It’& rsquo; s been almost three years given that Borderlands: The Handsome Collection released, bringing Borderlands 2 as well as The Pre-Sequel to PS4 as well as Xbox One. It’& rsquo; s been five and also a half years since Borderlands 2 originally released. Suffice to say, it has been a long wait. Thankfully the await the following Borderlands video game is growing shorter and also shorter with daily.
While the game hasn’& rsquo; t been formally revealed yet, Take 2 and Gearbox have teased it just recently. It’& rsquo; s coming, all of us recognize it. It can come prior to March 2019, which suggests we’& rsquo; ll be listening to a whole lot about it in the coming months as well as might possibly be playing it within the next year.
Growth has been long underway, and also at this point would certainly be really much along, yet we still wish to detail things we want to see in the next video game which we assume will be called Borderlands 3. Note that the logo design in the above image is a fan development, and we absolutely wear’& rsquo; t want the 3 in the “title to” additionally serve as the & ldquo; e. & rdquo; We despise that, yet we required to use something. With that said claimed, right here are the Five Points We Want From Borderlands 3.
Instanced Loot When Playing Co-op
On PS3, I played Borderlands as well as Borderlands 2 completely solo. On PS4 with the launch of the Handsome Collection, I played Borderlands 2 solo besides when I played a with a number of buddies. I never match made with randoms for one factor, I’& rsquo; m not a follower of loot dropping and also whoever reaches it obtains it.
With Borderlands 3, it’& rsquo; s time to pass this to instanced loot to making playing with pals and also strangers a much more fun experience as well as not a potentially aggravating one.
The nature of RNG instanced loot implies you might obtain an excellent epic decline and your pals could get a poor drop, so certainly the game needs to keep both functions of going down loot for various other players as well as trading with various other players. Yet I want my time spent playing the video game online to be valued with high quality drops, not impeded by having to compete with others to reach a drop initially.
Larger Raids
Let’& rsquo; s get something straight right at the start, we’& rsquo; re not requesting Destiny design raids. That is to claim we’& rsquo; re not asking for raids that are made up of numerous encounters with platforming and heavy auto mechanics before you get to in charge that can take hours to do till you completely master it. Instead raids that are little more advanced than what we’& rsquo; ve seen out of Borderlands until now, gigantic bosses with a ton of health and wellness.
Encounters before the one in charge can be fun, and make good sense. Go into the lair or whatever, kill minions as well as make your method to where ever before the one in charge or giant animal goes to and afterwards combat it. Something just a little more than “& ldquo; below & rsquo; s this guy or large creature with massive quantities of health and wellness, go kill it.”
& rdquo; Bigger and extra involved raids also doesn’& rsquo; t mean raids that become impossible to solo. Should they be designed for groups? Naturally, however they shouldn’& rsquo; t be developed as if you absolutely need 4 (or even 6 or eight since we want to go larger) players to finish. Really knowledgeable solo gamers with excellent gear ought to have the ability to solo it, no matter exactly how challenging it might be.
Online Social Space/Hub City
A lot has actually altered because Borderlands 2 launched back in 2012. Refuge was a fun, secure city for players to visit and also pick up missions or check out many suppliers as well as access their storage space safe. However unless you were in a team with others, it was a solo city. In Borderlands 3, we want the hub city to be a social room no different than the Tower in Fate or secure zones in The Department.
For a co-op based video game, an on the internet social room simply makes good sense. It’& rsquo; s a location to visit gather pursuits and also take a look at vendors, sure, yet it’& rsquo; s additionally a location to possibly meet individuals to play with.
More notably, for Borderlands, it supplies a main room for players to be able to trade gear with others not in their celebration as well as would provide a central dueling arena for those old Borderlands PvP duels. With the capacity to drop loot in the city, you can possibly run around playing Santa Claus for 20 approximately various other gamers.
Big Supply and also Safe System
Borderlands has a lots of loot. Numerous bizarre tools as well as random rolls. The problem is players have actually been seriously limited in the quantity they’& rsquo; re able to continue them or location right into storage.
Of course Borderlands has means too much random things to be a collection video game, so it’& rsquo; s not like you require to space to save whatever you’obtain. But when you & rsquo; re backpack has its restricted room obtain filled out by definitely everything, it comes to be essential to become someplace to keep things for later usage.
Nobody suches as having fun and grabbing loot, simply to reach a drop and also see “& ldquo; inventory full & rdquo; and then have to drop something (or find a vending equipment as well as sell it). We’& rsquo; re not stating you ought to be able to carry an infinite variety of products, but having a big safe or storage bank to place things right into would certainly go a lengthy means in improving the quality of life of a looter shooter.
Several Earths to Explore
Borderlands 2 ended with a cut-scene revealing the above picture. The discovery that there are much more safes available on even more earths. Borderlands as well as Borderlands 2 happened on Pandora, with The Pre-Sequel happening on Pandora’& rsquo; s moon, Elpis. With Borderlands 3, we desire more and we want larger. We intend to go to numerous worlds and search for vaults.
It’& rsquo; s real that Borderlands 2 offered up a great deal of variance in location and also looked great visually. Numerous earths can enhance that significantly and provide extra difficulties as well as effects to gameplay like the reduced gravity of The Pre-Sequel.
Preferably, you’& rsquo;d have the main tale happen on one earth, with possibly a need to check out a different one as part of the story, however have the various other planets be there for end-game tasks. Which opens added earths with stories to be included in the video game as DLC also. We intend to see even more of the universe in which Borderlands lives in. We understand what creatures get on Pandora, what wild things feeds on the various other planets?
Concur? Differ? Speak up in the remarks below and allow us recognize what’& rsquo; s on your Borderlands 3 wishlist.