Just the luck of the dice

To round off the major content DLCs, Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep is probably one of the best DLCs in video game history. It was in fact so good that it was recently given its own standalone spin-off, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands . In it, too, we play a pen & paper game of the crazy explosives expert Tiny Tina, who revisits the events and ending of the main game Borderlands 2 in her own way. It was wonderfully wacky, but at no point did it seem artificial or forced, instead transporting the shooter gameplay into the fantasy scenario in a fun way. Unfortunately, the music is more of a decorative accessory.

In contrast to the other spin-offs, this expansion features unusual instruments such as strings and wind instruments, especially flutes and trombones, which make a certain fantasy flair à la Overlord come to life. However, there is a lack of defining or stirring motifs here: The Unassuming Happy Docks sounds like the background noise of a pen & paper campaign, The Forest (Ambience) dark and mysterious and Mines of Avarice (Ambience) like lumbering dwarves marching in unison. However, a little more substance, such as the fantastic score for Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, which was also composed by Sascha Dikiciyan and Cris Velasco, wouldn't have hurt. As it is, the music remains a background skirmish that unfortunately sinks into insignificance without the accompanying framework.

Games from the Borderlands-series

Borderlands (2009)

Borderlands 2 (2012)