auld:
Actually prefer BL1 inventory to BL2. The biggest flaw with BL2′s being that it is inconsistent. Sometimes mouse scroll works, sometimes it doesnt. Sometimes drag and drop works, sometimes it doesnt. It also obfuscates itself even though there is miles of screen real estate to use. I can scale almost everything UI wise in the game….but not the inventory screen. The skill trees? What muppet thought of only displaying one at a time?

Apart from being able to use the mouse, I fail to see how BL2′s inventory is an improvement.

At least BL1 was the same all the time, I could get used to it and get my mojo flowing.

If you hit Q at the skill screen you can view all three at once.

Agree the UI could be better, but i don’t think it’s as bad as people are making it out to be.

Improvement on BL1 in everyway, this is just about my favourite game ever. I hope the franchise continues on!

The story is great, wouldn’t say it’s just a big expansion. I’ve played the game for about 20 hours and still not even close to finishing. The weapons are great, although a lot are similar, just look different.

The game as a whole is excellent. It’s honestly one of the best games I’ve played. It looks great, never experienced any clumsy movement controls etc.

Only issue I had was with the frame rate, but a download of updated drivers and a little bit of fiddling with the card and it’s fine.

Whinge more.

I’d have to agree on the new inventory system. It’s crap. Mainly because it’s unintuitive and doesn’t allow the player to seamlessly use it correctly. Again failure to use screen real estate properly is a problem, then the scrolling…
WHY SCROLLING for the inventory? It’s like they saw Skyrim and though “OOOH that’s shiny” and copied it, when it is also a pretty poor UI from the players point of view.

Other than that, gotta say the rest of it is so polished it shines like a new penny. Awesome voice acting, integrated vehicles and much more fun to be had. The first set the stage, this one is the encore.

caitsith01:
I think you’re way, way, way too harsh on Borderlands 1.I only got it when the GOTY edition came out, but I didn’t find the interface noticeably worse than any other multi-platform game that’s come out lately.And graphically it was awesome – what was wrong with the port apart from (apparently) a few menus?

In a game where a good chunk of the gameplay is about THE LOOT

having a poor inventory UI to manage said loot is equivalent to shooting your own foot, either that or they really wanted to make Marcus rich by making players give up on managing them and just selling everything that was not very distinctive (special guns/items).

borderlands 2 is really fun as well.

A lot of people seem to be complaining about the inventory and interface, i didn’t like it at first either compared to the one in borderlands 1 but now i’ve gotten really used to it and it is quite easy to use for me.

overall i think they did a really good job with both games.

while i know everyone else may find faults with it like you guys have, i just wanted to share my opinion and i am in no way saying you guys are wrong with yours.

Really not the best example..

Are the classes much different? So far they don’t appear to be with only a single ability for each. I’m running sniper rifles on my Siren instead of playing an Assassin for them rofl.

The two main negatives for me is the items interface, it is quite poor (not comparing to the original which I don’t know of) and driving drove me up the wall instantly. It works in Halo, not here (or at least not without a controller).

Im not able to play Co Op [Dodgy Telstra 4G internet doesn't work for it]
But the SP isn’t bad. I do get slightly annoyed occasionally at the constant respawning.
I’ve just killed 30 enemies. and the area is EMPTY and then another 10 pop up GAR.

Vehicle controls are the worst I’ve seen on PC ever.
I literally need to swap to my 360 controller everytime I get in a vehicle.

Still I am enjoying the game

hellboy1975:
I can’t think of a game I’ve enjoyed more this year, or an FPS that I’ve enjoyed as much as this in a long time.

My sentiments exactly. It’s hard to think of more entertaining co-op FPS game in the last year or more. Even the “chore” of doing side-quests is a joy, creating some of the most memorable and hilarious moments of BL2.

The main story campaign was a blast to play. Handsome Jack is one of the best antagonists in PC gaming, right up there with GLaDOS for me. Every time he speaks, I stop to listen because I know he’ll crack me up.

It’s interesting to me when people say “BORDERLANDS 2 OFFERS NOTHING NEW” like it’s a bad thing. Borderlands always felt like a proof of concept game to me; an awesome idea that fell short of the mark due to a variety of poor design decisions.

With time to iterate on that original concept, and a lot of feedback from the community as to what we wanted, Borderlands 2 is the realisation of the FPS-RPG-BBQ concept. It’s everything I thought it would be and more.

Apart from being able to use the mouse, I fail to see how BL2′s inventory is an improvement.

At least BL1 was the same all the time, I could get used to it and get my mojo flowing.

Thanks for the good review though. I can’t think of a game I’ve enjoyed more this year, or an FPS that I’ve enjoyed as much as this in a long time.

Those two issues aside, I also think this is a fantastic port, looks great and runs well on my sort of old hardware, huge array of options to nail down an exact performance/quality point that I like, UI setup for my 24″ screen running 16:10 not 16:9, a lot of little things that all count toward making it a fantastic port.

As you have mentioned, the inventory system is just an absolute joke, and if anything is more annoying than it was in the first. I really don’t understand why they won’t just look at how other RPGs do it, and try and emulate that rather than try and make their own.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the game, but to call it a perfect PC port just highlights how little we expect as PC gamers for a port now…..

jonlee:
hardly a perfect version

the inventory is by far the worse i’ve seen in a game

I did mention the inventory, but I honestly didn’t find it as annoying as others.

Frankly, the “perfect” part was related more towards controls, graphics, framerate, matchmaking, FOV, and the “overall” menu system, which is a zillion times more mouse friendly, accept for the lack of drag and drop in the inventory.

I think Tim may have been a bit overzealous with his tagline (I don’t write them :))

the inventory is by far the worse i’ve seen in a game