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🎲 Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep – A Beautifully Unhinged Fantasy Spin-Off
🕒 11 hours on record (main + side missions)
💸 Bought it in a bundle for $2 during the June 11 sale
Included in the bundle:

Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty
Collector's Edition Pack
Collector's Edition
Creature Dome
Creature Slaughterdome
Mechromancer Pack
Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage
Premiere Club
Psycho Pack
Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep
Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack

⚙️ Performance and Integration
This DLC feels like a natural part of the base game, not some janky side project. It ran just as smoothly as the core Borderlands 2 experience on my setup. (Check my Borderlands 2 review if you're curious about specs.)
No bugs, no lag—just chaos, quests, and pure fantasy goodness.
🧙 Story and Emotion
The main campaign is short but sweet. It’s a tabletop RPG session run by Tiny Tina, with the original Vault Hunters roleplaying their way through her unpredictable narrative. But what starts as a goofy DnD parody turns into a surprisingly touching tale about grief.
Tina refuses to accept that Roland is gone, treating him as if he’s still alive the entire time. When Lilith finally tells her the truth, Tina breaks—not because she didn’t know, but because she couldn’t face it.
The final scene, with the statue of Roland and Bloodwing surrounded by the crew, honestly hit hard.
😂 Humor and References
It’s packed with hilarious moments and pop culture nods. A few gems:

Claptrap’s “You shall not pass!”
A Game of Thrones riff
An entire joke about dwarf racism starring a bunch of Salvador clones—handled with self-aware goofiness. Even Salvador himself laughs it off.

🧭 Side Missions & Exploration
Most of the side quests involve world-building or errands for the NPCs. But they’re set in such an imaginative, hand-crafted world that even the chores feel fun.

Four Dragons of Destruction is a brutal challenge—each dragon has a different element (corrosive, fire, shock, slag) and massive HP pools. I had to bring level 47 weapons to solo them at level 37.
My Dead Brother bugged out when I killed enemies too fast and had to reload the map.
Magic Slaughter: Badass Round has no clear end, and The Magic of Childhood just... never finishes too. Just do it once and be gone lmao.

🌟 Highlights

Tight integration with the base game
Genuinely emotional storytelling under the chaos
Hilarious dialogue and fantasy twists
Well-optimized performance
Challenging boss fights for those who seek pain


🧠 TL;DR

Fun, fast, and emotionally grounded
Great writing with solid side content
Perfect starting DLC post-main story
A must-play if you liked the core Borderlands 2 experience