From a merely mechanical perspective, this is the peak of Borderlands. It is extremely entertaining to play and most of the design problems or criticism of the previous entries have been either fixed or completely improved upon. Even the world building has taken some cues from Pre-sequel and the first entry, in order to provide a better background that doesn't rely entirely on making wacky referential jokes.

But then, there's the issue with the narrative, where the player does most if not all the job, while getting completely deprived of agency wherever a cutscene rolls up and implies that your very powerful character suddenly just stood there and watched as important events unfolded, and not even once made an attempt to stop them, or at least let players watch in real time while it happens, without forcing them to watch a confusing cutscene.

There's also a feeling that they were running out of time for the vanilla game, because the last third of it feels somewhat, lacking the focus and attention to detail that the first half of the game proudly showcased.