i beat it
everything about this game is a step up
the bosses are bigger and badder and more forgiving but still very difficult, the mooks are more fun and more forgiving but still very difficult, the minibosses are etcetera etcetera
the guns aesthetically AND functionally are loving amazing (even though i still sort of despite maliwan) and they all sort of have a 'place' in the world
miscellaneous details have been honed to a loving mirror sheen, like the dogstuff sounds and animations from the first game and the weird fact that things turned into a (very small) amount of gibs when you headshot them or run them over
recommend this to loving EVERYONE. i want borderlands 3.