2.5/5 ★ – Luitenant_Gruber's review of Borderlands 2: Commander Lilith and the Fight for Sanctuary.

Warning: spoilers Lackluster DLC I loved Borderlands 2 and had a great time with this amazing sequel. The humor, silly atmosphere and new features created a fresh new experience for me. In Borderlands 2, the story continues from the first game. There is a new vault, discovered by our main villain, Handsome Jack. You start as one of the four new Vault Hunters, employed by Handsome Jack himself. Like the bastard he is, he betrays you and blows up the train you are traveling on, leaving you for dead. You are found by Claptrap, who takes you to safety. You travel to Sanctuary, a protected city with bandits, ex-Crimson Raiders and other adventures, who resist Handsome Jacks monopoly and power of the planet Pandora. The graphics are upgraded from the previous game and are still in the Cell Shading format. For Borderlands games, this works perfectly and gives the game its charm. The animations and effects are a lot better compared to the first game and I think this game had some more color and depth in it. In terms of sound, Borderlands 2 improved greatly from its predecessor. The sound effects are spot on and the new dubstep soundtracks are great. But the best improvement is the voice acting. It is funny, crystal clear and overall, I can only praise it. The movement, controls and mechanics are improved with various GUI tweaks, better menus and improved control of inventory management. The mechanics work fluently and in terms of gunplay, I have nothing to complain. It is fast paced, accurate and overall, just great. Borderlands 2 also introduced a million new weapons, new brands, new types of guns and a lot more variation in enemies and biomes. Classic weapons and enemies are also present like Skags and Rakks, which all have more variants now. I still think the best part of this game is the humor. Every mission, every encounter, everything is one big joke. Names of bosses, references to pop culture icons and certain missions are just hilarious and stupid. It is just as good (if not better) than the first Borderlands game. After the main game, I completed Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary. In this expansion, set after the events of the main campaign, some plant dude is attacking Sanctuary and wants to change everyone into plant zombies by means of a special gas. You are tasked with stopping said plant dude and save sanctuary. Personally, I did not like this DLC. It was too generic, boring and low effort. Enemies where just recycled assets with some plant matter grown out of them and the overall level design was blend. The newly added rainbow weapons were kind of cool but seeing the same design over and over made it boring real quick. The only good aspect of this DLC was the raid boss. The story was okay-ish but nothing special. Completing this DLC felt like a chore halfway trough and I would not recommend it, especially for the insane price it asks.