battleborn review

First thing first, Battleborn is not Overwatch. It’s also not DOTA, though it has similarities to both. Battleborn is a MOBS-esque First Person Hero Shooter, and it’s great. While it is targeting the same audience as DOTA and Overwatch, it has enough unique elements to offer so as to suck you in and keep you coming back to the game. Made by Gearbox, the guys behind Borderlands, it boasts the same art style and the humor. While Overwatch takes the more Team Fortress 2 approach with the character design, gameplay and visual aesthetic, Battleborn is more like DOTA in a first person mode, and is highly reminiscent of Borderlands 2. There’s delightful dash of Tiny Tina all over the game and Ashly Burch even voices a character in the game. The humor, the characters, the story a...