Borderlands 4 is a tricky game to score. If you're eyeing up Gearbox's latest shooter solely for an opportunity to turn hapless raiders into sludge and throw explosive guns at robots until your trigger finger goes numb, I can cut to the chase right now and tell you that yes – Borderlands 4 will let you do just that, and you'll grin from ear-to-ear while plucking loot from the gloop.
This is, after all, exactly what Borderlands as a series is designed to do: live fast, die young, pay to be resurrected and do it all over again. But beyond that core concept, Borderlands 4 is dated and at times irritating – undeniably an excellent looter-shooter, but one that requires a bit of tunnel vision to fully enjoy.
