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Here's 15 Minutes of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Gameplay

Be sure to check out the part where it's totally Borderlands.

May. 27 2014

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

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@rotnac: Except ODST was completely different from any other game in the series, graphically (super dark, most of the game is in the dead of night and the HUD is different) and the gameplay loop because of how vulnerable you are. I don't see the air thing changing the actual fundamentals of the game that much / at all. I realize that a HUD change isn't major but it does a lot to make it feel like a new game.

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@amyggen said:

This looks sooooo similiar to the previous games, down to the identical HUD. I'm a fan of the franchise, but I don't know about this one...

@corruptedevil said:

That's literally the same HUD as 2, what the FUCK Gearbox. I like the gameplay in these games but man going up against Destiny did not give them any pressure to innovate.

This isn't Borderlands 3 nor is it intended to be. It's more akin to being fanservice like Halo 3: ODST was to vanilla Halo 3.

It's not even being released on X1/PS4 and it's not going to be the standard $60 retail price, so this really isn't competing with any other game such as Destiny.

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so.... how much DLC will THIS have?...

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Really wish this was being put out on new consoles. I like the whole low gravity vibe.

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I like Borderlands except for it's skill tree and the one ability. I find them kind of bland and weird. But they get kudos for doing something different. I just think they should change it up soon.

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There's already hundreds if not thousands of hours of content in BL2. Without the A-team working on this, I don't really care. Wake me up when BL3 is announced.

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As the target audience member that I am, I say, "Looks fun!"

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...WE'RE ON THE MOON!

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@vuud said:

There's no such thing as a pre-sequel, this is a midquel. But I'll chalk that up to marketing.

That's... that's the point. It's a joke.

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I am always up for more of these games. You could say I'm on Bord[erlands] with this.

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I have one question and one question only:

If Claptrap has an oxygen supply......... why?

Because engines?

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60 dollar DLC? ooooh so many fuck you's Gearbox.

My god they are really just milking this series hard aren't they. Must be because the Borderlands fans are the only ones still standing by Gearbox.

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This doesn't look bad or anything, but it does look like it could have just been an expansion pack for BL2. It even has the exact same HUD as the previous game.

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@vuud: I think it's supposed to be a joke. It's Borderlands.

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More Borderlands for people who like Borderlands? Those son of bitch I hate them with all the sarcasm in my heart.

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well this looks as bad as I assumed

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Space Australia!

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I'm a bit baffled this isn't on the new gen consoles. I would be on the fence, but this makes the decision for me.

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More Borderlands. Borderlands is fun. Sure, I'm on board. I don't want them to change Borderlands drastically. You either like it or you don't. Give me more guns and enemies to kill and we cool.

The oxygen system sounds really dumb.

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Getting a distinct 'because this time, it's different' feel from this game. Sure it will be fairly fun as BL tends to be, but I would not touch this if it's more than $40 at launch.

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I'll get the GOTY edition. Maybe.

my thoughts exactly

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Are these guys super depressed or did their pets die recently or something? Holy shit, had to turn it off, couldn't stand it.

The game looks like a chore, the way they played it makes it look like Gone Home, not Borderlands, and the oxygen mechanic sounds pretty goddamn stupid. But mainly, if people with emotions had demoed this, it would probably had looked better.

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This just looks like another bland dlc with gimmicks that barely make the still quite dull and tedious gameplay only slightly less so.

While I'd love to support my countries developers urgh this just seems like such a waste of good aussie talent and I really don't feel like supporting Gearbox anymore; a company who on multiple occasions now has abused its right to sell games.

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Edited By BigBobOmb

After Borderlands 2 I'm not sure I want another Borderlands.

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The gravity thing is cool, but more Borderlands is more Borderlands.

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Seems a lot like an expansion pack. I'll be down if the writing is better and it's not full price.

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Edited By selbie

@cjdunn said:

"During the development of the game, it just so happened that the moon kind of turned into... Australia."

Interest rising.

This is selling me also.

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Someone will hack the oxygen feature. Maybe SpaceAiden.

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Game looks fine but I feel like these guys did a bad job trying to sell it to me. They sounded like they were reading a script with zero emotion.

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Oh hey, 2K Australia, I wonder if any of that will influence the ga-
*Hears the voice of Springs*
Oh Christ.

I liked BL2 until I realized what late-game bits of it were screwy, especially when it came to level progression and the drop rate of good weaponry. I hope this fixes that.

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Ok, I'm down. Whatever Gearbox is working on better have creatable characters, classes and guns/equipment though.

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@korolev: Yeah having small domes that generate atmosphere wouldn't change gravity,however it would stop the items from flying out of the containers as long as the pressure inside the sealed containers and the domes were equal. Although from the footage it does look like it generates gravity as well.

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So THAT's where gravity comes from!

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I have one question and one question only:

If Claptrap has an oxygen supply......... why?

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Looks fun. As burnt on BL2 as I am, I'm sure I'll be down to revisit Borderlands in this game. Looks like enough new content to do so, even only on the previous systems.

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Oxygen Management? Yeah. Fun. I DO so love having a constantly ticking timer which I need to replenish. Great.

I really liked BL2, but oxygen management has never been fun in any game.

EDIT: Hm. Atmosphere is not the same thing as gravity, guys.

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I'm not a fan of this oxygen thing from what I've seen here. I realise why it's there of course, but I think there are better ways of contriving ways to perform new abilities without you having to find air hotspots to stand on every couple of minutes. Seems kinda dull.

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This game is going to be snooze-ville. If borderlands 2 taught me anything, it's that you can make a video game by browsing reddit for all your jokes.

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They need to come up with a new box art gag for this series stat

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Looks boring as ever.

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@vitor said:

@shortbreadtom said:

Seriously though, they would have to change so much about the Borderlands formula to make me interested in this game. Even little changes like having more than 1 goddamn active skill. 99% passives are so dull, and doesn't do enough to differentiate the classes

This. Can't understand how people don't get horribly bored of these games after the first few hours due to this very fact. The classes shouldn't have to specialise and lock out other options when you only have 1 F*CKING ACTIVE SKILL.

It's beyond monotonous.

I'm not going to say I wouldn't like more active skills, but the system in place is pretty robust though. For any class you can create several builds that focus on something completely different. It wasn't that apparent to me at first either, but you'll figure it out when playing Ultimate Vault Hunter mode and getting your ass handed to you.

I really enjoyed playing Borderlands 2 for hundreds of hours. I'm actually going to get it for the Vita as well tomorrow.

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Looks like more Borderlands and I'm alright with that.

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Looks ok. Definitely more Borderlands...for better or for worse. I wish they would've changed it up just a little bit more.

Also, coming out this fall but not on PS4/XBO. I don't own either console yet...and that's kinda why. And it's kinda lame.

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Is it weird that I was really annoyed when they didn't pick up the purple gun that dropped?

I'll probably get this at some point. I've had fun with the others and the dlc so far, and nothing they showed here seems terrible.

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Definitely more borderlands here. I guess that's a good thing for people who like these kinds of games.

I do!

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I don't know if i'd call this "all new"

Wait you can play as claptrap? the fuck?

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Seriously though, they would have to change so much about the Borderlands formula to make me interested in this game. Even little changes like having more than 1 goddamn active skill. 99% passives are so dull, and doesn't do enough to differentiate the classes

This. Can't understand how people don't get horribly bored of these games after the first few hours due to this very fact. The classes shouldn't have to specialise and lock out other options when you only have 1 F*CKING ACTIVE SKILL.

It's beyond monotonous.

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full new standalone sequel that is BL2 and is an expansion because we spent too much time on it and are scared we won't make enough money if we do it as DLC so here it is on a disc please buy it k thanks also full game not an expansion full independent gaem okay. okay!? shutup!

pls buy this we need monies. T________T

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The problem with a pre-sequel: why do they have technology that didn't exist in the other games? =P

Anyway, ya it's borderlands. I never got into these games as they're more fun if you play with other people, but it's cool for people that like these games I suppose.