Playtime: 9 Hours
Score: 8/10
Finally finished this DLC only now in 2022, even though I have replayed Borderlands 2 a dozen times I never finished this DLC, as no matter what level I was going in, the enemies would always be overpowered and I could never beat it. Fast track to now that Tiny Tina Wonderland is releasing, they rereleased this DLC as its own standalone expansion game, which is how I finally played all the way through and beat it.
The standalone version starts you at level 1 and you get 2 skill points per level as opposed to 1, which makes the leveling process much quicker and makes you more equipped to deal with the later enemies, but you can obviously play this normally as part of DLC for the main Borderlands 2 game.
I can finally see why this DLC is the most beloved of the whole series as its really cool to have the Borderlands formula mixed with DnD like roleplaying. The music as well is amazing and evokes fantasy RPG vibes, especially the main town theme. The story for this DLC also serves as the best epilogue to Borderlands 2's main story, and how Tina deals with the consequences of Handsome Jack's actions. The story was overall well done and it was nice to experience as a Borderlands fan.
Only real compliant I have is Handsome Jack who is the villain for this one again, barely gets any great lines or scenes like he did in the base game, and is more an afterthought villain, like they couldn't think of a new one. Also while this is more geared towards the standalone version then the original add on one, the loot progression mostly sucks, as a lot of the guns I picked up weren't all that great and I only picked up 2 legendries in my playthrough, with one being useless and not for my playstyle. But overall, no matter which way you play this, its worth a playthrough!
Score: 8/10
Finally finished this DLC only now in 2022, even though I have replayed Borderlands 2 a dozen times I never finished this DLC, as no matter what level I was going in, the enemies would always be overpowered and I could never beat it. Fast track to now that Tiny Tina Wonderland is releasing, they rereleased this DLC as its own standalone expansion game, which is how I finally played all the way through and beat it.
The standalone version starts you at level 1 and you get 2 skill points per level as opposed to 1, which makes the leveling process much quicker and makes you more equipped to deal with the later enemies, but you can obviously play this normally as part of DLC for the main Borderlands 2 game.
I can finally see why this DLC is the most beloved of the whole series as its really cool to have the Borderlands formula mixed with DnD like roleplaying. The music as well is amazing and evokes fantasy RPG vibes, especially the main town theme. The story for this DLC also serves as the best epilogue to Borderlands 2's main story, and how Tina deals with the consequences of Handsome Jack's actions. The story was overall well done and it was nice to experience as a Borderlands fan.
Only real compliant I have is Handsome Jack who is the villain for this one again, barely gets any great lines or scenes like he did in the base game, and is more an afterthought villain, like they couldn't think of a new one. Also while this is more geared towards the standalone version then the original add on one, the loot progression mostly sucks, as a lot of the guns I picked up weren't all that great and I only picked up 2 legendries in my playthrough, with one being useless and not for my playstyle. But overall, no matter which way you play this, its worth a playthrough!
I've yet to play the Game they made out of this DLC but I really, really enjoyed this for what it was -- the setting and the missions were cool as hell. Also, I love that the DLCs started to add more speaking lines for the playable characters and I savoured each and every crumb of Zer0's dialogue that I could get my grubby hands on...
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The stellar gunplay of Borderlands 2, minus most of the nihilism and plus a delightful tribute to TTRPG gaming. What's not to love?
Furthermore, the breakthrough with Tina was the most emotionally impacted I've been by this ENTIRE franchise. This DLC is easily my favorite part of Borderlands 2!
Furthermore, the breakthrough with Tina was the most emotionally impacted I've been by this ENTIRE franchise. This DLC is easily my favorite part of Borderlands 2!
For my money, the only piece of emotionally effective writing that Gearbox has managed in the entire Borderlands franchise. They're always so focused on whacky, inconsistent humor that they sometimes forget that there's an interesting world of likeable characters that they can use to tell thoughtful stories with. I still have reservations about the gameplay of Borderlands generally, but this is probably the best bit of content in the franchise in my eyes.
my favorite borderlands content ever, easily. so fun and entertaining, beautiful looking and adore the music. also THIS is what DLCs should be, actually different content, story and changes to gameplay while still having meaning for the characters of the base story (not just paywalling content that belonged in the base game)
Definitely the best expansion in the whole series. It's got a lot of fun humor, riffs on D&D, and very comical dialogue. It also gives a new variety of environments, which helps to create an interesting atmosphere for this session of Bunkers and Badasses. Great, poignant story to boot, dealing with loss.
I enjoyed the game, tiny tina's personality that's very over the top batshit insane would seem like it would get boring real quick, but you would be sorely mistaken, throughout the whole game it was a riot, just a fun game and I don't regret getting it and even getting it for my friend to go play it coop
I Love Tiny Tina's Assault On Dragon keep so goddamn much! This is an amazing DLC, with a bucket load of new content. Let's this is off with the world, DLC 4 adds several new locations and each one of them feels wholly unique, multiple of which even changing slightly after beating the main antagonist. The new enemies are also super cool, adding in several new enemy types, that for most part actually feel pretty different from what was seen in the main game.
The Story is where the game really shines, the story they are playing is a classic TTRPG style one shot, but this is just a backdrop for what's really going on. Losing someone is rough, and coming to terms with loss is just as hard, so seeing a character like Tina come to terms with the death of someone she loves is actually pretty heartfelt. Tina is a character who from her first introduction i liked quite a bit, she wasn't exactly my favorite character or anything like that, but when i first played this DLC i was blown away, and she easily became one of my favorites. Borderlands may not be everyone's cup of tea, the humor is stuck in 2012 (even in the latest installments) and at times in can be quite cringey, but when it pulls away from this and gives you an actual series moment it really hits.
Put simply this game fucking rules!
The Story is where the game really shines, the story they are playing is a classic TTRPG style one shot, but this is just a backdrop for what's really going on. Losing someone is rough, and coming to terms with loss is just as hard, so seeing a character like Tina come to terms with the death of someone she loves is actually pretty heartfelt. Tina is a character who from her first introduction i liked quite a bit, she wasn't exactly my favorite character or anything like that, but when i first played this DLC i was blown away, and she easily became one of my favorites. Borderlands may not be everyone's cup of tea, the humor is stuck in 2012 (even in the latest installments) and at times in can be quite cringey, but when it pulls away from this and gives you an actual series moment it really hits.
Put simply this game fucking rules!