I’ve already performed a little bit of Borderlands 3, again at E3 in June. It’s lots like Borderlands 2, solely with bumslides and a number of planets. If the borders Borderlands has borne up to now are but to bore, then you’ll in all probability like this. You will in all probability additionally like Zane, a lovable Irish rogue with holographic decoys and deployable shields. Look, he’s so lovable he’s acquired his very personal trailer.
It’s like if Mad Sweeney off of American Gods wound up capturing aliens and deranged topless bandits. Which he comes near, come to consider it. American Gods is bizarre.
I solely performed for half an hour, and just for about 5 minutes as Zane earlier than realising I may as a substitute play as a psionic brawler who leaps round punching folks with dozens of ghost arms. Zane clearly can’t compete with that, however he’s nonetheless pleasingly tricksy. He’s a sneaky gadgetman who can deploy a distracting drone, then swap locations with a type of holograms. The different three playable characters can solely use one means at a time, however Zane doesn’t care concerning the guidelines. He will get to bumslide about with two skills without delay, although that does imply he has to forgo grenades.
I actually would have rather more curiosity in him if not for Amara the Siren, who’ll little doubt get her personal intro within the coming weeks. It’s nothing private, Zane. I like being tricksy, however I like being cellular extra.
Borderlands Three nonetheless has me umming and ahhing. “Um”, I say: “this immediately felt intimately familiar, and I dropped out of Borderlands 2 after about fifteen hours – well before the end”. “Ah”, I’m going, “but those were a solid fifteen hours”.
The game’s due for September 13th on the Epic Games Store, then elsewhere six months later. I’d say that provides me time to make up my thoughts, however Graham’s in all probability going to get me to evaluate the rattling factor anyway.
