This is the mainline Borderlands shooters, the games that fused first-person gunplay with the loot-grind of a role-playing game. Set on the junkyard planet Pandora and beyond, the series sends Vault Hunters chasing alien treasure across a cel-shaded wasteland, firing weapons that are randomly generated by the millions. The hook is the slot-machine thrill of the drop, every kill possibly coughing up something stranger and stronger.
Borderlands 2, often considered the high point, built its run around the memorable villain Handsome Jack, while The Pre-Sequel filled in his backstory and the later numbered entries widened the scope to new worlds. Tying it together is tone: a loud, crude, comic-book sense of humor that keeps the relentless looting from feeling like a chore. A co-op-minded, games-only series built for the long grind.
The Mainline shooters franchise spans 5 games in the CrossBinge catalog.
Part of Borderlands.