Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (Game)

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!

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A prequel to the 2012 role-playing shooter Borderlands 2, following a group of familiar faces as they work to bring Handsome Jack into power through misadventures on Pandora's moon.

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Overview

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a sci-fi fantasy open-world first-person role-playing shooter developed by 2K Australia (Company), with assistance by Gearbox Software, and published by 2K Games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC (Platform), Mac (Platform), and Linux (Platform) on October 14, 2014.

A spin-off of the Borderlands (Franchise) series, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is both a prequel to and a standalone expansion for the 2012 game Borderlands 2 (Game). Set before Handsome Jack's rise to power, the story involves a new team of Vault Hunters as they are tasked by the lowly Hyperion programmer Jack with finding a Vault on Pandora's moon Elpis (Location) while contending with a rogue army known as the Lost Legion.

Much of the gameplay remains the same as Borderlands 2, although with a new variety of classes and abilities, a new elemental type (Cryo) and a laser-based weapon class. Due to the locale's general lack of atmosphere, the game features both low gravity maneuvering and maintenance of a limited air supply (using "Oz Kit" mods, which can be also used to perform mid-air thrusts, unique diving Slam attacks, and quicker revives).

The game later released for the PlayStation 4 (Platform), Xbox One (Platform), and Nintendo Switch (Platform) as part of both the Borderlands: The Handsome Collection and Borderlands Legendary Collection (Game) compilations.

Gameplay

Overview

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel plays very similarly to Borderlands 2 as a loot-driven, first-person shooter RPG, and once again includes online cooperative play for up to 4-players. What really sets it apart from previous Borderlands games is its setting, being Pandora's moon, Elpis (Location). Because there's no atmosphere, this allows players to jump significantly higher than usual and have better "air" control. While off the ground, players can also then press the crouch button to do a powerful Butt Slam attack, sending them flinging towards the ground at high speed.

The caveat to now being on the moon is that players have but a limited supply of oxygen when exploring outside - except for ClapTrap, who doesn't need to breathe, being a robot.

Character Classes

The game features a new selection of character classes to play as, each with their own unique abilities.

Athena, the Gladiator

Formerly an assassin of the Crimson Lance who aided a group of Vault Hunters in taking down its leader, Athena represents the game's "Gladiator" class.

Her Action Skill, Kinetic Aspis, deploys her arm shield to absorb frontal damage, which is later thrown as a powerful strike. Her skill trees include:

Phalanx, which primarily focuses on her Kinetic Aspis.
Xiphos, which primarily focuses on her melee attacks.
Ceraunic Storm, which primarily focuses on her elemental attacks.

Wilhelm, the Enforcer

A famous mercenary with a full-out addiction to cybernetics, who later became an antagonistic Hyperion cyborg after the events of this game, WIlhelm represents the game's "Enforcer" class.

His Action Skill, Wolf and Saint, deploys two autonomous drones: the floating combat drone Wolf and the support drone Saint. His skill trees include:

Hunter-Killer, which primarily focuses on his offensive capabilities and Wolf's combat.
Cyber Commando, which primarily focuses on Wilhelm's overall effectiveness, including multiple cybernetic augmentations.
Dreadnought, which primarily focuses on his survivability and Saint's support.

Nisha, the Lawbringer

A bandit-killing sharpshooter, who later became the antagonistic "Sheriff of Lynchwood" after the events of the game, Nisha (Character) represents the game's "Lawbringer class.

Her Action Skill, Showdown, gives her temporary auto-aim to her weaponry, in addition to significant damage-per-second and accuracy buffs. Her skill trees include:

Law & Order,
Fan the Hammer,
The Riflewoman,

Claptrap, the Fragtrap

A Claptrap (Concept) and former Interplanetary Ninja Assassin, who appears throughout the entire series as comic relief, Claptrap (Character) represents the game's "Fragtrap" class.

His Action Skill, VaultHunter.EXE, allows him to analyze the situation and perform one of several distinct temporary effects (several of which are based on the Action Skills in Borderlands 2 (Game)). His skill trees include:

Boomtrap,
I Love You Guys!,
Fragmented Fragtrap,

As he does not need air to breathe, Claptrap is the only one of the playable characters who can survive on a depleted Oz Kit.

Jack, the Doppelganger

Released as DLC on November 11, 2014, "Jack" is a Hyperion intern who surgically became a body-double of Jack. He represents the "Doppelganger" class.

His Action Skill, Expendable Assets, summons two hologram Digi-Jacks to fight for him. His skill trees include:

The Hero of This Story,
Greater Good,
Free Enterprise,

Aurelia, the Baroness

Released as DLC on January 27, 2015, Aurelia is the socialite sister of the gentlemanly Sir Hammerlock (Character). She represents the "Baroness" class.

Her Action Skill, Cold As Ice, throws a shard that seeks and attaches to enemies, dealing constant Cryo damage. Her skill trees include:

The Huntress,
Cold Money,
Contractual Aristocracy,

Downloadable Content

Along with the two DLC characters, the game includes three add-on packs:

Shock Drop Slaughter Pit Challenge Map - The game's pre-order DLC, later released on its own on December 16, 2014. It adds a short series of arena-style missions in an abandoned training facility.
Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack: The Holodome Onslaught - Released on December 16, 2014. It adds a short series of arena-style missions in the titular Holodome, along with new mods and loot weapons.
Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2: Claptastic Voyage - Released on March 24, 2015. It adds a new story campaign, in which the Vault Hunters digitize and infiltrate Claptrap's "mind" to find a top secret code hidden inside. Along with new loot weapons, it also adds a new weapon level (Glitch).

System requirements

Minimum	Recommended
Windows XP SP3	Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 / 8.1
2.4GHz Dual Core Processor	2.3GHz Quad Core Processor
2GB Memory (RAM)	2GB Memory (RAM)
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 / ATI Radeon HD 2600	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / ATI Radeon HD 5850
DirectX 9.0	DirectX 10
13GB Hard Drive Space	20GB Hard Drive Space
DirectX 9 Compliant Sound Card	DirectX 9.0c Compliant Sound Card

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