I've got a feeling... [spoiler]this was made for peen pole[/spoiler]

Wow, kinda feel in the minority now as I prefer the first game. I can't exactly pin it down why I prefer Borderlands 1 over 2 as theoretically 2 should be the superior game. The graphics are improved, it introduced memorable new characters, environments are more varied, theres new weapon types and the character skills are better thought out and more fun to use. However the Borderlands series to me has always been about two things, the shooting and the looting; and I feel like Borderlands 2 fundamentally failed on both these aspects especially when compared to the original. The shooting felt subpar mainly because of the ridiculous enemy scaling. You'd find a weapon at the appropriate level and it would do well against enemies; however give it a level or two and then it suddenly becomes useless and you're back to struggling until you can find the next gun. This only got worse as more difficulty levels were added such as the OP Levels but I'll discuss more of that later. In Borderlands 1, the enemies didn't scale to the levels it does in 2; you could find a gun and have it continue to be effective even way past it's level. An example of this would be a Combustion Hellfire I found at level 14, I continued to use it all the way up until the Destroyer and it still melted enemies. This may just be due to it being a Combustion motherf*cking Hellfire (which we all know is borderline OP in Borderlands 1) however the same still applies to most other weapons to a lesser extent. The looting is the main thing that got me about this game. In the first game, legendaries dropped a bit more frequently and from more sources; this helped the journey through the game to continue smoothly and getting a legendary randomly from a chest was a great feeling. In Borderlands 2 though, most legendary weapons were given designated boss drop locations which meant you were very unlikely to get a legendary unless it dropped from a boss and even then you know what you're going to get unless it's your first time playing through the game. Making the bosses drop designated legendaries kinda took the random element/surpise of getting a weapon from a boss and just made the game feel grindy as a result. It was annoying farming a boss for a particular item for an extended period of time, levelling up and having the item become near obsolete and then have to go and farm for a new weapon all over again. Going back to the OP Levels, Borderlands 2 annoys me in the fact that you need a specific setup at the higher difficulties if you still want to do well. Some characters like Axton even become irrelevant at the higher levels of play because his ability and skills just scale worse. All I'll say is if you're not a Gunzerker running the Grog Nozzle, good luck because you'll need it.

Lol, penis poll

I thought TPS was the best, true It wasn't as funny and didn't have as much content as 2, and the jump pads were stupid, and the maps were too big, but the Oz kits were awesome,the story was better, and the weapon balance was SO much better, in 2 at OP 8 to really do work without cheating u almost had to play as gunserker with very few guns still being viable, and the bee shield was almost required

Just gonna say, if we ever get tiny Tina as a playable character, instant buy.

For game play and story I preferred 2. But TPS was the funniest to me. I loved playing as the doppleganger and his lines were some of the funniest things I've heard since bulletstorm.

The first one, the second one seemed more about memes than story. The third one was weird as all hell… couldn't get into either 2 or Prequel.

Loved 2 the most. Honestly I couldn't tolerate TPS. Maybe it was because I had played BL2 so much but other than the "cryo" element I really didn't enjoy the game or the characters.

I had fun with the first one, but the second one was my favorite. Was -blam!-ing hilarious, loved almost every second of it (a few instances annoyed me, but more because people i was playing with or other shit) Didnt like TPS all that much tbh

TPS was okay, and between B1 and B2 the biggest difference was the handsome jack. One of the best villains of all time imo. Even though i enjoyed the B1 playable characters more, i think B2 takes the cake

TPS wasnt too bad, but it shouldn't have been marketed as it's own game It felt more like an over glorified DLC of Borderlands 2

Is this even a contest?

2 definitely. TPS was good to play once for the story, and I never finished 1.

I'd have to go with 2 but the first holds a special place with me. Sadly, I cannot say I've played the whole of Borderlands 1 but it was the first one I played and what drew me to the series. [spoiler]TPS was 0/10 not enough Mr. Torgue[/spoiler]

Probably 1 or 2, I don't want to say 2 though because that's when gearbox really started to go downhill in terms of dignity.