Uproxx - So, with my review out of the way, I’ve been playing Borderlands 2 purely for fun. And I freely admit, it’s a hard game. There are moments, especially since I’m going solo on the game as a Commando, that are damn hard. I’m dying a lot, I’m not afraid to admit. It’s got a tough difficulty curve, which is what happens when you mock a developer for making a game that was “too easy”.
Take-Two: "We know there have been some concerns from Borderlands fans about Take-Two’s Terms of Service. Maintaining transparency and confidence with the community here is always our goal, and we wanted to address some of these concerns."
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."
Playing it now and it’s not so bad, but I’ve just started so maybe it will get worse
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.
I'm curious how they are going to do the Siren since they've kind of wrote themselves into a corner regarding the lore.
well, im sure the last eridium slab is the answer to that. either mystery or villain
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).
it will probably be alot like wonderlands, since that is the last borderlands game
but we'll see soon
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.
I would love a new game in the series, or a remake/remaster of the first three games.
While gamers usually take notice of the mainline missions, these 5 side quests deserve more widespread attention for how entertaining they are.
For what is is worth, I generally dislike difficult games and am never one of those people who say that beating a particularly difficult part of a game is rewarding in and of itself.
But seriously, Borderlands 2 is suppose to be impossibly difficult? I played the most fragile class (the Assassin) and I had no problems burning through True Vault Hunter mode and hitting 50.
Sure, I died a lot but the game has an almost non-existent penalty for death so I never really considered dying as an impediment. For me, an impossibly difficult game is where you hit a point that you cannot proceed without spending hours and hours to get through. Only spot in the game that have come close are the Pirates Booty raid bosses. I can solo Terramorpheous with a bit of luck and I farm the Warrior in under 3 minutes.
Also, Commando is by far the easiest class to solo. As long as you have an upgraded turret, you shouldn't be having problems...
Also, if you just do the story missions then your gonna have a hard time. I went through the game and did all the side missions available after each story mission was completed and it made the game much easier. Of course, the difficulty goes up dramatically once more players join your game. Try playing with 4 lvl 50 characters...fun times...
The game is as hard as any RPG when you go skipping into an area you have no business being in at lvl 10. I don't k ow where a lot of these people complaining about the difficulty are coming from. You can handle anything in the game with the right equipment, and I'm not even talking about The Bee. And the game is made for coop, so yaknow, play coop.
I'm sorry, I can't hear your complaints about Borderlands 2 difficulty over the sound of my soldiers' dying screams in XCOM on classic.
Borderlands 2 ... impossible...LOL (and I mean that literally). Not even close to impossible. Impossible is something like a plat on WipeoutHD or Gran Turismo 5. Even Dark Souls/Demon's Souls is much harder than Borderlands 2.