Borderlands 2 won't end with a whimper, the game's executive producer Brian Martel has insisted. It'll end with the biggest bang since bangs were invented (approximately 13.75 billion years ago, according to most theorists).
"You know, that's one of the funny things we've been talking about in the [Borderlands 2] intro, a funny line that Anthony [Burch] wrote," Marcel told Dealspwn, discussing what awaits at the far end of the first game's loot-dispensing conveyor belt. "It talks about how the first vault was filled with nothing but "tentacles and disappointment," which is pretty accurate.
"But you also have to reward the player with something that is a compelling reward. So we've done a much better job at having loot tables that are much more deterministic based on what's going on and where you're at in the game."
Of course, some might say that an easy-to-defeat monster is fine providing the story cuts the mustard. Marcell has an answer for this one too. "So the other thing we needed to do was have a conclusion to the story that feels proper and correct. I think we've really done a decent job with that - I think that by the time people get to the end of the game, they're going to be satisfied with a compelling experience and a decent ending."
Borderlands 2 is estimated to last between 40 and 60 hours. Preordered this? Any thoughts on what you're most looking forward to?
10 comments so far...
Markatansky on 24 Jul '12 said:
I can't wait to find CrAzY guns! Like that grenade launcher that fired like 64 grenades that each split into smaller grenades and destroyed EVERYTHING (mostly your framerate).
Bezza89 on 24 Jul '12 said:
Hopefully it doesn't end with a big bang either.
Any word on L4D2 dlc Ed? Looked on xbox.com and it mentioned a Games on Demand version in the overview... http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Produ ... 02454108d4
But no word on dlc... just thought you might know?
Clanger67 on 24 Jul '12 said:
Patience Bezza
Could be all day if it is anything like the Minecraft update.That was eight hours late.MS are getting slow in their old age,lol.
Bezza89 on 24 Jul '12 said:
At least we knew the minecraft update was coming and had a set price and information about it...
OXM ETboy on 24 Jul '12 said:
I'll go prod the powers that be. Well, I'll send them an email.
Plamsa wing on 24 Jul '12 said:
Bordelands had an ending? Felt more like a wet fart to me, then again it didn't have much of a story.
Clanger67 on 24 Jul '12 said:
Yeah it's bloody frustrating.Point i was making was 4J were supposed to have kicked MS up the arse on updates,dlc.
Anyway SuperEd is on the case.
Bezza89 on 24 Jul '12 said:
GoD version is real of L4D2, £20 is having a laugh though - though I've seen americans saying the $30 price is a bargain for them ?!?!?!
Thanks Ed.
By the by, Secret Armoury had the ending I thought Borderlands would have, where you get loads of chests, little time and an explosion.
Clanger67 on 24 Jul '12 said:
Don't get it then,it includes L4D2 as well then does it ?.If so,worth it for somebody like me who hasn't got 2.
Plus Yanks have more money than sense,lol.
Plus sorry wrong thread.
It's Bezza's fault though anyway. 
msbhvn on 24 Jul '12 said:
I'm normally all for story in games, but Borderlands managed to be a great game without really having one. If Borderlands 2 has more story with the same compelling shoot-n-loot gamplay and the option to kill Mad Moxxi, it'll be perfect!
I got the PC version of the first game in the Steam sale, so I'll have a quick blast in the next few weeks to remind myself of how great it was without souring Borderlands 2.