Met Battleborn gaat ontwikkelaar Gearbox nog een stapje dieper in het rijk der kleuren t.o.v hun vorige titels Borderlands 2 en Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Vandaag leren wij wat nieuws over de verschillende modi van de game, alsmede een 50 minuten durende gameplay video voor ons aller vermaak.
Een paar highlights uit de verklaring:
Story Mode
Play Solo: Complete missions to unlock the next one.
Play Co-Op: Three episodes are displayed for players to vote on regardless of whether or not they’ve unlocked that map in solo.
Hardcore Mode: When things get tough, make it tougher! If you’re up for a challenge, flip on Hardcore mode and jump into Story episodes for extra loot, all new unlockable content, and some really, REALLY tough fights.
Competitive Multiplayer Modes
Incursion: Take out the enemy’s two Spider Sentry Drones before they get to yours.
Capture: It’s a classic capture-and-control showdown between two teams of heroes… but more badass!
Meltdown: Each team marches waves of minions to their death, and scores points for every minion who throws themselves into the incinerator. The team with the most scrap metal, wins.
Private Matches: Get some practice in with private competitive matches. Customize team sizes from 1v1 through 5v5 or toggle the unique character requirement off for a team full of Oscar Mike clones! Private matches also allow you to play against AI bots, but to keep it fair, nobody is cheesing XP from bot matches.
Progression Systems
Battleborn includes multiple progressions systems. Playing either Story Mode or Competitive Multiplayer Modes will earn you XP towards temporary Helix augmentations as well as persistent Command Rank and Character Rank levels.
Helix: During a single Competitive match or Story episode, each level you gain activates a new Helix augmentation opportunity - all the way to level 10. Each level has two augmentation choices and a character’s Helix resets at the beginning of a new match or episode, meaning you can tailor your character’s abilities to the situation at hand.
Character Rank: Each character ranks up the more you play them, up to rank 15. The Character Rank levels persist across all modes, and unlike Helix augmentations, this experience never resets. Increasing the Character Rank unlocks Mutations which are extra Augments that become available on the Helix Menu. The higher the Character’s Rank, the more Helix augmentations, taunts, titles, and skins you unlock for that character.
Command Rank: Command Rank persists across all modes and all characters played. Every Competitive match (excluding bots) and Story episode grants XP towards your player Command Rank. Rising through the ranks will unlock characters, new Gear options, titles, and more – all the way to Command Rank 100.
Play Split-Screen
Couch Co-Op: Play split-screen on PS4 and Xbox One
Multiple Couches: You can only do two screens per console. BUT, you can connect with two other co-op playing pals on another machine.
Split Screen on Your Team: People playing split screen can join up with any team. The max number of Battleborn per side: five players.
Color-Coded Teams
There isn’t an explicit color blind mode, but we do let you pick your team color and the opposing team’s color. This colorization is applied to enemy color, health bars, competitive objectives, etc., and is available on all platforms.
De rest is te vinden in de bron link. Voor nu, geniet van 50 minuten aan gameplay waarin sommige van deze modi voorbij komen.
