1. Ftaang

   8

   It's a great game, way improved from the original 'cause I found the first one a tad boring for reasons I'm not getting into. The characters are lovable and unique in personality (Zero's my favorite, I'm sure most people would agree), and the statistics are easy to handle for most players. The story is a lot more serious, and I got a pretty good feeling a Borderlands 3 is gonna come up with an even more serious story. The weapons have more variety and each of the companies that make the weapons now have more noticeable differences, e.g. Bandit guns have names like "pro shooty boom gnu" and Tediore guns explode a lot (i can't remember if it was Tediore; I haven't played in a while). Which is quite funny. Overall, I think people could give this game a try, it fits well for just about any FPS/RPG player.… Expand

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2. Game_Reviews

   5

   After Duke Nukem Forever, Gearbox publicly stated they would not let anyone review their games unless they were guaranteed a positive score. Surprise, in a media where bribes mean more than content - Borderlands 2 was placed in the 9/10 bracket by nearly every game journalist who received an early copy. What is the game actually? It's a clone of the first borderlands with new areas, new enemies, the berserker is now a dwarf, memes replace dialogue and DLC replaces developer integrity. The best thing they could have done would be to improve the basic mechanics of Borderlands into a new and better game, instead they added slight variation on and old and unsatisfactory theme. Do not ever attempt to play this without coop partners or you will constantly be alt-tabbing the game to masturbate and only resuming play when you feel genuinely empty inside.… Expand

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3. Havocs

   4

   This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Borderlands 2 is a decent game. Unfortunately it finds itself in the uncomfortable situation of being compared to Borderlands. The world is small, the enemies are repetitive and few in variation. You spend half the time fighting one type of enemy and the other half another type. Every now and then you come across some animals to fight. The weapons and shields were designed so that children would go crazy, because the higher the numbers the better. When an average weapons does 20.000+ damage, things get silly. What's wrong with weapons doing at best around 400 damage? When you create your character you find yourself on a train, that explodes. Apparently some bad guy named Jack blew it up because he don't want vault hunters on the planet. The planet is a in a crisis. A huge crisis. Hyperion is taking over. Apparently Atlas, a company richer than any nation went bankrupt. General Knoxx and the Crimson Lance were defeated in a Borderlands DLC. I've never heard of a nation going bankrupt because they lost a battle. Anyways, Jack is bad and is threatening Pandora. Things are really bad. Where is this feel of a threat? Nowhere. Borderlands 2 tells you how bad things are, but doesn't show it or make you feel it the slightest. The weapons are linear and dull. Everything in Borderlands 2 is dull at best. But they did something right. I honestly don't know what it is. If you consider playing Borderlands 2, make sure you don't play Borderlands first, because Borderlands will completely ruin the Borderlands 2 experience.… Expand

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