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Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 | Edition: Standard
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Borderlands 2 is a hybrid First-Person Shooter, RPG game focused on over-the-top co-op play, and set in the open-world game environment of the planet Pandora. The second game in the game series, Borderlands 2 raises the 'loot and shoot' action of the original game with an even larger and more detailed world to explore, an updated gun system, a new cast of characters and character classes, and integration of storyline with action.
The over-the-top 'loot and shoot' action of the Borderlands game universe returns with a new characters and character classes.
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Over-the-Top 'Shoot and Loot' Action Returns
Borderlands 2, sequel to the critically acclaimed and best selling role-playing-shooter hybrid, once again delivers its unique flavor, characters and addictive nonstop collaborative loot-shoot gameplay. As in the original game, Borderlands 2 features an openworld game environment, but this time around the world players experience is larger and packed with more depth at all levels. The game features an all-new cast of characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons, and equipment that come together in a carefully crafted and connected story. Make new friends, arm them to the teeth and fight alongside them on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption through the undiscovered and unpredictable living world of Pandora.
Key Game Features
- All-New Characters and Classes - Choose from all new characters and classes including the Gunzerker, who can dual-wield any two weapons in the game. Dual machine guns? Cool. Dual rocket launchers? Of course. Dual sniper rifles? sure, if that’s your thing.
- Play Online with Friends - Share your adventures with friends both online and via LAN through a seamless system enabling you to drop in and drop out of a campaign without ever having to restart the game.
- World Connected Story - Left for dead in the frozen tundra of Pandora, begin your quest of revenge and redemption as the story drives you closer to the Hyperion Corporation and its evil founder, handsome Jack.
- New Badass Gun System - Millions upon millions of possible weapons means tons of new and innovative ways to engage foes on Pandora. Fire, electricity, corrosive acid, and more will all be at your disposal.
- 87 Bazillion...Everything - It's not just guns on Pandora, you will lust after procedurally generated shields, grenades, alien artifacts, class mods and much, much more.
- Brand-new Environments - From the arctic tundra, through the dangerous grasslands, past the mysterious corrosive caverns to beyond, discover more of the unpredictable world of Pandora at every turn.
- Brand-new Enemies - Hulking, gorilla-like Bullymongs, vicious predatory stalkers and the hyperion mechanical army, run by handsome Jack, are just some of the new enemies you will face.
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Product Description
Borderlands 2 furthers the distinct blending of First Person Shooter and Role Playing genres to create the true evolution of the Role Playing Shooter. Team up with up to three other players for four-player online goodness or go old-school with two-player split-screen couch sharing mayhem as you spend hours leveling up your character and equipping them with one of the millions of badass weapons. Borderlands 2 features a new visually stunning array of procedurally generated guns, shields, grenades, artifacts, enemies and more. Choose one of the four new character classes to be taken through a carefully crafted and connected story to all new and surprising environments across the living planet of Pandora. Make new friends, arm them to the teeth and fight alongside them on your relentless quest for revenge and redemption.
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53 of 63 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Edition:Standard
Fun:
4.0 out of 5 stars
first off, i will write this review with one: no spoilers, and two: an assumption that anyone who reads this has either played or is familiar with the first installment of the game.
borderlands 2 is beyond an amped up version of the first game. it is bizarrely colorful. it is more difficult to survive. it is more fun to try. the guns are more unique. the gameplay feels better. the interfaces are better. the customizations are better. the skill trees offer more options to do bigger and better things. overall, it's pretty slick.
the basis of the game is that pandora has been taken over by handsome jack (clearly hiding something behind his strange mask) who is looking for someone to help him open the vault so he can harness some massive power locked inside.
if you spent any amount of time with the first, you will have the feeling that this is very familiar, yet completely revised, beautified, and streamlined.
my impressions were as follows:
grenades! in the first, grenades were more or less useless. here, even the early types you see can be AWESOME! some can combine crazy damage with transfusion, singularity, homing abilities, and various elemental damages. some turn into their own little flaming turret-like creations.
customizations: each character can change as various skins and heads are unlocked. i felt the first game lacked in this area. it isn't vital, but it certainly is fun.
item sharing: either between characters you play with in co-op, or between your own characters, the interface/s to share weapons and such is a welcome addition.
badass rank: the tokens earned from this can be spent on leveling up various attributes (i.e.: maximum health, elemental effect chance, gun damage) which go into effect across all the characters built from your profile. it felt nice to be putting in better stats across the board on my characters.
the guns! how could they get better? they did! the legendaries (orange) and some e-tech weapons can be remarkable, however entirely elusive. the drop rate for these items (especially legendaries) is absymal.
slag is a new element this time around. slag can coat your enemies and make any further damage really knock them out.
i will insert my peeve here: any time you look at a weapon, either in a gun cache or as a dropped item, it doesn't show the proper ammo type, it just shows a generic magazine next to the magazine size listing. i feel as though the rest of the weapon system is so thorough, why not just show the accurate ammo type (i.e.: sniper, launcher, shotgun), as this leaves it up to the image, and potentially the proper name of the gun to tell you what type of weapon it is. most of the time this is obvious, however there have been a few times so far that i haven't been able to tell right away. you can tell once you have the weapon in your backpack, but when looking, you have to just 'know' based on the gun image itself.
in conclusion, here is a general roundup:
concept: take borderlands. add steroids. and sugar. and red bull. and helium. shake it all up and let it loose. oh, and add an intriguing story (yes, we get one this time. and the villian is a truly sadistic b-hole.)
graphics: as much as i loved the first one, i would have liked to see more color. there are beautiful colors everywhere in this installment, be it from the environs to the enemies and everything in between. there were a couple of technical glitches here and there, but nothing that huge.
sound: the music is more cinematic than the first and the voice acting is quite good. i'm so happy claptrap is back! also, the voice chat feature for the ps3 is DRASTICALLY improved (thank goodness!). it was awful in the first one.
playability: everything feels smoother. yes, if you are playing co-op, there is still lag if one player is accessing a menu screen, but i'm not sure if that could ever truly be fixed. or if it can, it hasn't been yet.
entertainment: i bought the ultimate loot chest edition from amazon, AND bought the game on midnight release from gamestop so i could get their pre-order bonuses as well as have the opportunity to play it sooner. i played the hell out of the first one and continued to play it right up until the release of the second. i am certain i will play the hell out of this one as well.
replay value: i have completed the game six times (on three different characters). the additional dlc available certainly adds to the overall scope of available gameplay, however none of the dlc packs so far have been all that great, and certainly not as large as randy pitchford said they would be. hopefully the fourth pack will make up for some of that.
this is an engaging game, and hopefully it is well-supported by gearbox now and in the future.
borderlands 2 is beyond an amped up version of the first game. it is bizarrely colorful. it is more difficult to survive. it is more fun to try. the guns are more unique. the gameplay feels better. the interfaces are better. the customizations are better. the skill trees offer more options to do bigger and better things. overall, it's pretty slick.
the basis of the game is that pandora has been taken over by handsome jack (clearly hiding something behind his strange mask) who is looking for someone to help him open the vault so he can harness some massive power locked inside.
if you spent any amount of time with the first, you will have the feeling that this is very familiar, yet completely revised, beautified, and streamlined.
my impressions were as follows:
grenades! in the first, grenades were more or less useless. here, even the early types you see can be AWESOME! some can combine crazy damage with transfusion, singularity, homing abilities, and various elemental damages. some turn into their own little flaming turret-like creations.
customizations: each character can change as various skins and heads are unlocked. i felt the first game lacked in this area. it isn't vital, but it certainly is fun.
item sharing: either between characters you play with in co-op, or between your own characters, the interface/s to share weapons and such is a welcome addition.
badass rank: the tokens earned from this can be spent on leveling up various attributes (i.e.: maximum health, elemental effect chance, gun damage) which go into effect across all the characters built from your profile. it felt nice to be putting in better stats across the board on my characters.
the guns! how could they get better? they did! the legendaries (orange) and some e-tech weapons can be remarkable, however entirely elusive. the drop rate for these items (especially legendaries) is absymal.
slag is a new element this time around. slag can coat your enemies and make any further damage really knock them out.
i will insert my peeve here: any time you look at a weapon, either in a gun cache or as a dropped item, it doesn't show the proper ammo type, it just shows a generic magazine next to the magazine size listing. i feel as though the rest of the weapon system is so thorough, why not just show the accurate ammo type (i.e.: sniper, launcher, shotgun), as this leaves it up to the image, and potentially the proper name of the gun to tell you what type of weapon it is. most of the time this is obvious, however there have been a few times so far that i haven't been able to tell right away. you can tell once you have the weapon in your backpack, but when looking, you have to just 'know' based on the gun image itself.
in conclusion, here is a general roundup:
concept: take borderlands. add steroids. and sugar. and red bull. and helium. shake it all up and let it loose. oh, and add an intriguing story (yes, we get one this time. and the villian is a truly sadistic b-hole.)
graphics: as much as i loved the first one, i would have liked to see more color. there are beautiful colors everywhere in this installment, be it from the environs to the enemies and everything in between. there were a couple of technical glitches here and there, but nothing that huge.
sound: the music is more cinematic than the first and the voice acting is quite good. i'm so happy claptrap is back! also, the voice chat feature for the ps3 is DRASTICALLY improved (thank goodness!). it was awful in the first one.
playability: everything feels smoother. yes, if you are playing co-op, there is still lag if one player is accessing a menu screen, but i'm not sure if that could ever truly be fixed. or if it can, it hasn't been yet.
entertainment: i bought the ultimate loot chest edition from amazon, AND bought the game on midnight release from gamestop so i could get their pre-order bonuses as well as have the opportunity to play it sooner. i played the hell out of the first one and continued to play it right up until the release of the second. i am certain i will play the hell out of this one as well.
replay value: i have completed the game six times (on three different characters). the additional dlc available certainly adds to the overall scope of available gameplay, however none of the dlc packs so far have been all that great, and certainly not as large as randy pitchford said they would be. hopefully the fourth pack will make up for some of that.
this is an engaging game, and hopefully it is well-supported by gearbox now and in the future.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By B. Vaughn
Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3| Edition:Standard|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
First things first, I own Borderlands 1, and all downloadables. I've beat the game several times, and camped Crawmerax for more hours than I care to admit. That being said, I think this game takes what was good about the first, and improves on it.
Starting with your character progression, the skill trees have been expanded for different types of play. For instance, the Assassin has 3 different skill trees. One for Melee, one for long range, and one for other character benefits. It provides many more options, plus, if you don't like what you've done in the skill tree, then you can (for a fee) just change your point allocation.
Now, I mentioned a long range Assassin, which is my typical type of play. It was one thing that frustrated me in Borderlands 1, because enemies would be at a long range, and still shooting me. Or they would come running and be way too close, way too quickly. But now, sniping has turned into a viable play type. I can stand hundreds of yards away and make my shots. As long as I have a quick recharge shield, those occasional shots that make it to me aren't an issue.
Speaking of shields, that's another change, that shields can vary not only the rate of recharge, but how long you have to not be hit before it starts to recharge. In a long range situation, I like a short time before recharge, at a penalty of overall shield strength. If you prefer, though, you can get a stronger shield at a cost of health. Or a shield with spike damage (Injures enemies if they hit you) Again, it just provides even more options for playstyles.
Remember those achievements that were in B1, that would then give you exp. when you completed them? How many hours did you spend idly running over critters to get the next achievement and 5000 exp? Well, those are back, with a twist! Now, each achievement earns you "Badass points". What are those, you say? Simply put, they allow you to improve character aspects across ALL CHARACTERS on you account! You want more accuracy in your guns, spend your badass points on that. You want a faster shield recharge, or more elemental damage, spend it on that. Either way, it works great. This also takes the place of mastering the various gun types, which doesn't exist anymore.
I mentioned running over critters, and that's also changed. Oh, you can still run them over, but the amount of damage is less, and I've spent several minutes on various animals backing up, driving forward, backing up, driving forward. You want to move quickly, you're going to shoot your way out now.
Lastly, B2 has now brought in this new element called Eridium, which functions like a currency in game, for special items. Whereas in B1 you could buy magazine capacity upgrades with in game currency, now it requires Eridium. But not to worry, it comes all over, from various enemies, or in lootables. Eridium is also used to increase backpack capacity, as well as bank capacity. That's right, I said bank capacity. You no longer have to buy a downloadable pack to get a bank, it is part of the game. Not only that, there is another bank that allows you to safely transfer items between characters on the same account
All in all, if you liked the first one, you'll like this one too. The graphics are even better, and gameplay is great. I wish the opening sequence wasn't so long for a new character, but other than that, I am having a great time playing!
Now, one caveat...there is a lot of language in this game, so it is probably not the best to be playing with small kids around, but with the amount of blood and exploding heads, you probably shouldn't be doing that anyway.
Starting with your character progression, the skill trees have been expanded for different types of play. For instance, the Assassin has 3 different skill trees. One for Melee, one for long range, and one for other character benefits. It provides many more options, plus, if you don't like what you've done in the skill tree, then you can (for a fee) just change your point allocation.
Now, I mentioned a long range Assassin, which is my typical type of play. It was one thing that frustrated me in Borderlands 1, because enemies would be at a long range, and still shooting me. Or they would come running and be way too close, way too quickly. But now, sniping has turned into a viable play type. I can stand hundreds of yards away and make my shots. As long as I have a quick recharge shield, those occasional shots that make it to me aren't an issue.
Speaking of shields, that's another change, that shields can vary not only the rate of recharge, but how long you have to not be hit before it starts to recharge. In a long range situation, I like a short time before recharge, at a penalty of overall shield strength. If you prefer, though, you can get a stronger shield at a cost of health. Or a shield with spike damage (Injures enemies if they hit you) Again, it just provides even more options for playstyles.
Remember those achievements that were in B1, that would then give you exp. when you completed them? How many hours did you spend idly running over critters to get the next achievement and 5000 exp? Well, those are back, with a twist! Now, each achievement earns you "Badass points". What are those, you say? Simply put, they allow you to improve character aspects across ALL CHARACTERS on you account! You want more accuracy in your guns, spend your badass points on that. You want a faster shield recharge, or more elemental damage, spend it on that. Either way, it works great. This also takes the place of mastering the various gun types, which doesn't exist anymore.
I mentioned running over critters, and that's also changed. Oh, you can still run them over, but the amount of damage is less, and I've spent several minutes on various animals backing up, driving forward, backing up, driving forward. You want to move quickly, you're going to shoot your way out now.
Lastly, B2 has now brought in this new element called Eridium, which functions like a currency in game, for special items. Whereas in B1 you could buy magazine capacity upgrades with in game currency, now it requires Eridium. But not to worry, it comes all over, from various enemies, or in lootables. Eridium is also used to increase backpack capacity, as well as bank capacity. That's right, I said bank capacity. You no longer have to buy a downloadable pack to get a bank, it is part of the game. Not only that, there is another bank that allows you to safely transfer items between characters on the same account
All in all, if you liked the first one, you'll like this one too. The graphics are even better, and gameplay is great. I wish the opening sequence wasn't so long for a new character, but other than that, I am having a great time playing!
Now, one caveat...there is a lot of language in this game, so it is probably not the best to be playing with small kids around, but with the amount of blood and exploding heads, you probably shouldn't be doing that anyway.
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Edition:Standard
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
There are few games out there that I truly consider to be a "masterpiece". Having played tons of games over the past years, I can say that B2 ranks very high on my list of all-time favorites. I can only think of a handful of games that keeps me wanting to play all day long and keeps me thinking about playing even after shutting it off.
This game is by no means perfect, and does not introduce anything revolutionary, but refines just about every aspect of B1 and makes them better.
Positives
+ Very polished graphics and improved level design. The levels are huge and do not reload midstream which is a technical achievement in itself. Maps are varied for the most part.
+ Voice work is fantastic. The writing is absolutely hilarious.
+ Controls are spot-on as before in B1. No big surprises here.
+ Weapons look super cool even if they don't always perform as well as you like. Every gun does have a unique look and feel, although the performance specs can sometimes be very similar to other guns you have already seen.
+ Skill tree seems more varied than B1. The "Badass" point system encourages you to tackle tons of challenges to earn additional bonuses if you choose to do so. This is a nice add-on.
+ Enemy AI is very impressive. They dive for cover, dodge, bob and weave, and even dive for cover to avoid your gunfire. Variety of enemy types if also impressive.
Negatives
- Driving mechanics still a bit touchy. Not a big deal since you can do fast-travel once it's unlocked.
- Re-tracing of maps for some missions can get tedious because some of the maps are absolutely huge, and you at times end up fighting the same enemies you have already killed before. Also, fast-travel doesn't always take you where you want to go.
-/+ This is not necessarily a negative, but 95% of the guns you get are poor, but I know this is by design so that when you DO finally find that one awesome gun, you actually appreciate it!
Overall, having played B1 for a number of hours, I thought I knew what to expect from B2, but the improvements all met or exceeded my high expectations. If you are a fan of open-world FPS/RPG games at all, this is one game you cannot miss!
This game is by no means perfect, and does not introduce anything revolutionary, but refines just about every aspect of B1 and makes them better.
Positives
+ Very polished graphics and improved level design. The levels are huge and do not reload midstream which is a technical achievement in itself. Maps are varied for the most part.
+ Voice work is fantastic. The writing is absolutely hilarious.
+ Controls are spot-on as before in B1. No big surprises here.
+ Weapons look super cool even if they don't always perform as well as you like. Every gun does have a unique look and feel, although the performance specs can sometimes be very similar to other guns you have already seen.
+ Skill tree seems more varied than B1. The "Badass" point system encourages you to tackle tons of challenges to earn additional bonuses if you choose to do so. This is a nice add-on.
+ Enemy AI is very impressive. They dive for cover, dodge, bob and weave, and even dive for cover to avoid your gunfire. Variety of enemy types if also impressive.
Negatives
- Driving mechanics still a bit touchy. Not a big deal since you can do fast-travel once it's unlocked.
- Re-tracing of maps for some missions can get tedious because some of the maps are absolutely huge, and you at times end up fighting the same enemies you have already killed before. Also, fast-travel doesn't always take you where you want to go.
-/+ This is not necessarily a negative, but 95% of the guns you get are poor, but I know this is by design so that when you DO finally find that one awesome gun, you actually appreciate it!
Overall, having played B1 for a number of hours, I thought I knew what to expect from B2, but the improvements all met or exceeded my high expectations. If you are a fan of open-world FPS/RPG games at all, this is one game you cannot miss!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Really Fun Game!
Bought the game and within a week I bought the Season pass because I needed the DLC!
I would recommend this to anyone that loves shooting genre games
I would recommend this to anyone that loves shooting genre games
Published 11 hours ago by RhodeIsland401
5.0 out of 5 stars
love playing this
came on time and brand new as advertised. it was cheaper to buy it here than on the playstation store so i did.
Published 3 days ago by I-Kim Hutcherson
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cheaper at Playstation Store
Nothing at all wrong with the product except you can get it cheaper at the playstation store, albeit without the disc.
Published 12 days ago by JR
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the first one
Graphics are really cool with the cartoon type story. The members from part 1 are also in the story, but if you didn't play it is ok.
Published 12 days ago by Antonio Balza
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best game of year
My husband and I love to play couch co-op games. We played through Borderlands #1 two time and was excited to get this #2. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Accountant
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun game alone or with friends
Bought game for hubby. He gives it 4 stars. The amount of time he is playing it, he enjoys. He plays it alone or online with friends. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Franzi
4.0 out of 5 stars
Game was fun
Boarderlands 2 is a fun game but in order to get to a point where the game is complete will take at least 2.5 play throughs. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Gabbo Corp
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Game For a Player Like Me
This game is pretty impressive if you're a gamer like me who's into games like Dead Island. Highly recommended for anyone and especially online play. Read more
Published 29 days ago by M. Sanati
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Game
Great multiplayer game. Lots of action and adventure. Great follow up to the first game. Played through 4 times already and can't wait to play through with all the DLC.
Published 1 month ago by Tyler
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Game!
One of the best games I've ever played. The first Borderlands was good for shooting and looting, while story took a back seat. Read more
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