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Games like Borderlands 2009
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Borderlands
Games closest to Borderlands
Borderlands 2 2012Also contemporary, epic and classical in form
Moo Lander 2022Also contemporary and epic
Borderlands 3 2019Also contemporary, epic and classical in form
Splatoon 3 2022Also contemporary and classical in form
Sly 2: Band of Thieves 2004Also classical in form
Watch Dogs 2 2016Also contemporary, richly built and epic
Grand Theft Auto V: Special Edition 2013Also contemporary, classical in form and richly built
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars 2009Also contemporary, epic and classical in form
Borderlands 4 2025Also contemporary, classical in form and epic
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel 2014Also contemporary, classical in form and epic
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves 2005Also classical in form
Ratchet & Clank 2002Also epic, classical in form and cool
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Books
The apocalypse codex 2001Also contemporary, classical in form and epic
Stiletto 2016Also contemporary, classical in form and cool
Early Riser 2018Also contemporary and classical in form
Films
Ready or Not: Here I Come 2026Also contemporary, classical in form and epic
Dogma 1999Also contemporary, epic and cool
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder 2009Also epic, contemporary and classical in form
Albums
- Pink Friday 2010Also contemporary, cool and classical in form
- Devil’s Night 2001Also contemporary, cool and classical in form
- Alter Ego 2025Also contemporary, cool and richly built
Series
No Game No Life 2014Also contemporary, epic and classical in form
Creature Commandos 2024Also contemporary and classical in form
Star vs. the Forces of Evil 2015Also contemporary, classical in form and epic
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