There are a few quality of life improvements, the biggest of which is the mini-map system from Borderlands 2. Although the framerate does lower to compensate them. ![]() On console, it is also possible to play 4-person split-screen mode, which I did find quite fun actually. The console versions are able to run at 60 fps now, which is nice enough. The world is still designed as it was for the previous console generation, so the number of objects on screen at any point have not changed significantly, which I feel is more noticeable than resolution. It’s all been generally smoothed over around the edges and can reach 4k, depending on your platform, but I honestly couldn’t tell much of a difference between that and the lower settings once you get up there. ![]() Graphically, much has been made of the supposed improvements in this release, but the fact is that the art style is pretty timeless, so nothing is really that much of a change. If you only ever played the base version, that should be some incentive, because the DLC was pretty good on average. The GOTY edition from 2010 included all of the DLC and the same is true here, so all the content possible from Borderlands has been included. Let’s look at what else you get in this remaster. From there you’re pretty much let loose in the world to complete a variety of RPG-lite quests and earn lots of interesting guns as rewards. You still have the same choice of four vault hunters to play as, and my personal favourite from all the titles, Brick, is still the best one, don’t even try and argue about it. Borderlands had decidedly less character focus and major world-important plot going on, so everyone that is more familiar with the more narrative Borderlands 2 and Pre-sequel will find themselves in a bit of a barebones world by comparison. What you have is the same FPS loot and shoot adventure full of whimsy and charm on a dangerous and deadly planet that we first experienced in 2009. There was a GOTY edition released back in 2010 when it made sense, but now, ten years after the original release, it just sounds extremely uninspired. This Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition gets off to a middling start with the title – I’m not entirely sure if it’s meant to be a joke or not, or if it’s just laziness. This is the best way to play Borderlands, but is it really necessary to do so again? It’s a fine game, but then again, it always was – this release serves almost entirely as a promotion for the release of Borderlands 3 later in the year. Yet even I was taken aback at how shallow this Borderlands remaster was. Are you excited for Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition? Let us know in the comments below.We’ve covered a lot of remasters, and re-releases recently, and I like to think I’ve become something of a connoisseur of them at this point. No word yet on price, but it’s not like we’ll have to wait long to find out. ![]() The Handsome Collection, which includes Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel, will also be getting free 4K and UHD updates on April 3rd. Titled Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition, the remastered version will include a number of quality of life changes over the original game, including UI updates, 4 player splitscreen support and more. Some midget psychos are getting their heads punched off. Ooft, this Gearbox PAX East stream has been a bit of an unmitigated shitshow, but it has been announced that the original Borderlands will be getting a 4K and UHD remaster, set to launch on April 3rd on PS4, Xbox One and PC, which means I’ll finally be reunited with my sweet, sweet Brick.
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