![]() ![]() Borderlands on Switch is attractive and playable, and the only real concession is having to play with the Joy-Con and their stubby analogue sticks.Īs with any other shooter on Switch, from Overwatch to Wolfenstein, you’re going to be better served by playing with the Pro Controller at home, but that’s hardly Borderlands’ fault. I was incredibly impressed with how clear and vivid the image is on the Switch’s built in screen, and while there’s still the same lack of anti-aliasing, it matters a great deal less. Borderlands on Switch looks like Borderlands, and that includes when playing handheld. The thing is that Borderlands’ bold comic-book art-style makes any roughness virtually meaningless. There’s certainly none of the screen tearing that was so prevalent on the original Xbox 360 and PS3 releases, and considering their age, it’s not much of a surprise that the Switch port is so consistent. They also appear in the Xbox One and PS4 versions – though those consoles shoot for 60fps instead of 30fps – so it’s not an issue that’s purely limited to Nintendo’s less powerful console. Performance is solid, whether at home attached to the TV or on the go, though there are occasional hiccups and stutters here and there. Besides that, there’s some obvious texture pop-in as you make your way through the landscape, though how much that bothers you is likely to be more personal it didn’t bother me in the slightest. In a head to head battle it’s clear that the more powerful consoles, and of course the PC, are offering a better-looking image. It’s obvious when jumping from the Xbox One or PS4 versions, where image quality is certainly smoother. The clarity of the image plays out that resolution, but there’s some visible roughness to the visuals that comes from a near-complete lack of anti-aliasing. When docked The Borderlands Legendary Collection runs at 1080p, aiming for 30fps. It’s a recipe that’s continued to work for Gearbox for eleven years, and, really, why stop now. It’s everywhere, and the incremental differences between gun types, manufacturers and special attributes mean you’ll spend almost as much time sifting through your loot as you will acquiring it. The meaty gunplay, the exploration, and indeed pretty much any action you take, is likely to result in a myriad array of guns, ammo, and money springing out at you. Nothing says Borderlands like playing on the toilet until your legs go dead, does it?īorderlands is the prototypical looter shooter. You’ve been able to play it nearly everywhere, but now, with the arrival of the Legendary Collection on Nintendo Switch you really can. While that’s not likely to be entirely true (the first game appeared barely eleven years ago), we’ve seen the Borderlands series straddle two generations, taking in a bunch of competing consoles, even including some of the less popular ones like the PS Vita, Google Stadia and VR. ![]() If you’re anything like me, you probably feel as though you’ve been playing Borderlands your entire life.
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