It’s clumsy to use and doesn’t look particularly crisp. For example, this retains the floating UI from Borderlands 2, and it’s showing its age. Playing it now, after eight years have passed, with a Pre-Sequel and Borderlands 3 inbetween, it’s surprising how clunky a lot of it feels. Otherwise, it’s Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep as you remember, for better and – surprisingly – a little for worse, too. Gearbox likely knows more than we do, and it’s possible that the average Borderlands fan never got round to Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep, as it was one of the last pieces of DLC for Borderlands 2. They’re going to miss all of the in-jokes throughout if you don’t know the original context of the characters, then how are you going to appreciate them here? It’s not a perfect on-ramp for new players, either. The only value it has for Borderlands fans is a new set of achievements.
There’s no Series X|S optimisation here, no 4K or 60fps. Wander into a second-hand game store and it’s cheap as chips, and it’s been a similar price in multiple Xbox Store sales. Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep is present on the Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, which many of us already own.
When you break it down, it’s hard to comprehend who this is for. It was the first word that came to our lips too. The first word that may come to your lips is ‘why?’.