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The hook of Borderlands 2, the very reason that I found myself thinking about it when I worked or tried to fall asleep, is the loot. Guns, ammo, character skins, grenade mods, class mods -- there’s always something just a bit better, something you so desperately didn’t even know you needed until you found it in Borderlands 2. Just like Destiny, Diablo or a number of other action RPGs, the hunt for loot becomes intoxicating because of the tiny rush you get each time a rare colored item spills out of a chest or is dropped by a recently slain enemy. Every firefight and intense boss battle becomes all the more rewarding, because, though you might die a few times and want to crush something near you in real life, it suddenly feels like everything is going to be OK when you’re blasting away enemies with a newly looted gun.

Guns really do make up the bulk of the loot, and that’s great because you’re going to spend most of your time in Borderlands 2 staring down a gun sight. No matter the quest, at some point something or someone is getting pounded with lead. Thankfully, snappy shooting and lots of environmental hazards combine with each class’s unique ability to turn every skirmish into a playground. You simply have to decide the best -- or most entertaining -- way to kill everyone.

While many guns operate similarly to one another, the stats and augmentations are just complex enough to create a seemingly endless number of combinations, without being so diverse that they’re hard to understand at a glance. You roll in, you kill anything that looks at you the wrong way, and then you walk around and look at items, utilizing the handy on-screen comparison tools to see if you’ve found something at all better than what you’re already holding. It keeps things from dragging, and drives you rapidly onward in the never-ending quest for loot.

Seeing as how Borderlands 2 takes cues from numerous RPGs, I still find myself disappointed with the lack of visual customization options (Borderlands 2 features the ability to reskin your character, but only with blanket skins that change the look of their body and their head). However, when it comes to class skill customization, Borderlands 2 is heading in the right direction. Like the first game, Borderlands 2’s four classes each have a unique ability. Unlike the original, though, a lot of options have been added to the skill trees to make it possible to create much more diverse builds...at least to a point. No matter what, every Commando will be about using turrets, every Gunzerker about raging out and blasting people with two weapons at once, every Siren about using a stun ability called Phase Lock, and every Assassin about temporarily cloaking and unleashing devastating surprise attacks. But how those abilities and characters function can be tailored to your playstyle (and can be changed over and over again for a negligible fee on a whim). For instance your Assassin might be focused on sniping and avoiding damage, while mine could be tailored to get in close and melee enemies while taking it on the chin. On the surface two people’s takes on a class might seem similar, but the new, more filled out skill trees allow you to create a version of a class that better suits your style.

The one thing worth pointing out between the various platforms is how cool Borderlands 2 can look if you have a PC, which i should expect as you are reading this on STEAM. The PC version allows plenty of tweaks to draw distance, frame rate and more. It also allows Nvidia card users to turn on Physx options, which results in a hell of a lot more particles flying around, realistic liquid physics, and a greater sense of destructible environments.

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loot and die :)

I find this game extremely fun, and entertaining as a whole. Its enjoyable to play, just rough to get used to during your first hour. I believe this game has a lot of potential, and i can't wait to see more content in the future. It's got some balancing issues, yes, but it is also skill based, like when your come up against a hunter sweat in his Terminator costume, and absolutely destroys the team, and allows for rez, but then kills them straight after. lolll, i love this game though

9/10

For Anyone not able to play this on Windows 10, Fully Shutdown Steam and run as Administrator, then launch the game :)

I absolutley adore this game, the music is amazing, the graphics are stunning, you will never get bored, i advise youdont play for hour on end, you could may end up putting your head throgh the monitor, have fun :)

I used to play this game on the wii when i was youngr, and i absolutely adored it!, It has an amazing story line wether or not it is on sale (GET IT NOW ON SALE!). It truley is one of my favorite games ever and i would highly recommend you buy it while it is on sale!!

Dont play it, even with 8gb of ram. It lags to much. Its hard and u lose all your stuff when you die. defo a waste of money. DONT BUY IT