Stuart Cullen
TechStomperBorderlands 4 review - Bloody Cel
Published 10/5/2025
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90
+8 vs critic avg
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Series X|S / Switch 2 / PC / PS5 - 9/12/2025
Borderlands 4
See if you have what it takes to go down in history as a legendary Vault Hunter as you search for secret alien treasure, blasting everything in sight.
- Developer
- Gearbox Software
- Publisher
- 2K
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82
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Critic avg
82
61 scored reviews
Total coverage
61
All coverage currently scored
Score range
60–100
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Signal shape
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 82 across 61 scored reviews, with a 40-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
Score distribution
Shows how included scored reviews are clustered across the normalized 100-point scale.
61 included scored reviews
90–10019 reviews · 31%
80–8930 reviews · 49%
70–796 reviews · 10%
Below 706 reviews · 10%
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Joseph Repko
Lords Of GamingBorderlands 4 Review - The Unstable Vault
Published 10/2/2025
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75
-7 vs critic avg
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Read originalPaul Renshaw
TheXboxHubBorderlands 4 Review
Published 9/30/2025
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90
+8 vs critic avg
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Read originalAlister Kennedy
GfinityBorderlands 4 Is the Fresh Start Fans and Newcomers Needed
Published 9/26/2025
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Score
90
+8 vs critic avg
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Read originalAndrew King
TheGamerBorderlands 4 Review - Treasure In The Vault
Published 9/25/2025
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90
+8 vs critic avg
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Read originalLeon Lockhart
Rectify GamingReview: Borderlands
Published 9/24/2025
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80
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalJames Clarkson
The Outerhaven ProductionsBorderlands 4 Review (XSX) – The Vault Cracks Wide Open
Published 9/24/2025
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100
+18 vs critic avg
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Read originalRick Lane
EurogamerBorderlands 4 review - still frustrates as much as it thrills, but for different reasons this time
Published 9/23/2025
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60
-22 vs critic avg
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Read originalAndrew Cooper
Gamer Social ClubBorderlands 4 Review
Published 9/23/2025
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80
-2 vs critic avg
Review
Read originalSheree Buchholz
Nexus HubBorderlands 4
Published 9/23/2025
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85
+3 vs critic avg
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