Borderlands 2 Preview
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Much like the original, Borderlands 2 will have four playable classes, which Gearbox say will be different to those available in the first game. The only solid announcement so far has been Salvador, a Gunzerker, who was shown in a teaser trailer last year. You can infer just from the name that this is likely to be a big, angry dude with a love of guns. Surprise, surprise - it turns out that he is. He will be similar to Brick, the Berserker from the first game, except Salvador will be able to enter a state in which he can dual wield any two weapons. That's right, any two weapons, and in a game that boasts millions of different weapons to choose from, there will definitely be some interesting combinations. The craziest suggestion so far (and my personal favourite) would be dual wielding sniper rifles. I'm not sure how that would work exactly, but it certainly sounds dangerous...I'm in!
Salvador's skill tree is split into three branches: Wrath, Brawn and Gun Lust. Each of these improves a specific attribute which match the gun-toting personality of Salvador. Within the branches there are even more specific tweaks to be made. An exciting one in the Gun Lust branch is called Overheat, which, if you keep holding down the trigger of any weapon, continually increases the rate of fire. That sounds insane and I can't wait to see the mayhem caused by this character. It will also be interesting to see if they can come up with something suitably crazy for the other new playable characters. The second character confirmed at time of writing is Maya, a Siren much like Lilith from the original game, but no details of her abilities have been released yet. A recent wallpaper release suggests that another character will be a sniper similar to Mordecai from the first game, so in all likelihood we are not seeing a huge change in the character line-up on closer inspection.
