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Today’s game is Borderlands the Pre-Sequel. Me and a Friend are getting ready for something tomorrow. So we were low on time. We ended up playing some Borderland to save on time. I played claptrap. I don’t have much of a story this time due to just not playing very long, so instead I’ll talk about the game.

I can see why this game was so well received back in the day. A lot of the humor still stands up well, at least imo, and the gameplay cycle is fun. One of the guns I had I could throw when I reload and they explode which is incredibly satisfying to do. On top of that Claptraps special perk is fun, especially when it irritates the people I’m playing with, such as one that makes them continuously fire according to my friend. Overall I had a lot of fun just playing around in the game with my friend and doing some side quests.

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[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, just wanted to say that I really have become accustomed to seeing your daily game pics. I don't know if you have been told this enough but good on you for sticking to it. Looking forward to seeing another one tomorrow ;)

[–] Daveyborn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Beats the heck out of the feed of depressing articles of companies doing dumb stuff and people plugging their youtubes. In short I agree.

[–] Jasonw911@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

My man is seriously a light in my doomscrolling. I look forward to it. Certainly doesn't hurt that he has great taste in games

[–] Psymonkee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yay, borderlands! I think it's been my favourite franchise for a solid decade now and Borderlands 2 certainly swallowed a huge portion of my life and honestly still does to some degree.

The series has had some gems and some less than great content but the gameplay loop has always been very satisfying!

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m excited to get into Borderlands 2 once I finally beat Pre-Sequel. I’ve heard that 2 is considered an improvement over the Pre-Sequel

[–] Psymonkee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very much so. Pre sequel came out after 2 though which is a tad confusing but I look forward to your impressions!

[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Hopefully one day I’ll be able to get to 2. Pre sequel I only play with my friend and it takes backseat a lot. Maybe after my Alan Wake 1-2 play through I’ll buckle down and play through Pre-Sequel with him

[–] kubj31196@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I played Athena then because I liked her design and after seeing her in Tales from the Borderlands. If I ever replay the game I would try the more "out there" option like Claptrap.

Honestly now that I wrote it out I remember TPS maps weren't as fun as BL2's hence me not replaying the game back then.

[–] Psymonkee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I quite liked the maps myself and the story whilst perhaps a little to obvious was fun.

My biggest problem was the enemy/mission level scaling which found you falling behind the main story mission quite easily making for some either very tough fights or some less than thrilling side quest farming.

Oh and how long it took to unlock weapon slots 3 & 4. Such a slog!