"When we first got our hands on the original Borderlands back in 2009, we couldn't have imagined just how influential the franchise would end up being, as the developers at Gearbox simultaneously invented and popularized the RPG looter shooter subgenre. Franchises like Destiny and The Division probably would never have existed had Borderlands not paved the way. But there's nothing quite like the series that started it all, which is back for more in 2025 with Borderlands 4."
"GameSpot has been along for the ride with Borderlands since the beginning, and the launch of the franchise's fourth numbered title makes for a pretty solid occasion for looking back on how we evaluated each of the full games in the series when each of them was first released. This is not a best-to-worst ranking or anything like that. We're just going in release order here. Just keep in mind these reviews were written in the moment without the benefit of hindsight that we have"
The original Borderlands (2009) helped invent and popularize the RPG looter shooter subgenre, directly influencing later franchises such as Destiny and The Division. The series preserves a distinctive blend of humor, cooperative shooting, and randomized loot, and it returns in 2025 with Borderlands 4. GameSpot has covered Borderlands from the beginning and marks the fourth numbered launch as an occasion to revisit evaluations of each full game at their original releases. The revisit proceeds in strict release order rather than assigning a best-to-worst ranking. The original reviews were written in the moment and therefore did not have the benefit of hindsight available now.
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