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Borderlands 2: Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt

Gearbox Software · Jan 15, 2013

PC · PS3 · Xbox 360

Mature

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In Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt, players will enter an uncharted territory deep in the swamps of Pandora where a massive Hyperion ship has crashed. The wreckage is rumored to have stockpiles of loot. But watch out, mutated creatures, and armies of savages also have an interest in the ship.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 7.1 (7 critics) · Gamer 5.3

6.6

PlayStation 3

Critic 7.1 (6 critics) · Gamer 9.0

7.8

Xbox 360

Critic 6.8 (7 critics) · Gamer 8.4

7.4

Critic reviews

  • Destructoid

    Joseph Leray · Jan 23, 2013

    4.5
    Its narrative and mission structures are too loose and shambolic, though, and implemented with the same lack of care that led the designers to include a tribe of mind-controlled “savages” throwing spears at each other as the campaign’s principle enemy. Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt is, like each of the game’s expansions, more Borderlands 2 at its core, but it’s a shallow version of it, without any of the main game’s self-awareness or charm.
  • Game Front

    Ross Lincoln · Jan 22, 2013

    8.7
    Just like the perfect AC/DC song, Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt might occasionally drag, but whenever it counts, it gives you exactly what you paid for. It’s enough to make you sad that the next planned DLC may be the last of Borderlands 2′s story-based DLC (4 story packs have been announced).
  • Cheatcc

    Josh Wirtanen · Jan 18, 2013

    7.6
    Unfortunately, what it all boils down to is that Gearbox has set such incredibly high expectations with the Captain Scarlett DLC that it’s going to be nearly impossible to live up to those consistently while keeping the DLC coming out in a timely fashion. And that’s really the biggest problem with Sir Hammerlock’s Big Game Hunt; we’ve been expecting so much from it. It’s not a bad deal for ten bucks, but it’s shorter than we had hoped, there’s no level cap increase, and the Trophy/Achievement offerings are meager once again.
  • OXM Online

    Francesca Reyes · Jan 15, 2013

    7.0
    These high points give Vault Hunters plenty of reasons to explore, even if, at five to seven hours, ....
  • Euro Gamer

    Christian Donlan · Jan 15, 2013

    8.0
    You'll laugh, you'll die, you'll blow the teeth out of a wandering Borok the size of a small camper van. Compared to the heights of Mr Torgue's Campaign of Carnage, with its masterful blend of Kayfabe jokes and sustained bar-fight intensity, Hammerlock can't quite match up. But it provides several great new reasons to return to Pandora, and that's enough to seal the deal.

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