Pandora’s back baby, in this all new Pre-Sequel… Ever wondered what happened and how it happened that drove Jack to the extremes he pursued…? Stay tuned Vault Hunter, you are in for one wild Gravity reduced ride…
Some key points that this game offers:
- Loot and Shoot your way out on the moon’s surface and that Fancy Hyperion Space Station…
- Low gravity, High Jumps and a whole bag of tricks to pull off.
- New weapon type Lazers and Elemental type Ice, just imagine the possibilities here…
- Not only experience Handsome Jacks rise to Power, but essentially be the cause and reason for making it happen.
- Working with Handsome Jack will make you experience the not so black and white morality of things… Yeah, my fellow Vault Hunters, here we are the good and bad guys…
- New Vault Hunters which consists of a Combat Claptrap too…
- Several story gaps get filled from the story lines of Borderlands 1 and 2.
Gameplay & Controls:
If you have played either of the previous Borderlands games you know what is in store for you. The game has full controller support so you have options there should you need them. The actual controls have not changed from previous games; it is still just as amazing and fun as you remember. You do have the option to customize them should you wish to.
The gameplay takes a few minutes to get used to, not because it has issues, but because Low Gravity! Whether you are on Elpis, Pandora’s moon, or the Hyperion Moonbase Helios, the gravity is reduced to extremely fun conditions allowing for high jumps, over almost every structure. The best part is Float and gun; yeah you heard it, while floating like a butterfly your bullets can sting like bee’s…
The game might not be the sequel that we wanted but it surely is tons of fun nonetheless, the Low Gravity makes this game for sure.
Graphics:
It is the same amazing, beautiful and iconic style that we have come to love about Borderlands. Every aspect is gorgeous, the colour schemes on the surface of the moon truly make the exploring so much more beautiful, one simply can’t help but stop to take a look at the gorgeous scenery.
The Moon really feels alive with all that is happening in and around it. The characters look amazing, the monsters, and elemental damages, they all look simply marvelous to behold and experience.
We have so many settings to fully customize our gaming experience, whether we are playing on a massive system or a dated one, a few tweaks will make it run smooth on almost any system.
Sounds:
Pure joy to experience the music as you go about exploring Elpis or Helios, the background sounds add to the lively look and feel of the environments, enhancing them and further increasing your overall joy you get out of them.
Never forget the character voices, whether it is the enemies hearing and responding to you or hearing their screams as you send them to their gods, it all adds to that iconic Borderlands experience. Vault Hunter voices this time around offers more, you can hear and experience their personalities through more than just a few Echo’s, they reply and respond to the NPC quest givers throughout the game, so that is a nice touch this time around.
Replayability:
If you are a Veteran Borderlands player, you know all too well how much Replayability these games have.
If you are a newcomer, the game offers a New Game + and New Game ++, so tons of fun, there are Raid Bosses, and Arena that you and your friends can redo until you have farmed the perfect loot for your character builds.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
Spoilers Ahead:
It is not the sequel we wanted, but it surely serves a purpose.
The best thing that this title offers in my opinion is filling all the plot and story holes that exist in the previous titles. Such as why Jack Hates the Vault Hunters as much as he does, what transpired between them all? The story of how Jack knew what he knew about the Vaults and Iridium.
Characters and other happenings, this title fills in so much of those tiny details that any gamer who loves lore, and the story line behind a game will thrive on just learning all of that. The game itself isn’t bad, whilst playing the Antihero’s helping Jack take over Hyperion you now have first-hand experience and see how Jack goes insane in his Quest for power and the Vaults. You do this with some Vault Hunters you face off against in Borderlands 2, such as Nisha the Lawbringer.
The gameplay was really done well, all in all this is a new Borderlands game, with brand new locations, enemies and so much more, the biggest eye sore that this game has is the fact that it isn’t Borderlands 3, but it is worth a playthrough, that is for sure.
Another nice tit bit is seeing how Wilhelm goes from Human to mostly Cyborg as you level him up and replace his squishy bits with Cybernetic implants. So many tiny add ons here that really adds to why this game deserves a playthrough.
Additional Info:
Platforms: PC: Mac: Xbox 360: PlayStation 3: Xbox One: PlayStation 4: Nintendo Switch: Linux: PlayStation Vita
Genre: RPG: Shooter: Loot
Censor Rating: Mature
Age Rating: 16
Developer: 2K Australia: Gearbox Software: Aspyr (Mac): Aspyr (Linux)
Publisher: 2K: Aspyr (Mac): Aspyr (Linux)
Release Date: 14 October 2014
MGR Gaming Steam Curator:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32364038/
