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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Shoot 'n' loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora's moon in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Discover the story behind Borderlands 2’s villain, Handsome Jack, and his rise to power in this brand new game in the Borderlands series. Taking place between the original Borderlands and Borderlands 2, the Pre-Sequel gives you...
Details
- Released
- October 14, 2014
- Developer
- 2K Australia, Gearbox Software
- Genres
- FPS · Shooter · Action · Role-playing (RPG) · Open world
- Publisher
- Take-Two Interactive, Aspyr Media, 2K Games
How it plays
Time to beat · 7 player times (IGDB)
Up to 4 players
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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Does exactly what a Borderlands game should: offer great shooting and fun looting, and the introduction of moon-based combat has added some spice to general gameplay.
To say that Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is nothing more than Borderlands 2 on the moon would be a disservice to the hard work that the developers have put in, and the new features that are definitely noticable. It’s not better than that game, but it’s pretty much essential for anyone seeking out more Borderlands, or someone eager to learn more about the lore of the universe. The Pre-Sequel is a superb action RPG which anyone can jump into, with tons of guns and plenty of fun to be found.
More of the same? Probably but Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is still a rollicking good time of murder, loot and moon-hopping.
Fifteen hours in, I realize that I’m playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel as a flying Ghostbuster Captain America.
A trip to the moon offers some decent new ideas, but also is clearly a stop-gap release.
Who's got the claptrap that won't cop out when there's danger all about? Jack! He's a complicated man, and no one understands him but vault hunters. Handsome Jack!
And in the end, that's how we feel about the game. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is not very fun solo but is meant to be experienced cooperatively with friends. It supports two-player splitscreen and online play up to four. For fans of the series, the game's style and characters makes it easy to recommend to a group playing together. For everyone else, The Pre-Sequel isn't very special and would be better served as a shortened expansion for the the last game.
The new Borderlands game is NOT a sequel, but not really a prequel. Is this a good thing? Here's our review of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!
“Borderlands is a game of deadly math, but the numbers don’t quite add up in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.”
In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! you play as the villains. Sort of? You choose from a band of 4 misfit Vault Hunters, that crash land on the Moon of Elpis. On the space station Helios, they meet a lowly employee named Jack, and their fates are forever intertwined. You can choose from Athena, a hooded rogue that wields her shield like a weapon, Nisha the Lawbringer, a cowgirl with a penchant for violence, the mercenary Wilhelm and his robotic sidekicks Wolf and Saint, and the loveable little Claptrap with his random bag of tricks.