RECOMMENDED BUY AT A DISCOUNT

TLDR: Buy it at a later date. Fun gameplay and decent enough story. There's still bugs and performance issues that require you to reload or restart the game to get it stable again. Best part of the open world is not that many loading screens except for the main fortresses.

POSITIVE:
Fun gameplay is the main positive, loot and shoot is satisfying. Gunplay is the best because of the different licensing parts, which makes guns lower than legendary rarity better than what they would otherwise be and could be used in place of legendaries. There's a lot of mixing and matching available, which keeps the gunplay fresh. The story starts off good but kind of tapers off in the late game. The characters range from good to not too annoying and the side quests range from fun to tedious. Overall, still an enjoyable gameplay and story experience.

NEGATIVE:
Performance issues. Should be better optimization for the sort of graphics it has. When your fps tanks and you stutter, the fix is to go back to the main menu, reload back in or start the game back again to get it back to stable again.

Bugs (the ones I have experienced) - Lost loot not functioning as it should? lowest rarities fill up the spots instead of the highest rarity loot that drops. Have had a few sidequest bug out with their objectives (such as clear out the enemies when there are no enemies left), requiring me to reload the game to do it again to progress.

Open world was a different step but feels lackluster especially since the map options are awful. Switch it in the options from compass to radar to make it serviceable. ECHO pings map route for you to go to for a while but then has a cooldown that makes you wait before you can see where you need to again. Lot of locations pad out time because of the map routing going through mountains or objects that you clearly cannot traverse and has a single way of entry through grappling hooks. Speaking of grappling hooks, it's a bit of an afterthought because there isn't too much you can do with them in combat, unless those spots are designated to be grappling hook areas. Considering how large the map is, they need some better map options. Also, invisible walls will impede you. Can't climb it like in skyrim to get to your locations even if it looks traversable.

UI & inventory is a bit of a mess. Sorting items could do with a rework like remembering your preferred options to make it better. In addition, simplified descriptions of class mod enhancements just list skill names instead of what you are actually getting out of it. Meaning that it requires you to check between tabs on what skills are being improved.

Loot and creating new characters: Another quip is the lack of class mod enhancements for your own character. Anecdotal experience but I obtained more legendary rarities for other characters than my own. Apparently, this is a feature so it means that particular character loot has to roll a 25% chance to actually be usable for your character. In addition, creating new characters after reaching Ultimate Vault Hunter Level One skips the early game up to lvl 30 however you still need to rediscover the map, with the fast travel points as well as other collectibles to upgrade your max ammo, bank space etc. (As you might imagine, that can get tedious)

In conclusion, flawed game that has fun gunplay that keeps me playing. I placed it at not recommended because of the issues above. Consider waiting until a discount and hopefully those issues get ironed out.

RECOMMENDED BUY AT A DISCOUNT TLDR: Buy it at a later date. Fun gameplay and decent enough story. There's still bugs and performance issues that require you to reload or restart the game to get it stable again. Best part of the open world is not that many loading screens except for the main fortresses. POSITIVE: Fun gameplay is the main positive, loot and shoot is satisfying. Gunplay is the best because of the different licensing parts, which makes guns lower than legendary rarity better than what they would otherwise be and could be used in place of legendaries. There's a lot of mixing and matching available, which keeps the gunplay fresh. The story starts off good but kind of tapers off in the late game. The characters range from good to not too annoying and the side quests range from fun to tedious. Overall, still an enjoyable gameplay and story experience. NEGATIVE: Performance issues. Should be better optimization for the sort of graphics it has. When your fps tanks and you stutter, the fix is to go back to the main menu, reload back in or start the game back again to get it back to stable again. Bugs (the ones I have experienced) - Lost loot not functioning as it should? lowest rarities fill up the spots instead of the highest rarity loot that drops. Have had a few sidequest bug out with their objectives (such as clear out the enemies when there are no enemies left), requiring me to reload the game to do it again to progress. Open world was a different step but feels lackluster especially since the map options are awful. Switch it in the options from compass to radar to make it serviceable. ECHO pings map route for you to go to for a while but then has a cooldown that makes you wait before you can see where you need to again. Lot of locations pad out time because of the map routing going through mountains or objects that you clearly cannot traverse and has a single way of entry through grappling hooks. Speaking of grappling hooks, it's a bit of an afterthought because there isn't too much you can do with them in combat, unless those spots are designated to be grappling hook areas. Considering how large the map is, they need some better map options. Also, invisible walls will impede you. Can't climb it like in skyrim to get to your locations even if it looks traversable. UI & inventory is a bit of a mess. Sorting items could do with a rework like remembering your preferred options to make it better. In addition, simplified descriptions of class mod enhancements just list skill names instead of what you are actually getting out of it. Meaning that it requires you to check between tabs on what skills are being improved. Loot and creating new characters: Another quip is the lack of class mod enhancements for your own character. Anecdotal experience but I obtained more legendary rarities for other characters than my own. Apparently, this is a feature so it means that particular character loot has to roll a 25% chance to actually be usable for your character. In addition, creating new characters after reaching Ultimate Vault Hunter Level One skips the early game up to lvl 30 however you still need to rediscover the map, with the fast travel points as well as other collectibles to upgrade your max ammo, bank space etc. (As you might imagine, that can get tedious) In conclusion, flawed game that has fun gunplay that keeps me playing. I placed it at not recommended because of the issues above. Consider waiting until a discount and hopefully those issues get ironed out.