This post is part of my running series: My Steam Backlog (see all MySteamBacklog tagged posts).
With the lull in activity for New World I am back at it in my backlog of games on Steam. Today I booted up Borderlands 2 and an hour later uninstalled it. Here's my thoughts.
This was actually my second go around at Borderlands 2 and it didn't take long for me to remember why I stopped playing the first time around. For context, I loved the original Borderlands. It was a fast looter shooter and was
over before it overstayed it's welcome. Borderlands 2 on the other hand
bogs down as soon as you start. The looting and shooting is still
there but there is a good bit of waiting inbetween.
To go along with the waiting I also had some technical issues. Changing resolutions and windowed kept causing the game to not launch properly. Then while playing, no matter the settings, I kept getting stutters intermittently. Mouse sensitivity was all over the place and I was never able to figure out what was up between the game's settings and my mouse's DPI settings. I don't have issues in other games.
Throw in technical issues and an early reminder starting a new game that there is a bit of waiting and I was bored fairly quickly and moved the game to uninstalled. For the purposes of my Steam backlog though it is off the list! Glad I picked it up in a sale :)
Some screenshots:
![A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tNMm1CUB9VAYp-pzGE1-EpeT4sBot_7wYq79VWzSpywAeesrbjhrd83CvEKczTDQrW8ymVjyh7Q2Ij3LtB58Be5QuJ45pYSUAgfp9RvYxKlt54OtBsevGLTdRjgwIqWuY53BSMcK5qVzZn1JG5iHw9YMt-AVZK2bNlM7_PjWT2CjsYyyBuV1Cw/w400-h225/2013-07-14_00001.jpg) |
Oh... ah... pretty sky!
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![A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEXbg32o1uBACDV6KBDgJjLWH0GrWruQggDVMOJ26YCig_twDzjOT_YS3L4Ut_fBdohhyphenhyphen9cZ53gU6z18rWNgmoPUSbBh4ClAYeAQX_XIbDiSQaYfSGxJtJLQhgpO7XBvlZXPo15MNECTrinD40ODWAFNlpfrV5pE0nqjskOpU2CP5UR7k2Imvdg/w400-h225/20240324101441_1.jpg) |
I do like the intro screens but they are a bit too common to start the game out.
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![A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaBaieFXpLDRj-HufvtKMe6Mf6zvNrykg-rb6va7vv9h6weWkyzVhyzhsEXxIQo16NFsfmOm2iGUtCwL9uA8DvApwKSGMCRWMKsYnAE0Vi9uZ6CVjoIfoXmnYKFRUcccx7HoKzi17IgIFbv4V6PuzYxM8tc3Lf62UwrfK9jJwfMQUXAJmIQKCo8g/w400-h225/20240324102427_1.jpg) |
I do like the intro screens but they are a bit too common to start the game out. |
![A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvph7C1FL9Ccln0IXgPmZ_TEhyphenhyphenpx9ZSCd5EyyP8a7x9gVy0KJ9wFLh08RGUK1hsteelBBymm_jM6aYlqjLXqQhSb0G_wOeK1u7EXH72A2D7Qk7c0lbrRSC8BbT1lN1bx6CrjnKXMdSHIEIThWO-BOkhSwedBnJ1q1644pguliIxRmIPwYXnDe4YQ/w400-h225/20240324102537_1.jpg) |
Oh look a quest where... all I do is... wait?
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![A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7ReYMzPU3cYgRoRymupT3LuuEQm_DZcMX-FScBo9QKeQ4-kmzFGijpc1o8zWckhSsG6ELhm8NBvMuMB1Ubl1ribvjvkltJ2dDM10vKr6ZyS0CPuoCLSFKPuRNXIBg4sJfAFtdoxOmxB-ljr-jUwA4o1Zlw-E4SUJm2xydP49bY1usdRVEOLcpA/w400-h225/20240324102554_1.jpg) |
Oh look... another quest where all you do is... wait?
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![A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6CGhIeSxrjaZRx0i1VYBC8anFi5sS_LyYVq05yGYcCVPHIlRZE0Utuc7zgjUu01ci3wT6qgE_nHWScL9yYefk_k9aGOWak_8WTxlBxsYcD7NvgjXeKsoE-LM6Kql1UMETEKx7Odi1Sk7GryZMgQ4lFSo1iwTtrd-rxaoeIVa5yh94AR0s8L3fA/w400-h225/20240324103915_1.jpg) |
I do like the intro screens but they are a bit too common to start the game out. |
![A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC A screenshot from the game Borderlands 2 on PC](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcqbKFIriBE4Mj0bl1a8v6LY2Odoz_QQKLqDxdQTkywaPRH4jXXfKMsU0nTnP9Rv4v1NeovKoW85xciUz3cJDrXczve4xAIT1ZGzd9yj16JqHlluju8d7CsW-77LUzYwDSV1EZNb18me7BZaa_3OBQQfu8iVHRSGX2BIJ5glq72ixJAcDJqP7dA/w400-h225/20240324104106_1.jpg) |
By the background you can see I was in the middle of shootin' when this game tip popped up freezing the action.
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