Over the course of my playtime with a vertical slice demo of Borderlands 3, I butchered hordes of not-so-innocent psychos – all for the noble cause of restoring an awesome coffee shop – chopped off a man’s arm who just needed a little bit of blood taken for a sample, and found a gun that shot corrosive and explosive cheeseburgers, with flavor text that references a certain viral video involving a man, a cheeseburger, and the word dayum.

Needless to say, Borderlands 3 has not lost its unique sense of style or humor over the last five years since The Pre-Sequel.

The landscape of the looter shooter has changed substantially in those last five years, but rather than chase after games like Destiny and The Division, Borderlands 3 seems pretty content to stick to its guns (all billions of them), refining its particular brand of cooperative focused, gear driven, first-person shooting.

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Source: IGN.com Borderlands 3 Hands-On Preview: A Tighter, Better-Put-Together Borderlands 2