Gameplay

From the very beginning, players get a choice that will drastically change the way in which they play the game. You must choose from one of four classes, and while they are very similar to the classes from the original game, I commend Gearbox for their improvements to the way the action abilities work.

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 First is Axton the commando, he uses a turret that is similar to the soldier from the first Borderlands. Axton has a choice of three skill trees as do all the new vault hunters. The first tree for the commando is Guerilla, this tree is designed to get in the face of battle and have his turret do as much damage as possible. Next is Gunpowder, this tree is all about doing as much damage with your guns and explosives as humanly possible. Lastly is Survival, which is meant to give Axton the maximum amount of survivability and second winds.

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 The next new Vault hunter is Maya who is a Siren. The new Siren action ability is a bit different than the old. She now has an ability called Phaselock, which suspends an enemy in the air for anyone to take shots at. Her first tree is called Cataclysm, this tree is aimed at doing elemental damage and effecting enemies with different types of elemental effects. The second tree for the Siren is Harmony. Harmony is essentially a healing class that is designed to keep you, and anyone you are playing with alive and in the fight. Maya’s final skill tree is called Motion and it is designed to give the Siren increased defense and more ways to control enemy movement and increasing her own ability to move.

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Next up is the Gunzerker, Salvador.  The action skill is similar to the Beserker from the first game, but instead of going into a fit of melee rage, he goes into a fit of duel wielding rage. The first Gunzerker tree is called Brawn. This is the closest thing that there is to a “Tank” class in Borderlands 2. It is designed around increased health and reduced damage taken, especially when health is already low. The next tree is Gun Lust, which is designed around the ability to reload and switch guns faster, while doing more damage in particular situations. The third and final skill tree for the Gunzerker is called Rampage. This skill tree is all about keeping maximum ammunition and gunzerking as often as possible.

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The last of the new vault hunters is Zer0. This is the new sniper class, called Assassin. With some improvements and additions to the way it handles, this class takes sniping (and melee) to a whole new level. His action ability is called Decepti0n and it is similar to the Siren’s phasewalking ability from the first game. When in Decepti0n, Zer0 leaves behind a decoy for enemies to shoot at and goes into a stealth mode from which he does increased melee and gun damage. The first tree is called Bloodshed which is entirely developed around increasing melee damage in all forms. The second tree for Zer0 is called Cunning. This tree is all about his Decepti0n ability. It increases the gun and melee damage while in Decepti0n as well as makes the ability function differently in later stages. His final ability tree is called Sniping. As you can imagine, this tree is focused on increasing sniper rifle damage, but it also gives boosts to accuracy and critical hit damage to other weapons.

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The player will take control of any of these vault hunters and start out on their adventure to stop Handsome Jack and find the bigger vault. Throughout the game the player is driven directly by the story quests at the direction of many old and new friends, however they might stop to do a side quest or ten to level up or earn some extra cash or rewards on the side. While the game is a first person shooter, it handles much like an RPG in the sense that the characters get leveled up differently and there are multiple quests to be turned in throughout the game. There does not seem to be any game changing decisions to be made, although you can choose to turn in a quest to one person for one reward, or a different person for a different reward.

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #28121 29 Sep 2012 01:29
Congrats to Brennon on his first review
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Lersar replied the topic: #28122 29 Sep 2012 02:25
I need to play this! Very well done article Fildy!
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Satansoul replied the topic: #28123 29 Sep 2012 02:49
Awesome job!
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Wooderson replied the topic: #28125 29 Sep 2012 05:31
Way to go! The article is very descriptive and an entertaining read. Once again great job!
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Myndmelt replied the topic: #28135 01 Oct 2012 04:45
Nice job on the review Brennon! I can't wait to play this game now.
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Myndmelt replied the topic: #28231 15 Oct 2012 21:55
This game is BOSS.

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