U.S. publication Game Informer’s got hold of the first concrete details on Borderlands 2.
As with the original game, Borderlands 2 will feature four-player co-op, though the cast itself will be entirely new. Among the fresh faces this time around include a duel-weapon wielding brute named Gunzerker.
Players will be able to bump up their vehicle and weapon statistics via in-game currency system, known as Eridium, with Borderland 1’s three-branch skill trees making a return.
Also on the table are dynamic story missions, which the developers have implemented in order to improve storytelling. According to GI, Borderland 2’s narrative is shaped around how you tackle a certain objective.
NPCs have also benefited from some tweaking, and as such will now converse with your character in a more interactive manner. Enemy AI has been spruced up, too.
Meanwhile, all firearms from the first game have been binned, with gamers now able to gain access to a whole new bunch of guns. One thing that is on its way back is the robot Claptrap, however.
Borderlands 2 is due out in 2012.
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