There's no questioning that online co-op isn't a tacked-on, separate experience. As in Left 4 Dead, we could use any health packs we had to revive downed comrades, and, if we went down, could still shoot (albeit with limited range of movement) until help arrived or we bled out.Īfter an initially overwhelming initiation to co-op, it became deeply strategic and, frankly, really fun. It turned out that Roland (the soldier) and his shielded turret provided much-needed cover for those low on health.
We all had to rely on each others' unique skills to get through. The goal was simple - shoot to kill we weren't working on an objective - but actually surviving wasn't so easy. The action was a little too intense for any of that, though. (But we'd never do that!) In fact, if we had been feeling especially generous, we could have given items or weapons to the other players, or even worked out a trade. Of course, we could also horde any loot, items and weapons we found. For the event, we were dropped into an area packed with enemies and had to work together to survive. Our team consisted of two snipers, a "siren" (Lilith) and Brick, the game's tank character.Īs we said, the overall idea is that Borderland's co-op is the campaign with other players. We cheated a bit to upgrade the abilities of our character - Mordecai, the sniper - for the limited amount of time we had, but, in the "real" game, the character you take into a co-op game will be your character from single-player, complete with the same items, weapons and stats. Gearbox confirmed that co-op will take advantage of dynamic difficulty scaling the more players (up to four), the tougher the enemies. If they've had enough, they can drop out, and you're back to the single-player game.Our play session was pre-arranged, but once the game ships players will be able to choose whether their games are open or invite-only, with various sub-settings to limit fields like level range.
"Differences" might be a bit strong, considering multiplayer isn't a separate mode in Borderlands you can be playing the game solo and, if you want, up to three other players can drop in at any time to join your adventure. OK, now assuming you've read that, the similarities and differences to the game's online co-op play will make a lot more sense. By now you've no doubt read our impressions of Borderland's solo campaign (What? You haven't? Then get thyself to it post-haste!).
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