Borderlands 4

This game is better than Borderlands 3 in every single way. The gunplay, the story, ... everything. It's not that high of a bar, but still. Where it falls apart is in performance and stability. I would pick 4 over 3 every single day, but I have to admit 4 is barely playable. The outlines of everything flicker constantly, assets take way too long to load in even on an SSD and LoD stays on the lowest setting for AGES when you get close and I'm not sure whether I should still cause the stuttering "stuttering", because some time it takes so long to resolve it's more like "freezing". Exceeding 60fps without DLSS is basically impossible without dropping to 1080p. Steam SAYS it's Deck Verified, but that's a lie. Not only is performance horrendous (25fps max, not clean), but Gearbox in its infinite wisdom thought it would be a good idea to REMOVE ALL GRAPHICS SETTINGS from the menu for Deck users. I assume they thought Deck users craved the limitations of console gaming (a baffling assumption), but instead of simplifying the experience, they guaranteed the only way for Deck users to get a remotely playable experience was by going into desktop mode and messing with the game files to mod it into a playable state, or trick the game into thinking it's not running on a Steam Deck through launch options to reveal the options menu again. That is the opposite of simplifying anything. It is such a bad decision I'm wondering under my tinfoil hat whether Randy made it intentionally terrible just to sabotage the game on Deck just because he hates Valve. It's so bad on paper, so terrible in practice and so universally unpopular in the community, it's hard not to assume malice at this point. ...but again, the game is actually good under that. Some bossfights are the best the series has ever seen. It's such a shame it's in such a terrible technical state to this day, because I probably would recommend it otherwise.