When Borderlands 3 came out, it felt like a game made by a developer who was still laughing at a joke they’d told back in 2012. The weapons were plenty, the chaos was louder than ever, but the humour felt tired, the story lacked bite, and let’s not even talk about the movie. Thankfully, Borderlands 4 is here, and it looks like Gearbox finally dusted off the cobwebs and decided to move the franchise forward without losing its identity. Mostly.