![]() As a shooter-looter, Borderlands is something special, Borderlands 2 far-surpassed the first game (in my opinion), and it is a series I found myself quite addicted to in recent years.īur first, a quick note about the characters… ![]() This was also back when anything FPS (first person shooter) was much too intimidating for me, and to this day, it’s still not my favorite genre…but Borderlands is something different. It was one of those games that groups of friends would play together and have the greatest conversations about, so, when you found out you were playing by yourself…it was just, less fulfilling. But, not only did I write the review after beating the DLC the first time with my wife, I just recently ran through the DLC again solo in 2020, and decided that this old review could really use some TLC.īorderlands is one of those games that I had always wanted to play, but could never get myself to do it alone. At that point in time, I had never written anything for DLC content at all, so it was a new experience altogether. You won’t find any weapons or other gear in the main quest that’ll blow you away, but new level 50 raid bosses, including one you can kill for a new currency called Seraph Crystals, give the most dedicated of us something to chase long after the many hours of Pirate’s Booty quests run out.Back when I first wrote this DLC review, it was an odd formula for me since I had not even beaten the main campaign of Borderlands 2 yet. ![]() Likewise there’s plenty of loot to collect and quests to fulfill, though the latter doesn’t live up to the quality established by core Borderlands 2 experience. I think it’s good to establish a sense of place, something the DLC does as well as the original campaign with its visual design, but it’d be nice to see more creativity taken with the pirate theme than just putting a captain’s hat or cutlass on the host of familiar foes. The occasional unique enemy like the Anchorman helps mix things up, as his ability to yank you to him from far away kills camping strategies. Combat encounters remain interesting and fun despite mostly putting you up against re-skinned enemies in pirate get ups, if only because your characters abilities and weapons feel like playing with toys. If all you want is a reason to get more loot, levels (assuming you haven’t maxed out), and to shoot your way through more of Pandora, Captain’s Booty mostly succeeds. That being said, the last part of Pirate’s Booty is almost enough to redeem it, as the final zones’ story and loot payoff makes the experience feel rewarding. Archetypal stories don’t need to be boring (see Star Wars, Lord of the Rings), but Captain’s Booty doesn’t have interesting enough characters or plot twists to make it engrossing. As such it suffers, resulting in a story that’s almost entirely predictable (and at times downright boring). Captain’s Booty doesn’t have a lead protagonist or antagonist binding it together in the way, Handsome Jack, Angel or Lilith do in the mainline story. ![]() Likewise the narrative just doesn’t develop into anything especially good. A few quests for Shade and you basically never see him again, leaving you with a slew of other characters which, despite having occasionally witty or charming dialogue, largely never come all that close to being as engrossing or great as I’ve come to expect from Borderlands. The story starts off great, with hilarious and well-written characters like Shade, but quickly stumbles into mediocrity. You’ll also meet Captain Scarlett, a sand pirate who you’ll help in an epic quest to uncover a host of loot. Doing so triggers an awesome cinematic intro where you learn about a long-lost treasure. As soon as you hit level 15 you can instantly fast travel to Oasis, the starting point for the Pirate’s Booty content.
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