Borderlands Collection Pandoras Box Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published September 20, 2023 · Updated September 19, 2023

For this Borderlands Collection Pandoras Box Review for the first time ever, get all six Borderlands adventures together in one mayhem-fueled package, all at an incredible value! Includes all six acclaimed base games from the Borderlands franchise: Borderlands, Borderlands 2, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Tales from the Borderlands, Borderlands 3, and New Tales from the Borderlands, as well as all of their add-on content, in one giant bundle.* Experience the iconic franchise that defined the looter-shooter genre with its over-the-top firefights, absurdly varied arsenals, and thrilling interplanetary adventures perfect for solo and co-op play.

Borderlands Collection Pandoras Box Review Pros:

Decent cell-shaded graphics.
Download size of each game –
- Borderlands pre sequel – 18.8GB
- Borderlands – 12.26GB
- Borderlands Enhanced Edition – 18.64GB
- Borderlands 2 – 25.94GB
- Borderlands 3 – 138.85GB
- Tales from the Borderlands – 7.63GB
- New Tales from the Borderlands – 28.93GB
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Looter shooter gameplay for the Borderland games prequel to 3 and the story Borderland games are choice-based narrative adventure gameplay.
The map fills in as you play and explore.
Guns galore with so many variations and buffs on top of them. I doubt you will ever see every game.
Vehicles can be fully customised and new chassis can be unlocked.
Every game includes all DLC.
Own in-game challenges that pop up as you fill the bars and get rewards.
Fully Customizable characters.
A true Borderlands all-in-one collection.
Every game is a seperate download.
Loot is everywhere and anything with a green tag/light can be looted.
Loot rarity levels including for shields and health.
Earn Exp and level up to get a stats boost and an upgrade point, Depending on the game depends on the upgrade/skill tree but every game has one.
A big open world that you are free to explore.
A lot of memorable characters.
The Borderland shooter games allow you to play how you want.
Borderland story games offer multiple endings and have a lot of replayability.
Tales From The Borderlands is heavy on multiple-choice encounters.
Each Borderland game has an EXP bar showing down the bottom.
The second wind mechanic is when you get downed, instead of dying you have a short window to get a kill which revives you, you can of course still die out or just press a button to die.
Many environmental hazards from flaming barrels to geysers, jumps, and fire.
Full vehicle system, at a stop you can spawn a vehicle and customise it.
Fantastic voice work.
Unlock and find new player skins, skins for your items, and even vehicles.
Massive boss fights with full-on boss intro sequences.
Many secrets to find.
Buy and sell everything at the many vending machines.
Easy to see if a weapon is better thanks to a red or green number system.
A lot of humor throughout.
Familiar controls.
Drop in and out co-op for up to four players.
Main quests with many optional side missions.
Full mission management system.
The map fills in points of interest.
Unlock fast travel points.
Constant checkpoints.
100s of hours of Borderlands gameplay.

Borderlands Collection Pandoras Box Review Cons:

Does not include any of the VR versions of the games.
All the games are a seperate download.
Does not include any of Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands games.
You don’t get a Pandora Box interface or central launcher.
You will still get notifications and pop-ups about buying the Pandora Box version in every game despite owning it.
It is more a bundle than a collection.
The humor of Borderlands is very childish and it can get very grating in the shooter games.
It is very easy to feel overwhelmed with all the quests and events popping up.
The mission markers or guidance in general is not always clear or helpful.
With so many guns it is hard to get to grips with one in particular.
A lot of guns are actually not that great.