Borderlands 2 - Part 1

The Man Who Would Be Jack

Alright, things are looking up for Borderlands 2. Questing is actually interesting again and the enemies are starting to become a lot more varied in areas, rather than being restricted to facing on type of enemy at a time. And I encountered the best quest ever.

So fucking dumb

I played the first Borderlands as Mordecai, and he certainly has the best arc of all the original Vault Hunters in this one. Roland and Lilith are pretty well portrayed, but lack any character arc, while Brick is kinda shitty. Mordecai, on the otherhand, has an arc that actually had me emotional involved; something I never thought I'd say about a Borderlands character. Obviously the emotional attachment was probably amplified because I played a whole game as the guy, but it's still the best of any of the characters so far.

Love ya buddy!

I've decided to focus less on side-missions going forward, since I'm pretty close to the end of the main story and have four DLC add-ons to play after that. I'll still do some of them, but they will be less of an objective, more of a "Oh, I'm nearby, let's do it". That doesn't mean the questing is bad in Borderlands 2, it's just feels less varied overall compared to the first one. There are a few standout ones, like McShooty up there, or having to solve a murder mystery in the dumbest way, but most just involved clearing an area or finding a recording, which is kinda boring after doing it fifty times.

Finding sexy pictures of Moxxi was an obvious drag

Thinking ahead, I'm planning one more main story update, and then one for each DLC, so it should be good fun. Back to Pandora!