I played the crap out of borderlands... until one day I asked myself why... and... I never picked it up again. After that switch was flipped, the whole series just fell apart on me.

I stuggled with it so many times. I think Borderlands games, in general, are the ones I tried the most to enjoy, because everything about it is cool to me, the eastetic, the characters, the presentation...

I restarted the first at least 4 times, alone and in coop, thinking the problem was that it doesn't work as a solo experience. I played the sniper and then I tried the gunman because, maybe, the sniper is not that enjoyable.

Then I got the 2, because maybe the first was too raw and basic.

I just... don't have fun.

I point the cursor toward waves of spongy healthbars, and then I get served a giant plate of paralyzing choices between 64 billion gear options that clutter me and my frail mind.

I ended up loving Tales from the Borderlands: all the good from the worldbuilding and none of the gameplay loop.