The Concussion Rifle in design and name is amazing. Loved seeing it come back in Jedi Academy.

The trailer said “Worlds” so I’m going to guess we’re finally off Pandora at some point with this game. Without Loader Bots I hope they come up with some good corporate armies to vary things up. I saw a Maliwan robot in the trailer, didn’t pay much attention to anything else. 

I ran past her as she doesn’t fog up the area. Past the bridge and up the cliff is the next idol which is where people recommend farming one guy over and over around the mid-game. From there you can run over to Snake Eyes and get a backstab on her.

Love it. I’m trying to think of a real life application for this and pretty much a spark shield may be it. 

Is that the one with all the women with guns?

BL2's AI was competent enough when it counted though, it was pretty improved from the previous game. There are some signs that they were trying new things that may not have worked as intended - like how Nomads can issue commands to other Bandits, often triggering them to rush at you instead of hold back and gun.

Pretty much this. If enemies have improved AI and there can be more going on at a time on screen, that’s good enough for me. I’m not expecting graphics fidelity here. 

I just need continued enemy variety. Borderlands 2 did a fantastic job with its Bandits by creating new enemy classes. Nomads, Goliaths, Berserkers, along with the variety of Midgets and Bandits diversified that enemy pool very well. Even if you were fighting different bands, it didn’t feel like the same groups as…

I’m curious now if Troy Baker will be back to voice him. 

They WERE great. And yes they gave the keys out. However it was still something you could pay cash for and therefore it was at the very least a precursor to the paid DLC nonsense we have today in many online-focused games. 

Nice! I did it before pearls exists. I think at one point I found one of those cheat tools though so I gave myself the Hornet Shotgun so I could solo the Invincible boss.

Oh yeah for sure. There’s never a reason to pay for a shift key.

They still give out keys like candy so I never minded them. It’s loot boxes though so here’s hoping it doesn’t return in that form.

Yeah it is. I wouldn’t put it past the others showing up.

The aesthetic is so stylized that there’s only so many improvements to be made. On the plus side it looks like we’re finally leaving Pandora so expect more diverse environments. That skyscraper city should be a blast if they keep some of the vertical movement from the pre-sequel.

Eh they’ll just fudge the numbers when they want.

SHAVE THAT THING OFF SON.

Yeah I’m digging 6 armed power there. I’m gonna miss Maya though.

Borderlands 2 had a ton of the microtransactions games like Destiny picked up as well. Vanity purchases, additional content (DLC instead of just “expansions”), and of course keys to lootbox for better gear.

He left however he was still involved with Tales so maybe they got Anthony Burch back at least to do some of the writing.