It's interesting to see where the franchise started and come back to the odd lonely feeling the first game would illicit in me. I actually hated that feeling when the game first came out and really wanted to play it with people but everybody was obsessed with fifa and cod so nobody wanted to play.
It's quite a relaxing game, just running around shooting things and looting things, not really paying attention to any of the storyline or characters. One thing I noticed is claptrap and his various incarnations are actually quite charming and not annoying at all. Infact a lot of the really obnoxious elements of the later games doesn't seem to be present at all in this one.
It runs extremely well on the steam deck, suited to playing in bed listening to a podcast or something. Maybe I need to give borderlands 2 another try i might not hate it as much this time.
I think it's still my favorite out of the series, even if only because there's this intangible spirit of possibility in the setting, until the sequels took a more concrete tongue in cheek tone. It has this compelling balance of darkness and humor that appeals to me, before it became mostly jokes with an internet meme appeal, even if I share the mainstream opinion that -strictly speaking- the series gameplay has only improved.
Yeah thats what I'm noticing its a more muted and grounded game but occasionally throws in some decent dark comedy like finding tk baha in his house or tanis's diaries. It has a portal 1 feel for me. The ideal would be 3's gameplay in the shell of 1