![]() ![]() Transferring saves, however, is a different story. In other words, if you played on PS4, you can nab the PS5 version at no extra cost, while Xbox One players can pick up the “optimised for Xbox Series X|S” (man, I’m so sick of that phrasing) for the same zero-dollar price tag. The upgraded versions of Borderlands 3 are free to owners of the last-gen versions, but not across platforms. All told, this is the version of Borderlands 3 I wish I played 14 months ago. ![]() Piling the faster load times, the transcendent haptics, and, sure, why not, the improved framerate on top of an already rock-solid foundation is, no surprise, an easy recipe for success. Co-op has just one drawback: Size-6 font. If you told me Borderlands would be the game to make me feel that way, I’d have (probably very impolitely) laughed in your face. If you told me a year ago that I’d want to play all my gun games on PlayStation rather than Xbox, I’d have politely disagreed. I now want to play every first-person shooter this generation on the PS5. Borderlands 3 is the first true next-gen shooter I’ve played on the PS5. These breakthroughs are magnificent - not just for how they function in minute-to-minute gameplay but for what they suggest for the future. Automatic rifles and submachine guns hum with the soothing buzz of a massage chair, while rocket launchers kick as hard as a donkey. Charge-up firearms rev like a motorcycle. When you shoot a burst-fire hand cannon, you’ll feel the right trigger tense up with each individual round. Same for when you jump, or land from a modest height, or reload a weapon. Breaking into a sprint causes an ever-so-subtle rumble. Borderlands 3 makes full use of the DualSense’s advanced haptics to delightful effect. Meanwhile, the best new addition, at least for players on PS5, isn’t on-screen at all. No, of course I didn’t besmirch my screen with that.) (In other multiplayer options, heathens will be happy to hear that Borderlands 3 now includes vertical two-player splitscreen. ![]() No reason that’d be any different this time around. I’ll just say this: Borderlands has always been at its best when you have four people on one couch. Just one of my roommates still plays the game, and I’m not about to break the apartment’s social-distancing bubble for the sake of hunting skag. Though I’m itching to, I haven’t been able to try the much-anticipated four-player splitscreen. The two-player mode still rules, same as ever. Outside of that, multiplayer is largely unchanged. Seriously, look at this:Ĭo-op players will be thrilled to hear that opening your inventory no longer causes your partner to freeze up. On PS5, though, it’s smooth as glass, with nearly no hiccups between tabs. Go to tab between your skills and your inventory and you might as well, I don’t know, get up to make dinner. Anyone who’s played Borderlands 3 on a standard-issue PS4 knows how clunky the menus can get. ![]() Now? The same load regularly takes me less than a minute. Going from the dashboard icon to the main hub area of Sanctuary III - a task that included some lightning-quick reflexes - took 3:41 on PS4. Indeed, when we tested loading speeds between the PS4 and the PS5, we found that Borderlands 3 booted up whole minutes faster on the newer console. (For reference, I played the original on PlayStation 4 and this new version on PS5.) Borderlands 3 is a notoriously slow-loading game. The real differences can be found in how it functions. ![]()
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