Borderlands 2

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  1. mohamedhabib
    Aug 15, 2023
    7
    good game for action and fighttt best for all gamers and me so download it and play
  2. Dartza
    Aug 1, 2023
    7
    The biggest difference between BL1 and 2 is the tone. BL2 set the series in a direction that uses comedy and silliness as the main selling point instead of an addition or background as in the original and the first game's DLCs. The gameplay and itemization was polished, but I never felt as attached to any particular character as I did in the original.
  3. carnivorCactae
    Jul 17, 2023
    7
    Close to being the best Borderlands out there with crazy weapons and a very smooth coop-experience.

    Still stunning and beautiful level-design with a perfectly fitting soundtrack. Unfortunatley the farming is boring and tedious and the way weapons are being rolled or just the system the weapons behave is a downgrade from the first one. Yes, there are more guns and even more crazy    Close to being the best Borderlands out there with crazy weapons and a very smooth coop-experience.

    Still stunning and beautiful level-design with a perfectly fitting soundtrack.

    Unfortunatley the farming is boring and tedious and the way weapons are being rolled or just the system the weapons behave is a downgrade from the first one.
    Yes, there are more guns and even more crazy guns, but especially at later second or third playthroughs ("Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode") the game forces "slag" down your throat and the guns that you are basically forced to use are behaving like boring Nerf-pellets.

    The way weapons are constructed makes looking for hidden chests basically useless, since the chances of getting good loot from them could be in the negative digits.

    Oh and remember the Pearlescent Weapons from BL1 ? Yeah.... now you can only obtain them in the UVHM and they aren't as good anymore and require you to use special shields or mods to be at least a littlebit powerful.

    Protip:
    Ignore the **** UVHM and just play the game with its good DLC's together with friends!    … Expand
  4. TheLinkgirl
    May 21, 2023
    5
    You know that feeling of everyone is having fun except me? I feel that way about the whole Borderlands series. I'm choosing Borderlands 2 for this review, as it's the game in the series I have played the most. I don't believe that these games are bad, however while some parts can be fun with friends, other parts can be tiresome and repetitive, with little satisfaction to speak of. TheYou know that feeling of everyone is having fun except me? I feel that way about the whole Borderlands series. I'm choosing Borderlands 2 for this review, as it's the game in the series I have played the most. I don't believe that these games are bad, however while some parts can be fun with friends, other parts can be tiresome and repetitive, with little satisfaction to speak of. The randomised loot is a lot of fun, and is easily the best part of the series, making every player's experience somewhat unique. Since I can only rate these games on my experience, I feel its worth saying others may get more from the Borderlands series, but as it stands I would say if you've played a bit of one, you have basically played all that the series has to offer.… Expand
  5. Naked_Snakee
    Apr 2, 2023
    7
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  6. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    6
    not bad game, but not good either. The multiplayer is really miss & match, visual is decent, and the voice is also decent
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    Nov 27, 2022
    6
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  8. Tyrant103xx
    Jul 14, 2022
    7
    Borderlands is a franchise that I absolutely love the idea of, I mean I own Borderlands 2 on Ps3, Ps4, and PC, but unfortunately I personally find the execution flawed.
    Borderlands 2 ticks a lot of boxes for me, it has several playable characters with various viable build paths and totally unique playstyles. It has artistic and flavorful graphics and smooth gunplay. And most    Borderlands is a franchise that I absolutely love the idea of, I mean I own Borderlands 2 on Ps3, Ps4, and PC, but unfortunately I personally find the execution flawed.
    Borderlands 2 ticks a lot of boxes for me, it has several playable characters with various viable build paths and totally unique playstyles. It has artistic and flavorful graphics and smooth gunplay. And most importantly, it is generous with giving the player rare and legendary gear that has unique effects, are fun to use, and very exciting to find.
    Despite these positives, I don't love the game for 2 primary reasons; the map and quest design, and the difficulty.
    Some of the maps in this game are absolutely huge, and I just find navigating them to be anti-fun, a total slog. The best parts of this game are when you are going through a linear area, with a defined goal and lots of enemies in your way. I want to be shooting, I want to be testing my build that I've worked on...I do not want to be spending my time looking at the map, and making sure I'm hitting all my quest markers. You can clear an area, then be given several quests to go back to the same area and go through it again. This is not fun when the maps are huge and traversing them takes seemingly forever. Not only that, but you can only see the quest marker of the quest you currently have selected, meaning you will be going to the menu often to swap your quests around to make sure you aren't missing something, which would necessitate another visit to the same area.
    My second problem with Borderlands 2 is the difficulty. It very well could be that I'm just trash, but I find I spend far too much time in "Fight for your life" mode, a timed downed state where you have the chance to kill an enemy to revive yourself. As you progress to the higher difficulties, you can reasonable expect to be downed during nearly every encounter. When you are in fight for your life, you can hardly move and are scrambling to get that kill or have to run back through the huge map again. Once again, this is just anti-fun. I would much rather that fight for your life didn't exist, and enemies were balanced without this feature in mind.
    Borderlands 2 is a game that I will always think fondly about, but will likely never find much joy in playing.    … Expand
  9. KevLooney
    Apr 29, 2022
    6
    The game is boring. The movement is clunky. The gunplay has a ton of visual recoil and bloom that makes target aquisition hard while tracking. Enemies are bullet sponges with limited outplay potential. Regen is very slow and health hard to come by. The health system should be replaced with a total shield system. The game is 6/10.
  10. Izoeros
    Apr 26, 2022
    6
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  11. teratoma666
    Dec 25, 2021
    6
    I highly disagree that this game is better than the first.

    The most important aspect, the guns, feel a lot more varied, but they're a lot more annoying to use with some major drawbacks depending on the manufacturer. Most drawback and gimmicks from different manufacturers feel very tacked on for the sake of being unique like Hyperion, Vladof and Dahl. Torgue also made explosive shots    I highly disagree that this game is better than the first.

    The most important aspect, the guns, feel a lot more varied, but they're a lot more annoying to use with some major drawbacks depending on the manufacturer.
    Most drawback and gimmicks from different manufacturers feel very tacked on for the sake of being unique like Hyperion, Vladof and Dahl. Torgue also made explosive shots exclusive to them which also limited the modifier.

    The writing is another problem, it's a lot more brazen "XD so randum" early 2010s humor instead of first game's more subtle approach. It wasn't good when it was released, it's even worse now.

    I am also not a fan of very spongey enemies and tons of useless loot dropping, it's unneeded waste of time.

    If you're obsessed with loot in games, this game might be a masterpiece to you, but even then I believe that behind all these concepts lies a much better game that vast majority would prefer.    … Expand
  12. Woolee
    Oct 9, 2021
    7
    In many ways Borderlands 2 improves upon BL1 and, if you are a fan of the first game in the series, I would easily recommend this one. The gameplay seems a bit smoother, the art seems a bit more polished, and rocket launchers can actually do damage! That being said, there are a few things
  13. Alpha10
    Aug 6, 2021
    6
    Boring game , me and my friend uninstalled within few hours but just can be played with full squad of friends for fun , that's all it has , not worth for hype created .
  14. dikii_hohol
    Jun 6, 2021
    7
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  15. Qarren
    Apr 20, 2021
    5
    Me thinking I'm funny is starting to Border on naiveté. When someone like me Lands a joke, that validation is the equivalent of affording to feed my 3 starving kids, if not better. However, that is why you'll no longer see me making jabs, quips, analogies, sarcastic remarks, silly comparisons...
    ...and puns 2
    Oops Force of habit Speaking of forceful habits, and even more forceful    Me thinking I'm funny is starting to Border on naiveté. When someone like me Lands a joke, that validation is the equivalent of affording to feed my 3 starving kids, if not better. However, that is why you'll no longer see me making jabs, quips, analogies, sarcastic remarks, silly comparisons...
    ...and puns 2
    Oops
    Force of habit
    Speaking of forceful habits, and even more forceful segues; Borderlands 2 forces you into many an unwanted habit. But I'm getting a head of myself. The bust arrives next week. I'm also getting ahead of myself. The ever popular sequel to the much beloved RPG/FPS mix was quite the success, critically and commercially. One only had to spend a minute in a schoolyard in the mid 2010s to know more about this game than Subway's Jared knew about children's anatomy. Speaking of which, if you still find yourself hanging around schoolyards please notify the FBI, those once voluminous Borderlands 2 conversations have since ended.
    Ignoring that, being regaled with tales of handsome Jacks, teenage spank-bank heartthrob Liliths, and guns that explode when you reload them made it seem easy to qualify what made this game so pervasive in our impressionable, plastic minds.
    lol they were wrong.
    The game does have improvements over its predecessor. But improvements are not necessarily fixes. And for everything this game adds, another quality still cries out in the night for more development...
    like one of Subway Jared's chil-
    -you get the joke.
    Two primary qualities give this game a flair the previous entry did not hold. First is the increase in uniqueness and variability in weapons. While BL1 had that quality in its randomised weaponry, the new traits added in this game really do give it new life, at least for a while.
    I'm gonna say this again and again, but this game is too long and this effects many of its systems' value and vice versa. The fun weapon traits are gimmicky and that sense of novelty does not last the entire story. And while these weapons do play an integral role in this franchise's gameplay and image, and require development like this, little else was developed to support it.
    Before that though, the other improvement was in narrative. The first game had a story probably written by the janitorial staff. Of course, spending your days cleaning up sh*t sort of leaves you on a one-track mind creatively...
    But this game does structure and character well. This story actually utilises escalating tension, wins and losses, and a sense that the villain, the most handsome of Jacks, is actually a person and somewhat of a threat. Having the player win every encounter against a dumb, 2-dimensional enemy does snuggle the player in an embracing power fantasy which works for most games. But it damages a story not to have the villain create a turning point, and increasing pressure for the player. So congrats Borderlands 2. You achieved basic structure. Come back to me when you realise character arcs are also a thing.
    There's also comedy. It's highly subjective of course. I didn't think the game was unfunny, and even breathed air out my nose a couple of times. But I wouldn't personally say it was witty. Then again, if you're reading this then anything's an upgrade.
    Also there's that whole tutorial area before you reach Sanctuary, the main quest hub, that's just kinda there. For reasons. The game is too long and that intro definitely could have been cut and worked into the next chapter.
    I've said the game's too long and now I should explain, because I've offended a grotesquely giant, gangly group of gorging gamers who are probably trying to dox me as you read this.
    The game is too long because the mechanics and mission variety don't carry it. A lot of tedious grinding compared to the last game, a lot of repeated enemies, and a lot of boss fights with terrible, cheap mechanics mean the pacing of this game is a chore. And not like a take out the trash chore, like a farm kid "chore" that actually takes the whole day.
    The underdeveloped eshay-brain gameplay doesn't help that feeling either. It's gotta be said that the RPG and FPS mechanics don't actually mix that well, and they definitely don't support each other. Why accuracy stat, why?
    Why are you no better, and maybe worse than borderland numero 1? The base stat for early levels is much lower, and weapon stats don't randomise equally meaning they are good at 1 thing, and 1 thing only. Which is 2 more things than me, but whatever. By the end you either have guns that actually do a little bit of damage to the enemies, or you have guns that actually hit the enemies. Seriously, it's like holding a gun to your head, pulling the trigger and having someone in Madagascar drop dead. And that's when you're not being shot through walls.
    So the FPS gameplay encourages skill, and the RPG cancels it out. Yikes.
    Borderlands 2 is still a good time with friends, but there are still some things that need to be explained to it when it's older.    … Expand
  16. LastGirlAlive
    Jan 11, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are many good things about this game but the ending was really underwhelming and boring.

    What I really loved the game was the game play and the world in general    … Expand
  17. awagam34
    Jan 4, 2021
    7
    7/10
    BRONIE
    Oczywiście pierwsze co przychodzi nam do głowy kiedy myślimy o Borderlandsach to bronie. Olbrzymi wybór, duża różnorodność w połączeniu z bardzo ciekawymi mechanikami, prześmiewczymi nazwami i responsywnym feelingiem. To nie mogło pójść źle. Amunicje oraz unikatowe bronie można znaleźć w skrzynkach rozsianych po mapie. Otwieranie każdej skrzynki daje tyle samo frajdy co    7/10
    BRONIE
    Oczywiście pierwsze co przychodzi nam do głowy kiedy myślimy o Borderlandsach to bronie. Olbrzymi wybór, duża różnorodność w połączeniu z bardzo ciekawymi mechanikami, prześmiewczymi nazwami i responsywnym feelingiem. To nie mogło pójść źle. Amunicje oraz unikatowe bronie można znaleźć w skrzynkach rozsianych po mapie. Otwieranie każdej skrzynki daje tyle samo frajdy co lootboxy w innych grach a jest CAŁKOWICIE DARMOWE. (EA mogłoby się sporo nauczyć.)
    WALKA
    Zabijanie ludzi w Borderlandsach jest ekstremalnie satysfakcjonujące. Strzelanie z dystansu, z bliska, podpalanie, oblewanie kwasem. Krew leje się na lewo i prawo. Dodatkowo walki z bossami potrafi być wymagające (czasami może nawet aż za bardzo) Każdy przeciwnik zachowuje się nieco inaczej, i trzeba wybierać broń odpowiednio do przeciwnika. Umiejętności postaci dodają dynamiki oraz najzwyczajniej w świecie dają radochę graczowi.
    NAWIĄZANIA
    Jak ktoś mówi mi o tej grze myślę o nawiązaniach do pop kultury. Znaleźć tu można nawiązania do kreskówek, filmów czy innych gier, a nawet o zgrozo : memów. Bardzo miło wspinam momenty w których orientowałem się że walczę z żółwiami ninja, odpowiednikiem king konga, czy słyszę jakiś tekst zapożyczony z z popularnego filmu.
    MAPA ORAZ BACKTRACKING
    Mapa jest totalnie nieczytelna. Jeżeli jakaś lokacja ma więcej niż jeden poziom nawigowanie po niej staje się niemożliwe. Fast travel jest dostępny tylko z jednej lokacji do następnej, co powoduje dość częsty backtracking co w połączeniu z nieczytelnym instancjonowanym systemem psuje czasami zabawę. Zabijanie po raz 10 dokładnie tej samej grupki przeciwników nie jest już aż tal satysfakcjonujące
    FABUŁA
    Fabuła jest. Ma swoje mocniejsze momenty, kilka ciekawych plot twistów, aczkolwiek znacznie bardziej w pamięć zapadają questy poboczne, które nie raz przebijają czwartą ścianę, używają tony sarkazmu i są po prostu śmieszne. Moim ulubionym questem była misja w której Handsome Jack (nasz głowny antagonista) kazał mi się zabić. Oczywiście w przypadku śmierci Bardzo szybko pojawiałem się spowrotem na mapie, a zleceniodawca questa zaznaczył że jestem suką która zrobi wszystko dla pieniędzy. I takich przykładów jest znacznie więcej.    … Expand
  18. JonaSCX
    Dec 15, 2020
    7
    Un buen juego, se nota que la accion y el humor se pasan mejor jugando en una partida con 4 jugadores, pero en solitario no decepciona, los dialogos y las bromas de ciertos personajes te hacen sentir incluido en Pandora. Realmente mi unica pega es que a diferencia de otros juegos en este no obtienes un gran loot de la noche a la mañana, incluso derrotando al jefe final no te da ningun armaUn buen juego, se nota que la accion y el humor se pasan mejor jugando en una partida con 4 jugadores, pero en solitario no decepciona, los dialogos y las bromas de ciertos personajes te hacen sentir incluido en Pandora. Realmente mi unica pega es que a diferencia de otros juegos en este no obtienes un gran loot de la noche a la mañana, incluso derrotando al jefe final no te da ningun arma de color naranja, siendo esta el mayor nivel de rareza, aun asi hay armas bastante buenas que puedes conseguir haciendo misiones secundarias, o con los DLC.
    El juego tiene muchisimas misiones y no parece complicado sacarse el 100% de este, pero mi recomendacion es hacer con amigos, lo pasaras mucho mejor, y no dudo que puedan finalizar la historia principal en 20 horas o menos.
    Recomendado con ofertas de Steam en su version GOTY.    … Expand
  19. CleanZodiac
    Oct 12, 2020
    5
    This is just a brainless shooting game, with boring story, corny and cringe worthy dialogues and jokes, with terrible AI's that just stand there waiting for you to shoot them. Honestly I only bought this game to play with my friends but I ended up regretting since most of the time I was half asleep grinding the story to get to their levels.
  20. schatwal96
    Sep 18, 2020
    7
    good shooting, dont have much time in the game but fun with friends, but I didnt enjoy it alone, but you may. (13 hrs)
  21. tommydlbass
    Aug 16, 2020
    6
    Decent game with average gunplay that makes you keep playing for the story and specially the characters. It's good for the time I guess, but I don't like this kind of shooters anymore, and I remember playing a little bit tired of this game at the last mission.
  22. Sean-M
    Jul 23, 2020
    7
    The gameplay is great, the action, all of those guns and its looting mechanism. But I guess this is not my type of game, as I tend to prefer a good story alongside good gameplay, but this does not really have that.
  23. ErhanCeylan123
    Jul 17, 2020
    5
    This game is so boring i cannot finish it.I don't like this cell shade graphics becaus It is tiring my eyes.
  24. Piruz
    Jun 12, 2020
    6
    What a crap, not easy to play today, ass burning tiny game with huge amount of problems. YOU ACTUALLY NEED LIFEHACKS AND GUIDES IF YOU WANT TO GET ANYTHING FROM THIS GAME
  25. Kotofon
    Jun 6, 2020
    5
    Наступает новая пора в духе «стреляй-собирай»! В команде с тремя Охотниками за Хранилищем встретьтесь лицом к лицу с целым миром тварей, психов и злым гением — Красавчиком Джеком. Заводите друзей, снаряжайте их пушками из гигантского арсенала и отправляйтесь с напарниками сражаться плечом к плечу в поисках мести и искупления грехов на неизведанных еще территориях Пандоры.Наступает новая пора в духе «стреляй-собирай»! В команде с тремя Охотниками за Хранилищем встретьтесь лицом к лицу с целым миром тварей, психов и злым гением — Красавчиком Джеком. Заводите друзей, снаряжайте их пушками из гигантского арсенала и отправляйтесь с напарниками сражаться плечом к плечу в поисках мести и искупления грехов на неизведанных еще территориях Пандоры.
  26. hoanns
    Jun 6, 2020
    7
    best borderlands, must be played in co-op .
  27. Relkad
    Mar 25, 2020
    6
    A successful run&gun,especially fun with 3 other people.
    Although the characters and voice acting is good,story is mediocre i'd say.
  28. Mr_Robot
    Feb 15, 2020
    6
    Не могу сказать что игра плохая, также не могу сказать что хорошая. Меня ничего в ней не цепляло, я не чувствовал эту игру. В кратце что запомнил это смешного микрочела "железяку" и что нужно убить типичного злодея.Так и запомнилась средняя игра, для меня лично.

    6/10    Не могу сказать что игра плохая, также не могу сказать что хорошая. Меня ничего в ней не цепляло, я не чувствовал эту игру. В кратце что запомнил это смешного микрочела "железяку" и что нужно убить типичного злодея.Так и запомнилась средняя игра, для меня лично.

    6/10
  29. MikefromAngus
    Nov 22, 2018
    7
    Great graphics, a huge improvement over the first borderlands. Which was one of the favorite games on the PS3! But something was missing. I felt, the worlds, were bigger. But that was just it, they were just bigger. I didn't have any fear of my character dying. The graphics were just too colorful. The whole experience just felt like a "game". I put in over 40 hours into this game. and itsGreat graphics, a huge improvement over the first borderlands. Which was one of the favorite games on the PS3! But something was missing. I felt, the worlds, were bigger. But that was just it, they were just bigger. I didn't have any fear of my character dying. The graphics were just too colorful. The whole experience just felt like a "game". I put in over 40 hours into this game. and its painful for me to give this game a 7 out of 10. But Borderlands 2, just did not do it for me. Not serious enough, too childish, too colorful.… Expand
  30. MillersWeeb
    Nov 16, 2018
    7
    Игра сделана очень амбициозно, но к сожалению персонажи проработаны плохо, таланты неинтересные, боевая система медленная и однообразная. Лут собирать неинтересно. Пре-сиквел лучше.
  31. aditya1101
    Oct 5, 2017
    6
    I'm probably not the right audience for this game, which is why I didn't enjoy it very much, but it was sold to me as an FPS with RPG elements and it never really felt like the RPG elements were strong enough for me to enjoy the game.
  32. zimmer600
    Aug 19, 2017
    7
    Borderlands 2 is an incendiary mix of old and new. The creators managed not only to preserve the atmosphere, style and original humor of the first part, but also to increase the degree of entertainment and dynamism of the game process. You can close your eyes to minor shortcomings - colorful characters and a rich game world more than offset by them. Of course, among the existing shootersBorderlands 2 is an incendiary mix of old and new. The creators managed not only to preserve the atmosphere, style and original humor of the first part, but also to increase the degree of entertainment and dynamism of the game process. You can close your eyes to minor shortcomings - colorful characters and a rich game world more than offset by them. Of course, among the existing shooters and RPG Borderlands 2 does not stand out as an innovative approach in terms of combat system or role-playing elements. But she has a unique style, which is so lacking in many modern games. For this we love her.… Expand
  33. aeroplasma
    Aug 1, 2017
    5
    I may be in the minority here but I didn't enjoy this game very much. The missions were confusing, the characters tried too hard to be funny, and the gameplay got repetitive. Granted I played mostly single player but the few times I played multiplayer it was the same experience.
  34. OberiousLocke
    Jul 31, 2017
    6
    Borderlands is a series that I feel very mixed about. On one hand, I love the world, characters, et cetera. On the other hand, Borderlands 2 has absolutely ruined any semblance of fairness and balance. In the first game, I could go in solo and have a reasonable expectation of success. Obviously you never will come out unscathed, but you could carry health kits to offset it a bit.

    In the    Borderlands is a series that I feel very mixed about. On one hand, I love the world, characters, et cetera. On the other hand, Borderlands 2 has absolutely ruined any semblance of fairness and balance. In the first game, I could go in solo and have a reasonable expectation of success. Obviously you never will come out unscathed, but you could carry health kits to offset it a bit.

    In the second game, it backhands you and throws any concept of fair out of the window if you dare to show your face around it without friends, especially early on/late game. It got to the point that in the final sections of the game, attempting to do it without absolutely the best equipment was futile, as enemies would annihilate you just by sneezing in your direction. After playing the first game, I did plenty of research on characters and builds before setting off into the second game. I settled on Axton for my first full playthrough.

    It would seem obvious but to the mad idiots at Gearbox it might bear repeating. Starting a game fighting giant yeti's that can jump across entire zip/post codes, outrun you, knock you back across entire zip/post codes, take out most of your shields in one hit, spawn by the dozens, and spawn with a variant that is constantly throwing **** at you with literal pin-point accuracy and capable predict your movements with no margin of error IS NOT FUN.

    It gets better after you stop encountering those unnamed white **** heads, but not by much. People say if you want to be OP, just sidequest. Those people are filthy **** liars. With copious sidequesting and a decent build/equipment, the final zone leading up to Handsome Jack absolutely destroyed me relentlessly. I went from several hundred-thousand dollars to a few thousand from dying alone, which resulted in forcing me to download a save editor and kit myself out with top of the line gear.

    It's such a **** shame after how good and fun the first game was solo that they felt the need to **** on anyone who doesn't want to play multiplayer by making it so relentlessly difficult. Thankfully, the community doesn't seem to be as braindead about it as the community of some other games are, and the consensus from what I've seen is that the game will absolutely hate you and make no secret of it if you play solo.

    I realize that this review probably comes off as a bit light, but there is no one single thing I can point to that proves why it is such a slog solo. Enemies that don't stop moving making it impossible to get a good shot at them more often than not. Enemies that will purposefully run away from you when you enter fight-for-your-life, unfairly forcing you to bleed out and start the area from the start. Gun mechanics that make cartoon guns look realistic, you'll rarely find a gun that isn't a pile of ass and recoil. Enemies with projectile attacks that literally cannot miss unless you stop moving, wait for them to launch, then move, then hope that it's friends didn't brutalize you too bad while standing still.

    Last thing is not something I normally pay any attention to, but when I get FPS drops on a Gigabyte OC 980 and a 4.5GHz CPU on a game this old is an absolutely shameful job optimizing the game. I can run Dishonored 2 maxed out and my GPU is well below the recommended.    … Expand
  35. ZombieTech
    Jun 26, 2017
    5
    First let me start by saying that this game is neat. I played Borderlands 1, but decided to pass on Borderlands 2 at the time of its release. I just recently picked it up a few days ago (it's now 02/21/2017), and the game originally came out 09/17/2012... so just shy of FIVE YEARS after the game released.

    Again, game is fun, but here's the issue I'm having. I purchased the $40 GOTY    First let me start by saying that this game is neat. I played Borderlands 1, but decided to pass on Borderlands 2 at the time of its release. I just recently picked it up a few days ago (it's now 02/21/2017), and the game originally came out 09/17/2012... so just shy of FIVE YEARS after the game released.

    Again, game is fun, but here's the issue I'm having. I purchased the $40 GOTY edition, where in the past, most GOTY editions come with everything that's come out for a game... and would think almost 5 years later, they'd be more than happy to have everything bundled together for the $40 I paid. But no... and don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the 10 items that are included in Steam's GOTY edition... but then while I'm in game, I go over to the customization-station, and see at least 5 skins for the Gunzerker that have an "*" next to them and figured maybe that meant they were premium items that were included... go to equip one, to find out I have to pay $1 each for each of the 5 or so "*" skins, and while perusing, notice there's about 5 for each class. So 6 classes x 5 skins @ $1 a piece, that'd be another $30 right there for JUST SKINS. Then while perusing father, it dawns on me that the Season Pass also wasn't part of the package, which is another $30... then I see scenario packs (but from what I understand they'd be included with the Season Pass, so won't list their prices), but on top of that, there's other packs, like a second level-cap pack (GOTY included the first I believe), which is another $5.

    Get where I'm going here!? $40 for GOY edition, plus $30 for JUST SKINS, plus $30 for Season Pass, plus $5 for the second level-cap pack (fairly certain that covers everything, but considering the lengthy list of DLC on Steam for this can't be certain)... so just to have the COMPLETE Borderlands 2 experience, even almost 5 years later, WITH a newer Borderlands (Pre-Sequal) that has released, looking at spending $105 at least!!! There's a "Borderlands: Take Over Your Life" pack for $129 which I believe included all Borderlands games, and I'd assume by the name everything for them... just WOW!

    To be fair, I can at least recommend Borderlands 2 and perhaps even the GOTY edition, so long as you're going to just play the game and do your best to dodge all pay-walls and invisible dollar signs looming through the game... but I must say, so early on in the game to be struck in the face with, "oh, that'll cost you this much extra" after already having purchased the GOTY edition almost 5 years later on after the original release... I sadly am left with a "Need For Speed: Most Wanted" (the remake) impression... where immersion feels now a bit constantly broken, and honestly a bit gross, with pay-walls and missing-content and invisible dollar-signs looming all throughout the game. >_<

    (From what I read about what's in the scenarios and the second level-cap pack, and skins, and other stuff... really feel like even after paying $40 almost 5 years later, there's still a decent amount that I'm missing out on. Honestly, I could easily afford the other $65 or more DLC, but the principle is just slapping me in the face like a stinky tuna-fish!)    … Expand
  36. SPARTACVS
    May 29, 2016
    5
    The game has greatly improved in term of software quality. BL1 was troublesome (yet playable). They also add some interesting features, like the ability to transfer items between characters (finally).

    My main complaint is the fact that your character is limited to level 50. You have to buy add on or the GOTY edition to go beyond that level. It's not like this game as a free to play    The game has greatly improved in term of software quality. BL1 was troublesome (yet playable). They also add some interesting features, like the ability to transfer items between characters (finally).

    My main complaint is the fact that your character is limited to level 50. You have to buy add on or the GOTY edition to go beyond that level. It's not like this game as a free to play model and you buy options. I've paid a decent price for that game and I feel cheated. So if you want to buy it, get the GOTY edition.

    Also, many patches after the release, they changed something which made the game much harder. I don't know if they weaken the characters or their weapons or if it was the monster that were much stronger. The result is you can get killed by normal monsters that are few levels below yours. And to make points for your characters, you have to fight monsters that are ideally slightly above your level. And I'm not even talking about boss monsters and so. See the picture?    … Expand
  37. TitaniumDragon
    Nov 8, 2015
    5
    Borderlands 2 is primarily a multiplayer experience; while the game can be played single player, and I have done so, it simply is not as enjoyable as when you are playing with another person.

    Why? I think the ultimate answer to this is that there is a lot of garbage in the game, and it is easy to get side-tracked and spend a lot of time exploring the (ultimately not that interesting)    Borderlands 2 is primarily a multiplayer experience; while the game can be played single player, and I have done so, it simply is not as enjoyable as when you are playing with another person.

    Why? I think the ultimate answer to this is that there is a lot of garbage in the game, and it is easy to get side-tracked and spend a lot of time exploring the (ultimately not that interesting) environment rather than actually playing the game and killing enemies. Ultimately the best part of the game is the various humorous dialogue dispersed throughout the game as you make your way through, and as a result, the faster you go through the game and the less time you spend doing stupid stuff, the more time you actually spend enjoying yourself and the less time you waste on stuff which isn't ultimately that fulfilling.

    There is a lot to do in the game, but ultimately the real fun comes out of the humor and out of getting various wacky guns and using them on enemies. The actual game mechanics are fairly mediocre, and only some of the enemies are all that interesting to fight - mostly, the mechanics of the game are just not interesting enough to really pull your interest over other FPS-type games, especially games like the Crysis series.    … Expand
  38. Fresh3gg
    Nov 4, 2015
    7
    Like other games Far Cry 3 & Dead Space this has unlockable skill levels as you plays on. Look like Halo & Final Fantasy games - visuals look cartoon like, though 3D. Fortress & camps layout like Far Cry 3.

    Navigations & mission systems are of the game STALKER's. Some part of this is like Serious Sam. And ... Deus Ex was a once high score game, could someone point to me which part of    Like other games Far Cry 3 & Dead Space this has unlockable skill levels as you plays on. Look like Halo & Final Fantasy games - visuals look cartoon like, though 3D. Fortress & camps layout like Far Cry 3.

    Navigations & mission systems are of the game STALKER's. Some part of this is like Serious Sam. And ... Deus Ex was a once high score game, could someone point to me which part of this game has resemblance to it? May be it's weapon systems that has a lot of selections?

    Look childish & console based, that's how Halo sells so well. But mixing it with cruelty & some little horror theme? Confusing!

    Takes a good mind to learn how to use the inventory system, swap guns. Finding waypoints that went way out of the mapped map view with no pointed arrow ... huh?! Went into a new region that player don't has enough XP points and Level to venture on, impossible to kill anything in the new region, but able to break mineral rocks to collect level 30 XP weapons that can be sold for over $1,000 while back in the "normal" region you only get to pick up $1 to $3 from cabinets?

    Too much works put into this one, end up with not such a big mess. Playable, but knew better why other game makers wont' venture down this kind of path since it's not cost effective & less in revenue return.    … Expand
  39. TrilobiteG
    Jun 30, 2015
    7
    A decent FPS sci-fi adventure with the most awesome selection of guns I have ever seen in a video game. That being said, the missions feel repetitive, time wasting and unfinished.
  40. jetSetWilly
    Mar 11, 2015
    6
    My re-review of Borderlands 2 after I decided that I've got to try harder at getting something back for the money it cost me. The thing I despise the most about this game is the weapon generator, this is what I hated about the first one but with help, aka a beautiful little program called Gibbed you can by-pass the horrible segment of the game and actually enjoy it.

    I hate the skills in    My re-review of Borderlands 2 after I decided that I've got to try harder at getting something back for the money it cost me. The thing I despise the most about this game is the weapon generator, this is what I hated about the first one but with help, aka a beautiful little program called Gibbed you can by-pass the horrible segment of the game and actually enjoy it.

    I hate the skills in the game, they're worthless. The best thing about the whole itemisation and rpg side to the game would be the awesome points which really aren't that awesome, they're incredibly conservative. You play the game for 100hrs and you achieve maybe 10% bonus to some stats. : Lel, but its still better than a kick in the shins.

    Anyhow, with friends playing and a bit of gun-ho attitude you can actually get some action out of this game, pity all the rewards suck. I so strongly recommend the use of a program called Gibbed, boost you character up with some neat-o crapola and blast away. Not bad, you can actually enjoy yourself, with some friends.

    I could go on, but I think for a game that's given me at least 100hrs of fun I think its finally paid itself off and so it deserves a 6 instead of a 1. :D    … Expand
  41. youlouz
    Nov 11, 2014
    7
    Amazing shooter with outstanding graphics and nice gameplay

    PROS
    -outstanding graphics
    -bizarre guns
    -Fun gameplay
    -Easily caught onto
    -Nice Story

    CONS
    -Tends to be boring at times
    -Frustrating if your not the right level for a mission
  42. deathweeper
    Oct 28, 2014
    6
    Considering how this game is getting so many great reviews I feel like I have bee playing something else. The game is ok but it does have a lot annoying problems. The story really isn't as good as people are saying although it can be funny. The landscapes are boring, its a wasteland, grey, empty, all the levels are similar and their boring. I both like and really, really hate the lootConsidering how this game is getting so many great reviews I feel like I have bee playing something else. The game is ok but it does have a lot annoying problems. The story really isn't as good as people are saying although it can be funny. The landscapes are boring, its a wasteland, grey, empty, all the levels are similar and their boring. I both like and really, really hate the loot system. I like having lots of guns and loot but it gets very frustrating not having a good gun drop or when you finally do get something you like it turns into crap ten minutes later (I want to craft my own guns). Overall this game is fine but definitely over hyped.… Expand
  43. Eulo
    Oct 18, 2014
    5
    When BL1 was released I was very excited, finally a game that mashed together MMO's, RPG's, and FPS's. It is very unfortunate that Gearbox was the source of this idea.

    Borderlands 2, much like Borderlands 1, starts off brilliant. Engaging story and characters, great immersive eviroments, great pacing and balance throughout. It is not until that Playthrough 2 that Borderlands 2, much    When BL1 was released I was very excited, finally a game that mashed together MMO's, RPG's, and FPS's. It is very unfortunate that Gearbox was the source of this idea.

    Borderlands 2, much like Borderlands 1, starts off brilliant. Engaging story and characters, great immersive eviroments, great pacing and balance throughout. It is not until that Playthrough 2 that Borderlands 2, much like Borderlands 1, starts to rear its true head. Starting on Playthrough 2 (which by the way is an incredibly lazy thing for ANY developer to do. Give me a full game, not the same thing 2-4 times.) Gearbox throws out all working concepts of the setting they've established for the game so far:
    - You're super powerful.
    - You have the best guns. Period.
    - Enemies are psychotic, former scientists/miners. I.E, untrained with weapons, certainly less than a merc vault hunter.
    - The enemies don't wear armor (most) and have guns that are duct taped together, literally.

    These things lead to a very easy and very enjoyable Playthrough 1 to get acclimated to the game if you're a first time BL player. However, as I stated above, Gearbox ditches all of these established concepts on Playthrough 2 in favor of:
    - You ain't ****
    - You're best gun on the entire planet now shoots spitballls.
    - Enemies are highly trained marine snipers capable of only hitting your head.
    - The enemies still dont wear armor and still have duct taped guns, but now instead of HP/Gun Damage to refect this, they do exponentially more damage than your "Best Gun on the Planet" and have exponentially more health than your "Best Health/Sheild Kit" on the planet.

    What does this lead to? A totally underwhelming experience, a ton of balance issues, and a game that turns from enjoyable mass-murderous fun to a tediuous, arguous experience that fights you to enjoy it every step of the way.

    TL/DR:

    - Bullet Spongeing enemies DOES NOT equal increased diffuculty. This makes your dev team seem lazy and lethargic, and the game itself seem tedious and ill prepared. Bullet sponging enemies is also counterintuitive to collecting any gun, seeing as they all do a pittance of damage to the unarmored enemies. This means I spend 50 levels getting powerful, with no reward other than a chance to do it all again, upon which I am then underpowered indefinetly.

    - Balance! Don't include single player if you aren't going to balance it! On Playthrough 2, single player is literally impossible with all but 1 character, and even then you need to be a specific spec with that character for it to become do-able. Conversly, Online is stupid easy, even with just 2/4 people. Where the hell is the balance? BL1 suffered from this problem, and it was obvious then. Did they fix it in BL2, HAH! Not a chance.

    This game fights you to enjoy it starting with Playthrough 2 in Solo/Single Player, and you'll fight to pay attention if you play Online because it's stupid easy. I honestly can't recomend this game to anyone, there are too many issues and too much incompetence within the development company for this game to ever shine the way it truely would in the hands of a capable developer.    … Expand
  44. Lanky14
    Oct 15, 2014
    6
    This game is fun with a friend. If you are looking for a gripping single-player game, though, it will leave you looking. I didn't find the talent system had much of an impact on my character development and while some guns were fairly entertaining, most of the time either the game was too easy or it was a rez fest (with difficulty turned up)
  45. quailegg94
    Jul 27, 2014
    7
    theirs only one complaint i have with it is the requirements it puts such a strain on my computer that i can only play for 20 mins before the graphics card overheats other then that during play its great for first person shooter games pls focus more on the script of things details arent too inportant on crazy games this is my opinion
  46. Klewer
    Jul 25, 2014
    6
    By no stretch of the imagination is this a bad game, but all the time I found my mind wondering and begin to think when will this be over. For me it felt like the exact same game we had a few years ago now. It does not really do anything different and makes the play through a chore.
  47. roboticsun
    May 25, 2014
    5
    BL2 is still the same tedious game with countless boring fetch quests. I stopped playing it after jamming 30 hours or so on it. This game basically has no difference with BL1, I just feel my time is totally wasted.
  48. djbarker
    Apr 16, 2014
    7
    So funny! The fist play through is pure pleasure. But by the second, third and DLC, I was saturated. Coop was sometimes awesome, but insanely powerful loot turned coop into a walk. Because of the crazy loot, many parts have real badasses to fight that are impossible to solo, but a piece of piss in a group. It was nearly fantastic, but then came over leveling, where you can get matched upSo funny! The fist play through is pure pleasure. But by the second, third and DLC, I was saturated. Coop was sometimes awesome, but insanely powerful loot turned coop into a walk. Because of the crazy loot, many parts have real badasses to fight that are impossible to solo, but a piece of piss in a group. It was nearly fantastic, but then came over leveling, where you can get matched up with people 8+ lvls stronger than you, but you cant tell because lvls stop being numeric at 72. I don;t see the point in wandering around a make believe world where your buddies make the enemy evaporate, while you collect stuff. If only the difficulty balancing was done right.… Expand
  49. sh4dow
    Mar 9, 2014
    5
    I finally decided to give this a chance because I was really curious about the humor. Figured I'd be in for a lot of action and fun. Well... if killing the same random enemies on dumb fetch quests over and over, getting relatively worthless loot and thus hearing one joke per hour is your kind of fun, maybe this game is for you.
    The respawn mechanics are simply ridiculous. Enemies spawning    I finally decided to give this a chance because I was really curious about the humor. Figured I'd be in for a lot of action and fun. Well... if killing the same random enemies on dumb fetch quests over and over, getting relatively worthless loot and thus hearing one joke per hour is your kind of fun, maybe this game is for you.
    The respawn mechanics are simply ridiculous. Enemies spawning during boss battles - alright. I'm not a fan of it when it happens so much but still. But then having to fight ALL enemies yet again after finishing a boss and backtracking (because why put a fast travel point maybe after a boss battle when you can stretch the game out by having the player go through the same **** multiple times) is unacceptable.
    And the loot system reeks of Torchlight. Within just a couple of hours of playing, you'll probably simply stop picking up white gear because it's useless anyway. There is so much useless loot that it's more of a chore checking it out rather than being excited about what one might get.
    Also, the controls don't really feel all that great. And It seems to me that the cel-shaded graphics make it more difficult to aim when you aim down the sights.
    It feels like a bit like a bad combination of COD and Torchlight to me. I don't understand why on earth people enjoy it that much.    … Expand
  50. Zarniwooop
    Mar 5, 2014
    6
    I tried really hard with this game.

    It looks wonderful and its very flashy, but its just not very interesting. I played a good 10+ hours and didn't really enjoy any of it. The best word I could find to describe this game is "bland". You will do the same thing over, and over, and over... in the same locations over and over and over (they look just the same). Also, the voice acting CAN    I tried really hard with this game.

    It looks wonderful and its very flashy, but its just not very interesting.

    I played a good 10+ hours and didn't really enjoy any of it. The best word I could find to describe this game is "bland". You will do the same thing over, and over, and over... in the same locations over and over and over (they look just the same). Also, the voice acting CAN become incredibly irritating and juvenile.

    It's a shame. Because the look of the game was really interesting. I could only recommend this to people that play nothing but bland console games and don't know any better, or teenage kids who might find the subject matter amusing.    … Expand
  51. filthyrichguy
    Feb 25, 2014
    7
    I'm 40 hours into the game but I got bored and ditched it (almost finished it). It's a very good game when compared to the rest of the FPS junk out there. I've finished the original Borderlands twice and this one not even once - both games have a substantially long long play time but the first one, even with the paper thin story was very captivating and had a nice feel of mystery to it.I'm 40 hours into the game but I got bored and ditched it (almost finished it). It's a very good game when compared to the rest of the FPS junk out there. I've finished the original Borderlands twice and this one not even once - both games have a substantially long long play time but the first one, even with the paper thin story was very captivating and had a nice feel of mystery to it. Most great things from the original game are here too, bigger and better. What's the problem then? Well, the few things that are NOT bigger and better, in fact they are abysmall. Humor is almost completely lost, main antagonist is seldom funny and he tries too damn hard, complete with real-life references aimed at mom's basement reddit dwelling teenagers - it definitely kills the mystery. Jokes feel like something that came out of **** constantly poking fun at its own bad writing. The only part of the game that was really immersive and a proper "Borderlands feel" to it was the Caustic Caverns and I think Borderlands fans will agree here, it is the hardest and most fantastic part of the game, it has stunning level design, spectacular monsters and captivating story behind it - the whole place was truly creepy complete with Borderlands' trademark black humor. After that level though, everything else was "meh". What made me quit the game though was the new item system where you get a purple (epic) gun with super short range but a super uber snipe scope - original Borderlands had its "funny weapons", yes, but in amounts of good taste. In this one though, MOST of the stuff is randomly geneated junk and you have an OCEAN of purple/orange items to compare in hopes of finding an ideal gun - this becomes a tedious and boring task. In first BL, ANY orange gun was probably better than what you currently had, in this one though you will have plenty of orange/yellow guns that are completely useless. As you progress in the game this will happen more often. You will end up using a purple weapon 10 levels behind you because all you can find is total junk even aften killing a major boss 5 times. With the "gun skill" attribute removed I was happy thinking now I can use any gun but I just can't FIND any gun that's even remotely usable. With that said I rage quitted the game after I finally found an orange Vladoff minigun but it had some ridiculously extreme attributes that conflicted with each other e.g. over the top precision that you don't need in the first place and too high fire rate but as compensation for those "awesome stats" it had massive recoil effectively making it unusable.… Expand
  52. Dr_Fetus
    Jan 2, 2014
    6
    The game play itself is good enough, but I have two complaints that I believe prevent the game from scoring a ten from me.

    The first being, the cartoon-like graphics spoil it for me. Personally, I find it difficult to find certain things and after half an hour I get eye strain. If the graphics were like that of a classic 2012 shooter, then I could raise the score to eight. Now I know    The game play itself is good enough, but I have two complaints that I believe prevent the game from scoring a ten from me.

    The first being, the cartoon-like graphics spoil it for me. Personally, I find it difficult to find certain things and after half an hour I get eye strain. If the graphics were like that of a classic 2012 shooter, then I could raise the score to eight.

    Now I know this second point will sound stupid, but this is very significant to me. Your robot companion throughout the game, claptrap, is so immensely annoying that if this were a real life situation, I would have committed suicide after the numerous futile attempts to destroy that annoying little c*nt.

    Apart from those two factors, the NPCs and weapons are responsive and I enjoy playing with them.    … Expand
  53. william-james88
    Dec 30, 2013
    5
    I simply do not understand the rave reviews for this game. Sure, it’s open world and can play coop, but the shooting itself isn’t great. The enemy variety is not great and the story is not very absorbing either. Pretty much, the first person shooting rpg aspect is far from what Far Cry 3 developed while the fun shooting mechanics and environment is far from what Bulletstorm developed. YouI simply do not understand the rave reviews for this game. Sure, it’s open world and can play coop, but the shooting itself isn’t great. The enemy variety is not great and the story is not very absorbing either. Pretty much, the first person shooting rpg aspect is far from what Far Cry 3 developed while the fun shooting mechanics and environment is far from what Bulletstorm developed. You end up with a poor mixture of both with repeated mission types, the need to grind (which I don’t find fun), uninteresting enemies and very bland shooting, especially compared to the type of first person shooting found in a game like Bulletstorm. The one thing this game has over others is co-op, but the kind of chaos it creates makes any of the writing and story obsolete.
    If you want an FPS with heavy RPG, try Fallout 3
    If you want an FPS with crude humour, vibrant colours and fun diverse shooting and weapons, try Bulletstorm
    If you want an FPS with CO-OP, try Left 4 Dead
    If you want a boring combination of all this, then you have Borderlands 2    … Expand
  54. 7Montana7
    Dec 26, 2013
    7
    Borderlands 2 is a really good game that could have been great.
    There are a few things that drags it down in my opinion.
    1. The shooter mechanics are intentionally unprecise. Large bullet spread combined with huge sway, absence of proper sights on many (most un-scoped) weapons combined with many fast and agile enemies can make the game frustrating. 2. The weapons are just too random in    Borderlands 2 is a really good game that could have been great.
    There are a few things that drags it down in my opinion.
    1. The shooter mechanics are intentionally unprecise. Large bullet spread combined with huge sway, absence of proper sights on many (most un-scoped) weapons combined with many fast and agile enemies can make the game frustrating.
    2. The weapons are just too random in their abilities/function. Sure, there are thousands, but 95% of them sucks big time. The chance of you finding just what you want is microscopic, and then finding an upgrade... good luck. I would have preferred a modular system, like Dead Space 3.
    3. You sometimes have to fight through certain areas multiple times.
    4. Many enemies are massive bullet sponges.
    5. WASD keys aren't usable as navigation in the menus (might seem nitpicky, but come on, really? It just screams bad port).

    All in all, B2 is a good game that could have been a 10 with some changes. The story is pretty good and well told, and Handsome Jack (the badguy) is hilarious.
    The Mechromancer is fun to play, even if I've struggled with finding a build I'm completely satisfied with.    … Expand
  55. MediaGuru
    Dec 4, 2013
    5
    Not sure why this game gets so much buzz and hype it makes me realize just how much people must like mindless FPS shooters (but then, I already knew this long ago, from the popularity of games like Unreal Tournament)

    The fact of the matter is that this game has some great production quality (graphics, sound, etc)... but it's lacking where the game really counts: FUN factor, and a sense    Not sure why this game gets so much buzz and hype it makes me realize just how much people must like mindless FPS shooters (but then, I already knew this long ago, from the popularity of games like Unreal Tournament)

    The fact of the matter is that this game has some great production quality (graphics, sound, etc)... but it's lacking where the game really counts: FUN factor, and a sense of accomplishment.

    The graphics are a nice twist, and go with the whimsical, dark-carnivalesque post apocalyptic theme. The vibrant colors and intricate props can get a little cluttered and overkill at times, making it hard to really focus on anything (or to see enemies)... but that's a minor annoyance, and it's still a nice feel.

    The audio is excellent, with some very fine voice talent work and great delivery of lines and jokes. The humor and "feel" of the game is what pushes it up to a 5.

    However, there are major flaws which make this game just... not as fun as it should be:

    They call this an FPS/RPG. It's really not. I would call a game like Fallout 3 an RPG with a slight hint of FPS (not done very well); Borderlands is an FPS with a slight hint of RPG (not done very well).

    And it's a no-brainer run-and-gun, at that. That's my biggest problem with it. There's not really any sense of tactics or strategy involved. It's simply "get the most powerful gun you can, have good aim, make sure your ammo is stocked, and blast away... run around a little bit to find other cover... get in a vehicle and then you are basically invincible... etc.

    The feel of it is almost identical to Dead Island another hack-and-slash, run-and-gun smashfest, but at least in that you are dealing with zombies so it makes sense. The idea of an "open world" with characters to talk to, but not really any puzzles to solve, just quests the characters give you to "go to a destination" and then "kill X" or "retrieve Y." However, I found the level design and variety in Dead Island much better-done than Borderlands 2.

    The level design, tactics, and resource management are what have made games like Half-Life so great. Borderlands 2 is seriously lacking in this department. You will essentially never run out of weapons or ammo everywhere you look, there are piles of goods lying around. This makes it fairly easy to avoid dying (especially when you throw in the last-ditch effort you can give after being downed), and even if you do die, there's not much of a problem, as you respawn somewhere you recently passed no real penalty or problem.

    I haven't played in co-op mode, which I assume plays something like Dead Island (but worse)

    In short, what does it tell you that I am spending my time writing this review right now instead of playing the game?? (At least I was smart enough to wait for it to go on sale, and got it for $10. At that price, I don't feel bad... it's given me some enjoyment, it's just getting tedious and repetitive after a few short hours, which was never the case with games like Half-Life 2 or Fallout 3...)    … Expand
  56. SupaChigga
    Nov 18, 2013
    6
    Single Player/Multi Player (2/2)

    (If the single player is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no multplayer) (If the multiplayer is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no single player) Gameplay (1/2) Visuals/Story (2/2) (If the visuals are better than the story, review this section as if it had no story) (If the story is    Single Player/Multi Player (2/2)

    (If the single player is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no multplayer) (If the multiplayer is better than the multiplayer, review this section as if it had no single player)

    Gameplay (1/2)

    Visuals/Story (2/2)

    (If the visuals are better than the story, review this section as if it had no story) (If the story is better than the visuals, review this section as if the visuals didn’t matter)

    Accessibility/Longevity (2/2)

    (Review this section only on Accessibility if the game has no longevity) (Review this section only on longevity if the game isn’t accessible)

    Pricing (0/2)

    Wildcard (-1)

    This is a guideline for how to properly review games. Many reviewers like to get a “feel” for a game, and arbitrarily give a game a score that they believe it deserves. This results in wildly different scores between different reviewers, and vastly different scores between similar games. This guideline addresses these problems and scores games fairly and consistently. This guideline also gives scores that are usually similar to the metacritic score.

    The review score is based out of 10 points. There are no “half” or 0.5 increments. It is impossible to have a score above 10 or below 0. The review score will change as the game gets new dlc, drops in price, or if more secrets are found through the game increasing its appeal.

    The scoring is split into 6 sections. The first five sections can add a possible 2 points to the final score. The first 5 sections are Single Player/Multi Player, Gameplay, Visuals/Story, Accessibility/Longevity, and Pricing.

    Notice that 3 of these sections have two parts. These particular sections will be scored based on the stronger part of the game of the two. For example, if a game has a lousy single player campaign, but an excellent multiplayer component, that section will be based solely on the multiplayer as if the single player did not exist. This allows games to be based on their own merits, as many unnecessary features are shoehorned into video games by publishers to reach a “feature quota”. Games that excel in both areas of a section don’t receive should be noted in the written review, but cannot increase the score past 2 in that section. However, it can be taken into account in the final section

    The final section can add 1, add 0, or subtract 1 to the final score. This final section is the “wildcard” section. This section is for how the reviewer “feels” about the game, but limits this only to this section, rather than the entire 10 point review. This section can include any positive or negative point that was not covered in the previous 5 sections.    … Expand
  57. Crowrevell
    Nov 2, 2013
    5
    The game boast a lot of guns and an memorable villain, both of which are true. However I find it hard to imagine that many people invest themselves into the game after 1 play-through (unless they do co-op). On PC there are several bugs: invisible walls, disappearing bullets, vending machine glitches, enemy's freeze up, enemies shot at nothing, enemies fly off the map.

    The initial    The game boast a lot of guns and an memorable villain, both of which are true. However I find it hard to imagine that many people invest themselves into the game after 1 play-through (unless they do co-op). On PC there are several bugs: invisible walls, disappearing bullets, vending machine glitches, enemy's freeze up, enemies shot at nothing, enemies fly off the map.

    The initial play-through (normal) is relatively balanced but challenging. There are a good deal of missions and a lot of location. After completing the game you unlock true-vault hunter mode (play+) which isn't about enemies using tactics requiring strategy, but a race between you and them to become ridiculously overpowered. They move faster than you can turn, leap 2 stories, run backwards at full speed without hitting anything. The health bar is the same for every enemy, but not all level 50s are made the same. One has to grind through basic enemies that have 10x your health, so you'll need to unload mass amounts of bullets even into low level enemies. Loot drops greatly impact how you spec your character as well as how you play. While I don't mind some amount of farming, you have to farm a lot which involves having to reload from your saves over and over for hours to unlock one item then move onto the other (that's if the item is farmable or you've farmed enough to be able to farm a better item). Spending 20 hours to find one gun and hope it's the right level and variation isn't a lot of fun. There isn't any change of pace. Aside from killing enemies, there almost nothing to do (challenges would be the exception but most of those involve killing enemies).

    The dialogue is good though the overall story isn't that impressive. The skill trees have several options, but each character only has 1 special skill and all of the options are passive. Characters can have different clothes or heads but that's it for customization; mostly color swaps.

    If you are into looting guns and firing guns until your fingers go numb, this game is for you. If replaying the same scenarios over and over isn't your thing, then I would avoid this game.    … Expand
  58. naus
    Oct 15, 2013
    7
    Decent gameplay, but a single active skill is a bit of a waste of a skill-tree system, which means that the characters aren't all that different from each other (can limit replay value). Also, the game is somewhat obsessed with squeezing you for money. The season pass includes neither the game itself, nor even all of the DLC.
  59. Type4101
    Sep 8, 2013
    6
    Borderlands 2 is a good game that fails to reach its full potential due to design choices that limit the enjoyment of single-player gamers. The game is great, even for single-players, until the plot has ended, and the extras begin. Then, the game becomes unplayable unless you join a multiplayer group, because the post-game enemies can't be defeated alone, and require group mates. ThisBorderlands 2 is a good game that fails to reach its full potential due to design choices that limit the enjoyment of single-player gamers. The game is great, even for single-players, until the plot has ended, and the extras begin. Then, the game becomes unplayable unless you join a multiplayer group, because the post-game enemies can't be defeated alone, and require group mates. This means that many players will be left out in the cold, and the money they spent on all the DLC will be wasted. An ok game, but should have been complete for both single and multi-players. Otherwise, it should just advertise itself as multiplayer, and not try to fool single player gamers into buying it.… Expand
  60. AlienSpaceBats
    Sep 6, 2013
    7
    Pretty standard FPS fare that demands to be played co-op, the solo experience tends to be a little monotonous; go here, kill this, repeat. Has some neat customization and funny dialogue but often feels as though it's fishing for memes.
  61. vahn
    Aug 28, 2013
    7
    I loved the original Borderlands for so many good reasons: it was a innovative for a fps, with actually good mechanics of an RPG without losing the fps touch at all. Add also a lot of exploration, a lot of black humour, gore, blood and whatever gets in your mind, no wonder Borderlands was a great game (not a master piece: it had some flaws and it was repetitive at a certain point). WhenI loved the original Borderlands for so many good reasons: it was a innovative for a fps, with actually good mechanics of an RPG without losing the fps touch at all. Add also a lot of exploration, a lot of black humour, gore, blood and whatever gets in your mind, no wonder Borderlands was a great game (not a master piece: it had some flaws and it was repetitive at a certain point). When this game was announced I was very curious and I couldn't wait to get it. In the end, I had to wait for a discount instead...but there are good things in the game anyway: the mechanics are almost the same, if not THE same as the previous, but with some good tweaks in controls, weapons (some have unique ways to shoot just like the previous game), classes and so forth. The new things are not a lot really: we got some more customzation, we have a bank and the possibility to store items for your alts, we got some better controls now and much more fluid (than the previous). Also the inventory is much better designed (ALWAYS than the previous game) and some better shooting (it's much more handy and less stiff). But there's not really much else to add really, because it's almost the same game.

    Except it's plagued with DLC.

    BUT WAIT, before anything else I want to say that I don't dislike the dlcs: I had all of them in the original Borderlands and it was fine. But here it's different, because the game was plagued from DLC literally from day 1 with an embaressing release of dlc in a very short time (first came out 21 september, the season pass, then 9 october, then 16 october, then 20 november and so on, until now). But again, as I said, Im not saying I'm against them...but I feel ripped off to the bones like this, because while they aren't relevant for the game, they tried to take away as much as they could from day one, and give it us back as DLC (and each dlc is 10 bucks by the way, so it's not cheap either). Sure, also the original game had dlc but they came out with good distance between them and I could play the game before trying the extra content. In here, it was so fast, I could barely keep up even when there was a discount and I at least wanted the 2 extra classes, which was 20 for both and 25 for the game when discounted. In other words, I felt ripped off from their greed and from a "humble yet innovative" game as Borderlands now we get a "hungry for money" game that whenever they can, they'll serve us another dlc for another 10 bucks. The dlc, in other words, may discourage you for the big amount of them, and I feel sad to see this game becoming a greedy franchise. Still a very good game and fresh to its core, but just too greedy to feel satisfied.    … Expand
  62. 48Laws
    Aug 26, 2013
    7
    This game comes off as a more finished version of Borderlands. About 10 hours in, the visuals are nicer, the combat is fun (same), and there seems to be more NPC talking. The killer for me was the decision to replace the Borderlands protagonists with... mutant-twin-copypasta, lame across the board versions of the Borderlands protagonists. It's my fault for not pre-ordering the game, butThis game comes off as a more finished version of Borderlands. About 10 hours in, the visuals are nicer, the combat is fun (same), and there seems to be more NPC talking. The killer for me was the decision to replace the Borderlands protagonists with... mutant-twin-copypasta, lame across the board versions of the Borderlands protagonists. It's my fault for not pre-ordering the game, but I'm now facing the prospect of waiting until mid-October and shelling out another $10 to play as a character that doesn't seem to be eerily familiar (reasonable or not, I almost instantly feel hostile toward developers who do this). During the DLC of Borderlands I started to feel like I was getting tired of exploring Pandora, and though I was excited going in my enthusiasm for Borderlands 2 is quickly waning. Too much focus was put on trying to make the story "better," and the game as a whole suffered. I played Borderlands when I wanted to mindlessly drive around, kill things, and collect guns. I would have honestly been happier with the same playable characters and new adventures.… Expand
  63. AWG
    Aug 13, 2013
    7
    Never played the first one but I was intrigued by the critical acclaim Borderlands 2 received so I tried it up.
    My opinion is that it's a good game, but it's not a masterpiece. Graphics are awesome and some missions are really well designed but the overall story is not that intriguing and the neverending blabbering by Clap Trap is annoying as hell.
  64. MetalHeadCrab
    Aug 1, 2013
    7
    Its a slight improvement to the original game. There's nothing particularly mind blowing about either title. Its cheap fun, with graphics and artwork that remind me of comic books.
  65. MichaelBarker
    Jul 25, 2013
    5
    Well, this is basically "Wasted Potential: The Game". I disliked the first Borderlands game, and didn't want to play the second one. I also heard it being called "Boredomlands" and "Memelands", so... yeah...
    When I got it for free with GTX660 however, I decided to give it a try. Initially, it all felt ok. But then... Let's sum it up: repetitive fetch/kill quests, frequently respawning    Well, this is basically "Wasted Potential: The Game". I disliked the first Borderlands game, and didn't want to play the second one. I also heard it being called "Boredomlands" and "Memelands", so... yeah...
    When I got it for free with GTX660 however, I decided to give it a try. Initially, it all felt ok. But then... Let's sum it up: repetitive fetch/kill quests, frequently respawning enemies (which considerably messes with completing secondary (and sometimes even primary) quests), idiotic checkpoint placement, horrible map designs (in terms of ease of moving), a lot of content is put into overpriced DLC etc.

    On the upside, it has nice visual designs, variate loot. and big maps.

    In the final accord, game has too many poor design choices to be good    … Expand
  66. fhouse
    Jul 25, 2013
    7
    Don't play this game alone! Bring at least one friend, otherwise it becomes boring real fast. This was made for Co-op play.
    Otherwise this game is much better in every aspect compared to the first:
    Multiplayer is now handled trough Steam and not gamespy. Locations are bigger, look nicer. If you have nVidia, you can turn on some cool PhysX particle effects. There are much more kinds of    Don't play this game alone! Bring at least one friend, otherwise it becomes boring real fast. This was made for Co-op play.
    Otherwise this game is much better in every aspect compared to the first:
    Multiplayer is now handled trough Steam and not gamespy. Locations are bigger, look nicer. If you have nVidia, you can turn on some cool PhysX particle effects. There are much more kinds of guns, everyone can find their favorite.
    Finally, the game has a much more detailed and more interesting storyline than the first. Yes, there are some stupid 9gag level jokes, but they can be ignored. Other than these stupid references, the writing is relatively smart, and entertaining.
    And last but not least there is the fantastic soundtrack, which is much less irritating than in the first game. I didn't want to turn it off after several hours, and that's a plus.    … Expand
  67. isg1983
    Jul 18, 2013
    7
    A bit of mmo, bit of fps, and a bit of everything cool... Like Dishonored tried to do so... It would cut for the youngsters who just started to play kind of games but it would definitely not enough balanced for the oldsters like me who started to play games like early 90's... So... It is fun, but just mediocre, if you are not "really" new to this genre you may even really like this...
  68. Rda817
    Jul 6, 2013
    7
    Just getting into the Borderlands genre I have to say it can be a VERY fun game. But it is good to play this game in chunks. After four hours the game can get really boring. Also having soooooo much to do it's easy to get side track. I also wish the level up system was faster. But all in all I say it's a 7.5.
  69. Massavilest902
    Jul 2, 2013
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All in all it is a very good game, but if you are a fan of the first Borderlands and played it through and through you will find some unsettling differences,. in BL2 they put a lot of focus on the story and to tell you the truth it was kind of corny and the weapon system is inferior to bl1 because it lacks the weapon proficiency upgrading and the random attributes system always leaves one or more thing that lacks to make those perfect weapons you could find in bl1. the gameplay is a little more changeling in that I noticed you die a lot more in bl2 than bl1. But I will say the did a good job making this game because it is addictive and you do find yourself compelled to keep playing and keep improving your characters. I love the borderlands franchise and I hope there is more to come.… Expand
  70. reviewer12
    Jun 8, 2013
    5
    this game is certainly overrated, perhaps for historical reasons. The game mechanics are broken. AI gets tuck often and, unfortunately, you almost must take advantage of if the game is simply too difficult otherwise.
    UI is very poorly designed. Simply things such as inventory control is archaic and frustrating. Character movement such as crouching is hard to control. The environment,    this game is certainly overrated, perhaps for historical reasons. The game mechanics are broken. AI gets tuck often and, unfortunately, you almost must take advantage of if the game is simply too difficult otherwise.
    UI is very poorly designed. Simply things such as inventory control is archaic and frustrating. Character movement such as crouching is hard to control. The environment, even though creative, is very repetitive and becomes boring soon. There is a good selection of guns, but most of them are similarly ineffective and it is hard to judge the power of the weapon just by quickly looking at it, you have to read all the stats that are presented in a confusing way.
    As many report, the game is funny. But again, this becomes annoying soon. You are in the middle of a battle nearly death while your friendly AI, instead of helping, tells you jokes all the time.

    This game is trying hard to be fun and original. It fails in both, it is frustrating and difficult instead.    … Expand
  71. BleedingKnee
    May 20, 2013
    5
    Boring, mindless shooter. Has the same qualities as BL1 but brings nothing new. I bought it on Steam sale for $13 and think it a waste of money. Got 4 hours out of before getting totally bored.
  72. Andrew_Paterson
    May 18, 2013
    6
    I found myself becoming bored with Borderlands 2 far to quickly. I've avoided it for ages (finally picked it up on a Steam sale) because I didn't like the artistic direction, funnily enough once I started playing it I then thought the graphics were awesome.

    The issue I had is that every fight is the same or at least similar enough that I lost the urge to see what's over the next hill.    I found myself becoming bored with Borderlands 2 far to quickly. I've avoided it for ages (finally picked it up on a Steam sale) because I didn't like the artistic direction, funnily enough once I started playing it I then thought the graphics were awesome.

    The issue I had is that every fight is the same or at least similar enough that I lost the urge to see what's over the next hill. I'm not exactly sure where it went wrong because on the surface it should be very similar to Fallout 3; and I've probably spent more time in that wasteland than is healthy.

    The quests don't quite keep me entertained, exploring turns up obvious but samey stages, the enemies look different but fight very similarly. They fall on the wrong side of the line between challenge though smart AI and challenge though soaking up bullets.

    Lastly the sound and music lacks impact. Not a broken game by any means but not one I found entertaining.    … Expand
  73. nacon242
    Apr 29, 2013
    7
    The Good:

    -The gunplay is fun and varied at all engagement distances, from sniping to closer quarters combat. The variation in potential play style is solid. -The writing and story are funny, and well-done. The missions rarely feel dull or disinteresting. -Co-op multiplayer is great. If there are two of you, and you want to play this game together, get it. If there are 4 players, it's    The Good:

    -The gunplay is fun and varied at all engagement distances, from sniping to closer quarters combat. The variation in potential play style is solid.
    -The writing and story are funny, and well-done. The missions rarely feel dull or disinteresting.
    -Co-op multiplayer is great. If there are two of you, and you want to play this game together, get it. If there are 4 players, it's even better.

    Bad
    -Re-playability is lacking. Once you finish the main storyline, the new game modes are just repeats of the same content, but harder.
    -Sorting through junk for the first 10-15 levels of the game is pretty frustrating. This gets better as the game goes on, but it's still tedious.

    I'd recommend this game to anybody looking for a good co-op shooter experience, for a solid 30-40 hours of entertainment more if you plan on replaying the game with different characters.    … Expand
  74. voiders
    Apr 26, 2013
    6
    Just fair, not better than that. Relative to borderlands 1 so much upgrades makes this game better.
    I play something about 8 hours and stop. i think is so much repetitive.
  75. MacroPower
    Apr 6, 2013
    6
    Borderlands 2 is fun for a while, but gets old eventually. Unfortunately, I found the game to be getting old long before finishing it. The game revolves around looting randomly-generated weapons, then shooting people with them. It's insane fun for about 15 hours, but the entire time I felt like I -had- to gather -all- the weapons. It started to become more compulsive than fun, and it wasBorderlands 2 is fun for a while, but gets old eventually. Unfortunately, I found the game to be getting old long before finishing it. The game revolves around looting randomly-generated weapons, then shooting people with them. It's insane fun for about 15 hours, but the entire time I felt like I -had- to gather -all- the weapons. It started to become more compulsive than fun, and it was on the verge of being unenjoyable.

    The single-player isn't balanced at all. With no help or ways to revive yourself (other than one way that's quite annoying), you become quickly overpowered. There also isn't a difficulty setting, so no cheats if you get stuck somewhere and can't get out.

    The jokes you hear in Borderlands 2 are fairly amusing, but also get old. Well, some of it anyway. *Snort bonerfarts snort*

    It's worth it on sale, if you have people to play with.    … Expand
  76. drachehexe
    Mar 27, 2013
    6
    This game would be great if it weren't for just a few annoying things that will drive you nuts. The save system is crap. If you don't specifically pay attention to what you use and you "save & quit" you may find yourself completely on the other side of the map from where you quit because it uses an insanely retarded save system where you load at the last fast travel or area switchThis game would be great if it weren't for just a few annoying things that will drive you nuts. The save system is crap. If you don't specifically pay attention to what you use and you "save & quit" you may find yourself completely on the other side of the map from where you quit because it uses an insanely retarded save system where you load at the last fast travel or area switch point. Some creatures can one shot you no matter how tough you are and next to impossible to kill. And even worse every time you die it cost you close to 1000 bucks to resurrect. You could have 20k and one one shot creature will have you down to 4k before you bat an eye because of dying so much. Some missions are just plain ignorant and the worst design ideas ever. "I can't call these creatures primal beasts. I'll call them bonefarts instead. Kill a a few and see how the name bonefarts feels on them" Gearbox has some god damn morons working for them. This game really has a lot to offer and can be great fun at times until you gget your ass screwed over but one or more of the stupid annoyances of this game. Losing money when you die in a game that's meant to be challenging, a sucky save system, just palin dumb missions even for Pandora. This game will piss you off as much as it delights you with its gameplay.… Expand
  77. D4RK1
    Mar 6, 2013
    5
    A good game I'll give it that, but how it got some of the "best ever" rewards I'll never know. I personally think it's from bribing their players with their special shift codes for golden keys and whatnot. Anyhow, the game, again, is good, but it's not the best. The majority of the main characters, specifically the old vault hunters, lack character and isn't even saved by the betterA good game I'll give it that, but how it got some of the "best ever" rewards I'll never know. I personally think it's from bribing their players with their special shift codes for golden keys and whatnot. Anyhow, the game, again, is good, but it's not the best. The majority of the main characters, specifically the old vault hunters, lack character and isn't even saved by the better performances by Handsome Jack and CL4PTP. The reason why I've given this game a 7 is because it's chock-full of half-assed ideas. For example, there're too many types of currency, all of which are essentially worthless. Money SHOULD be the most mainstream and valued, but in the end you'll learn after awhile that its only real use is to buy ammo. Eridian is a rarer currency of which you can hold only 99 at any time and is used at the Black Market where you buy ammo/grenade pool upgrades as well as inventory space and vault space of which there is a limit meaning this currency becomes useless as well as its only other use is to enter raid boss areas to fight raid bosses. Seraph Crystals are a "hard-to-get" currency which can only be earned by killing raid bosses from the DLCs and can be used at seraph vendors, which look almost precisely like the black market and where you can buy allegedly ultra rare weapons that are weaker than the rarest weapon type in the normal game... uh... why didn't they just use a new black market system? Finally are torgue tokens, only usable in the 2nd DLC to buy weapons from specific torgue weapon machines wherein the item-of-the-day is always a legendary torgue weapon... these too become useless after you've collected one of each legendary torgue weapon or when you learn the legendary torgue weapons are the worst of the legendary weapons. What other half-baked ideas plague this game you ask? Well the skill trees for the characters are somewhat strange as there are some melee enhancing skill and the assassin character, Zer0, even has a skill tree dedicated to melee... you know... in a FPS game where there are NO melee weapons. Did I also mention that the programmers have also programmed this game so poorly that it's rather hard to patch it? Oh and that they meant this game to be kind of like an MMORPG... except you can only have 4 players at most at time? And that the game is rampant with exploits and easy ways to cheat, but while the programmers know, they only care enough to nerf a weapon and a shield pair that were allegedly overpowered? See the programmers have NO clue what they want this game to be and their priorities must be straightened out. There are tons of references and easter eggs in this game, awesome, but not when you have 4 types of currency that have no use or a whole skill tree that makes no sense and makes the player who uses said skill tree practically useless. While the ideas do have potential to be beyond great if fully realized, the programmers clearly are too busy being fanboys of other games, comics, and tv shows to work on their own original ideas. While the head developer claimed borderlands to be a limitless world where things didn't need to make sense, I find it funny that the only patch they really came out was to NERF something. Their DLCs are half-baked as well and the latter ones become less enjoyable than the prior, which i find rather sad. While this game has the potential to be very well one of the best and unique games out there, it falls short, by a lot due to thew laziness of its programmers and developers. It's sad too because there're so many good examples out there of simple game systems like currency that they failed to follow.… Expand
  78. russ-angel
    Feb 19, 2013
    7
    Nothing to write home about so far.The whole package is well delivered but doesn't seem to develop.The inventory system is a mess and I feel like I have no goal but to run around in repetition doing nothing other than reloading bad weapons and getting killed.
  79. Junglist724
    Feb 19, 2013
    5
    It was fun the first two weeks, then got really repetitive. It plays exactly the same as the first game. For an arpg-like game that repeats content to be fun, you have to have more meaningful character and equipment customization. Some randomization wouldn't hurt either. The guns really don't feel very unique, the separate talent trees do change your gameplay slightly, but in the end itIt was fun the first two weeks, then got really repetitive. It plays exactly the same as the first game. For an arpg-like game that repeats content to be fun, you have to have more meaningful character and equipment customization. Some randomization wouldn't hurt either. The guns really don't feel very unique, the separate talent trees do change your gameplay slightly, but in the end it doesn't feel any different, even when changing characters. Why the hell did I spend $60 on this game?… Expand
  80. UnderTheRain
    Feb 16, 2013
    5
    The absolute best thing about this game is the graphics I have to say that they are superb the wost thing about this game is the teadious in the extreme quest based mission system. Having to go back and forth betwenn some reatard and the action just killed this for me.
  81. Scornholio
    Feb 13, 2013
    5
    This game was hyped up far too much. What a let down. I found the game play tedious and boring. It takes a first person shooter and turns it into a grinding game of eternal leveling. There's just nothing fantastic about the game. I wanted to like it, I wanted to play it with my teenage son a lot but the game feels like a chore. Some of the characters were well designed, its just theThis game was hyped up far too much. What a let down. I found the game play tedious and boring. It takes a first person shooter and turns it into a grinding game of eternal leveling. There's just nothing fantastic about the game. I wanted to like it, I wanted to play it with my teenage son a lot but the game feels like a chore. Some of the characters were well designed, its just the actual game play that puts me to sleep. This seems to be typical for the over hyped big gaming company media now days.… Expand
  82. Aeryx
    Jan 19, 2013
    7
    A great game that you will definitely enjoy if you are just looking for GUNS, GUNS, GUNS and more GUNS. Loot is great and the RPG elements make this shooter a notable experience. But it gets boring really fast. The missions can be long and dragging and the characters are far from being interesting. This is a game that you will best enjoy with your brains turned off.
  83. ZootMan
    Jan 17, 2013
    7
    In co-op, both Borderlands games are a 9-10. Unfortunately, I only played the sequel solo, so I am evaluating it as such. It is a step up in writing, in presentation and in the stage design and progression. The quest menu and system still is a drag and not optimized for PC. What you're getting with Borderlands 1 & 2 are dungeon hack first person games. Endless waves of namelessIn co-op, both Borderlands games are a 9-10. Unfortunately, I only played the sequel solo, so I am evaluating it as such. It is a step up in writing, in presentation and in the stage design and progression. The quest menu and system still is a drag and not optimized for PC. What you're getting with Borderlands 1 & 2 are dungeon hack first person games. Endless waves of nameless goons/creatures/constructs and no real sense of a rhyme or reason (Again, not a problem in a multi-player.) This game had me for 10 solid hours, and then started to wane.… Expand
  84. HerHavuzun
    Jan 17, 2013
    6
    Something makes me want to protest this game. Maybe the disappointing weapons (except for a handful), the uninteresting story or that rubbish talk by CLAPTRAP in the beginning. Can't criticize the effort that was put in. Just a forgettable experience on my own account.
  85. metacritic51
    Jan 12, 2013
    6
    This game is really good and I want to rate it higher, but unfortunately it has some unnecessary weaknesses - but first the good: General gameplay and presentation are great. They put quite a bit of work into adapting the game for PCs, which I very much appreciate with all the bad console ports around these days. I shouldn't even need to point this out, but it's really something specialThis game is really good and I want to rate it higher, but unfortunately it has some unnecessary weaknesses - but first the good: General gameplay and presentation are great. They put quite a bit of work into adapting the game for PCs, which I very much appreciate with all the bad console ports around these days. I shouldn't even need to point this out, but it's really something special nowadays... I also applaud the developers for not using extra copy protection besides Steam, which is acceptable in my book. The graphics style and voice acting work really well. The game is advertised as having a bazillion weapons and while that's true, few of these bazillion weapons are actually fun to use. First of all, the weapon design is generally too bulky and also doesn't make sense, even for a computer game. All of the weapons have some annoying weakness. One manufacturer's weapons can only shoot fire, others explode when reloaded, others are very unaccurate when you start shooting... there are no guns that are plain and simply fun to use and that's obviously bad for a shooter. I also wish they'd taken a more realistic approach when designing the weapons, because they are over the top, even for a steam punk scenario. Also, the weapon sway is too much and it's hard to shoot precisely. The main villain is a little too simple-minded, which takes any element of surprise out of the story. Two more annoying things are the vehicle controls (you always drive where you look, no way to rotate the cam while driving) and the "toggle sights" option, actually intended to make things easier. It goes back to using the weapon sights after reloading, but at that point the situation has often changed, because enemies are running towards you, so that you'd rather fire from the hip. The worst thing though, is the multiplayer. To make it short: It's impossible to play online without running into cheaters, which makes for a terrible multiplayer experience. Some people cheat subtly by generating lots of golden keys or hacking the game data to always win at the slot machine, other games are totally hacked (infinite ammo, changed physics... the whole show). I unknowingly joined a cheater's game and now my money is at 99,999,999, I got a ton of golden keys and about 50 badass points. Totally takes any feeling of legit achievement away. P2P is a bad idea for multiplayer and they should offer a game mode where characters are stored online to prevent tampering with the data, especially because the saves are only 20-30kB.… Expand
  86. AgentJan
    Jan 4, 2013
    7
    I actually am really enjoying the game. The reason my score is lower than I would like to give it is because of one HUGE issue. I've really been wanting to play this game co-op with a friend. As a Mac user I am unable to co-op with my friend on her PC. So the best selling feature of this game doesn't apply to me. It really is the only reason I gave it a lower score. I love the quests andI actually am really enjoying the game. The reason my score is lower than I would like to give it is because of one HUGE issue. I've really been wanting to play this game co-op with a friend. As a Mac user I am unable to co-op with my friend on her PC. So the best selling feature of this game doesn't apply to me. It really is the only reason I gave it a lower score. I love the quests and other fun activities this game offers. I do find it REALLY annoying how often I died right off the bat. It is difficult to get the hang of, but at least a challenge.… Expand
  87. SittinginBasket
    Jan 1, 2013
    5
    In a nutshell, Borderlands 2 is a slightly improved version of Borderlands , but just that. The main villain, Handsome Jack, was excellently voiced and much of the game had good writing, but the game is simply boring. At certain points of the game, the story feels like it can actually progress somewhere, but half the time you would simply be going through a repetitive and obnoxiousIn a nutshell, Borderlands 2 is a slightly improved version of Borderlands , but just that. The main villain, Handsome Jack, was excellently voiced and much of the game had good writing, but the game is simply boring. At certain points of the game, the story feels like it can actually progress somewhere, but half the time you would simply be going through a repetitive and obnoxious shooting gallery full of dumb NPCs, only to get to a generic boss battle where the only strategy to defeat the boss is to continuously shoot its weak spot for massive damage. The story is simply too thin for me to care about half the events that happen. The concepts in this game have been used over and over again. Not to mention the guns are EXTREMELY lacking in a game which boasts so much about the variety of guns available. Only one out of every thousand generic gun you pick up will be anything interesting, but sadly it will be useless in only an hour, as all the enemies will become much stronger, rendering that gun completely useless. Game stability on PC is also questionable, as it can easily decide to crash or freeze on you, and then screw you over when the checkpoint save system does not save your progression correctly. Movement is sloppy and either Pandora's gravity is ridiculously low, or all the characters hover in the air when they jump. Playing cooperatively is a kick in the balls when you fight all the way through an area only to have your teammates take all the loot.… Expand
  88. shadedmagus
    Dec 26, 2012
    6
    I played and loved the first Borderlands - the music was good, the characters, setting and story were outrageous, and the negatives - crap animations for NPCs that actually had mouths, poorly set mobs that materialized inside the landscape, GameSpy multiplayer and that annoying memory leak that made it unplayable after about 3 hours - could be forgiven considering the story and gameplay.I played and loved the first Borderlands - the music was good, the characters, setting and story were outrageous, and the negatives - crap animations for NPCs that actually had mouths, poorly set mobs that materialized inside the landscape, GameSpy multiplayer and that annoying memory leak that made it unplayable after about 3 hours - could be forgiven considering the story and gameplay.

    With that said, I had my reservations about Borderlands 2, but I got it anyway - and I must say, I'm disappointed. There are some good ideas in there - badass tokens are a cool concept - and some of the plot development and writing are pretty good. But the devil is in the details, and that's where this sequel falls short.

    The classes you choose are a rehash of the original 4 classes, with class techniques that are meh, at best. The worst thing for me is the voice acting overall - the class voices have no 'oomph' compared to the first game, and the Angel AI in particular was disappointing since she is no longer enigmatic in the slightest.

    A good idea for a sequel with some improvements over the original, which nonetheless fails to live up to the potential of the premise.    … Expand
  89. Xradus
    Dec 11, 2012
    6
    I'm suprised the game got so many good reviews from websites. I played Borderlands 1 for over 50 hours, and compared to Borderlands 2 in which i spent probably 20-30 hours already, it's exactly the same game with some improvements. Yes it is better than the first one but if you played the first one you're gonna get bored quickly, it really feels like gearing and leveling up all over againI'm suprised the game got so many good reviews from websites. I played Borderlands 1 for over 50 hours, and compared to Borderlands 2 in which i spent probably 20-30 hours already, it's exactly the same game with some improvements. Yes it is better than the first one but if you played the first one you're gonna get bored quickly, it really feels like gearing and leveling up all over again with nothing new to expect. You're gonna face the same enemies over and over again, along with a story you're already gonna know what's going to happen before finishing it. The characters have some personality but most of them are annoying because they're trying too hard to be funny, like the little girl acting all ghetto, claptrap is probably the only good one. I expected a lot more from this game but it didn't live up to the hype it got. If there's gonna be a third part they sure need to come up with new stuff. I would rather have more challenging enemies than a horde of idiots you're gonna kill anyway, the enemies sure get annoying, the robots are probably the worst. I'll give it a 6, after all it's still a solid game and improvement from the first Borderlands, but it's nothing new.… Expand
  90. Andenthal
    Dec 4, 2012
    7
    Clearly a console port, with some good and bad consequences. Good - lots of PC friendly features, being able to change various video settings, keybindings, etc
    Bad - Lots of texture and physics problems. Within the first two hours I had to quit to the menu due to getting stuck in a wall. Can see/shoot enemies through walls - and they can sometimes do the same to you. Some aspects might    Clearly a console port, with some good and bad consequences. Good - lots of PC friendly features, being able to change various video settings, keybindings, etc
    Bad - Lots of texture and physics problems. Within the first two hours I had to quit to the menu due to getting stuck in a wall. Can see/shoot enemies through walls - and they can sometimes do the same to you. Some aspects might make sense on a console, but are cumbersome on a PC. For example the in-game menu system (skill points, inventory) is still clunky with a mouse. Best to just use arrow keys and Enter/Esc. You can tell the game was designed to be played on a 50" screen, and they just shrunk everything down when viewed on a 22" screen. Item tool tips are needlessly large and take up too much screen real estate.

    Back to the good - weapon customization is better this time around. Real difference between weapon manufactures. Shields and class mods can have negative attributes, which is interesting. Completing achievements gives you "bad ass ranking" which can be used to give single digit percentage gains to various things like weapon damage, reload speed, grenade dmg, etc - that apply to all characters. Bought this on a Steam sale for like $22. Glad I didn't pay more than that. Debating buying any of the DLCs due to texture/physics issues above.    … Expand
  91. deb0
    Dec 4, 2012
    6
    After playing around 30 hours in the game, It's beggining to get boring. While the graphics, stability and performance is better than the first, the game feels too much like a cross of Rage and Borderlands. Too much "go here, do that, come back, do this" Multiplayer is where the fun is at, but the game does little to reinforce the importance of teamplay. Selfish players go on their ownAfter playing around 30 hours in the game, It's beggining to get boring. While the graphics, stability and performance is better than the first, the game feels too much like a cross of Rage and Borderlands. Too much "go here, do that, come back, do this" Multiplayer is where the fun is at, but the game does little to reinforce the importance of teamplay. Selfish players go on their own with no consequence. The game does little to nothing in awarding team oriented actions, and punish the lone rangers (monster spawns for lagging players would be very effective). The guns and the AI personalities are the most interesting points of the game. Network connections are buggy, and host based. If the host bails from a story/mission, the game ends. And finally, the graphics. Borderlands2 could have done a much better job at graphics, but they took the easy way out. The cartoon/art graphics is unique, but woefully inadequate in comparison to today's video capabilities that developers can exploit.

    Shooting monsters is the fun part, when you can actually get to them. Outside of that, mass boredom.    … Expand
  92. lanm
    Nov 26, 2012
    6
    Good! The humour is even better then last time. The difficulty if you're playing on single player is ridiculous though. Deaths can often result from simply running out of ammo during boss battles (even though for most of the game there is more ammo then you can carry). Can't help but think that this is another game company saying "you don't want to play single player - get online". AlsoGood! The humour is even better then last time. The difficulty if you're playing on single player is ridiculous though. Deaths can often result from simply running out of ammo during boss battles (even though for most of the game there is more ammo then you can carry). Can't help but think that this is another game company saying "you don't want to play single player - get online". Also suspect is the fact that the first DLC is a new character that is probably the best for single player. Gearbox, please set aside the DLC until you've balanced the game correctly!… Expand
  93. Illuminaughtiii
    Nov 21, 2012
    7
    Decent game, worth it if it becomes a little cheaper. I enjoy the multiplayer but the game itself is just a little quirky. The missions are cool but you can easily go too far in this game and just die repeatedly.
  94. CPES
    Nov 17, 2012
    7
    Borderlands 2 is better then Borderlands. But it feels disappointing. There are funny characters and the people you play as have some meaning. The graphics with the cartoon is amazing and cool. The issues with this game is that is DAMN BORING. Many quests are rinse and repeat and the guns do low damage to a lot of enemies i put 10 hours and i couldn't crack a smile with this game. LaterBorderlands 2 is better then Borderlands. But it feels disappointing. There are funny characters and the people you play as have some meaning. The graphics with the cartoon is amazing and cool. The issues with this game is that is DAMN BORING. Many quests are rinse and repeat and the guns do low damage to a lot of enemies i put 10 hours and i couldn't crack a smile with this game. Later when you get closer to handsome jack the story get's better but i think i could have been more. Many of the guns are also the same. Being a PC and Xbox player, the PC has connection issues. Also when you play with your friends, whoever hosts say if your level 5 and your friend is level 12 all the guns will require level 12. The port is good. and easy to learn. I hoped Borderlands 2 would be godlike but it fell short. I… Expand
  95. KvltKitty
    Nov 8, 2012
    6
    I was so excited for this release. It was a decent game, but frankly I thought the elimination of the hunter for the assassin was kinda weak. Way more boring being the assassin. Also, I felt the complete departure from the previous games soundtrack was a bad move. I miss the darker ambient droning stuff between the chaos so so much. Kinda killed the atmosphere for me, made me feelI was so excited for this release. It was a decent game, but frankly I thought the elimination of the hunter for the assassin was kinda weak. Way more boring being the assassin. Also, I felt the complete departure from the previous games soundtrack was a bad move. I miss the darker ambient droning stuff between the chaos so so much. Kinda killed the atmosphere for me, made me feel more like I was in a Hollywood action flick than a survivor wandering a post apocalyptic wasteland. I couldn't stand the characters and the voice acting along with them. The sequences when I had to talk to people in a town felt soo tedious. I just wanted them to cut the **** it's Borderlands, not Fallout. Just let me run, gun and loot. Character development has never been the highlight of Borderlands, and that remains the same in this one. I felt like the dialogue was written for children for the most part. A good attempt, but definitely not my cup of tea. Maybe I'll run through it next time I bake some edibles and give it a second chance, but I got to a point playing it where I was just sick of it 30 hours in, and couldn't play it anymore. 6/10.… Expand
  96. Sybelius
    Nov 7, 2012
    5
    Ok, I admit i reviewed the game without having tried it a little. So I gave it a 9. I was wrong. The game itself is not bad, but - the gore has been toned down, no dismemberments or very rare
    - the maps are smaller that in Borderlands 1
    - the humor is very often silly, childish, not fun - many maps are extremely linear if compared to the ones of the first episode - in my opinion the    Ok, I admit i reviewed the game without having tried it a little. So I gave it a 9. I was wrong. The game itself is not bad, but - the gore has been toned down, no dismemberments or very rare
    - the maps are smaller that in Borderlands 1
    - the humor is very often silly, childish, not fun
    - many maps are extremely linear if compared to the ones of the first episode
    - in my opinion the voice acting of many enemies is obscene, with midgets crying like little babies when they die, goliaths shouting as demented "looney tunes" cartoon characters, et cetera.
    - difficulty is quite variable, from incredibly easy to very tough depending on same level quests, - inventory is too much reduced,
    - quality loot is extremely rare, and unlike in Borderlands 1 enemies rarely drop the guns they are using during the battles. the last 2 feature are not a huge problem, but if we consider the overall tone of the game, the result is very much a delusion.
    I'm very sorry to write this, but it is what I really think after playing Borderlands 2. There are anyway some good features, as
    - the variety of the classes - the variety of situation the player has to face during the campaign quests and the side quests. - The environment is quite beautiful and the cars available are really fun to use. - Claptrap is as always a funny egocentric robot, the only part of the game that made me smile a little bit. This is it. More objectively, the game is not worth its price, even if the DLCs have been quickly dispatched from gearbox right after a few weeks.    … Expand
  97. Dethstar
    Nov 5, 2012
    5
    I started off liking this game a lot. Borderlands 2 has the same fundamental issue as BL 1 for me. Namely, it is a console port. Generally, you can forget that on BL2 because it is extremely well put together but it has the cardinal sin of all console games which for me rules consoles out entirely. The extremely narrow field of view makes me extremely ill. I have seen masses of threadsI started off liking this game a lot. Borderlands 2 has the same fundamental issue as BL 1 for me. Namely, it is a console port. Generally, you can forget that on BL2 because it is extremely well put together but it has the cardinal sin of all console games which for me rules consoles out entirely. The extremely narrow field of view makes me extremely ill. I have seen masses of threads on this as statistically a significant number of people. The result is that until the hack or crack comes out I cannot play for long before feeling very ill. I have had BL 2 since launch and have played less than 2 hours because of this. Catastrophic failure to address one of the same issues people complained like hell about last time. Nothing says console port issues like playing while looking through a mailbox. Waiting for a mod to fix it.… Expand
  98. Slackerboy
    Oct 22, 2012
    6
    I would sum this game up as "Meh" The shooting is fun, I like the loot system (Even if a couple of the weapon types are 100% useless) and for the most part I enjoyed the missions.

    The boss battles can have crazy difficulty spikes making for some major frustration, this can be made much worse if your loot drops have not given you a weapon type you need to win a fight. In order for    I would sum this game up as "Meh" The shooting is fun, I like the loot system (Even if a couple of the weapon types are 100% useless) and for the most part I enjoyed the missions.

    The boss battles can have crazy difficulty spikes making for some major frustration, this can be made much worse if your loot drops have not given you a weapon type you need to win a fight.

    In order for this game to get a better score from me it needs to have boss fights that rely less on needing special weapon type X, and or better balancing when in solo mode.    … Expand
  99. Azrael62551
    Oct 15, 2012
    7
    An incredibly fun and entertaining game to play.....the first time through. Borderlands 2's campaign is incredibly witty and can get almost anybody laughing, the characters are abundantly quirky and just the sort this sort of game needs, but the game to me lacked replayability due to a number of factors including what seemed like a lack of super-cool rare eridium weapons that the originalAn incredibly fun and entertaining game to play.....the first time through. Borderlands 2's campaign is incredibly witty and can get almost anybody laughing, the characters are abundantly quirky and just the sort this sort of game needs, but the game to me lacked replayability due to a number of factors including what seemed like a lack of super-cool rare eridium weapons that the original had, requiring no ammunition, high firepower and amazing style, though i know eridium weapons were included they still felt like the other bazillion weapons in the game. Another factor that seemed to have been attempted to be overdone and in that sense, overlooked, was customisation; each character had character trees suited to that characters style but it did not feel like they lived up to the borderlands style of sheer badassery but rather felt mellow in comparison to the original, i personally struggled to find a reason why i would spend time building my character 'Zero' from a single character tree when the finale' abilities didn't seem worth the wait. I also desperately missed the weapon proficiencies from the original borderlands because they meant that when i got bored of using the same weapons that were suited to my character i could switch it up and still feel like i was gaining something; this is a tragic miss due to the mechromancer whose ability work on status effects rather than weapon damage so she really gains little benefit from a highpowered gun. Overall i give borderlands 2 a 7 because even with the lacking of some of borderlands 1's fun features it still kept me entertained throughout the campaign and the new addition of badass ranks was ingenious, but i dont feel it calls to me for a replay.… Expand
  100. arakis99
    Oct 7, 2012
    5
    This is a great game that is brought down by some bad design decisions. First off the 3d inventory and skill menus are horrid. The 2d menus from BL1 worked just fine. BL1 was criticized, perhaps justly, for being too easy. To counter this Gearbox, evidently, decided to make BL2 harder. The problem is that it is a bit too hard in spots for many gamers in play through one. InThis is a great game that is brought down by some bad design decisions. First off the 3d inventory and skill menus are horrid. The 2d menus from BL1 worked just fine. BL1 was criticized, perhaps justly, for being too easy. To counter this Gearbox, evidently, decided to make BL2 harder. The problem is that it is a bit too hard in spots for many gamers in play through one. In play-through 2, labeled True Vault Hunter Mode, it gets far, far harder. I have heard many complaints on this mode. Since you don't get to fill out all the skill trees for your character in play-through one, closing this mode off to some of your player base is disturbing. The game also requires a lot of farming because drop rates of good equipment are low enough to require it to progress. No, you won't be playing the game organically, you have to meta game. Don't get me wrong, this is a great game at its heart. It just isn't consistently fun and there are plenty of games out there nowadays that are.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Feb 6, 2013
    92
    It’s addicting, full of creative gags and amazing battles (especially in co-op mode) and it keeps dangling that loot-carrot in front of your face. Add that crazy humor on top and you have a synonymous for the world ‘entertainment’. [November 2012]
  2. RPG Fan
    Dec 3, 2012
    90
    If you're looking for something with a ponderous story full of morality and contemplation – one best savored alone – then you'll need to look elsewhere. Borderlands 2 delivers tons of lighthearted, occasionally juvenile fun with immense replayability, and is best approached with a few buddies in tow. It doesn't revolutionize the concept pioneered by its forebear, but it refines it to a razor-sharp edge and offers some of the most fun you can have in a cooperative action RPG this side of Diablo II. And if nothing else, it's got lots of Claptrap.
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  3. Gamers' Temple
    Oct 30, 2012
    94
    The moment at which my endearingly annoying robot companion Claptrap fashioned himself a Mohawk out of some animal fur I collected he earned a spot on my all-time favorite robot list.
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