Should i skip the Pre-Sequel?

[Hobo Clyde]

doing a runthrough of the series before BL3 is released, wondering if i should skip the pre sequel to have more time for the new dlc

[32x32 Riker jpeg]

Yeah, if you want to finish the game before BL3 comes out. You should go back and play it at some point if you get the chance though, it's short and fun.

[Hobo Clyde]

i'll probably just skip it and finish BL2.

[MrLuckless]

It's not even half of the game BL2 is and quite frankly it would've been an expansion pack about 2 decades ago, which is what it is. As a standalone title there's barely enough to warrant its existence and that's kind of shame. The best I can say is if you liked BL and BL2 then yeah, do a quick playthrough once as 1 character and you've got basically all of it done. That's about it really, just play BL2 instead, even has mods now that make the base game significantly better.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

doing a runthrough of the series before BL3 is released, wondering if i should skip the pre sequel to have more time for the new dlc

Personally, I like the Pre-Sequel, but play it after finishing BL2.

[PainKiller]

lol yeqah. really bad writing... horibly game

[peremptor]

Originally posted by PainKiller:

lol yeqah. really bad writing... horibly game

It's my least liked of the first three games but gameplay wise there is fun to be had and the claptrap dlc is worth playing through at least once.

[Mez Koo]

TPS doesn't add much to the story after BL2, it is the story of Jack's rise to power and the resulting corruption that turns into in the villain of BL2. So yes you can skip it if you're just playing BL2 before BL3, but its definitely worth a playthrough at some point.

[sarcastic_godot]

IMHO Pre-Sequel plain sncks.

Save your money unless you're a fan of truly mindless killing for no reason whatsoever, and dumb jokes. The writing seems to come from the darkest abyssal corners of Randy's darkest violent fantasies...

The mechanics are the same, some maps are tactically nice (e.g. the space dock....), but I never could bring me to finishing it - and I got thousands of hours in BL1 and BL2.

[peremptor]

Originally posted by suicidal_godot:

IMHO Pre-Sequel plain sncks.

Save your money unless you're a fan of truly mindless killing for no reason whatsoever, and dumb jokes. The writing seems to come from the darkest abyssal corners of Randy's darkest violent fantasies...

The mechanics are the same, some maps are tactically nice (e.g. the space dock....), but I never could bring me to finishing it - and I got thousands of hours in BL1 and BL2.

Yeah I hear you I liked playing as Claptrap enough to beat the game with him though.

[Astro_80 (WASH YOUR HANDS!)]

Originally posted by Hobo Clyde:

doing a runthrough of the series before BL3 is released, wondering if i should skip the pre sequel to have more time for the new dlc

If you have the time by all means play Presequel. It's a good game, but not as good as the previous ones.. It's all up to you in the end.

Have fun, either way.

[Casurin]

TPS is a great game, it just didn't live up to the hype and is not as good or as long as BL2 - specially the season-pass was a dissapointment when you look at what you got in BL2.

Storywise i would say it is an absolute must as it explains many details of the story in BL2 and shows that Jack was a good guy for most of his life and only the repeated betrayal he faced made him go to such extremes.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by suicidal_godot:

Save your money

Most people already have it with the Handsome collection.

[Bob of Mage]

Personally I found TPS quite good in terms of game-play. Story-wise it didn't seem that Jack turned evil, more that he felt more okay being true to his inter-darkside (remember all the stuff with Angel happen years before TPS, and that's on top of building his own Death Star knockoff). Also you get more of an understanding of the playable characters then you do in 2. Heck it felt like Axton and Gaige had more lines in the Holodome DLC then all of 2.

Athena and Claptrap really had a lot of the focus storywise, so if you are interested in either of them (I liked Claptrap from 2, and while I never played 1, I did grow to like Athena somewhat) then TPS will be more enjoyable. Athena makes comments from time to time since she is telling the story to the Crimson Raiders (who also comment). Claptrap of course stars in his DLC (which is pretty much nothing but the inside of Claptrap's mind), but when playing as him you also get some insight into him. Also you see Jack's growing hatred for the whole Claptrap product line which is of course a plotpoint in 2.

[HiTmAn]

farming killing bl2... especially for peak...its so boring and u must do it... yes play tps its not that bad... but its not better then bl2 for sure...characters roaster is very intresting

[Pavlissimus]

Pre sequel are more balanced in gameplay and difficulty, but horrible in writing. (Though still better than BL1 in it).