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TOOT TOOT! WELCOME TO THE REVIEW EXPRESS, PLEASE BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS, BEVERAGES WILL BE SERVED IN THE DIIIINING CAAARRRRR!!!! Borderlands 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Borderlands (surprise, surprise!). It was developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games. The original Borderlands revolved mostly around co-op, and so does Borderlands 2, but this game is still great in single-player. There were many mechanic changes that made this friendlier for solo players. For example, better enemy scaling and the ability to move while crippled. I am here today to review Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition for PC, which comes bundled with most of the game's DLC. Graphics - 8 Borderlands 2 is cel-shaded, meaning that most textures are less realistic and have black outlines. Here is Borderlands 2 with cel-shading, and here it is without. You can notice that the game looks like a cartoon or an old 3D Playstation 2 game without cel-shading. Most people would agree that the game looks a lot better with the black outlines. With the art style of the game in mind, Borderlands 2 looks very good. Most of the textures look nice. However, for reasons I do not know, there are many textures that seem to be low resolution and blurry, as well as other textures not "fitting" the object correctly. Due to these flaws, I have to give the graphics an 8. Sound - 8 Borderlands 2 has great environmental music and sound effects. Each type of gun makes different noises based on the manufacturer, barrel, body, grip, sight, and stock. There is just such a large variety of high quality sounds in this game. The soundtrack is also great. There aren't any songs you'll get caught in your head, but they really build the game's atmosphere. Some of my favorites are Flamerock Refuge from Tiny Tina's DLC and the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve theme. I think that the real beauty of the sound in Borderlands 2 is the voice acting. Almost all the voice actors did an excellent job, especially Handsome Jack (voiced by Dameon Clarke, known for voice acting Cell from DBZ). He really puts passion into his voice acting. When Handsome Jack is pissed, you know he's pissed. I would provide links to show what I'm talking about, but the only quotes I could find were uh... not exactly appropriate for Vizzed. With the music being great for ambiance or building atmosphere, as well as the voice acting being immaculate, I have to give the sound an 8. I would rate higher but most of the songs are rather dull, there's just a few good ones hidden in there. Gameplay / Addictiveness - 10 The Borderlands games are all shooters, with the exception of Tales from the Borderlands. Compared to games like Halo and Call of Duty, Borderlands games are extremely aggressive. There's really only one character that snipes and isn't in-your-face, but he can still be played as one of the best in-your-face characters if you don't like sniping. When you "die," you don't actually die. You will go into "Fight For Your Life" mode. You can shoot your guns and crawl at a slow pace. Killing an enemy while in Fight For Your Life mode (also known as "crippled" or "FFYL") will bring you back to life. However, if you are unable to kill an enemy, your friends can revive you provided they are still alive, or had existed in the first place! Something that I've noticed about me is that I love any games with lots of loot. Diablo 3, Terraria, and Skyrim are all games I love that have loot. I also like RPGs where you can level up and feel like an absolute monster of destruction. With 87 bazillion guns and almost as many shields/grenades/other stuff, as well as having RPG elements of leveling up and getting new skills and abilities, Borderlands 2 is both of these. Loot and leveling up give the player a sense of progress. They did such a good job with the item system and skill trees that you can just feel your character getting stronger and stronger. I cannot speak for all gamers, but progress and new items and growing stronger give such satisfaction to many gamers that it becomes extra addictive. The idea of having 4 base classes and 2 DLC classes really adds to the addictiveness. When you get tired of one character, you could try all the other characters until you find the one that suits you the most. All of this adds up to make Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition an extremely addictive game for many players. Story - 9 The story of this game follows the events of Borderlands and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. At the end of the first Borderlands game, there are vaults that open and contain treasures of all sorts. From these vaults, the company Hyperion becomes unimaginably rich by collecting what's inside the vaults. In Borderlands 2 you learn that Handsome Jack, owner of Hyperion, plans to destroy Pandora, a bandit-ridden planet, and take control of the galaxy. He has discovered a vault that, instead of treasure, contains an ancient alien warrior, fittingly named "The Warrior." Your goal is to stop him from controlling the Warrior by destroying his catalyst that is charging the vault key. Throughout the game's main campaign there are funny moments, sad moments, badass moments, and just plain weird moments. The story itself is very interesting and filled with plot twists. I think it is very well written and definitely rates a 9. Depth - 10 Borderlands 2 is one of the longest games I have ever played, and that was even before I bought and played the DLC campaigns. The main campaign alone takes about 30 hours, straight through. But with Borderlands 2 being an RPG, there are tons of sidequests. There are 129 missions in the base game and about 260 including all the DLC. These aren't quick 5 minute missions, some of these will take you an hour to complete. According to howlongtobeat.com, if you were to do all the sidequests, that takes about 106 hours if you didn't mess around and just did each quest after another. But the beautiful thing about Borderlands is that you have 3 playthrough modes and 6 classes. Each of the 6 classes is vastly different and provides a brand new gameplay experience. Krieg is all about running up to enemies and cutting them (and killing yourself), but when you're done with him you can have a completely different experience and play as Maya and focus less on tanking and more on pulling enemies together and corroding them. There are 72+8 levels with all the DLC and 50 without the DLC. Also, when you beat the game the first time as a character, you unlock True Vault Hunter mode which introduces stronger enemies, better loot, and new quests. Beat True Vault Hunter Mode and you will unlock Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, which also changes the game balance to be very difficult. So, yeah, Borderlands 2 is huge. Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition? Massive. tenouttaten Difficulty - 7 Now, the difficulty of Borderlands 2 definitely depends on how you're playing. Not how good you're playing, but the methods you use to kill enemies. Each of the 6 characters has 3 skill trees. Some skill trees suck and will make the game harder. Some characters suck and will make the game harder. Some characters just put the game on easy mode, no matter your level or playthrough *cough*krieg*cough*. It also depends a lot on your loot. You don't need the perfect loot to survive, but you aren't going to do anything if you're level 16 and still using a level 10 pistol. Also, if you're playing as Maya and your class mod and skills are going towards fire-based combats, you're going to need fire weapons to do anything. Overall, though, I think it's a medium-difficulty game and just requires a little to get used to. The game is also a lot easier with more players. Enemies get stronger with more players, sure, but 4x the people = 4x the damage. And in solo mode your only method of reviving is by killing an enemy, while in multiplayer your buddies can revive you. Difficulty gets a 7. DLC The Game of the Year Edition comes with two characters, plus four new campaigns. I will give a quick review of the campaigns since, after all, this is a review of the DLC version of the game. Tiny Tina's Attack on Dragon Keep - The three other DLC's were outsourced to 2K Australia, so this DLC is by default the more "genuine" feeling. And honestly, this DLC is the best ****ing DLC ever made, and honestly I think it's better than the main campaign of Borderlands 2. It is so good. Basically, Tiny Tina, crazy 13-year-old, invites the vault hunters from the first Borderlands game to play a game of Bunkers & Badasses. The older vault hunters are playing as the playable Borderlands 2 vault hunters in an imaginary roleplaying world that Tina creates as the game goes on. The happy town of Flamerock Refuge is being attacked by skeletons and wizards and all this cool fantasy medieval stuff, so you gotta go kill the sorcerer that's causing all this. I can't say more without spoiling it, but you should definitely at least get this DLC if you just have the base Borderlands 2 game. Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt - Sir Hammerlock (Hunter, Scholar, Gentleman) has called you over to his favorite hunting spot to help him catch the biggest monster of all. There are huge footsteps everywhere. You discover that some awkward scientist seems to be cloning someone, but who? And why are all these tribal savage warriors attacking you? While still fun, this is probably the worst DLC of the bunch and definitely the shortest (seriously the campaign is like 4 quests). Torgue's Campaign of Carnage - WELCOME TO THE BADASS CRATER OF BADASSITUDE, VAULT HUNTER!! I'M TORGUE, AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, AND ONE QUESTION ONLY... EXPLOSIONS? THERE HAS BEEN A VAULT SIGHTED IN THE BADASS CRATER OF BADASSITUDE. WE AT THE TORGUE CORPORATION SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT IS F****** AWESOME! IT'S SO AWESOME THAT WE'RE GONNA SET UP A TOURNAMENT TO FIND THIS "NUMBER ONE BADASS"! So yeah you gotta kill other badasses to rise to the rank of number one badass. The number one badass gets to open the vault and stuff. It's a very funny DLC and it's really fun. Probably my second favorite, behind Tiny Tina's Attack on Dragon Keep, of course. Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty - This DLC is really creepy, but it's also pretty fun. You hear the legend of Captain Blade's Lost Treasure of the Sands, so you go and try to find it and stuff. Yup. There's also a pirate queen that helps you and a Leviathan that may or may not be guarding the treasure. Kind of a boring story but the gameplay is nice except for THOSE ****ING WORMS THAT KILL YOU IN ONE HIT. Overall, I think the DLC is definitely worth a purchase. If you own Borderlands 2 already without the DLC, it is probably cheaper to just buy the Game of the Year Edition instead of all the DLC separately. It goes on sale a lot. Overall - 9.5 Borderlands 2 is probably my favorite shooter of all time, and a strong contender for my favorite video game in general. From all the hundreds of games I've ever played, picking this game to be my favorite is saying quite a lot. It's all subjective, but I do think that no matter who you are or what your interests are, you can admit that Borderlands 2 is an excellently made game. Great graphics, music, and an enthralling story. On top of that, Borderlands 2 is a very fun shooter for any "aggressive" players. Overall I give it a near-perfect 9.5. Thanks for reading the review, feel free to criticize, blah blah blah. Interested in more Borderlands? Read here! Borderlands 1 Review Borderlands 1 Class Guide Borderlands 2 Class Guide Borderlands 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Borderlands (surprise, surprise!). It was developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games. The original Borderlands revolved mostly around co-op, and so does Borderlands 2, but this game is still great in single-player. There were many mechanic changes that made this friendlier for solo players. For example, better enemy scaling and the ability to move while crippled. I am here today to review Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition for PC, which comes bundled with most of the game's DLC. Graphics - 8 Borderlands 2 is cel-shaded, meaning that most textures are less realistic and have black outlines. Here is Borderlands 2 with cel-shading, and here it is without. You can notice that the game looks like a cartoon or an old 3D Playstation 2 game without cel-shading. Most people would agree that the game looks a lot better with the black outlines. With the art style of the game in mind, Borderlands 2 looks very good. Most of the textures look nice. However, for reasons I do not know, there are many textures that seem to be low resolution and blurry, as well as other textures not "fitting" the object correctly. Due to these flaws, I have to give the graphics an 8. Sound - 8 Borderlands 2 has great environmental music and sound effects. Each type of gun makes different noises based on the manufacturer, barrel, body, grip, sight, and stock. There is just such a large variety of high quality sounds in this game. The soundtrack is also great. There aren't any songs you'll get caught in your head, but they really build the game's atmosphere. Some of my favorites are Flamerock Refuge from Tiny Tina's DLC and the Wildlife Exploitation Preserve theme. I think that the real beauty of the sound in Borderlands 2 is the voice acting. Almost all the voice actors did an excellent job, especially Handsome Jack (voiced by Dameon Clarke, known for voice acting Cell from DBZ). He really puts passion into his voice acting. When Handsome Jack is pissed, you know he's pissed. I would provide links to show what I'm talking about, but the only quotes I could find were uh... not exactly appropriate for Vizzed. With the music being great for ambiance or building atmosphere, as well as the voice acting being immaculate, I have to give the sound an 8. I would rate higher but most of the songs are rather dull, there's just a few good ones hidden in there. Gameplay / Addictiveness - 10 The Borderlands games are all shooters, with the exception of Tales from the Borderlands. Compared to games like Halo and Call of Duty, Borderlands games are extremely aggressive. There's really only one character that snipes and isn't in-your-face, but he can still be played as one of the best in-your-face characters if you don't like sniping. When you "die," you don't actually die. You will go into "Fight For Your Life" mode. You can shoot your guns and crawl at a slow pace. Killing an enemy while in Fight For Your Life mode (also known as "crippled" or "FFYL") will bring you back to life. However, if you are unable to kill an enemy, your friends can revive you provided they are still alive, or had existed in the first place! Something that I've noticed about me is that I love any games with lots of loot. Diablo 3, Terraria, and Skyrim are all games I love that have loot. I also like RPGs where you can level up and feel like an absolute monster of destruction. With 87 bazillion guns and almost as many shields/grenades/other stuff, as well as having RPG elements of leveling up and getting new skills and abilities, Borderlands 2 is both of these. Loot and leveling up give the player a sense of progress. They did such a good job with the item system and skill trees that you can just feel your character getting stronger and stronger. I cannot speak for all gamers, but progress and new items and growing stronger give such satisfaction to many gamers that it becomes extra addictive. The idea of having 4 base classes and 2 DLC classes really adds to the addictiveness. When you get tired of one character, you could try all the other characters until you find the one that suits you the most. All of this adds up to make Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition an extremely addictive game for many players. Story - 9 The story of this game follows the events of Borderlands and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. At the end of the first Borderlands game, there are vaults that open and contain treasures of all sorts. From these vaults, the company Hyperion becomes unimaginably rich by collecting what's inside the vaults. In Borderlands 2 you learn that Handsome Jack, owner of Hyperion, plans to destroy Pandora, a bandit-ridden planet, and take control of the galaxy. He has discovered a vault that, instead of treasure, contains an ancient alien warrior, fittingly named "The Warrior." Your goal is to stop him from controlling the Warrior by destroying his catalyst that is charging the vault key. Throughout the game's main campaign there are funny moments, sad moments, badass moments, and just plain weird moments. The story itself is very interesting and filled with plot twists. I think it is very well written and definitely rates a 9. Depth - 10 Borderlands 2 is one of the longest games I have ever played, and that was even before I bought and played the DLC campaigns. The main campaign alone takes about 30 hours, straight through. But with Borderlands 2 being an RPG, there are tons of sidequests. There are 129 missions in the base game and about 260 including all the DLC. These aren't quick 5 minute missions, some of these will take you an hour to complete. According to howlongtobeat.com, if you were to do all the sidequests, that takes about 106 hours if you didn't mess around and just did each quest after another. But the beautiful thing about Borderlands is that you have 3 playthrough modes and 6 classes. Each of the 6 classes is vastly different and provides a brand new gameplay experience. Krieg is all about running up to enemies and cutting them (and killing yourself), but when you're done with him you can have a completely different experience and play as Maya and focus less on tanking and more on pulling enemies together and corroding them. There are 72+8 levels with all the DLC and 50 without the DLC. Also, when you beat the game the first time as a character, you unlock True Vault Hunter mode which introduces stronger enemies, better loot, and new quests. Beat True Vault Hunter Mode and you will unlock Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode, which also changes the game balance to be very difficult. So, yeah, Borderlands 2 is huge. Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition? Massive. tenouttaten Difficulty - 7 Now, the difficulty of Borderlands 2 definitely depends on how you're playing. Not how good you're playing, but the methods you use to kill enemies. Each of the 6 characters has 3 skill trees. Some skill trees suck and will make the game harder. Some characters suck and will make the game harder. Some characters just put the game on easy mode, no matter your level or playthrough *cough*krieg*cough*. It also depends a lot on your loot. You don't need the perfect loot to survive, but you aren't going to do anything if you're level 16 and still using a level 10 pistol. Also, if you're playing as Maya and your class mod and skills are going towards fire-based combats, you're going to need fire weapons to do anything. Overall, though, I think it's a medium-difficulty game and just requires a little to get used to. The game is also a lot easier with more players. Enemies get stronger with more players, sure, but 4x the people = 4x the damage. And in solo mode your only method of reviving is by killing an enemy, while in multiplayer your buddies can revive you. Difficulty gets a 7. DLC The Game of the Year Edition comes with two characters, plus four new campaigns. I will give a quick review of the campaigns since, after all, this is a review of the DLC version of the game. Tiny Tina's Attack on Dragon Keep - The three other DLC's were outsourced to 2K Australia, so this DLC is by default the more "genuine" feeling. And honestly, this DLC is the best ****ing DLC ever made, and honestly I think it's better than the main campaign of Borderlands 2. It is so good. Basically, Tiny Tina, crazy 13-year-old, invites the vault hunters from the first Borderlands game to play a game of Bunkers & Badasses. The older vault hunters are playing as the playable Borderlands 2 vault hunters in an imaginary roleplaying world that Tina creates as the game goes on. The happy town of Flamerock Refuge is being attacked by skeletons and wizards and all this cool fantasy medieval stuff, so you gotta go kill the sorcerer that's causing all this. I can't say more without spoiling it, but you should definitely at least get this DLC if you just have the base Borderlands 2 game. Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt - Sir Hammerlock (Hunter, Scholar, Gentleman) has called you over to his favorite hunting spot to help him catch the biggest monster of all. There are huge footsteps everywhere. You discover that some awkward scientist seems to be cloning someone, but who? And why are all these tribal savage warriors attacking you? While still fun, this is probably the worst DLC of the bunch and definitely the shortest (seriously the campaign is like 4 quests). Torgue's Campaign of Carnage - WELCOME TO THE BADASS CRATER OF BADASSITUDE, VAULT HUNTER!! I'M TORGUE, AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, AND ONE QUESTION ONLY... EXPLOSIONS? THERE HAS BEEN A VAULT SIGHTED IN THE BADASS CRATER OF BADASSITUDE. WE AT THE TORGUE CORPORATION SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT IS F****** AWESOME! IT'S SO AWESOME THAT WE'RE GONNA SET UP A TOURNAMENT TO FIND THIS "NUMBER ONE BADASS"! So yeah you gotta kill other badasses to rise to the rank of number one badass. The number one badass gets to open the vault and stuff. It's a very funny DLC and it's really fun. Probably my second favorite, behind Tiny Tina's Attack on Dragon Keep, of course. Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty - This DLC is really creepy, but it's also pretty fun. You hear the legend of Captain Blade's Lost Treasure of the Sands, so you go and try to find it and stuff. Yup. There's also a pirate queen that helps you and a Leviathan that may or may not be guarding the treasure. Kind of a boring story but the gameplay is nice except for THOSE ****ING WORMS THAT KILL YOU IN ONE HIT. Overall, I think the DLC is definitely worth a purchase. If you own Borderlands 2 already without the DLC, it is probably cheaper to just buy the Game of the Year Edition instead of all the DLC separately. It goes on sale a lot. Overall - 9.5 Borderlands 2 is probably my favorite shooter of all time, and a strong contender for my favorite video game in general. From all the hundreds of games I've ever played, picking this game to be my favorite is saying quite a lot. It's all subjective, but I do think that no matter who you are or what your interests are, you can admit that Borderlands 2 is an excellently made game. Great graphics, music, and an enthralling story. On top of that, Borderlands 2 is a very fun shooter for any "aggressive" players. Overall I give it a near-perfect 9.5. Thanks for reading the review, feel free to criticize, blah blah blah. 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I've never played borderland games because I felt it wouldn't be the game for me. I do like your review it took a lot to read in. And I see there are some view actors you mentioned I know. So I guess the game is really that a big deal to play. But still I would rather watch someone play the game than me play it. Since I feel it would be better this way. Its been a while since I have seen you doing reviews and its good to see you have done one now.  |
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