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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."

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TheCritic284595d ago

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_toad4595d ago

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.

konnerbllb4595d ago

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.

Trenta274595d ago

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.

Norrison4595d ago

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

konnerbllb4595d ago

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.

Dread4595d ago

Maybe...but I have high hopes for Halo4

pandehz4595d ago

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

Pintheshadows4595d ago

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

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I Sure Hope The Next Borderlands Is A Lot Like Borderlands 2

Ahmad from eXputer: "Borderlands 2's unrivaled storytelling is something that has to lean into the core elements of the next iteration in the Borderlands series."

TheNamelessOne261d ago

What? You didn't love the cringe writing that 3 had?

pwnmaster3000261d ago

Playing it now and it’s not so bad, but I’ve just started so maybe it will get worse

DustMan260d ago

It's not bad. It's just hard to top Handsome Jack as an antagonist. I really enjoyed 3. It has the best gameplay of the entire series, and it holds the same vibe. Tiny Tina's Wonderland was a huge disappointment to me.

Demetrius260d ago

I recently finished 3, definitely had fun fr

-Foxtrot261d ago

I'm curious how they are going to do the Siren since they've kind of wrote themselves into a corner regarding the lore.

gold_drake261d ago

well, im sure the last eridium slab is the answer to that. either mystery or villain

-Foxtrot261d ago

I meant more in terms of how they established only 6 Sirens can exist in the entire Universe...which was kind of silly to me as they seem to all end up on Pandora, and the Universe is a pretty big place.

Then there's now the fact, since Borderlands 3 retconed it, when a Siren dies she can transfer her power to the next Siren, they don't have to be born with it. This also means there's only 6 Siren powers which will end up being recycled as the franchise goes on.

Phasewalk (Lilith)
Phaselock (Maya / Ava)
Phasetrance (Amara)
Phaseshift (Angel / Tannis)
Phaseleech (Tyreen)

So there's only one power unaccounted for and I'm guessing it belonged to Commandant Steele. There was Queen Dido but she died and someone else like Amara, Maya or Angel could have gotten their powers so really it only gives them one more Siren before they need to start rethinking things going forward.

Either we get Phaseleech next or whatever power Commandant Steele had (kind of odd she never used it in her boss fight but you know).

Terry_B260d ago

inb4 the next siren is a trans character.

gold_drake261d ago

it will probably be alot like wonderlands, since that is the last borderlands game

but we'll see soon

Terry_B260d ago

Most people do. But the people that create the games don't seem to understand that.

I bet it will be even worse than BL3 when it comes to story and character designs.

RaidenBlack260d ago

Hey Gearbox, remember Brothers in Arms?

Abnor_Mal260d ago

I would love a new game in the series, or a remake/remaster of the first three games.

RaidenBlack260d ago

I'd want them to do the 4th part and just end the story of Baker Company.

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5 Amazing Side Quests In Games That You Need To Experience

While gamers usually take notice of the mainline missions, these 5 side quests deserve more widespread attention for how entertaining they are.

jwillj2k4839d ago

Honorable mention to Drive Clubs Ferrari Fxx-K. Should be there over Horizon.

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TheColbertinator838d ago

The Suzuki Escudo Pikes Peak from the Gran Turismo series

Nissan Skyline from Need for Speed Underground

Motorcycle Steamroller from Dead Rising 3

And finally a car you never drive but saves your ass over and over : Honey Badger from COD MW2

Gardenia838d ago

I was thinking of Mad Max. That V8 felt really good to drive around in, especially with upgrades.

dumahim838d ago

No one liked the Batmobile in Arkham Knight. Top 10?

toxic-inferno838d ago

I don't know... It was a strange addition to the game, and the parts of the game where you had to fight in it were tedious. But driving it around Gotham felt brilliant.

BrainSyphoned838d ago

FFXIII-Snow's Shiva motorcycle
Persona 5-Makoto's Persona motorcycle