11-21-2016, 01:02 PM
Just beat Borderlands 2. Have to say it's a lot better then the first one. First off the story feels a lot better. The first one is a MacGuffin everyone is looking for but nobody knows if it exists and like two people talk about and at the end you fight a final boss that nobody sees coming because nobody knows anything about the MacGuffin. The second one gives you a goal to complete, a guy to hate, characters that talk about the story, and even a MacGuffin that doesn't feel left out or forgotten then the story picks up. Even the final boss is better because we were told over and over again that this guy was most likely be the final boss. The atmosphere is also better. The first game just felt like a giant desert with a random garbage dump thrown in. Dr. Ned's Zombie Island was really the only thing that didn't look like an Alien movie threw up on a Mad Max movie. The second game feels more open with ice worlds turning into deserts turning into a fire world. The humor has also improved. This one is a given because Anthony Burch from HAWP fame is on the writing staff, but one person does not make a funny script by himself.... normally. Actually, I can't remember laughing at the original game aside from the DLC. It was more focused on the barely there story to make it funny. So the second game wins just by tring.
If I was to complane about anything, it would be the difficulty at some parts. There are just some missions that expect you to have other friends blasting at the monster just to beat it due to every single enemy regaining health every time you die. The samething happened in the first game but it seems more noticable here due to all the enimeys with large amonts of health. This is not a bad thing as the missions are still doable (aside from You. Will. Die. (Seriously.), which is kinda the point) and the game is meant to be a multiplayer game, but I do think that a game should stand on it's single player. By the way, if any of this sounds strangely written, I was awake until almost 6 fighting the Warrior and I'm writing this after having 3-4 hours of sleep. Was it worth it spending almost 3 hours on a boss instead of sleeping? Mostly.
In the end go play Borderlands 2, and dispite everything I said, go play the first one too, expessally the DLC as the second game builds off of the General Knoxx
If I was to complane about anything, it would be the difficulty at some parts. There are just some missions that expect you to have other friends blasting at the monster just to beat it due to every single enemy regaining health every time you die. The samething happened in the first game but it seems more noticable here due to all the enimeys with large amonts of health. This is not a bad thing as the missions are still doable (aside from You. Will. Die. (Seriously.), which is kinda the point) and the game is meant to be a multiplayer game, but I do think that a game should stand on it's single player. By the way, if any of this sounds strangely written, I was awake until almost 6 fighting the Warrior and I'm writing this after having 3-4 hours of sleep. Was it worth it spending almost 3 hours on a boss instead of sleeping? Mostly.
In the end go play Borderlands 2, and dispite everything I said, go play the first one too, expessally the DLC as the second game builds off of the General Knoxx