A fresh shoot-and-loot era is about to commence. Play as one of the new vault hunters as they battle a vast new universe filled with monsters, psychos, and the villainous leader Handsome Jack. Make new allies, arm them with a gazillion weapons, and battle with them in a four-player co-op throughout the unknown and unpredictable living world of Borderlands 2.

Borderlands 2 is a first-person shooter game released in 2012 by 2K games and developed by Gearbox Software. The game events are set five years after the end of the first Borderlands game which both takes place on Pandora.

The plot this time follows a fresh troop of Vault Hunters who join forces with the resistance group called the Crimson Raiders to fight against Handsome Jack before he can use and unleash the power of the new Vault for his own gain.

There is the option for you to play either offline, split-screen, single-player, or online cooperative. Despite which one you choose, you are able to explore the environment and complete a number of both main and side quests.

Like any other Borderlands game, Borderlands 2 has a randomly generated loot system that is capable of offering a wide range of items and weapons.

New locations of the game are discovered and unlocked when you progress and complete missions. The world is separated into numerous areas that are freely explored given the game's semi-open-world style. 

In each region, you will find multiple NPCs who will give you quests that reward you with EXP, good loot, and new weapons. Vehicles are used to travel on the land and can be spawned when interacting with the Catch-A-Ride.

The "Badass Rank" system is a key feature of the game; accomplishing different in-game tasks earns points, which can be exchanged for tokens that may be used to boost the base attributes of your characters.

Another thing to mention is that you may use New-U stations to quickly travel about the globe, while Quick-Change machines enable them to change their avatar's appearance, attire, and name.

In the main game, you are able to pick one of the four available character classes with their own Action Skill that makes them unique. There is Axton the Commando, Maya the Siren, Zer0 the Assassin, and Salvador the Gunzerker. Action skills require a cooldown period before they are can be used again.

Weapons are the most important thing in Borderlands games, and there are many ways to acquire them. You can purchase them from merchants, dropped by defeated enemies, or acquire them from containers or treasure chests. 

Each weapon has its own set of stats and features, such as damage output, accuracy, firing rate, and magazine capacity, and their rarity is indicated by a color-coded scale. Not to mention that some weapons you get have additional elemental effects that deal even more damage.

Mods are available to collect for you to modify the Action Skill and grenades you have equipped. Relics are also included in the game and they are artifacts that passively improve one or more attributes of a character. Relics have a wide range of powers, but they are all substantial enhancements to one or more associated stats.

When you complete the main campaign of the game, and like the original, you unlock the "True Vault Hunter Mode". This mode is considered to be the New Game Plus feature in the game that works very similarly to other games. It increases the game's difficulty by making foes stronger, getting better loot and weapons, and increases the level cap to reach level 50.