Borderlands 4 is out now on PC by way of 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 opinions 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 a much bigger, higher, and wilder expertise than the earlier recreation, that includes a number of sensible adjustments and additions to the basic looting-shooting method. Nonetheless, that’s solely the case if you happen to can really play the sport and revel in it. And on PC, gamers are reporting numerous 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 opinions which can be completely divided between unfavorable and constructive, giving the sport a 50 p.c combined standing. That’s no good! Scrolling via opinions, the largest complaints appear to be not in regards to the content material of the sport, however about how poorly it performs on varied {hardware} setups. Gamers are additionally complaining about stuttering and hitching, or being pressured to make use of DLSS to play the sport at a steady framerate. Others can’t even boot the sport up, reporting crashes earlier than they even get into the motion.
After all, there are additionally loads of opinions from folks saying that they had no points in any respect and claiming that individuals complaining must improve their PCs. That is the web, so in fact it devolved right into a warfare with varied sides and factions.
Within the opinions on Steam, the preferred culprits persons are blaming for the unhealthy efficiency embody Unreal Engine 5 and DRM safety software program Denuvo. During the last 12 months or so, Unreal Engine 5 has develop into a goal on-line as gamers consider the engine isn’t well-suited to large 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 bought 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 couple of months now), and Borderlands 4 ran a lot better. Nonetheless, I nonetheless discovered that I wanted to run the sport with DLSS on and body gen to achieve 120 FPS at 1080 with some settings kicked right down to medium. Contemplating the specs within the machine, I used to be stunned by how energy hungry the sport is, and I’ll admit that I proceed to be dissatisfied with Unreal Engine 5 video games.
That mentioned, ever since I discovered some settings that labored and downloaded the newest drivers, which weren’t accessible after I first bought entry to the sport, I’ve been having a good time taking part in the sport on PC. It principally 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, could have triggered 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 persons are taking part in with on Steam proper now, appears to deliver with it some points that weren’t current earlier than the day-one patch. However I must 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.
