There are no big surprises here: Borderlands 4 is more Borderlands. But if you're all extraction-shootered-out and a regular old co-op campaign is what you're looking for (I can sympathize), then I think you've got something to look forward to. Specifically: a big world, some fun new movement abilities, a cool hover bike, and fewer pop culture gags (at least so they say!).
The majority of my time in Borderlands 4, which I played for a few hours during a visit to 2K's offices last month, was spent exploring its uncharacteristically green opening environment. It's set on a new planet, Kairos, which had been hidden from the universe until series protagonist Lilith went and teleported a moon into its orbit at the end of Borderlands 3.
