BORDERLANDS 2

It's time for us to take a look at 2K's pride and glory that's been riding high for the past year few years, while its predecessor 'Borderlands' slipped by a lot of gamers relatively un-noticed Borderlands 2 has seen a huge amount of publicity, almost too much. I think unless you've been living under a rock for the past year you've probably heard of Borderlands 2. What makes this game so popular you ask, well it could be the exceptionally fun story campaign that you can play with up to 4 people for one. Borderlands has always been fun for solo players but I do find the game does truly shine when you play with mates...and I mean the good kind of mates who actually play properly. Running and gunning is perfectly balanced when accompanied by friends and it makes for a very intense gaming session!

Welcome to Pandora, a vast planet housing mysterious vaults supposedly filled with glorious treasure, as the fabled Vault Hunter its your job to uncover the secrets of Pandora all the while battling the psycho philanthropist Handsome Jack. Where Borderlands stands out in uniqueness firstly is in the option to choose from 6 main characters each bareing their own skills and abilities. Every skill can be levelled up throughout the game and each character has some awesomely cool abilities! The addition of a bazillion guns does help the game stand out as a cut above, there are too many weapons of varying brands and styles for me to even come close to remembering. Currently a lot of FPS games don't have this level of immersion and complexity to gameplay which makes Borderlands stand out a great deal. The increased variety of locales in Borderlands 2 is a definite improvement on the last game; where we saw a slue of different styled deserts we now have glaciers, mountains, volcanos, rolling hills, mines and many more. Each area is very unique and leaves the playing wanting to discover more of Pandora and it's story.

With 2K and Gearbox studios bathing in money due to their recent successes (excluding the god awful Aliens: Colonial Marines) it's no surprise that they're continuing to release DLC for Borderlands 2. The 2 newest playable characters are some of the best I've ever seen plus the 3 existing story campaign expansions are awesome fun. With a fourth and final DLC on the way to tie up Borderlands 2 all eyes are fixed on this duo wondering what they'll do next. One can only think Borderlands 3 will be bracing our homes sometime in 2015, we can only hope. With a cavalcade of action-packed fun there's no telling just how good the next one will be but if it's anything like number 2 then i'll definitely be buying it. This game worth a look, get the season pass and get all the exclusives and bonus content and go have an absolute blast!

Check out an epic trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW7qO_wpfvk

Genre: Open World FPS Exploration
Platforms: PC, PS3 & 360
Score: 9 / 10