Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

Borderlands is one of those games that’s just begging for a full-on MMO treatment. I don’t know if we’ll ever get one, but hey at least China will. Essentially Diablo with guns, and showcasing enough character and class to deserve its own Telltale Games adventure series, Borderlands has been played and replayed by many of us here at MMORPG.com since the first game was released years ago.

More of the same? Probably but Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is still a rollicking good time of murder, loot and moon-hopping.

Despite its tendency to make you jump through hoops before getting to the good stuff, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel delivers where I expect it to as a Borderlands fan. The new gear and low-gravity mechanics mixed with the zany skill trees makes for a fresh experience, and with Jack at the center driving the story forward, you get a deeper dive into the always entertaining, if well-traveled universe ...

Does exactly what a Borderlands game should: offer great shooting and fun looting, and the introduction of moon-based combat has added some spice to general gameplay.

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A trip to the moon offers some decent new ideas, but also is clearly a stop-gap release.

Much like a Claptrap, parts of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel try too hard to be liked. The freezing element, although welcome, doesn't add much to the gameplay. Between the airless environments and the gravity slams, it's usually far easier to shatter masks and wait for enemies to suffocate than it is to fire a dozen shots in hopes that one of them will freeze an enemy in place for a second or two. ...

Journey to the center of the Claptrap.

The new Borderlands game is NOT a sequel, but not really a prequel. Is this a good thing? Here's our review of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

And in the end, that's how we feel about the game. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is not very fun solo but is meant to be experienced cooperatively with friends. It supports two-player splitscreen and online play up to four. For fans of the series, the game's style and characters makes it easy to recommend to a group playing together. For everyone else, The Pre-Sequel isn't very special and would be ...

“Borderlands is a game of deadly math, but the numbers don’t quite add up in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.”

In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! you play as the villains. Sort of? You choose from a band of 4 misfit Vault Hunters, that crash land on the Moon of Elpis. On the space station Helios, they meet a lowly employee named Jack, and their fates are forever intertwined. You can choose from Athena, a hooded rogue that wields her shield like a weapon, Nisha the Lawbringer, a cowgirl with a penchant for vio...