Duke Nukem was never going to be good, all Gearbox did was fix up an existing game. Aliens was a mess where another developer made the core of the game. Neither are exactly what I would call typical representative samples.
Borderlands, on the other hand, is one of the best new IP of this generation. I cannot wait for Borderlands 3.
I think Borderlands proves that Gearbox can do damned good work when it's their own creation. They probably should avoid working on any projects that were half-developed somewhere else, though that's likely true for any developer.








