Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a fun romp back into the wacky world of Pandora, this time with a low-gravity twist! You get to play as new characters like Claptrap (hilarious but can be annoying) and Athena (way more fun than I expected). The shooting is still satisfying, the loot is plentiful, and the humor hits most of the time. However, the story isn't quite as strong as Borderlands 2, and some missions can feel repetitive. Still, it's a good time for fans of the series, especially if you like the idea of blasting aliens while moonwalking around.
If you take just the story out, and are a Borderlands fan, this is an enjoyable entry. It fleshes out some characters and gives good backstory to the events of BL2. However, the gameplay I think is some of the worst the series has offered.
On the surface the idea of low grav SHOULD be fun, but they made the maps so damn big and constantly force you to backtrack on them to the point of pure monotony. Also changing the loot system so that many legendaries dont have dedicated loot sources means that you could easily get to the final boss without a single legendary. You know, the thing that makes a looter shooter like this fun?
I was excited to go for the 100% on this game, but after having done it, I can definitively say its my least favorite game in the series by far.
On the surface the idea of low grav SHOULD be fun, but they made the maps so damn big and constantly force you to backtrack on them to the point of pure monotony. Also changing the loot system so that many legendaries dont have dedicated loot sources means that you could easily get to the final boss without a single legendary. You know, the thing that makes a looter shooter like this fun?
I was excited to go for the 100% on this game, but after having done it, I can definitively say its my least favorite game in the series by far.
The worst Borderlands game on account of being the least interesting and most annoying one (an incredible feat). The game isn't terrible, but I just didn't care about it the entire time I played through the story. Worst cast of selectable characters, worst setting, worst gameplay, with me giving particular note to the oxygen mechanic, one of the most tedious and sluggish things I've had to endure in a game. It's still a Borderlands game, so it's gonna be dumb mindless fun at some base level, but it's clear that the series was starting to age poorly by this entry, and 3 did not get much better. Just very disappointed, mostly.
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a mixed bag, on one hand its basically just more Borderlands 2 which is great, but the whole thing feels really stretched out. In all honesty there is a lot to dislike about TPS, but there is also a lot to like.
Let's start this off with all the things that are basically the same as Borderlands 2. TPS is made in the same engine as Borderlands 2 so graphically it looks the same, still that charming cell-shaded style but no real improvement. I don't think this is a negative though especially considering it only came out 2 years after BL2. The Gameplay is mostly the same, you get a couple of new tricks like the double jump and the slam features from the o2 kits, which deepens aerial combat, which wasn't really a big thing in BL2. Also i noticed the guns don't feel quite as good as they do in BL2, it's not like they're bad they are still pretty good just not amazing.
The story is probably the most mixed up part of the whole game. We get to see how Handsome Jack became a villain which is pretty cool, but for some reason they stretched out the story way further then it should of been. It really feels like this was supposed it be a massive DLC that was stretched out to be its own game. The whole thing is mostly forgettable, but as an Australian i do kind of dig all the Aussie references and jokes.
The Vault monster in TPS is actually really good though. I was surprised considering the first 2 vault monsters aren't anything special, so to see an actual multi phase fight is a welcome surprise.
The Vaulthunters in the TPS are great. you can make some really interesting builds across the 6 playable characters and they are all pretty fun to play. The voiced lines is a welcome inclusion, even if it's minimal and doesn't change anything, having your character voice their opinions about whats going on is still really cool to see, and gives them way more character.
The Pre-Sequel is a solid inclusion in the borderlands series, It's not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be but its nowhere near the peak of the series.
Let's start this off with all the things that are basically the same as Borderlands 2. TPS is made in the same engine as Borderlands 2 so graphically it looks the same, still that charming cell-shaded style but no real improvement. I don't think this is a negative though especially considering it only came out 2 years after BL2. The Gameplay is mostly the same, you get a couple of new tricks like the double jump and the slam features from the o2 kits, which deepens aerial combat, which wasn't really a big thing in BL2. Also i noticed the guns don't feel quite as good as they do in BL2, it's not like they're bad they are still pretty good just not amazing.
The story is probably the most mixed up part of the whole game. We get to see how Handsome Jack became a villain which is pretty cool, but for some reason they stretched out the story way further then it should of been. It really feels like this was supposed it be a massive DLC that was stretched out to be its own game. The whole thing is mostly forgettable, but as an Australian i do kind of dig all the Aussie references and jokes.
The Vault monster in TPS is actually really good though. I was surprised considering the first 2 vault monsters aren't anything special, so to see an actual multi phase fight is a welcome surprise.
The Vaulthunters in the TPS are great. you can make some really interesting builds across the 6 playable characters and they are all pretty fun to play. The voiced lines is a welcome inclusion, even if it's minimal and doesn't change anything, having your character voice their opinions about whats going on is still really cool to see, and gives them way more character.
The Pre-Sequel is a solid inclusion in the borderlands series, It's not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be but its nowhere near the peak of the series.
Borderlands the pre-sequel is pretty decent this is my 3rd time going through it (I'm making my friend go through the games) what puts this down alot for me is the map design and some of the guns (laser guns especially 👎) most of the guns i picked up weren't bad they just didn't seem fun to use.
The story is what carries this a lot,and the last 2 scenes are my favorite. The side missions were great obviously,they never fail on them.
And then the characters 🤷🏾♂️ I only remember playing 2 characters I can say they have some decent characters to play (I played Wilhelm he was alright) i remember nisha being a little annoying to use sometimes but she was good too.
So mainly you MIGHT not like this game compared to other borderlands games cuz of it's map design and guns
The story is what carries this a lot,and the last 2 scenes are my favorite. The side missions were great obviously,they never fail on them.
And then the characters 🤷🏾♂️ I only remember playing 2 characters I can say they have some decent characters to play (I played Wilhelm he was alright) i remember nisha being a little annoying to use sometimes but she was good too.
So mainly you MIGHT not like this game compared to other borderlands games cuz of it's map design and guns