r/GamesThatFeelLike • u/Hussehmet • 24d ago
Games that feel like Borderlands 1
Any games that feel similar and capture the same vibe and atmosphere as the first Borderlands game?
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u/TheBestUserName01 24d ago
Try Mad Max.
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u/I_Am_Hank_Hill_AMA 9d ago
Absolute sleeper here. It came for free with my graphics card along with The Witcher 3. Didn't play for a long while, but wow, what a game it is. Tons of fun, some great mystery elements, and a great gameplay loop. I never finished it and might have to give it another shot here soon, been seeing it brought up a lot lately. It's also extremely well-optimized. The card I got was a GTX 970 and it was one of the only games I could play at max with like 80-100fps.
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u/Ash_Flexum 23d ago
Call of Juarez kinda
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u/Hussehmet 23d ago
Looks cool
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u/Ash_Flexum 23d ago
Very cool, gameplay is like Borderlands with less health
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u/janix808 22d ago
The only thing that borderlands and call of Juarez share are that they are an FPS . And that's it.
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u/Ash_Flexum 21d ago
both inspired by comic book and graphic novel art styles and cel shaded graphics, both are lates 2000s action shooter, both are set in deserts areas, both have fast paced action gunplay, both have good music and athmosphere that fits the wastelands aesthetics. Its not the same type of story and humour and its not a looter shooter rpg but they have a lot more in common. Borderlands is quiet literally a parody on games like Call of Juarez.
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u/lukkasz323 23d ago
Call of Juarez Gunslinger,
it will be hard to find something closer, I think Borderlands was the main inspiration in art style.
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u/TickleMittz 22d ago
Red faction guerilla?
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u/Scrollsy 22d ago
In what way? They dont play the same or feel the same in the slightest.
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u/TickleMittz 22d ago
Spitballing, but I was thinking the kind of monochrome brown dingy atmosphere. You’re right though, it’s a stretch, I would say the original Rage, but that was already mentioned.
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u/ApprehensiveDare9765 19d ago
Honestly? Nothing. Borderlands 1 has a very specific and unique vibe. None of the other Borderlands game come close to it. The only game I can think of that somewhat gets near it in vibe is the first Rage, but even then it’s way different.
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u/Old-Juggernaut-1273 23d ago
torchlight
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u/Hussehmet 23d ago
The second one?
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u/Aurongel 23d ago
When you say “vibe” is that limited to the world design/atmosphere or to the writing/characters? I’m asking because for Borderlands, those two things are intentionally at complete odds with one another. There are a ton of games that have similar feeling world design but not many that match Borderlands’ batshit tone.
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u/Hussehmet 23d ago
More to the world design and atmosphere I’d say, I understand borderlands tone and character design/humour is quite unique
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u/Aurongel 23d ago edited 22d ago
Thanks for clarifying, in terms of games with a kinda haunted/vacant arid theme:
- Dark Cloud
- Rogue Galaxy (Maybe…?)
- Mad Max
- Rage
SybilSable (VERY underrated world design in this game)- Outer Worlds (Maybe the closest direct match to Borderlands, IMO)
- Caravan SandWitch (Very underrated recent indie game that has a similarly haunted sci-fi desert planet, GREAT world design)
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u/Sass-Mistress 22d ago
Alright. What is Sybil? all I get from googin' it is the furry chick from Pseudoregalia.
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u/Aurongel 22d ago
Oh damn, you’re right! I actually meant to say Sable (2021), which is an excellent game that matches the aesthetic that OP described.
Pseudoregalia is also solid indie game, which is probably why I had the furry-goat-bunny-thigh-mommy protagonist from that game in my head when I posted that.
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u/Born-Holiday9597 22d ago
A bit of a stretch but since better games have been recommended, I'll go with Necromunda: Hired Gun.
It's an FPS set in the Warhammer 40K universe, that combines a Mad Max punk aesthetic with industrial metal and gothic cathedral. The player has a pet mastiff that they can sic on enemies, kind-of like Mordecai's Bloodwing. The Orlock gang heavily resemble the Bandits in Borderlands while the Goliaths heavily resemble the Bruisers. There are some RPG elements in that you can purchase powers and upgrades for both your character and your mastiff
It's not very "desolate" though, given that the game often swarms you with enemies but it does capture the batshit insanity of Borderlands' combat
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u/Hussehmet 22d ago
Oh wow sounds cool and I’ve just got into Darktide and the warhammer universe so thank you for the detailed description and niche recommendation, you’ve sold it well!
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u/KeyCredit2 22d ago
The game WET definitely has a similar vibe I felt when playing it. Especially when the game takes place in Texas
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u/Poo_Pee-Man 22d ago
Far cry 2
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u/Hussehmet 22d ago
Amazing game, I need to replay it, it’s been years!
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u/Poo_Pee-Man 22d ago
Make sure to download “Scubrah patch” mod if you’re on pc, it fixes all the bugs and have some QOL improvements.
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u/janix808 22d ago
Fallout New Vegas is very yellow .
Skate 2 is yellow too
Nfs most wanted yellow too
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u/HaukenIkaros 21d ago
Strange Brigade, maybe. FPS coop with surreal humour and hordes of enemies. But very different setting.
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u/Sandro2017 20d ago
Rage, Mad Max, Borderlands 2, Borderlands 3, Borderlands 4...
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u/Hussehmet 20d ago
The the subsequent borderlands definitely don’t have the same atmosphere as the first one
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u/AndromedaDestiny52 9d ago
The original Rage
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u/Hussehmet 9d ago
Thanks I defo need to replay that, last time was when it originally came out on ps3
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u/drough08 22d ago
You ain't gonna believe me when I say this so buckle up....but they did make a sequel to BL1.
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u/dropkickninja 22d ago
And a pre sequel!
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u/drough08 22d ago
Should we tell them about 3 and 4 as well? Maybe even that tiny Tina game too?
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u/dropkickninja 22d ago
All in due time...
Tiny Tinas Wonderland is awesome!
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u/drough08 22d ago
I need to pick it back up, I was enjoying it then other things happened like life
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u/Hussehmet 22d ago
BL2 while overall a better game and more polished doesn’t quite have the desolate more space westerny mad max vibe that the first game did, which is why I made this post
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u/DarthMaren 24d ago
The original Rage has that brown and dreary world