The Highs and Lows of Borderlands 4

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Borderlands 4 reimagines the series with more weapons and less snark. Will that be enough to appease longtime fans and attract skeptical newcomers? The Besties chat about the many positive tweaks and the one structural decision that impacts the entire experience. Plus, Justin talks about mobile Destiny, and Plante shares his opinions on a new co-op indie game.

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0:00.0	I feel like copies of Borderlands 4 represent to me the, it's such an autumnal game, isn't it?
0:08.1	It's an extraordinarily autot.
0:09.7	When I play it, the game should come with a slice of banana bread and a pot of chili and just a whole pumpkin.
0:18.4	It should come served in a whole pumpkin, cornucopia style.
0:21.9	So spirited has it gotten me for the autumn season.
0:25.3	Why are you fucking laughing at me, Chris?
0:27.2	Don't act like you don't agree with this association
0:29.8	that borderlands playing borderlands.
0:32.5	It should come on the Madden demo disc
0:34.3	because it's fall now, baby.
0:37.1	What is it?
0:38.3	You guys are leaving me out to absolutely dry here.
0:42.3	No, no, no.
0:43.3	I'm trying to figure is it because it's association with magic?
0:45.3	Like what is, what about it?
0:48.3	Color palette.
0:49.3	The color palette of Borderlands is extraordinarily fall-like.
0:53.3	The foliage in this game is crisp and gorgeous
0:56.7	uh okay i'm starting to i think i'm starting to see the problem here i what's that so when when you
1:03.7	play the game does it open with the words costume quest yes got it yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah so you're you probably have caught on too that
1:14.1	Griffin just I will say that in I feel like in the borderlands for discussion today I'm going to be
1:20.1	carrying the bulk of that if Griffin has been playing the 2013 release costume quest
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