
Borderlands 4 might just be the best game in the whole 16-year-old series, trapped in a prison of terrible choices—choices that didn't stop me from losing 47 hours of my life to a blissfully loot-driven blur. Which leads me to two conclusions: Either my brain is truly broken, or the core loop in BL4's clunky heart is seriously that strong.
What is it?: The latest looter-shooter by Gearbox Software, where you run, gun, and grind your way across the prison planet Kairos.
Expect to pay: $69.99 / £59.99
Developer: Gearbox
Publisher: 2k Games
Reviewed on: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Ryzen 7 5800 8-Core Processor, 16GB RAM, Force MP600 SSD.
Multiplayer?: Up to 4-player co-op.
Link: Official site