$12.49 (−75%)Borderlands 2 VR
Borderlands 2 in VR: a full-length shooter-looter where you aim with your actual hands, hoard bazillions of procedurally generated guns and take on Handsome Jack across Pandora. Slow time to line up the perfect shot, teleport or glide across the desert, and loot everything that isn't bolted down. It's singleplayer only, but the campaign and all its DLC are here.
Is Borderlands 2 VR worth it?
Borderlands 2 VR is worth it if…
- you like looting absurd numbers of procedurally generated guns and building different characters
- you enjoyed Borderlands 2 and want to see Pandora from the inside
- you're happy playing solo, since there's no online co-op here
- you don't mind a port with rough edges if the shooting itself is fun
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Shooting with your own two hands
This is the whole point of the VR version: instead of a mouse, your arms do the aiming. You sight down a bandit, squeeze off a shot and watch it land, which makes every firefight feel more physical than the flatscreen original. Four classes are on offer, the Siren, Commando, Gunzerker and Assassin, each with its own skills and combat style, so a run as the Gunzerker plays very differently from a sneaky Assassin run. Guns have their own accuracy stats and behaviour, just like the original, so your aim improves as your character does. It takes a few hours to get used to the controls, and scoped weapons use a floating window rather than a true scope, but once it clicks, pointing a real arm at a psycho is its own reward.
Slow time, teleport, keep moving
VR shooting against fast enemies needed a solution, and this one is a good one: a Slow-Mo ability that stops the action so you can set up your next attack. Freeze the fight, pick your target, line up the shot, then let time snap back. Getting around works two ways: teleport for comfort, or continuous movement if you have VR legs. The teleport lets you glide across Pandora, and there are plenty of comfort options to tune the experience to your stomach. One honest note: there is no sprint, so long treks can feel slow, and some players find the movement finicky around rocks and walls. If you're new to VR, give yourself a few sessions to find the settings that suit you.
What should you know before playing?
What is the game actually about?
You play a treasure-seeking Vault Hunter on Pandora, a wild desert planet, hunting loot and taking on Handsome Jack, the villain in charge of it all. Expect bandits, psychos, stolen vehicles to race across the desert in, and a lot of jokes along the way. The writing is sharp and the cel-shaded look is bright and bold, which suits the chaos well.
How long is it, and is it replayable?
It's the full Borderlands 2 campaign, a large game by any standard and a long one for VR. With four classes, bazillions of generated guns, shields, grenades, relics and class mods to chase, plus harder difficulty runs after the first playthrough, there's easily hundreds of hours here if the loot loop grabs you.
