Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

This game lacks in comparison to 1 and 2, but this wasn't supposed to be Borderlands 3, it was supposed to be a side game to hold us off for the time being, and it did a great job. The gameplay we're familiar with is still present, and yet it manages to also be one of the most unique in the series without jumping the shark. Love this game.

Borderlands has always had this problem. The planning behind various quest locations is extremely inconvenient for players, with the enemy respawn system it is quite an uncomfortable adventure. Developers, please, either make locations of one quest stay on the same map or disable the enemy respawn system.

In comparison to the second game the gameplay offers better gunplay that reduces the bullet-sponge experience with better abilities and weapons. As for the story, it is much simpler but offers less content quantity. Apart from Jack's backstory the game isn't memorable for anything else.

Borderlands: The Pre Sequel tells the story of what happened between the two previous Borderlands installments (thus both "pre" and "sequel" i guess :)), but this isn't a game you really play for the story. Don't get me wrong, it's filled to the brim with hilarious moments, but after every quick laugh you'll be focusing on two things: shooting and looting. And this does a pretty good at both of them - Shooting is simplistic but fun and there are about a gazillion different guns, shields etc in this game thanks to random generation and mutliple different stats. Mind you it all get's a bit grindy though.

The game is set in space this time and this means you'll spend about half your time in low gravity environments. This is a double edged sword, as it adds the immensely fun "gravity slam" mechanic (which i will really miss in the next Borderlands game if they don't include it), but also makes the game feel a bit more sad and lonely than Borderlands 2.

Fans of the previous two games should definitely pick this up to see how jack and the other vault hunters come to be who they are and - of course - for the mindless fun that is the Borderlands shoot & loot formula :). New players should also join in in said mindless fun, but i'd suggest playing through Borderlands 2 first - you'll enjoy The Pre Sequel a bit more this way.

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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (2014) is fantastic video game. If you liked Borderlands 2, this game is a must play. It has everything the second part had and it delivers. Note, it's not Borderlands 3, and thats why most of things in this flick are the same they were in Borderlands 2. But that not a problem here - it's rocks! Tousands of loot, more monsters, hundreds of quests, colorfully characters, you can't ask for more. The only downside is a story, which isn't intriguing as it was in the second part, but that's not major complaint, when the game starts, after first hour, you will be lost in this great game.

Overall, if you liked Borderlands 2, grab this one, it rocks!

This game is a lot of fun and really retains the Borderlands atmostphere. Its two flaws were simply that it followed the very sucessful Borderlands 2 (can't really blame it) which set wildly high (dare i say unrealistic) expectations and the second flaw being it did not really fix any of the few problems of Borderlands 2 gameplay (which Borderlands 3 really did and did a good job of fixing too). I have completed 2 seperate playthroughs of this game and have completed every installment of the Borderlands franchise up to this point (2020). I would gladly play this game again. I would say the dlc locations/missions are very low in quantity. Though i would agrue that the Claptastic Voyage dlc is very good. This game does a great job of what it set out to do which was give you 4 (later 6) vault hunters with their own playstyle and stories and really show the story of Jack's path to who he became in BL2 while staying true to the characters' (already know) origins and futures. A lot was asked of this game and honestly it delivered ecspecially in (dare i say the most critical area which is that of) Handsome's Jack development. This game did backtrack in way of quanity, quality, and some degree of uniqueness as well in the arena of legendary weapons. As with any Borderlands game, its a good game playing by yourself and its fantastic to play with friends. Good luck Vault Hunters.