Hot Take: I personally think that BL2 is mid and BL3 is great

I feel like BL2 didn't properly adapt the loot concept down like BL3 did. BL3 made me engage in the grind for certain weapons way more, bosses were much more cooler than BL2 and overall it made me fall in love with destroying mobs in BL3, unlike BL2.

The gameplay in BL2 is very sloppy, slow and tedious to the point where I had to enable speed modifications to speed up the flow of the game and make it more exciting for me to play it. Missions in BL3 were also more diverse and interesting to do.

The story of BL3 was good, unlike BL2 which was kind of boring. The characters in BL3 were much more interesting and quirky than BL2 same with the playable characters as well, they were just more fun.