A budget title :0 If only they knew. That reminds me of when I first rented Harvest Moon at Blockbuster, and to this day, I regret returning it. Could've kept the cartridge for myself and paid the $10 or however much they would've charged to replace it. >_<

You got the original Earthbound for $10?!?

Also, confession: I've never beaten it either (2 attempts deep so far)

Pretty sad to hear that Pre-Sequel is devoid of personality, especially when personality is one of the biggest charms of the Borderlands series. I get what you mean with the difficulties of playing alone compared to having people to play co-op with, I guess BL2 was just special in that it isn't too bad to play through it solo. A shame that they couldn't replicate that feeling for a game that came after it.

Might be safe to say that they peaked with BL2, though I can't say with complete certainty. I heard BL3 got some pretty mixed reception, which is unfortunate. I was pretty excited for it to come out, but after it did I feel like I never heard anyone talking about it.

Ah I see, I'll definitely give it a look if it ends up on sale for PC and I can find a friend to play through with. I'm sure it'd be pretty difficult to top Borderlands 2, but if there's something to like with Pre-Sequel then it's work a look at the very least. Shame to hear it's not a great experience playing solo, though. I can't recall 2 feeling too bad to play alone, but maybe I'm remembering wrong.