The visual quality of Borderlands 2 is also pretty breath-taking at times, making ample use of the cel-shaded look seen in the original game, with some truly impressive vistas and locales that help ground the game in its gritty, backwater, Mad Max style setting quite well. This system combined with the sheer variety in weapon types, makes for a pretty unique experience when shooting down bad guys that canвЂ™t be replicated amongst modern first person shooters, RPG trappings aside. ThereвЂ™s an elemental system in place from the first game that is a bit underused in the first half of Borderlands 2 on Normal difficulty, but certainly comes into play against tougher enemies. The guns, for instance, are absolutely fantastic in this game. Why fast travel locations werenвЂ™t included at the back end of these dungeon-like areas is sort of beyond me, and would seem to make a lot of sense, especially when your quest turn-in is back in a main hub location of the world.Д«ut these complaints are relatively minor in comparison to all the stuff that Borderlands 2 gets right. But I certainly ran across a couple locations where this wasnвЂ™t the case, making for a boring, action-less sprint back across an already cleared section. A lot of areaвЂ™s have convenient shortcuts to get you back to the beginning of the area quickly, so you donвЂ™t need to backtrack through the entire level to get back to the entrance. This is something that IвЂ™d dread running across every time a side quest would put me into a particular dungeon or area that IвЂ™ve visited previously. In fact, IвЂ™d love to see more fast travel options in general. ThereвЂ™s a weird sort of balance that I never quite managed to hit throughout the campaign, which certainly makes me feel like scaling zones, or more fast travel options to get through lower level areas, would help a bit in alleviating some possible boredom for zealous explorers. Rushing through the main quest will cause BorderlandвЂ™s somewhat steep difficulty curve to really rear itвЂ™s head for impatient players, but plowing through the side content, and exploring the fairly large maps can often lead to you being a bit overpowered. The leveling system, and lack of scaling present in enemies and locations can make for an either frustrating, or far too easy experience depending on your play style. This is pretty standard stuff amongst most action RPGвЂ™s, and Borderlands 2 continues to get this right. You can opt to mix and match skill trees, and even respec if youвЂ™ve made any mistakes.

This experience levels up your character and with each level gained youвЂ™ll earn a skill point that you can drop into one of three different skill trees for each character. Like before, youвЂ™ll earn experience for killing bad guys and creatures, completing quests, and discovering new locations. The new options are great, and the new class trees provide a lot of customization, offering up multiple ways to play each class, easily giving you a reason to revisit these characters again and again. This sequel puts you into the boots of a new set of Vault Hunters, providing class options not entirely present in the original game. Its smart design, great loot system, multiple side quests, and an assortment of odd characters to fill its quest lines certainly go a long way towards providing a memorable experience that is unlike anything else out there, discounting the original.

Borderlands 2 once again provides gamers with an action RPG experience that seems like it really should be out of its element, but somehow manages to click within the trappings of a standard first person shooter.

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