Borderlands 4 is out now on PC through Steam and the Epic Retailer. And the looter shooter sequel is already the largest Borderlands launch on Steam, with over 200,000 concurrent gamers just some hours after its launch. However critiques on Steam aren’t nice, as many gamers are struggling to even play the co-op FPS.
On September 11, Borderlands 4 launched on PC. The long-awaited sequel to Gearbox’s Borderlands 3 is an even bigger, higher, and wilder expertise than the earlier recreation, that includes a number of sensible modifications and additions to the traditional looting-shooting system. Nevertheless, that’s solely the case in the event you can really play the sport and luxuriate in it. And on PC, gamers are reporting plenty of efficiency points, even on {hardware} that Gearbox listed as assembly the wanted specs.
As of 4:30 pm EST on Steam, Borderlands 4 has about 2,000 critiques which can be completely divided between damaging and constructive, giving the sport a 50 p.c blended standing. That’s no good! Scrolling by means of critiques, the largest complaints appear to be not in regards to the content material of the sport, however about how poorly it performs on numerous {hardware} setups. Gamers are additionally complaining about stuttering and hitching, or being compelled to make use of DLSS to play the sport at a secure framerate. Others can’t even boot the sport up, reporting crashes earlier than they even get into the motion.
In fact, there are additionally loads of critiques from folks saying that they had no points in any respect and claiming that individuals complaining have to improve their PCs. That is the web, so after all it devolved right into a battle with numerous sides and factions.
Within the critiques on Steam, the most well-liked culprits individuals are blaming for the dangerous efficiency embody Unreal Engine 5 and DRM safety software program Denuvo. During the last yr or so, Unreal Engine 5 has turn out to be a goal on-line as gamers imagine the engine isn’t well-suited to huge video games and is difficult to optimize. The complaints have gotten so loud on-line that Epic CEO Tim Sweeney even stepped in lately to defend the engine and lay the blame on devs who aren’t centered on optimization early sufficient within the cycle.
My expertise taking part in Borderlands 4 on PC
I’ve been taking part in Borderlands 4 on PC for the final week, and my expertise has been up and down. Once I first acquired the sport, I used to be taking part in on an RTX 3070 and struggled to run it at 1080p at 60FPS. I upgraded my rig to an RTX 5070 (one thing I had been planning on doing for a number of months now), and Borderlands 4 ran a lot better. Nevertheless, I nonetheless discovered that I wanted to run the sport with DLSS on and body gen to succeed in 120 FPS at 1080 with some settings kicked right down to medium. Contemplating the specs within the machine, I used to be shocked by how energy hungry the sport is, and I’ll admit that I proceed to be upset with Unreal Engine 5 video games.
That mentioned, ever since I discovered some settings that labored and downloaded the most recent drivers, which weren’t out there once I first acquired entry to the sport, I’ve been having a good time taking part in the sport on PC. It largely locks to 120 with my present settings and setup, and it feels nice. I must also level out, although, that there’s been some chatter indicating that the day-one patch for the sport, which arrived shortly earlier than launch, might have brought on issues that weren’t current when critics and content material creators have been taking part in it pre-release. In my fast assessments, I’ve discovered the latest patch, the one individuals are taking part in with on Steam proper now, appears to convey with it some points that weren’t current earlier than the day-one patch. However I have to play extra to essentially see if issues are damaged.
I hope Gearbox points a patch on PC quickly to assist enhance issues a bit. Or on the very least, eliminate Denuvo ASAP.
