I got the game on the 13th. Played it. And it took me to the 18th to beat it. Now you’re probably yelling at me right now; “But Benie! What about the BSoD’s you had in the last blog post?! That $60 could had gone to repairing your computer!”
Well, two things. 1. The de-dusting of my computer fixed the BSoD’s (thank god). And 2… I didn’t pay the $60. I um… got it another way. That’s all I’m going to say. 🙂
So anyway, my review of the game. First off, worth $60? After the, well… let’s see. I’m trying to think of words here. I wouldn’t call Dead Space 3 an “utter failure”, due to the save issues. But it wasn’t worth $60. And neither is this game.
Both in my opinion, are worth $40. Most game critics would argue that $60 is too much for a game. But, it really all depends on the gamer.
The ONLY game that was worth $60 (to me), was Just Cause 2. The best sandbox game ever.
I’m going to wait until the price is more reasonable, then buy it. But what I’m kind of concerned about is, will my save game transfer over to it, or will I have to play it all over again? I wish I knew someone that would tell me.
Borderlands 2, is frankly one of the hardest games I’ve played and beaten without using a trainer (but not the first).
The story is basically, five years went by since Borderlands 1. It’s been said that the previous four Vault Hunters, disappeared without a trace, and a new group is coming, called by Handsome Jack, to raid another vault. But it’s a trap. Handsome Jack wants them dead for what happened in the past (which pretty much lost me since it’s been years since I played the original Borderlands).
So, you’ve been left for dead. Fortunately, Claptrap rescues you, and the storyline really begins. Throughout the storyline, Handsome Jack will be taunting you since he’s a douche.
I’ve been playing as Salvador, the Gunzerker; one of the two new classes in Borderlands 2. He’s capiable of dual-wielding weapons for a short while once hitting Level 8. This can also heal him, and regenerate ammo. Both of those traits are what greatly assisted me of defeating the final boss.
Currently Level 31 right now. I did the final mission as a Level 30.
To explain my final thoughts, would reveal spoilers. So, you know what to do. Don’t click “Read More >>” if you don’t wish to read them.
What I can say, get this game if you’re into RPG’s. I’ve been struggling to stay alive as a Gunzerker. Several times I doubted I was strong enough to defeat Jack. I’ve proved to myself that I am strong. Or maybe I just got lucky. In any case, Jack’s dead thanks to me.
Also, even though Jack’s dead, there’s still a ton of Optional missions and DLC’s to complete. This game isn’t over by a long shot.
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SPOILERS SECTION:
So, my final thoughts. Killing Jack as I never said before, is never going to bring Bloodwing back, or Roland. To tell you the truth, the main reason I wanted revenge was for Bloodwing. You see, I played Mordecai back in Borderlands 1, and I put a lot of points into that bird, so she could be so fucking epic in killing things.
To see her… die so brutal like that, I wanted to pop Jack’s head off, just like he did to her. No animal deserves what she went through. It took me several hours of grieving, to move on and continue playing the game.
And on top of it, in Opportunity, Bloodwing’s corpse was sitting there near a door for everyone to see. It’s like the game was seriously trying to make me regret ever fucking playing it.
But, I could almost hear Mordecai say in my head: “Benie, let her go. You’ll get your revenge soon. I promise.”, and that was pretty much the driving force that lead me to Jack’s front door.
Doing the final mission was somewhat hard, compared to what hell I went through before. The hardest quest I’ve done in the game, was defending the beacon to reconnect Sanctuary to the Fast Travel network, while trying to survive from being shot at by large waves of Loaders + Constructors. I nearly rage-quitted there. To top it off, Jack was taunting me about the fact I suck so much that I couldn’t protect a simple beacon. I yelled “SHUT UP!!” IRL.
Moving on, the scene with Claptrap and killing all of those Loaders, was the most difficult of the final mission (I hate waves of Loaders). Further in, when Mordecai and Brick showed up, I smiled big since they were helping big time (almost felt like I was playing co-op).
Then my smile turned to horror and more grief, when I saw them fall into the lava. Staring at the submerged flying machine, I turned to the guy shooting at me and blew his fucking head off with my sniper rifle. Then shot everyone… screaming with tears going down my eyes. I knew the time for mourning was gone. It was time for Jack and Hyperion to die by my hand. I was the only thing standing in the way of Jack controlling the warrior.
And finally, there I was. Benie VS The Warrior. An intense 10 minute battle of dodging its attacks, I defeated it; a fucking, lava-covered dragon (who somewhat looked like Deathwing). And then… I stared at Jack as pissed as I could be while he was yelling at me, calling me a cold-blooded murderer, ready to pop his fucking head off with Explosive damage just like he did to Bloodwing. Not to mention, Roland, Mordecai, and Brick. And the hell I went through. He had so much to pay for.
Unfortunately, my only weapon that had a form of it (this sick, uber-powerful 160k damage Rocket Launcher I got from defeating a stuck, humongous robot called ‘Saturn’) was out of ammo since I was using it against Jack during the first fight. If he waited until I got more ammo, I would had fired it at point-blank range, and watch Jack’s body parts go flying through the room.
Instead, I used an assault rifle that had a minigun for a barrel. I winded it up, and ripped his body up with it. I also wish I had a shotgun, and blew his head off his body. The things I could had done to that bastard.
And as his decapitated body laid on the floor, I went over and lifted up my left foot, and crushed his skull with it, saying “THAT… was for Bloodwing, you SICK FUCK!!” IRL. Finally, my gun (and my boot) were sated with Jack’s blood. Revenge was mine.
If I had my way, death wouldn’t be good enough for him. I’d pick him up and pop his head by strangling him. I could had backed up, dropped my guns, then come running at him screaming, and slammed my fist into his head.
In the credits, there is happiness. Mordecai found an egg by Bloodwing, and now he has a baby. So it seems that Bloodwing never died; she was reborn. That… makes me happy. *dries tears*
Sorry.. I just… yeah.
Unfortunately, you never see the baby Bloodwing when you return to Sanctuary. You see, after killing Jack, it seems that life at Sanctuary hasn’t changed. People are still talking about if Jack will kill them, even though he’s dead.
The original Vault Hunters of Borderlands 1; Brick, Mordecai, and Lilith, are wondering about what is there to do next, now that Jack’s dead. Lilith hits the nail on the head by saying “even though Jack’s dead, this fight isn’t over. We have to shut down Hyperion to truly free Pandora.”
Brick on the other hand, has called dibs of raiding these other vaults on these other planets.
What I’m worried about, Hyperion with all of their money and technology, will get a new leader that’s even worse than Jack. This is why we have to stop Hyperion. Unfortunately there’s no way to do so. Perhaps in a future DLC.
But at the end, seeing Lilith ok, I feel like such a hero. She’s alive, because of me. A hero of Pandora, who struggled to get to where I am now (just like in WoW, when I geared up to defeat Deathwing).
What am I going to do now? First, pretty much wait for Borderlands 2 to drop down in price. Then buy all the DLC’s. As for the remaining optional quests, I’m not sure if they’re worth my time. I’m loaded in cash ($43k, had like $65k before), and got good enough guns (good enough to kill Jack and his Warrior, anyway).