TPS looks like a good time. Do you need to finish B2 to have a handle on the story? Also, CLAPTRAP!!! I'd love to play as that box o' bolts.
That cheesesteak and mushroom combo look delectable. Making me hungry!
More of the Same Ain't Bad
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 On 10/20/2014 at 02:07 AM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
This was my first day with Borderlands: The Presequel. I played almost ten hours and was almost to level 11 playing as Claptrap "the fragtrap". The game feels exactly like Borderlands 2 but with new characters with their own unique specials, laser weapons, hover bikes, a new story and location - the moon - and probably some more stuff I haven't come across yet.
Cheesesteak and fried mushrooms again this week.
What is the same as in Borderlands 2 are the graphics, the way the weapons and vehicles handle, the loot boxes of every sort scattered everywhere, the vending machines, and the zany humor.
Some differences are the four unique characters and their specials. My friend Mark was playing Nisha "The Lawbringer", but I didn't get a really good look at what his special did. I was playing as Claptrap and his special, called VaultHunter.exe, uses a random selection of effects. Sometimes a mini-claptrap appeared and aided me with heavy weapons, other times it made me hop around continuously. I could still direct myself and execute a slam move, and so I bounded around like a murderous bunny rabbit. Other times the special would make me dual-wield whatever weapon I was using and shoot them continuously like the Gunzerker character's special in B2, increasing in speed as the special began to run out. I think there were some other skills that were being applied too, but the screen shows you the selection so quickly that it was hard to follow until it manifested on the field or in my character. Claptrap is pretty fun to play so far. He really plays exactly like a regular character except for his unique special moves.
The game tried to convince me not to choose Claptrap, but I would not be persuaded.
Another difference are laser weapons. I did the quest to get the first one pretty early on. It looks like an assault rifle that shoots multiple rounds of laser light at pretty good distance. They're also infused with elemental effects. I was using one with fire and it did a great job against humans in space suits. It was my go-to ranged weapon until enemies got in close.
Another differnce are the addition of hover bikes. I saw one, but I haven't been able to ride one yet.
Yet another one is the location and mechanics of being on the moon. You constantly move from oxygenated indoor areas to airless outdoor areas all being in low gravity. You feel mostly the same as in Earth gravity until you jump and then you can get a little more distance. You can also do a slam move once your up there by hitting "B" on Xbox 360. It's not explained how you can do this, but whatever, it's a video game. There is an air meter that can run out if you don't pickup an air canister or get to an air bubble, but this was not a problem for me. I mean, I'm a robot, yes, but Claptrap says he has a psychosomatic need for air, so you have the meter anyway. I guess you start losing health once out of air, but I never ran out, so I don't really know. The outside areas also have jump pads to help you soar a little farther over chasms or to higher parts of a building. Some bosses I had to fight used the jump pads a lot.
Enemies will try and jump on your head just like Mario to a goomba.
Finally the story is wholly new; although, it's very close to the events of Borderlands 2 with returning non-player characters and the playable characters from B2 having a presence just like B2 did with the characters of B1. The main story is of Handsome's Jacks rise to power and it looks like it will be a long one because after ten hours of gameplay, I haven't seen Jack gain anything of the powers he had in B2 yet. I noticed the season pass is $30 which suggests at least three DLCs to come, making this probably of equal content to the massive B2.
I'm really excited to see how this story progresses. The shlooter (thank you Playstation Blogcast for that term) gameplay is just as fun as in B2 and the weapons and skill trees just as deep and engrossing. I played all day today, and I didn't want to stop. I'm already forseeing my difficulty sleeping because I want to get right up and get right back in there tomorrow. You could say Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is just more of the same of Borderlands 2, but more of the same awesome is still awesome.
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