Platforms
- PCSep 18, 20128.8playscore8.817 Critics9.4160K Players
- PlayStation 3Sep 18, 20128.9playscore9.016 Critics9.328.4K Players
- Xbox 360Sep 18, 20128.9playscore8.921 Critics9.5163K Players
- PS VitaMay 13, 20147.5playscore6.822 Critics8.77.96K Players
61 critic reviews · 82 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- It’s an 18 month old title that has arrived to a tirade of fanfare from Sony acclaiming that AAA titles can happen, but a tirade of abuse from many other quarters for the very obvious technical issues. For me it was worth waiting for, because the convenience of playing a title of this calibre at my leisure, whenever, illustrates the point of the Vita. This surely isn’t the best example of the title, but it is the same game, it’s great value and at times it is incredibly impressive.
Paul Murphy · Jun 28, 2014 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - One bonus is that there is a cross-save feature, so you’ll be able to bring your PlayStation 3 characters into your PlayStation Vita game and vice versa, but you’ll probably prefer to just play on the actual console rather than the handheld. Yes, the novelty exists, but it feels like such a watered down, restrained version of Borderlands that it will just get you itching to play it on console or PC.
John Llewellyn Martin · May 21, 2014 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - The Vita is a great home for many games, but this is not one of them. As a standalone product, this version of Borderlands 2 has little value, living in the shadows of its superior iterations. It gives dedicated vault hunters even more ways to spend time on Pandora – but if you love the core gameplay that much, its implementation on Vita is bound to disappoint you.
Joe Juba · May 16, 2014 Reviewed on Vita - It's certainly impressive that a game with the scope of Borderlands 2 can run on Sony's handheld device at all. The visuals, while lower in quality compared to the console or PC versions of the game, are adequately detailed, and there's a great game here under the surface. Unfortunately the Vita doesn't keep up with the fast-paced gunplay, making this port difficult to recommend.
Ryan Taljonick · May 14, 2014 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - Borderlands 2 for the Vita is a case study in how a great game can get lost in a really bad port. There's just no getting around this version's raft of technical issues, nor the fact that the Vita doesn't have enough buttons to make it really work. Given more time, Iron Galaxy might have made it work. But as it is, even hardcore fans of the series should stay far away.
Kat Bailey · May 14, 2014 Reviewed on Vita - Borderlands 2 on PS Vita is probably the most polarizing game I’ve ever played. On one hand, the mission structure is perfect for a handheld, controls are responsive (aside from the touchpad) and it looks good despite the handheld’s limitations. On the other hand, the amount of bugs and problems that come with it indicate that it just wasn’t ready for release and could have used some extra time in development. Borderlands 2 is serious fun, but has serious problems.
Kevin Dunsmore · May 13, 2014 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - Surely, there will be people who are so hungry to play Borderlands 2 on-the-go, that they’ll be willing to put up with the Vita version’s issues, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t there. Borderlands 2 is a great game, full stop. But very little of what’s made it a blast to play over the last couple of years hasn’t been poisoned by this version’s technical issues. Its compromised visuals rob it of much of its bombastic charm, while its erratic performance and unreliable touch controls keep the gameplay from shining like it has in the past.
Vince Ingenito · May 12, 2014 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - The ability to cross-save your character data shows just how confident they are in the reinvigoration of the console version in a portable space. Some very minor issues may hold it back if you really want to get nitpicky, but they are only issues when compared directly with its PS3 counterpart. As amazingly as this game was done, not only is Borderlands 2 an excellent portable version of the console game, I would argue that it is simply one of the best games on the Vita to date.
Chandler Wood · May 12, 2014 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - Borderlands 2 is a great game that has has its kneecaps broken in the switch from high end gaming machine to portable system. A golf clap is deserved for the attempt, but while Borderlands 2 is still a solid laugh on the Vita, that doesn't take away from the fact that literally every other way to play it is immeasurably better.
Jim Sterling · May 12, 2014 Reviewed on VitaRead full review - Borderlands 2 doesn’t quite recapture the same sense of wide-eyed wonder that made its predecessor such a commercial smash-hit, but it’s still a dangerously addictive game. The humour may not be to everyone’s tastes, but the lure of the shooter’s loot is as strong as ever. It’s a safe sequel, but a solid one – and, honestly, who can resist the appeal of a title where you get to target midgets with rifles that fire mini-nukes as opposed to bullets?
Sammy Barker · Sep 26, 2012 Reviewed on PS3Read full review
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About the game
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Borderlands 2 is a hybrid First-Person Shooter, RPG game focused on over-the-top co-op play, and set in the open-world game environment of the planet Pandora. The second game in the game series, Borderlands 2 raises the 'loot and shoot' action of the original game with an even larger and more detailed world to explore, an updated gun system, a new cast of characters and character classes, and integration of storyline with action.
Developer: Gearbox Software