Borderlands The Pre-Sequel!

[Azreal]

I did a search for this game in the forum search and it didn't pop up, so if it is a re-post or old thread my apologies. 

I think the game is fun! I don't play a lot of FPS or multi-player games and the emphasis on grinding and co-op put me off the first two games. However, I've been playing the solo campaign for this game and I'm really enjoying it. In particular I like the environment. This game takes place on the moon, or some moon, so your character has a very floaty jump. There is some emphasis on vertical game play which I think might be new? There are jumping platforms that shoot you across over large areas. There is one boss fight early on where the arena looks like a multi-player map from Quake with jumping platforms everywhere. The game sort of feels like Metroid Prime series, except more action based. I also unlocked vehicles early on and I feel like getting around the map is much easier and fun. I'm not an expert or fan of the series but this game caught me off guard. I really enjoy it and I can't stop playing it. My friend is a super fan of the series and he's been playing non-stop. So we kind of met in the middle with this game. It's nice when that happens. 

[Merus]

I suspect I'll end up buying this just to support the local industry.

[SecretAsianMan]

For the longest time I kept thinking this was the game Telltale was working on and was really confused by video I've seen.  Only yesterday did I realize that I was confusing it with Tales from the Borderlands.

[elmuerte]

The moon feels like Australia.

[Cordeos]

I have two major questions:

 

How annoying is the playable clap-trap?

 

Is this game more like BL1 or BL2 in terms of co-op? I felt like in BL1 co-op was a fun addition to the game, in BL2 I couldn't beat the game on my own or get any good loot without co-op.

 

P.S. Are assault rifles still weird? there were so few that acted like assault rifles normally act. I just want normal to big clips and automatic firing, is that so hard?

[elmuerte]

I've played all blands alone, and also playing the pre-sequel alone. I haven't had any problem getting good loot or beating the game in BL2. To me the pre-sequel feels more like a blands 2 than blands 1. Pre-Sequel is like blands 2 with new levels, some new weapons and new enemies. I haven't found a good assault rifle yet, because my shotgun is so damn good (playing as Wilhelm)

[Azreal]

For the longest time I kept thinking this was the game Telltale was working on and was really confused by video I've seen.  Only yesterday did I realize that I was confusing it with Tales from the Borderlands.

This game just showed up on my radar too. I'm not much of a fan of the series but the spacey environment and short campaign made it more appealing. 

[Azreal]

The moon feels like Australia.

 

The devs are from Australia and I think they said the people on the moon are Australian. They used their own voices as place holders and just left it that way.

[Merus]

Apparently it had as much to do with the writers unthinkingly using Australian English, so it felt like a deliberate design decision rather than temp dialogue. It's weird hearing the 'archaic' slang from Planescape because some of it's current Australian English.

[Bjorn]

The Mary Sue had an interesting interview with two of the writers for the Pre-Sequel.  I started quite like Anthony Burch after following him on Twitter around the start of gg. 

[Bjorn]

We started playing this over the weekend, and after looking at Claptrap's tree, I couldn't not play him.  I've often felt that the skill trees of Borderlands (at least one and two) were rather uninspired in a lot of ways.  But Claptrap's is a thing of beauty.  One tree turning him into a suicidal, explody trapbot, one tree focusing on supporting teammates and another tree that turns him into a slot machine with his bonuses and negatives changing ever 90 seconds.  And then there's his special ability, in which he draws a random ability from a pool.  He's by far my favorite character I've ever played in these games.