THE BUZZ: Some brand new details have appeared online regarding Borderlands 2.
WHAT WE KNOW: The new details are taken from the playable demo that was available at PAX last weekend.The details can be found below.
- It was the PC version running on Nvidia hardware
- Similar AA to the first game (aliased black lines)
- Significant NPCs have clever intro videos like in B1
- Basically the exact same UI but it now has a mini-map
- Some enemies can throw environmental objects at you
- Tediore weapons allow you to throw guns/mags as grenades
- ‘Bandit’ is a new weapon manufacturer with very large mags
- Torque guns all have exploding bullets that are somewhat slow
- Vladorf guns all have rotating barrels with high rates of fire
- Psychos will now dodge and they can be tactically wounded
- Maya replaces Lilith as the Siren character, can phasewalk
- Kamikaze robots act like zombies (eg, crawl if legs missing)
- Gunzerker class cannot zoom while dual-wielding weapons
- Can still equip four weapons and they are paired for DWing
EGM’s TAKE: Gearbox has made a lot of improvements in Borderlands 2 from what has been shown so far however only time we tell if the sequel can deliver.
