2K and Gearbox released Battleborn on May 3rd for PC, Xbox One and PS4. The main reason I was drawn to Battleborn was due to some of the similarities it had to the Borderlands series.

Battleborn is a cooperative "hero shooter" first and foremost. You can pick from one of 25 (yes 25!) different characters, join up with four other people (or play solo) to fight hordes of enemies across eight massive interlinking campaign missions.

Well presented + 25 characters + Skill tree system works well + Tons of in-game character content + Massive Maps

BUGS!; Multiplayer characters don't feel balanced; Replayability Lacking; Visual Overload; Humour Delivery

By now you have no doubt heard of Battleborn , the newest multiplayer shooter from Gearbox Software. We've had our eyes on it since October of last year and now that it has finally released I can't help but see the amazing progress this game has made since its early days.

Incredible depth of gameplay; Melds together other genres; Character diversity impactful

Combat almost too hectic; Too many characters locked; No ability to choose all story missions

Hero shooters are the ‘in thing'. Adding just a pinch of MOBA into first person shooters, they combine MMO elements with cooperative and competitive online gaming with flare, riffing off games such as Destiny and the Division.

Since the release of Borderlands 2 the goodwill surrounding Gearbox Software as a studio has taken a few hits. Well, one major Aliens: Colonial Marines-sized hit in 2013. Although you could probably chalk that one up to too many cooks, the fact remains that it left a lot of its fans feeling more...

Battleborn is one of developer Gearbox Software's biggest investments of time and money ever. Packed with heroes and powered by the mechanics of a first-person shooter, Battleborn is an amalgam of a number of different sorts of shooters pulled together with the art style and humor of a Borderlands...

There has been multiple times where similar concepts in video games have been released within a very close time frame. Does anyone remember Second Sight and Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy? Or Infamous and Prototype ?

That's about all I can say about it. If that feels like an unfair review, it's because Battleborn doesn't really do anything well. It's a game that many people will likely enjoy, but a game devoid of soul.

got it at a pretty awesome price as well since the game was just released not too long ago. would be much better if they focus on making a long story mode instead of focusing on the multiplayer mode.

Battleborn : I would like to start off by saying how excited I was to play this game. I got in to the Borderlands games when they first came out and achieved a platinum trophy on both Borderlands 1 and 2. As well as that, I then rebought the games for the PS4.