I was a bit apprehensive to try out the newest playable character in Borderlands 2. I’ve probably played Gearbox’s bullet slinging masterpiece for hundreds of hours, and the idea of playing MORE Borderlands sort of made me uncomfortable. An analogy you ask? No problem! It’s sort of like eyeing that FIFTH piece of delicious pizza when you know damn well that you probably should have stopped gobbling pie after three or four pieces. Or something like that.
Unable to resist, I plopped down the ten bucks to play as Krieg and wound up incredibly pleased with the playable psycho. While you may have thought that Krieg would simply be a re-skin of Brick from the original Borderlands, he is an entirely new character with a very different play style… hyper-aggression. After watching me play for a bit , my wife (who loves her some Borderlands) decided to hop on Mya and run through the campaign. We were already loving how the duo worked together, when this little gem surfaced today.
If this video is any indication of where Gearbox is headed with Borderlands 3, I’ll be elated. While Borderlands 2’s campaign was incredible, I longed for character driven cinematics that really let us get to know the heroes that we’d inevitably spend dozens hundreds of hours controlling. With this video Krieg went from being a mindless thug, to a character I’m dying to know more about. Rich characters make great games even more enjoyable.. plain and simple.
*UPDATED* – If you pre-ordered before January 11th you gain access to a Mabari Warhound pet (not like a WOW cosmetic pet, this one kills things) as well as the key to the Black Emporium, a shop so diabolical only people crazy enough to pre-order will gain access. What is inside? Nobody knows for sure, although there are rumblings of The Mirror of Transformation which can be used to alter your appearance after the game has already begun.
Yesterday it was revealed that Freddie Prinze Junior would be starring as Commander Shepard’s sidekick in Bioware’s upcoming Mass Effect 3. I’ve always felt that Mr. Prinze Jr. was given a bit of a hard time after the Wing Commander debacle and never had an issue with the guy. The truth of the matter is that I’ve always admired him a bit.
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