Borderlands 1 was a better game than I thought it would be. As weird as this sounds, in FPS games, I like to avoid guns as much as possible, and if I can't, I use close range guns, like the shotguns, and Borderlands 1 gave a variety of half decent starting guns of every type at the beginning, and playing as Brick meant you don't even have to use guns at all.
While Borderlands 2 is all together better as it gets later in the game, and Borderlands 1 is technically slower to start, the start Borderlands 2 is much more miserable. Unless you like using Assult Rifles or SMG's, then you get to eat shit for 30 minutes, because that's the first time I found a half way decent starting shotgun, and while all of the characters have decent melee, noone can rely on it. So, for 30 minutes, it was one of the worst games I've ever played. I've now started to love this game, but because of the first 30 minutes, I can't ever call it a good game, I can call it decent, but not good.
While Borderlands 2 is all together better as it gets later in the game, and Borderlands 1 is technically slower to start, the start Borderlands 2 is much more miserable. Unless you like using Assult Rifles or SMG's, then you get to eat shit for 30 minutes, because that's the first time I found a half way decent starting shotgun, and while all of the characters have decent melee, noone can rely on it. So, for 30 minutes, it was one of the worst games I've ever played. I've now started to love this game, but because of the first 30 minutes, I can't ever call it a good game, I can call it decent, but not good.