This game at the time when I played it last year was just what I needed. It's a game that pulls you along a story and mostly tries to make you feel like you're still part of that story while playing as the two main characters, but this is a more hands-off game than the average video game. If you've played other games from this developer, you already understand entirely.

The new cast fits pretty well inside of the Borderlands universe, especially the main characters who combine the standard Borderlands wackeyness with a sly frenemy plot. The universe is used well here, both for the serious lore and backstory, but also when the game just wants to have fun and do ridiculous and hilarious-but-!@#$ed-up things (sometimes at the same time). It thematically fits well within the style set by Borderlands 2 and Pre-Sequel.

The plot itself doesn't revolve around something off-to-the-side either; it detirmines the fate of a lot of central and prominent parts in the Borderlands universe, especially relating to 2 and Pre-Sequel (with much of the cast from both returning in cameos). Quite a few outcomes for quite a few big things are settled with the two protagonists right at the center, and the characters themselves develop in a nice and sufficient way during these events (you know, the standard "we're ♥♥♥♥♥ to each other but now we're less ♥♥♥♥♥ to each other" ordeal of plot - it's presented well here though!)

There are different choices to make, different eyeballs to scoop out with a fork, and different elemental ammo types to fire out of your cologne bottle-sized pistol. There's quicktime events too, which can be an upside or a downside depending on who you ask. Personally I thought that even though it's its own narrative and that's the focus, it does a good job of making you feel like you're still part of it and inside of it, which is a step up from a movie.

Either if you like the Borderlands universe a lot, or just want something with a good story to get engrossed in the characters and take your mind off of things (or both, like me) then this is a really good title to pick up!