Tiny Tina

Gearbox's latest looter shooter sounds better than Borderlands 3 at least.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is a Borderlands game. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands takes place on a number of local maps, which are within bigger regional maps, which are within a big overworld map that also has another map depicting that. That makes for a game that is packed with solid first-person shooter action and a competent multiclass system for creating an interesting Fatemaker. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands retreads the same mechanical and narrative ground as Borderlands 3, ultimately creating a chapter in the franchise that’s fun but forgettable. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is also the first game in the series to feature a character creator and full cross-play between platforms. The writing is just silly enough to work, and its lowest moments never approach the lows of Borderlands‘ cringe. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands is Gearbox Software’s best game. The Brr-Zerker — a class focused on frost damage and spinning like a Canadian Beyblade into enemies — was a default build that I still enjoyed. Trying out the Graveborn class and getting a Demi-Lich familiar in-game who both helped me attack and healed me in combat was super useful in boss fights. In fact, I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than I enjoyed Borderlands 3, and I actually liked Borderlands 3. Diablo was a clear inspiration for the looter series back when it debuted. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands takes Gearbox’s loot shooter series out for a Dungeons & Dragons-inspired spin. Like that expansion, Wonderlands features the same titular bomb-obssessed teenager playing as a D&D-style dungeon master guiding players through surrealist shootouts filled with shiny guns, big swords, and wacky, ocassionally off-putting banter.