Borderlands 2 Review – Perhaps The Best Game of The Year (PushStartSelect.com)

PushStartSelect.com " You were supposed to be dead, done, over with, but instead a goofy little robot saved your life. Yep Claptrap, the robot from the first game, has found a “Vault Hunter” that surprisingly isn’t dead, and he seems rather excited about it. The good news? That Vault Hunter is you and you get to tear the place up by picking up any of the many guns lying around. The bad news? That Vault Hunter is you and you are supposed to be dead."

[TheCritic28]

Great review. I personally don't know if its my favorite game of the year (Max Payne 3 was pretty incredible), but it's certainly up there.

[camel_toad]

Yeh I also loved Max Payne and Mass Effect 3 as well but I think longterm I will end up getting more enjoyment out of Borderlands 2. I don't play through too many games more than once back to back at least but Borderlands 2 has me hooked.

I was also really surprised how funny it is. It's childish crude humor (but not aimed mainly at a younger audience like Saints Row) just old dumb gamers like myself. The only other game that I can say has equal or maybe better humor is Portal 2.

[konnerbllb]

I wouldn't argue with the headline. Borderlands 2 was the only game that I feel wasn't rehashed. It's only contender seems to be Dishonored. I feel it will be a good game, but not on par with Borderlands 2 in terms of gameplay and polish.

[Trenta27]

Polish? Seriously? The gameplay looks stunning and very well done. It looks like a lot of work went into that game. Borderlands 2 is incredible, no doubt about that, but it's just more of the same. Dishonored allows you do use almost whatever play style you want. The combat looks like it would be crazy, just as the story line seems to be. The no kill thing through the entire game sounds awesome. I could go on and on, but I'm making supper.

[Norrison]

Borderlands 2 isn't more of the same, this time it got a good story, good characters, improved graphics (well, for PC at least, haven't been able to see the console version in action) the game looks stunning! Improved gameplay, this time every gun feels different, new classes. I could go on but I have to finish my project

[konnerbllb]

I'm not saying Dishonored doesn't look well done. I just think Borderlands 2 appears more polished. It's a wild prediction I know, but I guess we will have to wait until the game comes out to know for sure.

[Dread]

Maybe...but I have high hopes for Halo4

[pandehz]

Hmm goty for me is between ME3 and MP3 as of now and BF3 if its allowed for this year too lol

[Pintheshadows]

I agree. I'd go as far to say it's the best game i've played in a decade. So there.

[wastedcells]

Seriously possible game of the year? I have fun playing and can appreciate this game but I think it's getting way too much praise. Has this year been that bad.

[Mutant-Spud]

I've been playing a lot of co-op so I have no idea really what the story is about since I've been geting it in disordered chunks but I'm pretty hooked on things like the fruit machines, finally, a gambling mini game that's worth playing. The sense of humour is even more in your face than the first game, I heard the "Catch a gun!" line for the first time last night and roared with laughter plus that head villain guy is probably the creepiest bad guy in a game this year, those recordings you have to pick up for Tannis on the slag experiments are pretty disturbing if you think about it.

[A LIVING LEGEND]

Easily the best I have played this year,by no means a 10/10 masterpiece but when compared to everything else this year it isn't a hard decision.
Very solid game that knows what it wants to do and does it well,fairly effortlessly in fact.Glad they didn't change it just for the sake of change,don't fix what isn't broken etc,etc.
Still prefer the 'old' weapon proficiency system, however the challenges are a great way to encourage multiple plays/tactics.

[jagstatboy]

Not only is it my favorite game of the year, it might be my favorite game this gen.