It’s time to admit Borderlands captured lightning in a bottle with this game, and Borderlands 4 proves it will never happen again

Even now, Borderlands 2 is considered the high point of the Borderlands series. It’s especially praised for its fantastic writing, and its villain, Handsome Jack, is often ranked among the best in video game history. The game remains incredibly replayable thanks to its fun gameplay and the wealth of downloadable content released after it came out, even 13 years later. While Borderlands 2 is often seen as the standard for the franchise, looking at the games that followed suggests its success might have been a unique case, rather than a sign of things to come.





