Borderlands 2
Borderlands 2 Reviews
first off, i will write this review with one: no spoilers, and two: an assumption that anyone who reads this has either played or is familiar with the first installment of the game. borderlands 2 is beyond an amped up version of the first game. it is bizarrely colorful. it is more difficult to survive. it is more fun to try. the guns are more unique. the gameplay feels better. the interfaces are better. the customizations are better. the skill trees offer more options to do bigger and better things. overall, it's pretty slick. the basis of the game is that pandora has been taken over by handsome jack (clearly hiding something behind his strange mask) who is looking for someone to help him open the vault so he can harness some massive power locked inside. if you spent any amount of time with the first, you will have the feeling that this is very familiar, yet completely revised, beautified, and streamlined. my impressions were as follows: grenades! in the first, grenades were more or less useless. here, even the early types you see can be AWESOME! some can combine crazy damage with transfusion, singularity, homing abilities, and various elemental damages. some turn into their own little flaming turret-like creations. customizations: each character can change as various skins and heads are unlocked. i felt the first game lacked in this area. it isn't vital, but it certainly is fun. item sharing: either between characters you play with in co-op, or between your own characters, the interface/s to share weapons and such is a welcome addition. badass rank: the tokens earned from this can be spent on leveling up various attributes (i.e.: maximum health, elemental effect chance, gun damage) which go into effect across all the characters built from your profile. it felt nice to be putting in better stats across the board on my characters. the guns! how could they get better? they did! the legendaries (orange) and some e-tech weapons can be remarkable, however entirely elusive. the drop rate for these items (especially legendaries) is absymal. slag is a new element this time around. slag can coat your enemies and make any further damage really knock them out. i will insert my peeve here: any time you look at a weapon, either in a gun cache or as a dropped item, it doesn't show the proper ammo type, it just shows a generic magazine next to the magazine size listing. i feel as though the rest of the weapon system is so thorough, why not just show the accurate ammo type (i.e.: sniper, launcher, shotgun), as this leaves it up to the image, and potentially the proper name of the gun to tell you what type of weapon it is. most of the time this is obvious, however there have been a few times so far that i haven't been able to tell right away. you can tell once you have the weapon in your backpack, but when looking, you have to just 'know' based on the gun image itself. in conclusion, here is a general roundup: concept: take borderlands. add steroids. and sugar. and red bull. and helium. shake it all up and let it loose. oh, and add an intriguing story (yes, we get one this time. and the villian is a truly sadistic b-hole.) graphics: as much as i loved the first one, i would have liked to see more color. there are beautiful colors everywhere in this installment, be it from the environs to the enemies and everything in between. there were a couple of technical glitches here and there, but nothing that huge. sound: the music is more cinematic than the first and the voice acting is quite good. i'm so happy claptrap is back! also, the voice chat feature for the ps3 is DRASTICALLY improved (thank goodness!). it was awful in the first one. playability: everything feels smoother. yes, if you are playing co-op, there is still lag if one player is accessing a menu screen, but i'm not sure if that could ever truly be fixed. or if it can, it hasn't been yet. entertainment: i bought the ultimate loot chest edition from amazon, AND bought the game on midnight release from gamestop so i could get their pre-order bonuses as well as have the opportunity to play it sooner. i played the hell out of the first one and continued to play it right up until the release of the second. i am certain i will play the hell out of this one as well. replay value: i have completed the game six times (on three different characters). the additional dlc available certainly adds to the overall scope of available gameplay, however none of the dlc packs so far have been all that great, and certainly not as large as randy pitchford said they would be. hopefully the fourth pack will make up for some of that. this is an engaging game, and hopefully it is well-supported by gearbox now and in the future.. this is my Borderlands 2 reviews
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- Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches ; 4 ounces
- Media: Video Game
- Release Date: September 18, 2012
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