When comparing Borderlands vs Gang Beasts, the Slant community recommends Gang Beasts for most people. In the question“What are the best 4-player local multiplayer games on Steam?” Gang Beasts is ranked 2nd while Borderlands is ranked 29th. The most important reason people chose Gang Beasts is:
Gang Beasts features local co-op for up to 8 players, which makes this a great game to play when many people are around such as at a party or large gathering.
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Pros
Pro Addictive loot based gameplay
The loot in Borderlands is color coded to signal which loot is the most rare. This system of loot based collecting allows the user to always be on the hunt for more rare items, which can be addicting in the way it has been designed.
Pro Fun dungeon boss fights
Players can team up against dungeon bosses that are often large in scale and power making for fun tasks to complete that are separate from the main story tree.
Pro The character customization is great
In Borderlands, once you reach a certain level, you begin to acquire talent points. Each point can be spent in several different ways that will enhance your characters power, and there are quite a few paths to take. For example, one character can power up his melee attacks, his ability to take hits, or his explosive capabilities (specifically with rocket launchers). Of course, as you gain more levels, even if you completely fill out one of those trees, you can start to gain points in another, and your talents begin to interact in interesting ways.
Pro A great mix of first person shooter and RPG
Borderlands provides the feel of a first person shooter in the rich, story-driven world of an RPG.
Pro A great sense of humor
The entire Borderlands series takes comedy pretty seriously. More accurately, it doesn't. There's a lot of cheap, light-hearted jokes in the game that really keep you smiling while you're blowing your enemies to tiny bits.
Pro Works great as a party game with large gatherings, thanks to the large number of players allowed by the built-in local multiplayer
Gang Beasts features local co-op for up to 8 players, which makes this a great game to play when many people are around such as at a party or large gathering.
Pro Outlandish ousting of opponents can be quite a surreal experience
Players can throw their opponents into huge industrial shredders or under the wheel of traffic to hilarious and gross effect. This is the goal of the game: taking out one's opponents in any way possible.
Pro Easily play on multiple platforms thanks to it being available on multiple operating systems
Gang Beasts is available on both Windows, Mac OS and Linux systems.
Pro The game engine can lead to unexpected outcomes.
From funny to just outright weird glitches along with random mechanics can lead to a replayed level to have a completely different outcome, regardless of button mashing skills.
Cons
Con No mini-map on screen
User will have to open the menu often in order to get their bearings as to where things are as there is no on-screen map, it is only in the menu. Having to pull up the menu so often for the map can be frustrating an immersion breaking.
Con Not child friendly
While the graphics are cartoon-like and seemingly geared towards children, the gameplay is anything but. This is definitely not a game for small children due to the violence found within.