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| 12 Small Touches That Will Make Borderlands 2 a Big Hit I'll be pimping the crap out of this game until it's released. You have been warned. LINK 1. The Stash Is Persistent If you were a serious Borderlands character, you know the game's epic loot drops were worth fighting for. The downside of having so many guns available? Finding a weapon with one character that'd be perfect for another. Now your stash is persistent across all characters, meaning you can share weapons and loot with every character you're playing.  2. Now With Minimap! "When we designed Borderlands 2, we thought of small changes that we thought needed fixing after playing 20 to 30 hours of Borderlands. We played so much that we knew what we wanted to see," says Gearbox Level Designer Carl Shedd. Borderlands 2 is really a labor of love from its developers, and every aspect of the game looks tweaked to reflect this, including the heads-up display. The new minimap makes it easier to explore the vastly expanded Pandora.  3. Customize Your Character While the four classes in Borderlands differ in look and playstyle, Gearbox has taken an extra step by adding collectable skins for each character, allowing players to dramatically change their appearances. The skins are collectible just like guns and other loot, and you can modify your appearance in any Quickchange booth. 4. Show Off Those Guns The developers at Gearbox really want players to show off the weapons they're using, so your character's gun in Borderlands 2 is clearly visible, slung across its back. You'll also see class mods hanging from its belt. It adds another layer to character differentiation, but also allows players loyal to a certain brand of weapons to show them off.  5. Pick Your Favorite Gun Brand Hyperion. Jakobs. Tediore. Any Borderlands player recognizes some of the fictional weapons manufacturers from the game. For Borderlands 2, Gearbox spent a lot of time differentiating the gun manufacturers' products. Shedd says they equipped each gun so that players immediately recognize the differences. Each weapon handles differently; for example, Gunzerkers chuck a Tediore gun after they have spent its ammo, instead of reloading. And the details on each gun are even clearer — you can see them in the newly added inspect mode, which gives you a 360-degree view of each weapon. 6. Everyone Knows When You're Looking at Menus One of the problems with Borderlands occurred during co-op. You run off to the next quest, while your buddies just stand around behind you, likely because they're tweaking their inventories, looking at their quest screens or upgrading their skills. Borderlands 2 solves this with a simple feature: If a character is browsing menus, a little replica of the menu screen appears in front of his avatar. Now you know why he is standing idly by during dangerous situations. 7. Beautiful Aurora Borealis in Pandora's Frozen Tundra When you're running through the frozen tundra at night, you can't help but look up to the psychedelic swirls of color in the sky. It's one of the many details added to vary the environments players traverse on Pandora. You'll encounter everything on Pandora, from the frozen north to the sweltering jungles, and during the night cycles, you'll also be able to view the moon that Handsome Jack taken for his own.  8. Audio Notes From Handsome Jack Handsome Jack is the villain of Borderlands 2, and he does everything to walk the walk. Evil moon base? Check. Spying on your every move? Check. Swarms of robot goons? Check. He even leaves audio notes around the planet to remind you who you're up against. The messages vary in tone, from cheeky bad guy in the beginning of the game to truly evil jerk later on. It adds deeper immersion into the plot of Borderlands 2.  9. Skill Trees to Go Nuts Over Want to wreck your enemies with a firestorm of elemental power, or take them down with turrets packed with rocket launchers? These kinds of over-the-top skills are accessible once you've cleared the higher levels of Borderlands 2. Internally, the developers refer to some of the skills as "game changers" — they increase your power enormously. Characters can also specialize their skills for single-player or co-op missions. As a bonus, they still have great names, like "Come At Me, Bro!"  10. Characters From the Original Are Back The first four playable characters from Borderlands hold a special place in our hearts. In Borderlands 2, they are still around as non-player characters. Part of Gearbox's efforts to beef up the plot in the game, each character adds a deeper level to the game's story. You will get quests from all four, and occasionally one or more will help you with one of your missions, as I experienced when Mordacai took out some enemies from a high perch, while I fought from the ground.  11. Tiny Tina: A Demented Monster You'll Love You'll encounter new character Tiny Tina, a demolitions expert who also likes to throw tea parties for her dolls. Gamers will recognize the voice of Tiny Tina as Ashley Burch, of the popular web series Hey Ash, Watcha Playing.  One of the best HAWP's. (NSFW-Language) 12. Claptrap: There's More to Wub Not only does Claptrap give you more quests than ever, the annoying-but-lovable robot has adopted a love of dubstep, too.  This post was edited on 7/24 at 8:59 am Reply • Back to Top |
| Those are awesome? I see now This post was edited on 7/24 at 8:44 am Reply • Back to Top |
| Friggin hit enter instead of tab. Will be fixing the OP. Reply • Back to Top |
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| This might be my most anticipated game of the year. I think this is above Diablo III and I'm a blizzard fanboy. Reply • Back to Top |
| Borderlands barely beat out Dead Rising for my favorite game this gen. I'm expecting Borderlands 2 to take the place of the first! So pumped. Reply • Back to Top |
| Diablo with guns. Just remember that. Reply • Back to Top |
| Sweet jesus Reply • Back to Top |
| BONER. I have to convince some of my LESI brethren, that haven't gone full time PC, to pick this up and run with me. It's gonna be fricking awesome. Reply • Back to Top |
| Hey Ash, Whatcha Playing LINK in the article is lol Reply • Back to Top |
| Love that series. Their father is hilarious. Reply • Back to Top |
| Might get this. Reply • Back to Top |
Posted by Gnarls Broccoli on 7/24 at 12:03 pm to sicboy Hell yeah, can't wait for 9/18...I'm still trying to get past t-bone junction on the first one though. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I am well aware. I've dumped quite some time into the first one and I loved every second of it. The fact that this one promises to be even bigger is currently blowing my mind. It can't get here soon enough. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: let's rekindle an old flame. Borderlands 2 and Crysis 3....I smell a reunion do you have the first one nappy? never played and always wanted to. just couldn't find anyone to run co-op with This post was edited on 7/24 at 12:06 pm Reply • Back to Top |
Posted by Blitzed on 7/24 at 12:08 pm to SaintLSUnAtl Nope. If its cheap id grab it and play co-op. Lsu ruinion in the works for the board. Reply • Back to Top |
quote: I think it can be had for around $15 or so? I'm tempted to get Crysis 2 again as well. Just for some power slidin... Reply • Back to Top |
quote: This fact makes me slightly scared, been disappointed by the hype machine way too many times. :/ Reply • Back to Top |
| From everything I've read from the developers and all of the media I've seen, I can tell they are pouring their heart and soul into this project. I've been disappointed a lot as well, but I'm putting my money on this being GOTY. Reply • Back to Top |
| If I can get Pevy on the Borderlands pain train, we could possibly unite the LSU v LESI rivalry co-op. I'm not sure how we could spawn trap LSU, but we'll work out the details later. Reply • Back to Top • Refresh |
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