Borderlands 2

The problem with Borderlands 2 is that it’s just more Borderlands. Normally I don’t criticize something because it didn’t go out of its safe zone, but having played close to 100 hours of the first game and with very few changes outside some AI behaviours and environments, it makes the sequel feel less special than it should be. That said, I do love Borderlands, and if you’re looking for more of the same, you’ve come to the right place.

It's generally well-adapted to the PC: graphics options, an FoV slider, some sensible control tweaks, and most importantly smooth and responsive mouse movement. My only issue is that levels load before the textures are ready, so everything's hideously blurry for a moment.

The gameplay improvements made to Borderlands 2 make it a more fun cooperative experience than before. The enhanced storyline is more rewarding for the single player audience as well. The combination of the two make for an exponentially better game than Gearbox's first effort.

Borderlands 2 preserves the best parts of the franchise while also making numerous, much needed improvements to areas like narrative and class skill design. Additional visual customization options would make it better, and the occasional technical issue takes away from the experience, but overall this is an excellent shooter no one even remotely curious should overlook. Prepare to level. Prepare to loot. Prepare to get lost in the hilarious, bizarre and wonderful world of Pandora.

PC players will be happy to know that the game comes with some great customization options and looks stunning with settings maxed out. I was able to run the game at a very smooth framerate, despite having everything turned up high. The UI and controls are much kinder to keyboard/mouse players than they were the first time around.

Borderlands 2 is a better game in most of the ways that matter, but some of that is brought down by the familiarity of the experience. Perhaps some of that is on me and spending a couple hundred hours with the first game has rendered me resilient to some of the new game's charms, but as someone who went into Borderlands 2 with a sickness that I thought only more Borderlands could cure, I'm left feeling like I didn't receive a full dose this time around.

Borderlands 2 doesn't reach far beyond its predecessor's scope, but it does do almost everything better. Additions, refinements, and fixes all combine to create an appreciably improved experience, one that fully delivers on the promise of the first game. While Borderlands felt empty at times, this sequel is bursting with content and brimming with life, making it an absolutely delightful way to spend hours and hours and hours of your free time.

Everything that was great about the original Borderlands has been amplified and improved to make Borderlands 2 more focused, more satisfying, and utterly hilarious. Whether you're playing alone or with friends, the brash outlandish attitude will keep a smile on your face, and as soon as you're done, you'll want to instantly start another character and do it all again.

Say what you want about the original Borderlands, it sold enough to bring us another one – for the most part the second game has fixed or improved the things about the original game that let it down. Beyond that though, this is one funny, entertaining game that should hopefully provide you with plenty of entertainment over the coming weeks, especially with DLC already planned and on the way. Alone it can be a bit grindy (you could say that about a lot of games mind) but even if you just have one friend to play it with, you’ll find your money well spent.

There are plenty of improvements, then, but the most satisfying thing to note is that Borderlands has lost none of its untidy charm in the transition from unlikely hit to megabucks tent-pole. The storyline runs a touch deeper now, but it's largely resisted the lunge towards the blandly epic - and while the art sparkles, it's ducked the big-team slickness that can rub away at a game's personality.

Borderlands 2 cumple sobradamente con su papel de mejorar a la muy interesante primera parte, y logra un lanzamiento todavía más redondo. Una experiencia notable en solitario pero verdaderamente sobresaliente en un cooperativo on-line que se cuenta entre los más divertidos de los últimos tiempos. Sencillo, sin complicaciones y cargado de adrenalina: si te gustan los shooters con trabajo en equipo, el de GearBox es tu juego.

Die Spielwelt, das Design der Figuren und die Gegner-KI fand ich ebenfalls gelungen. Man merkt dabei besonders an den kleinen Details, wie viel Arbeit die Entwickler in den Shooter gesteckt haben. Der Umgang mit Brutalität hätte ruhig etwas differenzierter vonstattengehen dürfen - da erwarte ich noch die eine oder andere Diskussion. Das Gameplay selbst ist - zum Glück - identisch zu dem des Vorgängers geblieben.

Borderlands 2 ganz hervorragend! Pandora ist bunter, lebendiger und es gibt mehr zu entdecken als im Vorgänger. Die Gegner agieren diesmal geschickter, greifen in bunten Gruppen an, so dass bis zu vier Helden clever zusammenarbeiten müssen: Aufeinander abgestimmte Elementarschäden und Stellungsspiel sind ungemein wichtig. Leider kommt das Abenteuer spielerisch und erzählerisch dabei nur langsam in Fahrt und bleibt gelegentlich in einer gleichförmigen Missionstretmühle hängen.

Plus varié, plus drôle, plus agréable et toujours aussi défoulant, Borderlands 2 s'impose comme un incontournable de cette rentrée 2012. Si le jeu n'en gardait pas sous le coude en vue des nombreux contenus téléchargeables déjà prévus, ce serait encore mieux... Mais ne boudons pas notre plaisir, le fun est bel et bien au rendez-vous !

Assez frileux en termes d'innovations, Borderlands 2 n'aura cependant aucun mal à convaincre le public averti auquel il se destine. Bien réalisé, fluide, dynamique et absolument jubilatoire à plusieurs, ce titre irrévérencieux constitue actuellement un défouloir de premier choix dans la catégorie assez formatée des FPS contemporains. Vu son potentiel de rejouabilité et les nombreux DLC qui ne manqueront pas de débarquer dans les prochains mois, on n'est pas prêt de le lâcher.

Het is jammer dat het verhaal nog steeds abracadabra is en helaas is de game niet helemaal gericht op offline splitscreen. Toch mag het duidelijk zijn dat Borderlands 2 een zeer interessante game is geworden, ongetwijfeld een van de meest sfeervolle games van dit jaar. Voor 60 euro krijg je veel terug: actie, diversiteit en het verslavende element dat loot heet.

Och just den attityden, som bara kan beskrivas som "väldigt Borderlands", är vad som får mig och mina co-op-vänner att återvända till Pandora, om och om igen. Det är fantastiskt kul och vanebildande att äventyra bland dessa vidder, höra kulorna vina och knyta allt starkare band till min vault hunter, definierad av mina egna val. Gearbox spel kommer att ligga kvar i både mitt spelrum och mitt minne en lång tid framöver.