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PC Gamer
Nick Evanson

I've tested Borderlands 4 on a minimum spec PC and a monster RTX 5090 rig, and it runs just as 'Borderlands-at-launch' as you'd expect

A siren summons a ball of purple energy.

When it comes to the Borderland series, some things never change: The cel-shaded look Gearbox settled on all those years ago, the love-it-or-hate-it humour. And on PC, there's one more thing you can throw into the mix: every major Borderlands game has run like a bag of frogs juggling bowling balls on release. Which is to say, not very well.

Post-launch patches solve most of the issues in time, but stutters, hitches, and relatively low frame rates are the norm for the series, so my expectations for Borderlands 4's launch performance weren't very high. And sure enough, it needs work.

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