Between the amazing Gearbox panel and gameplay walk-through of Borderlands 2 there was a ton of new information released about the franchise. Lucky for you we weren’t sleeping through any of it (at least I wasn’t)… How could you sleep when Gearbox just gave you a free copy of borderlands 2!!! Every single person who went to the Gearbox panel received a free copy of Borderlands 2 whenever it comes out! So awesome…..*shakes head* so here are some of the new things we heard about Borderlands 2.
A Gunzerker pwn-ing teh noobz
As far as new classes are concerned, the Gunzerker is the only one that’s really set in stone at this point. The Gunzerker is a huge dude who has the ability to dual wield weapons. Apparently you will be able to dual wield any combination of guns! As was demonstrated at PAX, we will also be seeing a “new and improved” siren class that has a completely new skill to use in combat. Gearbox wouldn’t spill the beans on siren’s new skill, but they were persistent about letting us know it existed. There is also (unofficial) a rumored third class that will be female. Another PAX nerd asked Gearbox at the panel if there would be any other possible female classes to play so that his girlfriend could play a german female character for some reason… and they answered back saying that his girlfriend would not be dissapointed.
At the Gearbox panel they told us that there will be tons of new gear to use and that there is also a more in-depth artifact system where the artifacts have a more broad range of perks. This new artifact system means that you will be finding artifacts that increase your jump height or speed in vehicles. This will allow for a much more broad character dynamic… and will also allow for some epic jumps…. literally…
One of the things gearbox is pushing the most is the revamped gun system. They completely re-designed the gun system so that every gun is somehow iconic of it’s manufacturer. There will be visual cues that will help the player know what manufacturer a gun belongs to or know what to expect from a manufacturer. Gearbox told us that even the scope system is revamped! There will also be the addition of new manufacturers into the mix so that there is more variety. From what i’m told… there is going to be even more possible gun combinations in Borderlands 2 than there was before.
Silly Bullymong
Gearbox is really working hard on this game. They spent a lot of their time working on enemy AI and trying to achieve a more natural and un-scripted type of experience. They introduced one of the new enemies during PAX named the bullymong. In the gameplay demonstration we saw a bullymong actually pick up things from the ground and throw them at the player. They added the ability for enemies to be aware of other enemies and possibly work together to create more of a challenge. Certain enemies are better at evading attacks… certain enemies heal enemies around them… I really look forward to the challenge
Gearbox went ahead and announced that there will be split-screen offline play as well as split-screen online play. They also announced that it will be a seamless experience in the sense that players can drop in and out with ease and it will not be difficult to manage your online borderlands experience alongside your offline experience. Gearbox also announced the ability to save your characters in the cloud in Borderlands 2.
Gearbox told us that they practically rebuilt the game from the ground up. Borderlands 2 should be a new and refreshing iteration of the franchise and will come with new guns, new vehicles, new items, a completely revamped UI, and new class skills. I think that Borderlands 2 has a lot of potential! I hope to continue to see improvements up until the time it is released. Now if I could only figure out what the other two classes are…..
Be sure and check out the Borderlands 2 website… they added a few more screenshots and one new bullymong desktop!
