I picked Axton, because he's not too much a departure from my beloved Roland. I'm currently lvl 7, just reached Sanctuary, but I have to go do something in order to be let in. Can't remember exactly what yet.
A couple impressions:
-I don't like the new menu system, but it'll probably grow on me. It's very possible that I just am not far enough into the game to see the benefits of it, though.
-New weapons system is nice. I've noticed very quickly how the naming system has been reworked, and how they've added many more varieties of weapons. There seems to be an even more complicated tier system, in which the lower tiers are more generic weapons and will share names with each other, with only minor stat differences, while higher tiers start to take on more and more unique names and characteristics. Also, my Maliwan incendiary pistol seems to shoot little fireballs rather than proper "bullets". They're slower moving, but they buuuuurrrrrrrrrrnn hahaha. I like the way they've diversified the weapon characteristics.
-I'm seeing more how each character is going to provide a very different gameplay experience, much more than in BL1. This is going to motivate me to play the game through multiple times a lot more than it did in the original. BL1, I played to like lvl 11 with Roland, then started a Mordecai, then when Mordecai got to 5, I started a Lilith and Brick, each. Brick got abandoned at lvl 8, Lilith by lvl 12, Mordecai at lvl 28, and Roland made it to lvl 69, with a second Roland making it to 43 yesterday. This time, though, I've learned not to bog myself down at the beginning of the game, and even so, the game's going to be much more diversified so it'll be more fun to play through anyhow.
-On that topic, the way BL2 starts in an icy tundra environment immediately brings such a drastic difference from BL1. I'm excited to see how they continue later in the game with the unique environments. I also hope in some DLC or something that I get to hit up old stomping grounds, at the same time. I'm heading back to GS ASAP to get my season pass for the game (would have gotten it already but I didn't have any moneys on me).
I took a video of my Loot Chest unboxing (kinda disappointed, tbh, but that's probably because I waaaaay hyped myself up for this game), and I'm going to take a picture of the map of Pandora to post for y'all.
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