Borderlands 2 Details

After my post a few days back we have been given further information on the Borderland 2 game from the US magazine Game Informer.

Just like the original Borderlands 2 will play at it’s best with the support of four-player co-op. Fortunately or not the protagonists from the first game will only appear as NPCs which might mean that the characters will be something different once again.

One of the main characters has also been revealed in the form of the Gunzerker, Salvador. He’s a chubby looking gruff man that is actually on the cover of last weeks magazine and is capable of duel wielding any weapons in the game.

Another major change is that the story will be much more dynamic and will fit according to your success or failure.

A new element, Eridium, will also be present. This can be used to improve the various stats of vehicles and guns and can also be used as part of the game’s currency.

We can also look forward to more variety in the enemies and a much more intelligent AI system.

Borderlands 2 will be on display at Gamescom this month in Germany I hope we get more information then.

What would you like added to the sequel? Any changes from the original game?

[EDIT]

Small update found for Borderlands 2

• Significant NPCs will have introduction videos like in the original

• Basically the exact same User Interface but it now includes a mini-map

• Some enemies can throw environmental objects at you

• ‘Tediore’ weapons allow you to throw guns/magazines as grenades

• ‘Bandit’ is a new weapon manufacturer with very large magazines

• ‘Torque’ guns all have exploding bullets that have a slower fire rate

• ‘Vladorf’ guns all have rotating barrels with higher rates of fire

• Psychos will now dodge your shots and can be tactically wounded

• Maya will replace Lilith as the Siren character for the second instalment – she can also phasewalk

• Kamikaze robots act like zombies and will crawl towards you should the lose their legs

• The Gunzerker class cannot zoom while dual-wielding weapons

• Characters still equip four weapons which are paired up for dual-wielding

I’ve read a lot of interesting articles lately about the next generation of consoles coming out sooner then expected but it now seems that this might be incorrect.