Light on story and heavy on guns. Borderlands 2 is saved from XP strip-mining by a sharp sense of humour and a slick, destructive multiplayer.

Lots and lots and lots of guns; Utterly compelling; can't-stop-yourself loot collecting; Great world; backed by some razor-sharp wit; Co-op is laser-focused and smart

Story never feels like it's driving the game; Easy to get ground down by the grind

Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty delivers mild-mannered humor and a satisfying adventure for you to shoot and loot your way through.

New enemies liven things up Lovely new areas to visit Some amusing characters and quests

Humor runs dry toward the end Some technical hiccups

Borderlands 2 doesn't mess too heavily with the successful formula established by the original back in 2009, delivering another customisation-heavy first-person shooter with the questing structure and customisation options of a role-playing game and a big emphasis on co-operative play.

Markedly improves on the original; Fantastic co-op gameplay; It's lovely to look at

Not quite as satisfying in single player; The story's not exactly riveting; More weapon slots would be nice

FPS/RPG We need guns.  Lots of guns. As much as we gushed ourselves daft over the original , at least until the frankly terrible DLC spoiled the party, we did always wish for a bit more in the way of variation.

Back in 2009, Gearbox's space-western Borderlands, a mash up of first-person shooter and role-playing game, turned out to be rather popular despite a barely there story, limited variety between class types and combat, and ultimately rather repetitive gameplay.

"Borderlands 2 Story line quite follow and at the same time doesn't follow the Original Borderlands. New Weapons, a lot of new weapons were added to the game, new characters and new way to upgrade your character. This new gender of game style is pretty unique and they do a great job in this series.

New characters; New skills ; cool expansions for the game and replayable

Repetitive and loots are rarer than the first game

Borderlands is my favourite FPS franchise; far more so than Halo, or even Crysis. And this expansion pack just makes me realise why all over again. More levels of fun. More levels of chaos. A badass Psycho to call my own. And best of all the Mechromancer. A nutty steampunkish teenage badass.

Borderlands 2 is a game that's been out for some time now. It's been forgotten about these days, with Call of Duty: Ghosts and Grand Theft Auto V, however, you shouldn't forget about this amazing game. Borderlands 2 stars you, a badass vault hunter ready to save the world from Handsome Jack.

Absolutely loved the first game, can't wait to start the second of what is becoming a tremendous series of games.

A brilliant sequel to the original! More missions, more guns and an even bigger map! Pure quality. The graphics are crisp and sharp and now it even has an in game day to night cycle. 2K have done a brilliant job! Well worth a rent especially if you enjoyed the first!