The next game I will be playing through is another First-Person Shooter, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
Originally released on October 14th, 2014 (which was also my 32nd birthday) The Pre-Sequel is the third game in the Borderlands series and is called such because it takes place between the first and second games, hence a Prequel to BL2 and a Sequel to BL1. It also was not developed by Gearbox Interactive, the development team of the first two.
As of writing The Pre-Sequel is sitting at a "Very Positive" rating on Steam with 80% of the 9,642 reviews giving it a thumbs up. I seem to recall some early reviews saying the humor doesn't quite hit the same as the other two, that it's trying too hard to be as off-kilter as Borderlands 2 which itself was already trying a little too hard to be bonkers.
I bought the game on March 19th, 2016 because it was the first I had learned of the new "Complete Your Collection" bundles on Steam that gave a proportionally bigger discount based on how many of the bundles games you already own. I got the Pre-Sequel for $4.80 as part of the Borderlands Triple Pack because I already owned BL1 and BL2.
I've enjoyed Borderlands 2 very much, with approximately 92 hours played since I bought it in 2012 it is the game I've played the second longest with Skyrim beating it by less than 3 hours of play time. I don't know that I will care for the story, the ad copy says it's all about Handsome Jack's backstory and I'm rather lukewarm to his character; as Yahtzee Croshaw said in his BL2 review on Zero Punctuation Handsome Jack spends far too much of his time talking reminding you of how evil he is.
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