The official gameplay reveal trailer for Borderlands 3 has arrived.
Earlier today, Gearbox Software hosted a gameplay reveal event for Borderlands 3, giving us a proper look at the upcoming game.
During today’s demonstration, the Hub World was shown, a background on the story was provided, and of course, plenty of carnage.
The tutorial shown featured one of the new Vault Hunters, Amara, a Siren class character, but only snippets of the what was shown today is featured in the gameplay video below.
Claptrap and the COV
In the demo, we see Amara at the Quick Change Station, which is where you can customize your character’s appearance. This includes heads, skins, colors, emotes, and ECHO Skins. While there you can also pull up your skill tree and respecialize.
In Borderlands 3, the game kicks off with an introductory mission from Claptrap, who gives you the lowdown on some trouble brewing on Pandora.
According to Claptrap, a new cult calling themselves Children of the Vault (COV) are causing a bit of trouble across Pandora. Lilith and the Crimson Raiders are recruiting new Vault Hunters to investigate the cult and learn more about their mysterious leaders.
Claptrap then leads you on a “stealthy” infiltration mission to confront Shiv, who is head of the cult’s local Propaganda Center. Of course, Claptrap gets captured and it’s up to Amara to rescue him. Combat showed ypical level of Borderlands gore, with plenty of dismemberment and the visual death system makes a return.
You can read up more on combat through Kirk’s hands-on preview of Borderlands 3.
Weapons, movement, and Sanctuary
Throughout the rest of the tutorial, it was revealed you can now slide while sprinting and use mantle ledges to reach elevated surfaces.
In the weapons department, some guns will now offer multiple firing modes. One mode shown featured a Vladof pistol shooting semiautomatic bullets before switching to micro-missles which fire from under the barrel.
Some elemental weapons can also switch between multiple elements such as cyro, while heavies can flip-flop between a grenade launcher or a mini-gun.
Finally, a walk-thorough of the new hub world, Sanctuary 3, was given. It’s basically a mothership which not only provides transportation but a customizable home base. While at Sanctuary, you can also buy new wares from two different shops.
This is where you can find “lost or forgotten look from previous encounters,” hang your things up for the day in your quarters, open Gold Key chests, buy storage deck upgrades, and more.
You can also saddle up to Moxi’s bar, gamble, and even have a chat with Tannis, Sir Hammerlock, and Ellie.
We’ll have more on Borderlands 3 throughout the week. Until then, be sure to have a look at the Operative Class skill tree, one of the Legendary weapons, and when to expect end-game and DLC details.
Borderlands 3 releases September 13 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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