Mharpold 1

Not good at all. Game is very un-melee friendly. Most peons will rush past your teammates and vault over your cover. This always results in instant death as the gnasher spam prevents you from melee in response. That or they melee you first. It can be hard to stop this as 3 or more may rush at a time and the main rifle choices simply do not put out enough damage to stop any of them. It only takes half a magazine of good shots to stop a peon. However new enemies in the game can soak up magazine after magazine. Most guns have been severly downgraded in power and effectiveness. One main example being the boltok pistol. What was once a relaible 2 shot kill in the face for any heavy enemy will now take a minimum of 6 to 7 shots. And you will be lucky to ping a peon with one. All in all the game kind of punishes you for playing like a gears game. If you take cover you will be rushed and if you try to chainsaw an enemy like the days of old you will end up on the floor bleeding out. Headshot skill isnt rewarded as many enemies don't die from headshots and the game does not crank out enough ammo for the guns you want. Oh and then there are the pouncers...they are an RQ in their own caliber. Not gonna buy the 5th game. Coalition screwed gears ultimate in the same ways too. But at least borderlands 3 is here.