![]() I just wish it was a one time thing loading up the level or area as opposed every time you open up a new container. ![]() My only complaint would be the loading time on textures, which is a problem with pretty much any game using this engine. Still very desolate and unforgiving, but it feels more like a huge world now. The differing environments right off the bat are a very welcome addition to the game. It definitely adds a bit more variety when you are running co-op instead of single player. There’s more variety to the weaponry this time around, at least in looks, and you can customize your character quite a bit more with different heads and skins that you can unlock even more of as you play through the game. Lighting effects look great, animations are well done, and the whole thing has this great Mad Max graphic novel feel to it that really sets it apart and makes it stand out. ![]() I actually think this game is much stronger in this department as it feels far more focused this time around and gives you one hell of an enemy to go after as he taunts you throughout the game.īuilt off the Unreal 3 game engine, Borderlands 2 of course looks fantastic. Borderlands 2 continues the style of storytelling through short cut-scenes, radio chatter, and some one-on-one NPC interaction you have to stick around to listen to. Claptrap is once again our intro into the world as he ‘rescues’ you from certain death on the frozen wasteland and begins leading you back to Sanctuary, a place being run by one of the original Vault Hunters to make a stand against Handsome Jack. Zed, who still doesn’t have a medical license Marcus Kincaid and a few others like Mad Moxxi, who is running a bar out of Sanctuary. Handsome Jack is a very easy person to hate especially when he realizes you’re alive and puts a huge bounty on your head.Ī few characters from the first game make appearances again: Claptrap, of course the original Vault Hunters as NPCs Dr. He goes by the name Handsome Jack and he’s very much like an evil version of Archer from the TV show if he was competent and had the actual backing of a major corporation at his disposal. He then dumps the bodies and evidence on an out of the way part of the planet that’s been frozen over. ![]() Hyperion seems to have brought in a ringer to not only find the Vault on Pandora, but he’s taken it a step further and is “Ëœhiring’ Vault Hunters to make sure no one else finds it either and is having them killed before they can actually do anything. It’s been a few years since the end of the first game and things on Pandora have changed, not necessarily for the better if you’re not in charge or in league with who’s in charge. Not only is Borderlands 2 offering you more guns, but it feels like the game has a much more frenetic pace and tighter story to go with it which makes the shooting end of it even more fun. ![]() Does the sequel bring enough new to the Borderlands plate to make it worth playing? I’d have to say a resounding yes to that question. So while I waited not so patiently for this game to pop-up on Steam for pre-purchase, I kept plugging away at the original. It sparked a renewed interest in first-person shooters for me as I loved not only the setting, but the insanity it brought along with it and all the interesting things about the world that Gearbox had created. I picked up Borderlands on a lark back when Steam was having a sale on it for insanely cheap with all the DLC included. ![]()
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