Borderlands 2- First Details

2K recently announced that Borderlands 2 was in development, and that it would be released next year for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. They have now released some details for the game. They’re given below.

– Co-op will probably be 4 players
– Vehicles will have variety
– One vehicle: Bandit Technical
– One vehicle will have four seats
– Eridium – enhance weapons
– Eridium is a form of currency
– Salvador: Gunzerker, can dual-wield with any weapon
– Vault Hunters from the first game will be NPCs
– Bandits can access their own type of weaponry
– Unique styling, color, personality for each manufacturer
– Custom decals/enhancements for weapons
– More responsive enemies, more varied, better AI, improvement so that they interact with each other better
– NPCs will also be improved, will move around more
– Interacting dialogue for players
– Skill tree will be similar to the first game (3 branch system)
– Claptrap seems to be returning
– Apparently there won’t be any old weapons
– Story missions won’t be static
– Some pickups will provide temporary buffs

So, looking pretty good so far. Stay tuned for more info.

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