Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 231 Ratings

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  1. Bo33y
    Nov 18, 2014
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rushed, bugged, flawed. Terrible game in comparison to it's predecessor BL2 much smaller in duration, generically mostly the same but on a much smaller scale. Typically that freemium game, or a (baelzeebutt game), charging for endless DLC's, or content that should have accompanied that naff original release.

    This time around so many bugged flawed challenges cult of the vault symbols that don't register, encounters don't trip the power cores in lunar landing, boss fights which when played correct for their challenge, don't award Deadlift, Felicity. Grouping is plain awful never for specific quests which require groups, like, as in criteria achievements, always only for the general story mission. A lottery in how the groups progression will affect your own game, taking you to places of where am I skipping content prior etc. Loot was given little thought often so underpowered when progressing and hoping to find items, the quest rewards are for the most part entirely crap. Within group never really gaining uber awards for the same level of accomplishment but just the same crap. Then there is a naff grinder that sometimes puts buttshine on weapons making them mostly worse. Also anybody can duplicate items from glitch at least then gaining legendary items that have been duplicated passed around. They won't help much when one, or single shot to death from grouping with a few others.. None of the vehicle jumps were given any thought they often kill, because they can be air boosted from the jumping player, without the vehicle hitting some insignificantly elevated lump of terrain prior to the point of jump as the vehicle boosts, then it falling into oblivion.

    I had to restart two whole characters because of game error. First time playing around solo killing the story all the way up to Zarpedon the boss dropped only blue items, and the purples were skins, so I decide to group knowing near the end of the game hoping to get something more for my effort. I quick group and some buttwipe is handing in the last boss the sentinel quest as soon as entering group. Restart! Second character creation I spend about half a million credits on a legendary item the only one apart from so naff quest crap I have seen, I group and this item has been deleted from my inventory and was replaced by pre-ordered bonus, starting magnum. My 3rd character creation came across 4 glitched challenges that simply cannot be completed due to game error the rest were completed.

    Athena is probably the only character I enjoyed, having played the other 4, **** was simply annoying, the other 2 were generic tosh, no I'm not buying Jack.

    BL2 was a much better game, this time around as a game it is a generically, pathetic, rushed, air boosted comparison.

    Having 1k' achieved this game now, I knew it was mediocre so my fault for wasting my time with it, but I was playing to pass the time when awaiting a proper game, Inquisition, that is worth it's money.    … Expand
  2. SangheliZealot7
    Jan 29, 2015
    4
    The worst Borderlands to date, very unoriginal and it is nearly identical to Borderlands 2 in every way which I would imagine would be a good thing but it this case, it's not.

    Pros/Cons: Pros: 1. More Borderlands for those needing a Borderlands fix. 2. Some characters are funny, such as Mr. Torgue and Claptrap. 3. The fact that all the characters talk more often is appreciated,    The worst Borderlands to date, very unoriginal and it is nearly identical to Borderlands 2 in every way which I would imagine would be a good thing but it this case, it's not.

    Pros/Cons:
    Pros:
    1. More Borderlands for those needing a Borderlands fix.
    2. Some characters are funny, such as Mr. Torgue and Claptrap.
    3. The fact that all the characters talk more often is appreciated, despite not having much to add.

    Cons:
    1. The graphics are below average for a game released in late 2014. There is no excuse for such poor graphics this late in a consoles life-cycle. They look about the same as Borderlands 2 which was released in 2012. You can tell no effort went into them.
    2. The characters all get on your nerves after spending a little time with them, they all seem to try too hard to be funny and it doesn't really pay off.
    3. The audio is almost identical to Borderlands 2, very little effort has gone into making guns sound different and the soundtrack is forgettable.
    4. Speaking of forgettable, the story is below average as well. Borderlands has never had an amazing story, the first ones was almost non existent while the second really improved the story but it still wasn't amazing. Now we have the Pre-Sequels which is worse than the seconds and only slightly better than the first.
    5. The environments get boring really quick, they are forgettable like the rest of this game. Nothing really blows your mind or makes you say "ooooh that's pretty cool".
    6. The introduction of O2 kits and Oxygen is the worst addition to any game in a long time. It is nothing more than a waste of time to have to worry about your oxygen running out and having to run to a refueling station. The O2 kits are a waste of space in your inventory as well, something much better could have been added with little effort.
    7. The new "butt-slam" feature isn't fun or funny. It is near useless, it often gets you killed in many situations as you are helpless while preforming it and it doesn't do very much damage. Borderlands was better before it had butt-slams.
    8. The game itself has a decent amount of content but compared to the first and second there is a laughable amount of missions. This game is so much shorter than either of the others and has far less to do in it.
    9. The new enemies aren't very original or fun to fight, most are just a nuisance.
    10. All of the new vault hunters have pretty useless action skills, none of them do much that can benefit you. In fact, some of the action skills actually harm you. For example, when playing as Claptrap, don't you dare use his action skill around enemies as you will more than likely get the "funzerker". The funzerker is definitely not fun, it just burns your ammo as you can't stop shooting. I quickly run out of ammo after using it and I stopped using Claptraps action skill mid-game as it did more harm than good.

    If you are new to the Borderlands series, don't start it by buying this one. Start with the first or second as both are much more enjoyable games. This personally is a disgrace to the series and I will most likely never go back to it. I wish it were better as I am a huge Borderlands fan but it's not. If you enjoy the Borderlands series than you might like this one but i'm nearly sure that you won't find it as good as the first or second. It is basically the same as the second one only worse somehow.    … Expand
  3. Astral_Mango
    Oct 19, 2014
    3
    Everyone on the moon is literally gay, the dialogue is so poorly written I cringed through half of it, the enemies seem much less imaginative than Borderlands 2's, and there are a tremendous amount of bugs and glitches that take away what little enjoyment that I had from playing this game. I got my money back.
  4. Broyax
    Apr 16, 2020
    0
    Bon, je dis pas que le tout premier Bordel-lands était un joyeux bordel plutôt inédit dans le monde alors assez restreint des jeux pour **** fermiers en solo (des petites propriétés où on farmait tranquillou... avant les usines AssCreed d'Ubichiotte en Egypte et en Grèce bien entendu !).

    Ses graphismes en forme de dessin animé débilos, tous ses flingues imbéciles, sa beauf' attitude, sa    Bon, je dis pas que le tout premier Bordel-lands était un joyeux bordel plutôt inédit dans le monde alors assez restreint des jeux pour **** fermiers en solo (des petites propriétés où on farmait tranquillou... avant les usines AssCreed d'Ubichiotte en Egypte et en Grèce bien entendu !).

    Ses graphismes en forme de dessin animé débilos, tous ses flingues imbéciles, sa beauf' attitude, sa répétition, son humour mongolo, tout ça... non franchement, ça passait plus ou moins mais ça passait. Un jeu passablement divertissant ou moyennement relou, un jeu passable en somme auquel on a juste envie de dire : "t'es gentil le petit nouveau, mais les pieds-tendres dans ton genre, il faudrait pas qu'ils s'éternisent en ville... c'est mauvais pour les affaires."

    Mais au lieu de se carapater gentiment et de plus y revenir, le Berdel-lands est revenu régulièrement avec ses copains et ses suites... et même la pré-suite d'avant ! qui se passe ici sur une lune à faible gravité (ololol saute, saute Forrest !) et surtout sans oxygène juste pour te casser les... pieds. La mobilité s'en trouve du coup très altérée et fort désagréable, de refuge en refuge et ainsi de suite...

    Le ton général est encore plus débilos que d'habitude et le farmage à prevoir encore plus inquiétant... c'est aussi dans l'ensemble plus moche que de coutume, la faute à un manque de goût très constant. Bref, ce méchant Bordel nous les casse donc beaucoup trop pour qu'on ne s'en débarrasse pas illico presto d'un bon coup de pied au cul pour le satelliser en orbite basse... où, on s'en doute, il n'arrêtera pas de tourner...    … Expand
  5. CryoWolf0
    Sep 5, 2019
    4
    The game is filled with annoying mechanics which detract from the overall experience. Enemies seem to have aimbot implemented and will always hit your character and unlike them you cannot dodge their bullets; also enemies will roll out quite fast and unrealistically for a low-gravity scenery.
    The map is garbage and I wasted a lot of time just trying to get around. This game has a lot of    The game is filled with annoying mechanics which detract from the overall experience. Enemies seem to have aimbot implemented and will always hit your character and unlike them you cannot dodge their bullets; also enemies will roll out quite fast and unrealistically for a low-gravity scenery.
    The map is garbage and I wasted a lot of time just trying to get around. This game has a lot of verticaliity but the map does nothing to indicate the height of certain obstacles and paths.
    Boss fights, unlike in BL2, will rarely drop good gear. Out of all boss fights in the game I got a single purple weapon - otherwise it was just trash rare and purple accessories that I could care less about. I suppose the whole fun factor of the game is looting stuff but when all the drops are garbage then it becomes pointless.
    Aiming in this game is infuriating. There's no controller acceleration and plenty of flying enemies which become extremely difficult to kill when zoomed in with your weapon, since they move much faster than the reticle. Also every gun has an ungodly amount of recoil, which is quite difficult to manage with a controller.
    The main story is mediocre at best and most of the side missions involve doing pointless things that make no sense - I guess you could call that "humor".    … Expand
  6. Godudu
    Aug 16, 2022
    1
    Borderlands 2 but worse. Stopped playing many times and tried to come back. But its just bad
  7. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    2
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! borderlands the pre-sequel

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#20 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2014
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 16
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  1. Hyper Magazine
    Dec 2, 2014
    80
    The Pre-Sequel hits a sweet spot where it isn't cringe worthy but rather a celebration of the Australian sense of humour. [Issue#255, p.39]
  2. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Dec 2, 2014
    60
    Even with its low-gravity exploits, it's leagues behind the other loot shooter out this year. [Issue#118, p.67]
  3. games(TM)
    Nov 17, 2014
    60
    We expect good gunplay and loot from a Borderlands game, and we still got that with The Pre-Sequel. But by expecting a little more, we seem to have set ourselves up for disappointment. Strewth.
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