Across The Border: Noteworthy Loot Of Epic Proportions

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As this is still Wasteland Week with Borderlands, yours truly managed to scourge and find some weapons of interest that seem to drop out of some random villain or two in the sickly parts of Pandora.

- I should  point out that I wasn’t kidding about calling this game “Diablo II with a shotgun.” Seriously, the shotguns you use here feel great, ranging from the usual two-shot-then-reload variant to one with a high fire rate and ammo capacity that also zooms in. Case in point, the T.K’s Wave Shotgun which shoots out blue bubbles of death that has a better chance of blowing someone or something up into gibs if I shoot them up close.

You’ll get it as a reward from mission-giver T.K Baha after a mission in Skag Gully where you hunt down a huge elite skag named Scar. He’s big and spits out a special garbage-spewing attack that just empties your shield and puts you in a critical state.

- In the Arid Hills (the second instance dungeon you’ll come across), a random drop revealed a Scattergun that fires rockets instead of buckshells. Aiming it was a bitch, as it shoots in a trajectory rather than straight on through the crosshair, but the results are oh-so bloody splendorous. Unfortunately, this one’s pretty rare.

- Lady Fingers is a good pink-colored repeater pistol that’s good for aiming from far away, picking off enemies from a distance even if you’re not a sniper person. You’ll be getting it after

- The Clipper is a repeater pistol that fires bullets that set people on fire. I got it from killing the first instance boss of the game, Nine Toes (check out the GAX Point video to see it in action). While it’s got an insane rate of fire, it doesn’t zoom and isn’t that accurate. Oh, and dropping it actually hurts you, as it warns you on its description.

- My playthrough with Davina the Level 16 Siren managed to acquire a revolver that shoots out bullets of lightning. Electric attacks might be okay against mutants and animals, but they work better on humanoid enemies with shields. But I can’t really spam my attacks with the revolver; it’s only got six bullets in its chamber and reloads pretty slow.

And the kicker is that this is just a few out of the three million plus weapons that can be found in the game. Sure, they’re basically modified variations of the class of weapons available, but it’s still a lot of guns that can deal all kinds of hurt in different ways. And guess what (beware: incoming GCA plug)? You can get random drops better than mine at the Borderlands booth at GCA 2009 in Suntec Convention Centre.

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  14. Mr Toffee says:

    Naturally, they would have to control it. Why spoil the surprise of potentially great random drops in a press demo when the release date of the game is a month away, where everything would be left for the gamer to discover in the full game?

  15. Gen (Yes, THAT Gen) says:

    I wonder if the weapons in the press demos were controlled so they didn’t have any secrets getting out.

    If not and bosses drop the same gun then I’ll be an elitist snob who claims that boss drops are for scrubs.

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