Believe it or not... I liked this game.
A lot.
It's not perfect. It could get repetitive. The fact it was online only really hurt the game in the long run (I mean, you can't even play it anymore lol). Releasing at the same time as Overwatch. The creator linking people to a porn subreddit of all things! So much went wrong, and it's a shame really, because I thought this game was a diamond in the rough at its best. It's not a polished diamond, but y'know, any diamond is worth something.
I liked the character designs a lot. They're obviously not on the higher end of attractiveness, which makes the subreddit incident hilarious in retrospect, BUT they were all very unique and well-fitting for the art style. I remember especially liking the designs for Orendi and Beatrix.
I enjoyed playing around with the skill trees. I will say, it's probably a bit too complicated for some players, but I had no issue. I thought it added a lot of replayability for every match.
I remember the campaign being a bit shit, with just a few levels to work with that were a bit boring, but it was alright if you had friends with you.
Overall, pretty fun game, I actually miss it.

I remember when Overwatch Players mocked this game for being a hero shooter at a time when Overwatch was the big game on the block.
It included a full story-mode. meaningful unlocks and character progression. Level-up skill trees. A ton of neat features that set it apart.

Anyway, now the overwatch fanbase is tearing their own game apart for being a hero shooter that doesn't include a story, meaningful character progression, skill trees, or any of the other features included in Battleborn 8 years ago...

RIP to a pretty damn fun game.

I unfortunately spent over 1000 hours on this game before it EOS'd and even to this day I have way too many mixed feelings about the entire experience. If I were to summarize, it had the skeleton of a truly amazing game, but was bogged down by a lot of issues that ranged from mildly inconvenient to completely game ruining. Main issues being terrible UI, questionable balance decisions, lack of anything resembling a decent matchmaking system (although to be fair, when the playerbase bled out so quickly, that one was kind of unfixable), and optimization issues that made certain maps unplayable for many users. That being said, I obviously enjoyed the game enough to stick through all of that, but could I call it a good game? Probably not.

Battleborn was a fantastically written title and the only FPS MOBA that existed (while holding any sort of relevance in the genre.) It had spectacularly funny writing that kept matches and campaign missions fresh with each character. Every character was distinct not only in visual design and gameplay but personality with even the two COD Parody characters being some of the most charming in the cast. If you get the opportunity to try this game somehow in the future I would say it is worth a shot if only for the voicelines. They also have characters for those not accustomed to FPS shooting like the mage Orendi.


It is sad that this game is dead now and a large part of that death was its direct competition to Overwatch. Mind you I bought the game mainly because I tried OW and despised the experience, but this was made up of everything I was missing from OW. It had a singleplayer campaign with a decent story attached to it. The characters were actual characters and not just generic archetypes that are better described as placeholders than anything else. The multiplayer was designed to be a MOBA which is a nice mix of PVP & PVE (rather than the PVP arena/hero shooters of the time) with the devs taking into consideration how to change around the map design to suit an FPS game. It was just what I was looking for but it didn't pick up the playerbase and had some really bad marketing (I didn't even realize it was a MOBA until it was out and I watched gameplay).