There's no denying that Borderlands 4 has been a success. Whether it's review scores or sales numbers, this one sure is a legendary drop. It has had its fair share of hiccups, though, with performance issues, invisible walls, and unintuitive UI annoying players, but all of that could still be pushed to the side. However, fans were truly disappointed at how shallow the Horrors of Kairos Halloween event was.
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Does anyone else remember when Borderlands 2 came to the PS Vita?
While it was a "mini event" in Gearbox's own words, the build up for it led players to believe there would be some more content than just an orange hue in the sky and a few skins and weapons. With the lack of any proper Halloween-themed event, it seems some fans are going back to Borderlands 3 to get their fill of spooky content.
Borderlands 3's Halloween Event Was Much Better
Borderlands 3 wasn't really the best game in the series. In fact, some would go as far as to say it was the worst. A couple of annoying antagonists, Claptrap making us eye-roll at every turn, and a rather bland story made the title one to forget. However, its Bloody Harvest Halloween event gave those who stuck around a lot of new content, like enemies, activities, side-missions, and even a new debuff called Terror.
Over on Reddit, Borderlands fans couldn't help but talk about how great the Borderlands 3 event was, especially considering what Borderlands 4 got. A post by UltraSuperDonut on Reddit revealed that they booted up Borderlands 3 just to experience a good Halloween-themed event. The comments also appreciated the amount of content that Gearbox put into it.
Along with praise for how much content Bloody Harvest contained, fans also noted that the mini-map and overall UI for Borderlands 3 was so much better than that of the current title. Hopefully, Gearbox is already working on improving those aspects as it adds more content to Borderlands 4.
While Horrors of Kairos was supposed to be a mini event, the devs probably messed up by calling a few new skins and weapons an 'event'.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 82/100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- September 12, 2025
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Gearbox Software
- Publisher(s)
- 2K
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Genre(s)
- Looter Shooter, Action, Adventure, RPG
