Borderland 2 Release Date

The wait for millions of fans of the original Borderlands game is coming to a close. With a tentative Borderlands two release date being slated by the developers as mid to late 2012, gambling geeks and fans similar are already speculating if the second installment can live up to the first. Let's cover what made Borderlands such a hit to start with and inquire in to if 2K Games and Gearbox Application can step up to the plate with their latest iteration.




Borderlands was released in 2009 and received critical acclaim for its meshing of gambling genre's, namely First Person Shooters and Role Playing Games to coin a brand new phrase in gambling, the Role Playing Shooter. By the finish of 2009, Borderlands had sold over two million copies worldwide and this figure has now hit four.5 million. The games' success was due to a lot of reasons including filling a gap between the RPG and FPS genres, the striking cell-shaded graphics,  limitless list of weapons and immense quest lists. Re-playability also factored in to its ongoing success with pieces of downloadable content which expanded storyline, quests, leveling abilities and included the final of challenges, Crawmerax the Invincible.


The scene for Borderlands was the planet of Pandora and the storyline revolved around you, as of the main protagonists on a search to find mysterious pieces of alien artefacts in order to open 'The Vault'. The game catered well for single player as well as coop through either player split screen or up to players over the net.


Borderlands two picks up years after the opening of the vault (the finish of the first game) and the scene is one time again laid in Pandora. The new main antagonist, Good-looking Jack, has claimed the credit and the riches from the opening of the vault which has allowed him to take over as CEO of the Hyperion Corporation and implant himself as the dictator of Pandora. The players' role in this story begins when Jack back stabs and then leaves the player for dead on the frozen tundra, sufficient motivation for revenge.


Everything that made the original game so successful is set to return in its sequel. What can be garnered from available information prior to its release date, the visual style and comic dialogue will return, but what is going to set this apart from its predecessor? In a word...Guns. The choice in the first was  inexhaustible but in the second, they are going to be. Guns will even be simpler to identify visually so no more cross hairs over weapon to see in the event you require to add it to your stock. The modifications to weapons will even be ramped up with the inclusion of Eridium enhancements as well as the standard mods available.



Vehicles have received some attention with person transports now being available, a great leap ahead as someone who played person coop in the first can testify to. of the criticisms of the first Borderlands was the 'sameness' of the environments. A concerted work is being made this time round to make positive a plethora of different areas, with the added bonus that in the event you can see it, you can explore it. areas which have been named are the arctic tundra, hazardous grasslands and the corrosive caverns.


There are new characters to choose from, only of which have been announced prior to the Borderlands two release date. These characters are Salvador the Gunzerker and Maya the Siren. The skill trees for Salvador and all of the new characters have been overhauled as well. My favourite so far is Salvador's' 'Sexual Tyrannosaurus' (are you able to name the film this was taken from) which regenerates health as you are taking destroy.


New enemies are also on the cards with these already being named: 


Elemental Skags - This time they pass their power to others nearby.
Arctic Bullymong - A gorilla-like creature can throw torn up pieces of scenery at you,
Surveyors - Bots who can re-energise nearby allies,
WAR Loader - A immense bot that fires missiles and bullets, and my favourite,
Nomad - A fat bandit with an all-round shield, and an annoyed midget tied to it.
From the limited knowledge available to date, it seems that a significant amount of time has been spent to rectify the little shortfalls that were present in Borderlands. With the Borderlands two release date approaching, it seems that 2K and Gearbox have gone much further than a 'spit and polish' to rake in some money.

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