| Written by Dana Olson Published at 2009-11-13 14:55:44 Tagged: [Downloadable Content] [PlayStation 3] |
In an interview with GameInformer, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford talked about some things that the team is doing with Borderlands now that the game is in the hands of fans and feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
He talked about future DLC possibly revisiting areas we've already seen, such as Old Haven, as well as a potential storage locker to hoard loot in. But the juicy bits are the details about the first DLC pack.
"When you download The Island of Dr. Ned, you'll unlock a fast travel pass, even if you haven't unlocked the fast travel network. From any registration station in the game you can immediately transport yourself to the zombie island. From there, a new adventure unfolds. It's a separate adventure, and a new adventure that has a beginning, middle, and end. In some cases, I think the story is more cohesive and stronger than the main story in Borderlands. The commentary that is there is very subtle. It's basically a treasure hunt that has a bad guy at the end that protects the treasure. It's a very simple premise. Now, we're never very heavy fisted with storytelling in Borderlands. We focus on the action, and the gameplay and the pace. We're not going to be adding any dialogue trees or cutscenes. Of course, there will be a little something to set it up. You'll have instant access to it, and really fast you'll be killing zombies, franken and wolf monsters, and all sorts of cool stuff.
We went nuts with the DLC. The zombie thing kicks ass. It's a lot of fun, dude. There's this big Frankenstein looking guy with chains on him, and a chest on his back. So, when you take him down, you can loot the chest. He carries the chest around with him. It's freaking great. There's were-skags and stuff and it's just fun. The setting is really cool. It doesn't even look like Borderlands anymore. I mean, it looks like Borderlands because of the art style, but it feels like this place I've never seen before. It's gloomy, there's trees and stuff, and it feels like I'm in a swamp."
The first DLC arrives on November 24th, and I am so there.
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