Offshoot shoot-off.
For better or worse, nearly everything about Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel screams "offshoot." The game takes place between Borderlands 1 and 2, and since the journeys for most of the playable characters are resolved in Borderlands 2, you probably won't be terribly surprised how the story ends here. The setting for the moon creates interesting low-gravity…
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Villain-as-hero concept
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...but too difficult to care about villains and prequel setup
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It's more Borderlands
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Retains solid multiplayer
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Low-gravity jumping and oxygen tanks
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Cryo-based and laser weapons
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Grinder and moonstone boosts
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Obvious palette swapping
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Reportedly buggy
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Gray environments and mediocre music
