tales From the Borderlands), it's embarrassing And 3 is by far the worst written That game is straight ass

[@hellonation33]

This is not a novel. Being poorly written is not the only aspect of what makes a good game. I hate how polarizing this "community" can be.

[@Frank_Dietrich]

1. Borderland 2 👍👍👍👍👍👍 2. Borderland The Pre Sequel 👍👍👍👍 3. Borderland 1 👍👍 4. Borderland 3 👎👎

[@tannedbalony]

Pre sequel was better than wonderlands

[@aliensweathands]

👽

[@alexmikedis9609]

borderlands is def better than borderlands 3 this list is sketch

[@russellmeauxrussellmania8806]

47 likes in 30 minutes? Bros are slipping off

[@cajunotaku3256]

Borderlands Legends is leaps and bounds better than New Tales from the Borderlands. Y’all are just terrified to put a mobile game higher than dead last.

[@petesmart1983]

Mobile games are generally pay to play and crap

[@cajunotaku3256]

@@petesmart1983 legends wasn’t half bad. If you bought the game for $10, then you don’t have to worry about any micro transactions.

[@jedipookie]

Putting Borderlands 3 so high means you don’t know anything about Borderlands 🤦‍♂️

[@derekwilhelm1555]

Yea exactly this whole list is shit the writers of the list dont know anything about the series

[@johananj.j8003]

Nope, it just means he has a different preference. I don't understand why people want to disseminate for different opinions. Like you want humans to be a hive mind or something?

[@Stoked4Good]

Video too wordy, long af. Shorter is better. My rank... 1) BL3 (close call, ish) 2) BL2 3) BL1 4) TTW 5) The Pre-Sequel

[@emanuele8718]

Borderlands 3 is superior to Borderlands 2 in every way except for Jack. Plus, Borderlands the Pre-Sequel has better single playthrough than Borderlands 2

[@BamboozledxFern]

1 TPS 2 Tales Everything else is ass

[@MimonJesus67]

Borderlands 3 is trash.

[@skitariisoldier7367]

You really think the opinions of critics matter? LOL what a joke!