Borderlands 2 Funny, fast and full of absurd guns

You start left for dead in the frozen tundra of Pandora and build back up toward revenge against Handsome Jack and the Hyperion Corporation. Co-op friends can drop in and drop out of the campaign without a restart, and gear carries from any game to any other.

Each class changes the job you do in a fight. The Gunzerker dual-wields any two weapons found in the game, so you pair machine guns, rocket launchers or sniper rifles to suit the moment. The Siren, Commando and Assassin give the group other styles to lean on, from more tactical play to blunt force. You split enemies, revive each other and argue over who gets the better drop.

The loop is simple: kill creatures, psychos and Hyperion machines, then check what fell out. Guns come in absurd procedural variety, alongside shields, grenades, relics and class mods. You compare stats mid-mission, hand a spare shotgun to the friend who needs it, and keep something odd because it fires in a funny way.

Eridium adds a second layer to chase, spent on inventory and ammo space among other things. Since loot keeps scaling and rerolling, a second run with the same co-op friends still turns up combinations you have not seen.

The planet moves from arctic tundra through dangerous grasslands to corrosive caverns and beyond. One stretch has you picking through snow around a Hyperion outpost, the next has you crossing open ground while Bullymongs close in and Stalkers circle for an angle.

The look is bright comic-style shading, and the tone is dark comedy with memes and running jokes. Claptrap talks through your bad decisions. Handsome Jack talks through all of them, insulting you over the radio while you work through his army.

Online and LAN co-op are built around a seamless join system, so a friend can land in the middle of your quest and leave when dinner calls. Difficulty and loot adjust to the group, and boss fights turn into proper team efforts when everyone focuses fire and revives on time.

Sessions stay straightforward: join, shoot, loot, move to the next area. Some missions drag and later enemies can soak up bullets if your guns fall behind, which matters more to small groups than to full squads with shared gear.