This game. THIS FUCKING GAME.
If I had to make a list of all of my small grievances with the first game I'd have to put a checkmark next to each one as Gearbox has really gone to town making a ton of small and large changes that fix... everything.
My only gripe, and this is at level 12 mind you, is that fast travel locations are few and far between so far, thus limiting their utility a bit. As I get more used to the game things might work out better though, but we've hoofed it a lot, and thats something that at least for me works a lot better when playing solo and exploring the world and taking in all the sights.
On that note, exploration is so much better this time around. Its nice to go off the beaten path and find a whole area that seems to have no quests to it, but is worthwhile to check out anyway.
Being able to inspect the weapon models is also a huge plus in this game, and even the small amount of customization. Even the vehicles feel much better once you give yourself some fun time to break them in.
This game is going to stay by my xbox for a long time to come.
You should be fast traveling a lot more later on.