Borderlands 2

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8.2

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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
  7. Hyperfailure
    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.
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#6 Best PC Game of 2012
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#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#7 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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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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