The game duration of the main story is always a major buying reason for players. Gearbox has already revealed how long you will be playing the story of Borderlands 3.
How long does the story campaign in Borderlands 3 take? The Creative Director Paul Sage addressed this question and explained: If you proceed very purposefully, a playthrough of the main story takes about 30 hours.
Side missions take up a lot of time: A “normal” run of Borderlands 3 will likely take significantly more time. After all, there are again numerous side missions that lead back to already visited locations and invite you to linger longer in the individual areas.
Thus, the actual game time will likely increase significantly. Anyone who actually completes the game within 30 hours probably ignored most of the side missions.
Game duration corresponds to the predecessor: The duration of 30 hours also corresponds roughly to the length of its predecessor Borderlands 2 – at least if one proceeded purposefully and left most side quests aside.
Here, players took an average of 31 hours to complete the main story. However, if you include all side missions and raid bosses, you could easily scratch the 100-hour mark.
DLCs will add even more gameplay time: One should not forget that Borderlands 3 will receive several DLCs, which can be purchased individually or via a Season Pass. If these are of similar scope to the DLCs from the predecessor, they will surely add a few more hours of playtime.
Is the duration of the main story an important reason for you to buy? Or does it not matter how long the story takes, and it depends on the total playing time?
We have also been able to play for over 30 hours in our test. You can see the results here:
