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  • Summary: Borderlands 2 advances the distinct blending of FPS and role-playing genres to create an evolution of the Role Playing Shooter. Team up with up to 3 other players for 4-player online goodness or go old-school with 2-player split-screen couch sharing mayhem as you spend hours leveling up yourBorderlands 2 advances the distinct blending of FPS and role-playing genres to create an evolution of the Role Playing Shooter. Team up with up to 3 other players for 4-player online goodness or go old-school with 2-player split-screen couch sharing mayhem as you spend hours leveling up your character and equipping them with one of the millions of badass weapons. Borderlands 2 features a new array of procedurally generated guns, shields, grenades, artifacts, enemies and more. Choose one of the 4 new character classes to be taken through a carefully crafted and connected story to all new and surprising environments across the living planet of Pandora. Make new friends, arm them to the teeth and fight alongside them on your relentless quest for revenge and redemption. Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 38
  2. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Oct 11, 2012
    100
    Delivers on every promise of the original, being an instant classic that proudly stands alongside the PC's finest shooters. [Oct 2012, p.62]
  2. Oct 1, 2012
    95
    Funnier and brilliant, Borderlands 2 is twice as good as the first episode was, something which isn't always the case for sequels. But Gearbox Software manages to improve their IP in many ways, offering one of these titles you could not possibly forget to buy in 2012, and proposing new features that will allow players to blow off some steam for hours.
  3. Sep 26, 2012
    94
    If you like piles of guns, lots to do and shoot, and a robust leveling system with a natural coop multi-player aspect and aren't put off by the cel shading, it's a no-brainer.
  4. Sep 13, 2012
    90
    The one thing worth pointing out between the various platforms is how cool Borderlands 2 can look if you have an awesome PC. The PC version allows plenty of tweaks to draw distance, frame rate and more.
  5. Sep 18, 2012
    90
    It seems crass to judge a game by quantity, but this is quantity of quality. So if the amount of money you spend on games is a practical concern, it's worth saying that this one is freakishly good value. Even if it's not a concern, it's worth saying that this one is freakishly good.
  6. Sep 17, 2012
    86
    Quotation forthcoming.
  7. Oct 11, 2012
    66
    Borderlands 2 is awfully simplistic as a first-person shooter, and it's not deep enough for an action/RPG game.

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  1. Negative: 81 out of 694
  1. May 31, 2015
    10
    The game that introduced me again to gaming and got me addicted to experience points. I wish the previous was as half as good. I can't wait toThe game that introduced me again to gaming and got me addicted to experience points. I wish the previous was as half as good. I can't wait to play the pre-sequel. Expand
  2. May 1, 2013
    10
    Gioco fantastico molto vario e divertente sopratutto in coop ovviamente, la grafica veramente eccezionale sotto ogni punto di vista piena diGioco fantastico molto vario e divertente sopratutto in coop ovviamente, la grafica veramente eccezionale sotto ogni punto di vista piena di effetti e lo stile fumettesco il top!! Expand
  3. Sep 19, 2012
    10
    Damn near perfect, even for a console port. It is early on launch day yet it feels crisp and clean. Controlling your character is far easierDamn near perfect, even for a console port. It is early on launch day yet it feels crisp and clean. Controlling your character is far easier this time around as the control are much better developed for the PC. The humor is dark, although the story is a little more serious this time around. About an hour in to the game you really want to kill Handsome Jack, and if you still think he is a cool dude by then you're pretty **** up. If you liked Borderlands you will find that this is a true sequel that lives up to the hype.

    They did a great job of melding the story of Borderlands with Borderlands 2. I know, I know they are sequels but GearBox didn't really set the first game up for having a sequel. I guess since the story in the original was kinda of lacking it makes sense that it was easy to mold the two together.

    Overall Borderlands 2 is a great improvement on the original connecting with friends is far easier now that Steam has been fully integrated, even though it is still a little buggy when connecting initially. Maybe the best improvement they have made is the size of the game. The world feels large and looks large, not the mention it is beautiful. I can run this game on almost the highest setting on my laptop. (Note: I do have a ASUS RoG laptop designed for games but it is kind of dated) If you have a computer that can handle CoD you will be fine.
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  4. Jun 24, 2014
    9
    I have not played Borderlands 1, so this a discovery for me. Also, I haven't tried it solo and played with friends only, which I think is aI have not played Borderlands 1, so this a discovery for me. Also, I haven't tried it solo and played with friends only, which I think is a better idea.

    The story is good and very funny, and if you like the cartoon style, the world is pretty well done as well. It runs perfectly in coop mode, the AI is legit, and the "special attacks" of your character are necessary to clear out some hard bosses. You get several weapons to use, and lots of crap to collect on the floor all the time.

    Conclusion : Hours of fun with friends, and loot everywhere !
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  5. Aug 20, 2021
    8
    Lots of fun so many guns to use if you like doom you will like this game its a fun mindless shooter.
  6. Jul 14, 2022
    7
    Borderlands is a franchise that I absolutely love the idea of, I mean I own Borderlands 2 on Ps3, Ps4, and PC, but unfortunately I personallyBorderlands is a franchise that I absolutely love the idea of, I mean I own Borderlands 2 on Ps3, Ps4, and PC, but unfortunately I personally find the execution flawed.
    Borderlands 2 ticks a lot of boxes for me, it has several playable characters with various viable build paths and totally unique playstyles. It has artistic and flavorful graphics and smooth gunplay. And most importantly, it is generous with giving the player rare and legendary gear that has unique effects, are fun to use, and very exciting to find.
    Despite these positives, I don't love the game for 2 primary reasons; the map and quest design, and the difficulty.
    Some of the maps in this game are absolutely huge, and I just find navigating them to be anti-fun, a total slog. The best parts of this game are when you are going through a linear area, with a defined goal and lots of enemies in your way. I want to be shooting, I want to be testing my build that I've worked on...I do not want to be spending my time looking at the map, and making sure I'm hitting all my quest markers. You can clear an area, then be given several quests to go back to the same area and go through it again. This is not fun when the maps are huge and traversing them takes seemingly forever. Not only that, but you can only see the quest marker of the quest you currently have selected, meaning you will be going to the menu often to swap your quests around to make sure you aren't missing something, which would necessitate another visit to the same area.
    My second problem with Borderlands 2 is the difficulty. It very well could be that I'm just trash, but I find I spend far too much time in "Fight for your life" mode, a timed downed state where you have the chance to kill an enemy to revive yourself. As you progress to the higher difficulties, you can reasonable expect to be downed during nearly every encounter. When you are in fight for your life, you can hardly move and are scrambling to get that kill or have to run back through the huge map again. Once again, this is just anti-fun. I would much rather that fight for your life didn't exist, and enemies were balanced without this feature in mind.
    Borderlands 2 is a game that I will always think fondly about, but will likely never find much joy in playing.
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  7. Jul 15, 2020
    0
    I play this game in PC with Maximum graphics, is so BEAUTIFUL, is the best game of 2012!

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