Game First Impression - Borderlands 2

Today's is gonna be real quick and I'll have a full review of a movie tomorrow for Freaky Friday.

I really enjoyed the first "Borderlands" once it got going and made a little sense, but never really finished it because I started to get bored and the bugs that I kept encountering just drove me a little nuts (more than usual). So with great hesitation, especially because there was no demo, I purchased it last week and have been playing it some for the last week. Just so you know, 8-10 hour gaming sessions just don't happen with me anymore because of work and the fact that my neck starts to throb then I start to get headaches (it's a medical condition I have) so this is based on mebbe 8-10 hours of gameplay total.

I like where they went with it. Claptrap is still effing annoying, but the game is much more smooth and polished this time around. The visuals got an overhaul so they still stay true to the series, but don't have such a messy "everything but the kitchen sink" feel to them. And mebbe because I played the first one, but it is a much easier game to grasp although they still don't explain how to do everything. A little trial and error is par for the course here which is standard for an RPG. Money gets plentiful pretty fast, especially if you sell of any weapons and shields you don't need at every chance you get (which you should, your inventory is not very big). The humor, however, is the best part. Handsome Jack's interjections while you're playing are just priceless. Imagine, if you will, that they made an "Archer" video game and that Archer was the main villain, then I think you get the idea.

I played to level 8 with Zero the Assassin (3rd from the left) and then tried Axton the Commando (far left) because those were the characters I was torn on. I gotta say, I like Axton much better. His special ability works better from afar than Zero's and even though Zero is supposed to be great as a sniper or close up, Axton seems to be better with the sniper role (which is how I like to play) and is better at mid-range. Close-up isn't his forte, but I prefer to not let them get that close to begin with! I think I'll continue with Axton and I'll write a full review based on that. Hopefully I can finish it before 10/9/12 because it will get dumped in favor of "Dishonored".