

The new melee weapons are useful for when you get overwhelmed with nearby enemies, since most melee attacks knock enemies back and stagger them. Shooting feels almost exactly the same as Borderlands 3: Slower than many other shooters, but smoother and easier to get a handle on for newer players. That’s not to say that the usual FPS combat is ignored. Wonderlands really does feel like an RPG, and it’s brought some of the best traits of the genre along for the ride. Oftentimes, I would run into a new zone and get walloped, only to realize that I’d forgotten to allocate the points I’d gained from my last few level increases. The stat increases and skill points granted at each level are also extremely helpful. is excellent, and it’s a real help if you’re playing solo rather than with a group of friends (I also can’t get over how absolutely adorable he is). Once I unlocked the mushroom companion, he was a huge help in fights - the companion A.I. I found that my class, stats, and skills had a real impact on the flow of combat in the game. This is very indicative of the humor to come.

I chose the Spore Warden class, which gave me a variety of gun damage and ranged skills to choose from and a mushroom companion to follow me into battle, and I named my character Muffin Top. Players are prompted to choose one of six classes and one of several traits for their character before allocating a set number of points into a Dungeons and Dragons-like stat system.

