Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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  1. apokalipto
    Aug 18, 2023
    8
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  2. DoomDoc_
    Aug 11, 2023
    7
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    I am giving this game 7/10.
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  3. KinimodYunmi
    Aug 6, 2023
    8
    NIcht so gut wie Boderlands und lange nicht so gut wie Borderlands 2 aber der Aufbau ist so wie Borderlands 2, Layout und alles andere, mir persönlich fehlt einfach die Schwerkraft und es ist sehr schnell durchgespielt, ich spiele es trotzdem gerne, es ist für mich eher ein Lückenfüller, mehr Borderlands Quests, da bin ich aufjeden Fall dankbar für, aber hätte bessern sein können, trotzdemNIcht so gut wie Boderlands und lange nicht so gut wie Borderlands 2 aber der Aufbau ist so wie Borderlands 2, Layout und alles andere, mir persönlich fehlt einfach die Schwerkraft und es ist sehr schnell durchgespielt, ich spiele es trotzdem gerne, es ist für mich eher ein Lückenfüller, mehr Borderlands Quests, da bin ich aufjeden Fall dankbar für, aber hätte bessern sein können, trotzdem ein gutes Spiel!… Expand
  4. Ciocolici
    Aug 1, 2023
    8
    Greetings fellow gamers! Today, I'm here to share my thoughts on "Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel," a game that, in my honest opinion, falls a tad short compared to its predecessors. Now, before we dive in, let me assure you that my quirky style and love for the franchise will remain intact throughout this review!

    Gameplay-wise, I couldn't shake the feeling that "The Pre-Sequel" resembled    Greetings fellow gamers! Today, I'm here to share my thoughts on "Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel," a game that, in my honest opinion, falls a tad short compared to its predecessors. Now, before we dive in, let me assure you that my quirky style and love for the franchise will remain intact throughout this review!

    Gameplay-wise, I couldn't shake the feeling that "The Pre-Sequel" resembled more of an expansion pack to "Borderlands 2" rather than a standalone installment. It brought back familiar gameplay mechanics and graphics, which aren't necessarily a bad thing, mind you. It's like how "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" complemented "Assassin's Creed 2" but with laser guns and a fresh set of characters. There were some additional features like lower gravity, which didn't quite tickle my fancy, but hey, tastes differ!

    Now, let's talk about performance. Things were running smoothly for me until I switched to an AMD 5600 XT graphics card, which should have been a solid choice for the game. However, Borderlands decided to give me a "poopy" experience (yes, I said it) and started acting up. If you encounter performance issues, I strongly suggest addressing them immediately, and if all else fails, don't hesitate to request a refund. It's a bit of a lottery with this title, unfortunately.

    Onto the brighter side, one of the shining stars of "The Pre-Sequel" was Handsome Jack - his character was exceptionally well-portrayed, and the jokes delivered some hearty chuckles. The storyline, though intermittently engaging, managed to keep me interested. I must say, Athena and Claptrap were the real showstoppers, adding that extra flair to the overall experience. And let's not forget the epic last boss battle! It hands down earned its spot as the best boss in the series so far (disregarding "Borderlands 3," which came after this title).

    All in all, "Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel" comes across as a decent prologue-like expansion to "Borderlands 2." If lady luck smiles upon you and it cooperates seamlessly with your PC, you might find some enjoyment here. However, being the dedicated fan that I am, I couldn't help but have higher expectations for this game.

    In conclusion, while "The Pre-Sequel" may not reach the soaring heights of its predecessors, it still has its moments of fun and charm. So, if you're a die-hard Borderlands enthusiast like me, you'll probably want to give it a shot. Just remember to cross your fingers for a smooth performance and enjoy the quirky adventure!

    Happy vault hunting, fellow gamers!    … Expand
  5. Taken_Hades
    May 19, 2023
    6
    -6/10 story
    -8/10 gameplay
    -7/10 environments
    -6/10 characters
    -6/10 music
  6. snaken
    Mar 23, 2023
    0
    Way too many female characters. On top of that, all male characters that are somehow still in the game are either old and impotent, self-deprecating, or evil. The only thing you do in this game is serve women and kill men. Don't hate me or my review for sharing objective observation -- hate the developers for releasing such games.

    I got this anti-men propaganda at 85% off and even    Way too many female characters. On top of that, all male characters that are somehow still in the game are either old and impotent, self-deprecating, or evil. The only thing you do in this game is serve women and kill men. Don't hate me or my review for sharing objective observation -- hate the developers for releasing such games.

    I got this anti-men propaganda at 85% off and even though I paid peanuts I still regret it. I know how I will be voting with my money in the future, 2K.    … Expand
  7. DonldTrump_45Th
    Jan 26, 2023
    7
    Hello, this is a default review because i'm forced to use 75 characters. I'll edit this review in the future talking about the game, don't worry ;)

    My final rate is: 7
  8. Shadowxxx
    Jan 10, 2023
    0
    Disgusting ugly trash Disgusting ugly trash Disgusting ugly trash Disgusting ugly trash Disgusting
  9. EptaEpt
    Sep 13, 2022
    1
    Sorry, but positive feedback is not available in your region. At least until your leadership changes the two-faced policy in their actions and statements.
  10. Bahska28
    Jul 14, 2022
    1
    Way to short, just when we thought it was getting good (the last boss) finally after hours of slow tedious missions and boring story it was over. The loot is uninteresting compared to Bl2 and 3 the zones are annoying at best and given the option to turn off the low gravity i would hands down.
    Felt like a bad dlc.
  11. Jabbawockee
    May 7, 2022
    7
    In many aspects, this game feels like an extended piece of DLC for Borderlands 2 - but lacking in a lot of its charm and character, it mostly acts as a way to flesh out background characters and Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2, but after that game has already told its story, so it fails on that front - it's far too little - too late to make its existence as a game necessary. However, in aIn many aspects, this game feels like an extended piece of DLC for Borderlands 2 - but lacking in a lot of its charm and character, it mostly acts as a way to flesh out background characters and Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2, but after that game has already told its story, so it fails on that front - it's far too little - too late to make its existence as a game necessary. However, in a vacuum this game is just as good, if not better, than Borderlands 2 when it comes to the diversity of its mechanics and balance of its gameplay, which is impressive as my former opinion was that Borderlands 2 had a near perfect gameplay loop until you hit the OP levels, but as part of a franchise - it certainly did not stand out and was a low-point for quite some time until Borderlands 3's release reinvigorated the franchise. If you're into Borderlands you've probably already played this, but if you're coming off Borderlands 2 - this will forever live in its shadow.… Expand
  12. Dewom
    Apr 8, 2022
    7
    Estoy entre el 6 y el 7, pero viendo lo malo que es el 3 y Wonderlands, la verdad es que aprecio mucho más este. Además de que el clon de Jack el Guapo es fácilmente uno de los busca cámaras más divertidos de toda la franquicia....así que si, un 7.
  13. TauntTuba
    Jan 26, 2022
    8
    Borderlands TPS является хорошей игрой в серии, которая использует новые механики и расширяет лор и история мира. Геймплей в ней остался таким же приятным и интересным, как и во второй части. Из минусов можно выделить довольно однообразные локации, все же Пандора была более красочной и интересной в плане локацийBorderlands TPS является хорошей игрой в серии, которая использует новые механики и расширяет лор и история мира. Геймплей в ней остался таким же приятным и интересным, как и во второй части. Из минусов можно выделить довольно однообразные локации, все же Пандора была более красочной и интересной в плане локаций
  14. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    7
    저중력을 게임플레이에 잘 녹여냈지만 그뿐이었다. 결국 2편에서 우리가 좋아했던 핸섬 잭과 같은 악당자리가 비어있으니 게임플레이의 원동력이 없는 느낌
  15. MrLet53
    Nov 8, 2021
    0
    This game is really boring. You must play every optianal mission, because to silly level system. Hardcore enemies, useless a lot of guns, silly loot system. If you have a 20.000$ and you die, you lost 2.000$. If you have 200$ and you die, you lost 20$. This is stupid.

    Gameplay usually walk to mission owner, take mission, die a lot of times, finally did mission, walk to mission owner and    This game is really boring. You must play every optianal mission, because to silly level system. Hardcore enemies, useless a lot of guns, silly loot system. If you have a 20.000$ and you die, you lost 2.000$. If you have 200$ and you die, you lost 20$. This is stupid.

    Gameplay usually walk to mission owner, take mission, die a lot of times, finally did mission, walk to mission owner and claimed useless weapons.

    Armored enemies kill you one shot, you kill armored enemies when you have out of ammo. Normal enemies powerfull than bosses. This game is for co-op, no single. Thank you epic games for the gift. I don’t pay this game.    … Expand
  16. tunahan43
    Oct 16, 2021
    8
    ilk oynadığımda çok severek oynamıştım .Geçenlerde yeniden başladım sarmadı ama bu kötü olduğu anlamına gelmez.Zaten son bossda oyunlarda gördüğüm en iyi bosslardan biriydi.
  17. KepasaAmigo
    Jul 16, 2021
    10
    The best from all trylogy. did not play third one. 10/10. ultra fun in co-op.
  18. Letkinq93
    Jul 12, 2021
    0
    This game is so boring. Map is **** I can't go ı want to anywhere. Car using is a very difficult. Thank you Epic Games. I don't pay this game. All of this game is ****
  19. dotrem
    Jun 22, 2021
    4
    The game is unbelievable boring. Well honestly every BL game and every loot shooter is boring, but pre-sequel is definitly worst one.
    Slow motion, low gravity, oxigen leaking, pointless characters what screaming "Hey gamer loot at me, i'm big talking sht".

    Devs just put every annoying thing in this game and said "It's funny game!". Hell no.
  20. MrPajamas
    Apr 30, 2021
    7
    I fell in love with Borderlands 1 and Borderlands 2. I was absolutely captivated by the cartoon graphics that add charm to the game. Borderlands The Pre-Sequel does this, but otherwise it doesn't add anything new and that's the whole minus of this game. The previous parts went to see progress, while here we have the same graphics as in the second. What worked remained. Weapons, controls,I fell in love with Borderlands 1 and Borderlands 2. I was absolutely captivated by the cartoon graphics that add charm to the game. Borderlands The Pre-Sequel does this, but otherwise it doesn't add anything new and that's the whole minus of this game. The previous parts went to see progress, while here we have the same graphics as in the second. What worked remained. Weapons, controls, inventory and so on. All this very similar to the second part. But what was not so similar to the second part was optimization. I'll put it this way. The game ran fine all the time. Almost all the time. Here and there there were minor declines in FPS, which I don't understand, because that was not the case with the second one and the game looks the same. It was such a minor hate slap in the beginning, but now for the better side. But it's a fact that the developers have changed the environment and that's fine. Although it doesn't have my favorite desert from number one or number two, it still has the luxury of location. What I would highlight and at the same time easily rebuke is the story. As the name suggests, this is not another full-fledged part. The game focuses mainly on the character of Handsome Jack. It's not bad and I didn't even mind. I just want to warn you about what game you want to buy with the fact that you think you will get a continuation of the story in the style of previous games. Not that. This is for real fans, and in fact I would describe this game in general, as such a nice addition for fans of the Borderlands series, which I already have thanks to previous games and I enjoyed the game. So to sum it up. Borderlands The Pre-Sequel doesn't add much, but on the one hand it doesn't take away and let's say in the form of gameplay, the game is as beautiful as in the previous parts. I'd rather end it all with the words fans of the series get into it and normal players of the series are uninitiated or simply Borderlands fans don't prefer their hands off. In short, you have to decide for yourself if it is worth it. For me, a good game that I recommend, but really to those fans.… Expand
  21. Jensen10
    Apr 15, 2021
    10
    alright the story is great you get to know jack and see his rationale the guns are raw and shooting is fun the zero gravity is sick as well
  22. Wweald
    Mar 22, 2021
    5
    Pretty much everything is worse compared to Borderlands 2, it's still an ok game but it lacks a lot. Also it just comes across as amateur, the voice acting is poor most of the time. The world and the characters in it are less interesting, Even though a lot of the characters are in both games they just seem worse in this game.
  23. Cz3rw0ny
    Feb 9, 2021
    6
    Not as good as 2nd Part of Borderlands. It's a quite a good game, however is it as good as the rest? Probably not.
  24. YuriRys
    Jan 3, 2021
    10
    Хороший отдон, но нет русской озвучки(. А так старая добрая бордуха с множеством пушек)
  25. OldManGamerOMG
    Dec 4, 2020
    4
    The game itself is okay, the characters dialog is often funny, but the game play is tedious and very frustrating. Many of the quests that are timed or in difficult areas will require you to make numerous attempts to accomplish, while replaying the entire voice acting over again. What was sometimes funny becomes annoying after hearing it repeatedly. This, added with an an annoyingly slowThe game itself is okay, the characters dialog is often funny, but the game play is tedious and very frustrating. Many of the quests that are timed or in difficult areas will require you to make numerous attempts to accomplish, while replaying the entire voice acting over again. What was sometimes funny becomes annoying after hearing it repeatedly. This, added with an an annoyingly slow movement of your character, makes playing become a marathon of patience versus reward, where the reward is usually another quest to test your patience.

    The setting is low gravity, but the method to play in it is not enjoyable. This is a simulation of playing a jump puzzle while wearing shoes that are slathered in oil.

    I forgot to mention that I have been dealing with numerous bugs and issues as well. I have been required to reset my game numerous times, because quests break and will not progress. For instance, race the kid, where the timer will not begin, but upon resetting the game, it works. Another example, drilling for ice, for the nurse, where the third ice to loot does not appear, until I reset and load in, to find it there on the ice. Another example, where the items dropping from creatures are not visible, until I reload, and can then loot the items. This has happened with nearly a dozen quests, and has become very frustrating.

    I also should mention that I am someone who does every quest. While the main story quests do appear to be fine, more than half of the side quests have been buggy and completely lacking any enjoyment. You can also tell that one person is voice acting many of these side quests, making me wonder if they were an after thought. It would explain the numerous problems.

    I cannot recommend this game, as it has numerous bugs that require constant resetting the game for quest items to be looted, mobs to appear, and other issues. I also cannot recommend this game due to the poor mechanics in playing the game, where player control is very poor, while requiring precision in tasks. This is a shame, because it does have a good main story, and character dialog, but it is wasted on this game.    … Expand
  26. RinKaiG
    Nov 25, 2020
    9
    A Really Nice game especially if you are playing borderlands for the first time
  27. Valgeth
    Oct 3, 2020
    4
    Borderlands has always been a game that takes qualities of other games or movies and integrates them into it's own style, presequel however, is just copy and paste with no nuance, the low gravity is interesting but really idiotic in many places, you can fall to your death in an environment which should be zero gravity, utterly ridiculous. Everything good about this game is leftovers fromBorderlands has always been a game that takes qualities of other games or movies and integrates them into it's own style, presequel however, is just copy and paste with no nuance, the low gravity is interesting but really idiotic in many places, you can fall to your death in an environment which should be zero gravity, utterly ridiculous. Everything good about this game is leftovers from BL2 (which wasn't as good as BL1 tbh)… Expand
  28. bigreview122
    Aug 28, 2020
    8
    It is a fun little spin-off of Borderlands 2 which acts as a backstory for the events of Borderlands 2 itself. There is not much to this game really, the gameplay is as good and addicting as Borderlands 2, the story isn't as good as Borderlands 2 though there are still some good moments to be experienced and some interesting characters to meet. Overall this game is a pretty fun game to complete.
  29. triangel156
    Aug 14, 2020
    6
    Personally, the story's pretty good in my eyes. It has its funny moments. The gameplay itself is also unique in a positive sense. The only thing I didn't like were the many sidequests. Some of them were very repetitive. I'm also bummed that they scrapped many of the season pass. I'm glad I didn't buy it seen the cost in comperison to the content.
  30. exxdexx
    Jul 25, 2020
    2
    Bad level system, 99 percent of the weapons suck and also it's boring and I hate it
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 55 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 55
  3. Negative: 0 out of 55
  1. CD-Action
    Dec 13, 2014
    75
    Derivative, but also colorful, absurd and fun. If you played one Borderlands game, you played them all. [Dec 2014, p.56]
  2. Digital Trends
    Nov 25, 2014
    50
    There isn’t a AAA game out there that doesn’t exist to make money, but Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel stumps for dollars in a brazenly insipid way. It’s a paint-by-numbers effort, almost from top to bottom.
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  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 25, 2014
    76
    2K delivered exactly what it promised: a derivative game which nevertheless deserves to be completed in single-player for the story. And then maybe one more play through with a friend or two, just to shoot stuff and kid around, before setting Pre-Sequel aside until DLCs come. Just as it always is with Borderlands. [Dec 2014, p.64]
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