Borderlands 2

As amazingly as this game was done, not only is Borderlands 2 an excellent portable version of the console game, I would argue that it is simply one of the best games on the Vita to date.

Borderlands 2 is an essential purchase. It's as simple as that.

Borderlands 2 is a great game to play in bursts, and the handheld format lends itself to this type of game perfectly.

While Borderlands 2 for Vita is a neutered version of the original console title, with the toughest costs coming to the multiplayer and technical execution, it's still one of the best games for the handheld system.

As soon as you are used to the somewhat clumsy controls, Borderlands 2 on PS Vita is again a great adventure that keeps you engaged for more than 50 hours.

It definitely has problems, but Borderlands 2 is still mighty fun on Vita.

Audio and video in Borderlands 2 seem to push the limits of what the Vita can handle, but the system merely strains and does not break (though the game did crash once or twice in my dozen or so hours with it).

A not so good PS Vita port of one of the best FPS available. Inconsistent frame rate ruins part of the fun.

Borderlands 2 gets packed into a "lite" version limited by the portable console more than we could have expected; graphics, AI and coop reduction included. They affect the experience drastically, blocking this PS Vita port from the glory it achieved on previous systems.

If you’re itching to return to Pandora, then this will give you another way to play, but you’ll need to play it on a console to get the full experience.

The Vita is a great home for many games, but this is not one of them. As a standalone product, this version of Borderlands 2 has little value, living in the shadows of its superior iterations. It gives dedicated vault hunters even more ways to spend time on Pandora – but if you love the core gameplay that much, its implementation on Vita is bound to disappoint you.

Borderlands 2 might have its issues on the PlayStation Vita, but underneath those issues lies the same game you know and love. If you can get used to the controls and visual dip, then you might just find a solid title waiting for you.

Although it maintains most of its qualities, Borderlands 2 on PS Vita is not the best version of the game, mostly because of the technical limitations of the console.

Iron Galaxy's bet is not what you would say 'successful'. It's not a hardware issue, it's a suboptimization issue. It's hard to believe that patches will fix it, so it's not a recommended product nowadays. If you want to play a good RPG and FPS mix, play it on PS3.

Not so nice to watch, hard to handle and full of glitches, this new entry isn't really what we were waiting for.

While it is amazing that all of this content has been squeezed down to a portable version on the Vita, it has lost a lot of its luster in the transition. There is still a ton of fun to be had here, but this is far from what has come to be expected from a Borderlands experience and nothing near the quality on either the consoles or the PC.

The dipping frame rate and the formatting miscues keep this game from bumping elbows with the best that the PS Vita has to offer. Though it's still missing a great deal of content, at least gamers can transfer their saves and still play this with one friend.

Borderlands 2 has been a really bad port.

Framerate issues and miniature texts bordering on the unreadable indicates that this is (sadly) just a quick and cheap port that’s a far cry from the majesty of the full-fledged versions of the game.

The PS Vita port of Borderlands 2 surely is not perfect because of its rough technical aspect, but if you want to fight in Pandora while being away from your home console it can be a good option.

Borderlands 2 is serious fun, but has serious problems.

This has all the content you'd expect. But, technically, this production is more troubled than Crazy Earl. It's not watchu want. [July 2014, p82]

Very little of what’s made it a blast to play over the last couple of years hasn’t been poisoned by this version’s technical issues. Its compromised visuals rob it of much of its bombastic charm, while its erratic performance and unreliable touch controls keep the gameplay from shining like it has in the past.

Frame rate issues, lag, poor graphics and an excessively complicated control scheme, will make this trip back to Pandora one you will want to forget.

It was certainly hard to transfer the Borderlands 2 experience on PS Vita. The developers succeeded in terms of content, but the frame-rate issues makes it really hard to enjoy.

Though Borderlands 2 is a pretty good game, with a solid gameplay, a ton of content and an astounding style, this PSVita version is the worst edition of the series. The major graphical downgrade is acceptable but the amount of bugs, glitches, frame rate drops and freezes, make the game hard to play.

That Borderlands 2 has been squeezed onto the PS Vita with all of its extra content is commendable. That it had to become a far worse game in the process is not.

Borderlands 2 remains an excellent game--unfortunately the Vita port makes too many concessions. Frequent frame dips, sluggish response, and OK controls make it hard to recommend.

Borderlands 2 for the Vita is a case study in how a great game can get lost in a really bad port. There's just no getting around this version's raft of technical issues, nor the fact that the Vita doesn't have enough buttons to make it really work. Given more time, Iron Galaxy might have made it work. But as it is, even hardcore fans of the series should stay far away.