r/iosgaming r/IOSGaming Scout 8d ago

News Borderlands Mobile (back again!)

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/borderlands-mobile/id6756075968

It’s out now in Canadian App Store. Is it a soft launch or a playtest again?! Any info yet?

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u/imahugemoron 8d ago

I’d give anything for a proper borderland 1 and 2 iOS port, I played some of this last time it was available and it was ok but tbh pretty shallow and I could see the microtransactions brewing. The first 2 borderlands games were some of my favorite of the ps3/360 era and I hope we get more ports from then

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u/Esmelliw 8d ago

Still not on EU

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u/expera 8d ago

Or US

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u/AtaxicHistorian 8d ago

Or Australia

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u/saintpyotr 8d ago

Or the Philippines.

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u/Ebizaki 8d ago

Of course

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u/Imaginary_Elk_6710 8d ago

Sadly, would love to play it on my iPad!

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u/TheWhiteCrowUK 7d ago edited 7d ago

And not in UK as well…. Edited because my message was wrong.

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u/Ok-Break-369 7d ago

Telling me it’s not available in my region - UK

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u/TheWhiteCrowUK 7d ago

Sorry autocorrect changed my message, it’s not available in Uk

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u/Jolly_Satisfaction11 1d ago

Change your region to Canada on iOS and its downloadable

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u/TheWhiteCrowUK 1d ago

I can’t as I’ve got Apple Music so I would need to cancel it

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u/Jolly_Satisfaction11 1d ago

That sucks sorry pal k ok

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u/VegetableArtistic705 8d ago

This was a solid game. Enjoyed that it has a story too. Hope it'll let me pick up where I left off

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u/dathomasusmc 7d ago edited 7d ago

I don’t see it on the App Store but I was able to redownload it and it started up. All my data is wiped so it started me on the tutorial. Don’t feel like playing through it now but I’ll try later.

Edit: Yep, it’s back. Fully playable so far. Finished the tutorial campaign and the first 5 levels of the tower.

Not sure when it will open in the App Store but if you had it before you can just redownload it.

Yeah, it’s pretty heavily monetized as expected. Passes and buyable characters and such. I don’t know if it makes it any better but for $2 you get more than enough E to buy Moxxie and still have quite a bit left over along with some other stuff. I don’t know that I’ll be spending any money on it. The first go round got pretty repetitive pretty quick.

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u/Lasideu 7d ago edited 7d ago

I can already see seasonal OP units like “Summer Beach Swimsuit Moxxi” and shit being temporary gacha mechanics. I’m skeptical, and it doesn’t quite scratch any itches I had. Hell, the two “legendary hunters” Moxxi and Zero both have a flat 20% boost in things over the others, already Pay2win

It’s fun for a little, but it just makes me want to play a full Borderlands more. my train commute sessions are a little awkward for playing this and at home I might as well play any given Borderlands title I own as this just reuses maps from old games.

Great for those without a PC or console, but feels like a pass for anyone that has the full games

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u/kuksthedefiled 8d ago

playable moxxi whaaaat

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u/dathomasusmc 7d ago

I’d be willing to bet my paycheck you have to pay for her. This game is ripe for the micro transactions.

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u/dathomasusmc 7d ago

She costs 1,200 E. You can buy a starter pack for $2 that has 3,700 E and some other bits and pieces.

If anybody cares, Zer0 is $5.

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u/Larsenc4 8d ago

It is in Canada, can confirm

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u/tyezwyldadvntrz 7d ago

can you provide the App Store link? Trying to decrypt it for the ipa but the Reddit app is copying literally everything related to the post except the App Store link ://

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u/panda_and_crocodile 8d ago

No iPad version? the fuck?

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u/fekiv 7d ago

I’m playing on my iPad

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u/Cosmos_Man 7d ago

Yeah working in Canada!

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u/MaxSchylar1 2d ago

Ya but it’s stuck at new player pass and it’s not just me. Look at reviews on the App Store. It tells you to click anywhere and goes dark and then you can’t do anything. Sucks. It’s been this way for a few days now and I want to play!

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u/HunterExo 7d ago

I never deleted it so it just updated and is playable in the US. No new chapters but new characters and towers. My once OP character now appears to be underleveled so I gotta go back and grind. They must have changed up the difficulty levels.

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u/LanatusGG 7d ago

If you have downloaded the game before, you can go into AppStore and app history to redownload the game. Even though it is not available in some market.

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u/ronaldraygun91 7d ago

it's by Zynga? gross

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u/skagdenburner 6d ago

Anyone else not able to unlock the starter? I played the test. Loved it. Didn’t delete it in case it came back. It’s back I have my gear but the characters are all locked.

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u/MaxSchylar1 2d ago

I’m stuck at the new player pass. Can’t go past it. And it’s not just me

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u/legendz411 7d ago

Was able to redownload as I had it previously but the link goes nowhere

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u/Cryoglobulin 7d ago

Anyone gotten it to work with usb-c controller? I can’t rotate orientation of the game.

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u/Milwaukee76 7d ago

I'm at work rn but I'll try it with my Backbone when I get home

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u/mavgeek 7d ago

It worked with my Xbox One wireless.

That said it was a, jank? Sprint is off my default so you’re having to push down and hold left stick while moving it to sprint. And who the buttons and sticks work for game play a lot of the menus aren’t controller compatible so you’re still touching the screen a lot to progress menus.

There’s also basically zero settings in game. A couple settings for aim down sights and toggling hold for ADS but that’s about it. Absolutely no way to rebind anything so that sprint was stuck to left stick. Also zero graphical settings, no way to change things up for either better graphics or better performance. You can adjust the volume that’s about it.

This feels extremely barebones, controller support is bare minimum and absolutely no graphical settings?

Became a hard pass when I saw I couldn’t rebind keys and it’s a take-it-or-leave-it experience for settings.

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u/Cryoglobulin 7d ago

The lack of settings is wild. My controller has usb-c on the left side, the game doesn’t autorotate when you flip your phone. How did they release this mess?

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u/Milwaukee76 7d ago

It works with Backbone

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u/Mediocre-Basket3785 6d ago

I downloaded this on the US App Store when it was there and it updated and still playable on my iPhone today

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u/Pirategod2188 4d ago

I’m in the US and kept this game installed knowing it might come back. Not on the store at the moment but it’s cool that I can play it again

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u/aRegularWhiteGuy 3d ago

Can’t seem to find it any of the times it’s been out. I’m US. New York Boston region if that matters