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Since my midnight pick up of Borderlands 2, it’s an understatement saying that it’s been a tremendous trending event in my life. I’ve had about a week with the game and I’ve thrown over 40 hours into it so far. With other places like IGN, Gamespot, and other professional sites giving reviews of having played even more hours than I have, I decided to share some of my experiences and impressions instead.
Any Problem with the First Game? Consider it Fixed
If your beef with the first game was the dry settings, similar AI, and bland/uncompelling story, then start praising Gearbox for taking the time to listen to their audience and fix all these problems. It’s not uncommon knowledge that the settings are way ore beautiful, the enemies are way more diversified, and the story is much more sensical and even worthwhile. Even some smaller issues with the game like lack of personalization of your characters are attempted to be fixed. Beforehand, ‘treasure hunting’ was the primary motivation for the vault hunters, but the game makes somewhat an effort to try and draw why these new characters are on Pandora in the first place. And if you were confused as to why the originals are in Pandora, seeing them again certainly fills in some plot holes.
Banana Scoop 