Borderlands The Pre-Sequel Review

I do not reccomend this game at $60 to anyone who has played Borderlands 2. It feels way to similair. The minor tweaks to gameplay help to distinguish this game from its predocessor but it feels like what you would get in a patch or something. The world looks a little bland and less breath taking than in BL2. It recycles a lot of things from the last game like textures, HUDs, general gameplay mechanics, level designs, and weapons. I found a lot of the new characters to be a lot less entertaining than the characters in Borderlands 2 like wise with the old cast that returns. The Borderlands humor the series is known for returns but in a much weaker form. The jokes are weak just like most of the dialougue in the game. The biggest problem with this game however, is the loot system. It is so screwed up. Not only does it reuse items from the las game but it is impossible to get all of a bosses rare drops because it will only drop whatever weapon it dropped the first time you defeated it every other time you kill it! At least that is the case with most of the bosses.  

 

With that said the game isn't all bad. The previously mentioned gameplay tweaks though small are missed when I play BL2 and the new classes are lot of fun with their new special abilities. I guess if you wanted to describe this game in one word that word would be rushed. It feels way to similair to Bordlerands 2.

 

I think this could've been a better game if the development cycle was a bit longer and more attention was put into the overall look of the game and the writing. This still can be a good game if more time was spent making patches to improve it as opposed to DLCs to milk the fans. I bought this on sale for $30 and I guess that may have been worth it but I wouldn't pick it up for any more money than $30 if you own Borderlands 2. This game earns a 8.5/10 in my book. Review written by MokouWist