PAX Prime 2014: 2k Australia delivers with Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel

<p>Sometimes the further you get away from the original source&comma; the poorer in quality the product will be&comma; which in turn hurts the franchise and makes fans suffer&period; Well&comma; cast aside those worries with Borderlands&colon; The Pre-Sequel as 2k Australia has taken ownership in the latest Borderlands installment and knocked it out the park&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;05080931&sol;Borderlands&lowbar;Wolf&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-65520 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;05080931&sol;Borderlands&lowbar;Wolf&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Borderlands&lowbar;Wolf" width&equals;"950" height&equals;"534" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the show floor yesterday&comma; we got a chance to play through some of the game and it was evident immediately that 2k has either matched or surpassed the previous quality in which we&&num;8217&semi;re accustomed to by Gearbox Software&period; Everything you&&num;8217&semi;d expect from the Borderlands franchise has been included&period; What impressed us the most was how seamlessly one could go from Borderlands 2 to the Pre-Sequel and still think they would be in the same game&period; Not to sound like a broken record but there is zero drop-off in quality when it comes to this release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Being on the moon and having the ability to use freeze guns and gravity jumps was a nice added touch to make sure everyone feels they&&num;8217&semi;re getting a new experience&period; The vast amount of guns&comma; ammo&comma; and cash are still prevalent throughout the game&period; Other trademarks items like the dialogue&comma; enemy classes&comma; and side quests can be found too&period; Fans of the franchise are going to be pleased with how spot on this game is compared to the previous installments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When we went to PAX East in Boston earlier this year&comma; it was made clear that 2k Australia was in control of the game but Gearbox would be assisting and collaborating heavily with them&period; The two powerhouse developers have essentially blown up the myth that too many cooks spoil the broth&period; This is not the case here as The Pre-Sequel looks amazing and plays even better&period; Borderlands&colon; The Pre-Sequel is set to release on October 14th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;