The original Borderlands was a game that shone with potential but in reality turned out to be more brown and boring than its in-game environments. Guilty on so many levels of simply underachieving for rather easily fixed reasons, has Borderlands 2 done the work and made for an impressive come back?

Great gameplay; interesting story; colourful and varied game world

A tad buggy; multiplayer could be more diverse

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

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

The borderlands series has always been a favourite for me and this definitely deserves the GOTY title. along with all the DLC too this is a great purchase which can save you a ton of money

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.

Great fun action shooter, very addictive, loads of fun

great; none

I played the first borderlands and i have to say this is a definate improvement. Great uniquie gameplay and a good storyline to back the game up. The only fault i can really pick up on the game is the fact its a bit short although you can play through again on a harder difficulty and get better loot...