![]() That said, it's easy enough to mentally tune this stuff out of your head and just focus on the mission. Unfortunately, this "more, more, more" philosophy sees Gearbox double down on the often-excruciating Borderlands series "humour", which effectively amounts to screaming, memes and screaming memes. More guns, improved diversity of the locations, superior missions and generally better everything. Next up is Borderlands 2, a vastly superior sequel that takes everything from the original and cranks it up to eleven. Which, as presented here, is still a treat to play. This version includes quality of life features from its follow-ups (a mini-map replaces the useless compass, for example) but it's still very much a trial run for a series that would find its feet (and sales success) with its sequel. It's samey looking compared to what comes later, but it's still worth a visit, if not a re-visit. The original Borderlands is still fun, but feels like the vanilla experience after playing its follow-ups. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) As a result, playing through these games can feel very familiar as they're all fundamentally the same kind of thing. That said, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! is exceptionally similar to Borderlands 2, and the original Borderlands on offer here is based on the recent Game of the Year Enhanced Edition, which backports features from its sequel. This experience is observed across all three games on offer here, with the expected upgrades and new elements as you move through the series. Multiplayer brings these skills into larger focus as you'll need to use them to back up and complement the abilities of your teammates enemies get stronger the more players are in the game. Each character/class has a different major skill – for example, the Siren can turn invisible, the Gunzerker can temporarily dual-wield weapons and the Lawbringer lets you automatically switch targets after a kill. Who you choose determines the abilities you unlock as you level up. You pick your Vault Hunter at the start of each game, then head out into the world of Pandora, progressing through the story either solo, in split-screen or online with up to three other characters. This means that you'll always be on the lookout for another, better instrument of death, which gives the game a compulsive loop as you gradually increase in power. If you somehow haven't played Borderlands yet, it's a genre-blending first-person shooter with a mission-based structure incorporating heavy, heavy loot elements that is, there are many thousands of different guns to find and equip, each with different properties, stats and tweaks. Also, in a pleasing touch, the games install separately – no need to set aside 50GB of precious MicroSD space (it's worth noting that you can actually purchase the original game on its own on Switch, and the sequel and Pre-Sequel are also available in a double-pack that can be purchased separately).Ĭaptured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) ![]() Everything else is here, though, and that's easily 200 hours of blasting action if you get hooked. The final Borderlands 2 DLC – Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary – has not been included here, presumably because it was released to bridge the gap between Borderlands 2 and the sadly-not-on-Switch Borderlands 3. The Legendary Collection packs in the original Borderlands, Borderlands 2 and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! along with – almost – all their DLC. You're getting a lot of looting for your, er, loot. Thankfully, Borderlands Legendary Collection is a much better and more complete effort to bring the series' first three games and DLC to Nintendo's miniature marvel. This isn't even the series' first appearance on a portable system – Borderlands 2 saw release on the PlayStation Vita in 2014. The open-world looter-shooter franchise has made an appearance on pretty much every console since the original game released in 2009. It's safe to say you've probably already played Borderlands in some form.
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