Borderlands 2

[Frag]

In your opinion, what makes this game better than the first? I rented the first and had a great time playing it for a night with bonemage, but even in that time frame it got pretty repetitive so ended up not buying it.

The game starts faster (no 'tutorial' and easy mode time), the wit, voice acting and production value are up, the storyline isn't as rote and there are some genuine surprises (or I'm just stupid) and it is hard. That being said, if you didn't like the first, the second is going to do nothing for you if you didn't stop the first because it seemed too easy, it's still a shoot'n'loot.

Added you Jr. I'm playing an elemental Siren atm, but if we team up for a while I'll swap to matriarch. The little bit of multiplayer I've done has been brutal, they ramp the challenge up a LOT, and the loot is heavenly, it's fun.