The primary differences between games are: Unique and legendary items continue to have flavor text and associated special weapon effects.

Many of the items return or are re-purposed versions of their Borderlands 2 counterparts. The Pre-Sequel uses the Borderlands 2 Weapons system, with some changes and additions.

Helios - Hyperion's H-shaped space station.

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Aurelia the Baroness - The trillionaire sister of Sir Hammerlock who uses a homing Frost Diadem Shard to freeze her enemies.

(Released as the Handsome Jack Doppelganger Pack on November 11, 2014).

Jack the Doppelganger - A body double of Handsome Jack who implements digistructed copies to help him in battle.

Claptrap the Fragtrap - A Claptrap robot supercharged with an experimental software (malware) package.

Nisha the Lawbringer - A sociopathic, gun-waving sharpshooter capable of short bursts of pinpoint accuracy, rapid reloading and improved gun damage.

Wilhelm the Enforcer - A Hyperion engineer with a predilection to upgrade his body with cybernetics and a pair of Surveyor robots named Wolf and Saint.

Athena the Gladiator - A former Lance Assassin turned mercenary, and armed with a versatile Kinetic Aspis shield.

The initial four playable character classes are all familiar faces from the Borderlands universe:

Missions Main article: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel mission flow Characters Playable Characters The signature shoot n’ loot gameplay of the Borderlands series expands with the addition of low-gravity combat and oxygen-powered double-jumping, the icy cryo element, the deadly and varied laser weapon class, and new vehicles to help explore the lunar landscape of Elpis. Unlike Borderlands or Borderlands 2, where events take place as they occur, the events of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel are the story told by a captured Athena to an audience of Lilith, Mordecai and Brick, with occasional interjects from other characters as the story progresses. Jack proceeds to send his new Vault Hunters to the surface of Elpis, Pandora's moon, in an effort to find a way to retake the station. Set at a point between Borderlands and Borderlands 2, four aspiring Vault Hunters fight alongside Handsome Jack, witnessing his transformation into the ruthless tyrant people loved to hate in Borderlands 2, and inadvertently assisting with the rise of the Hyperion Corporation and his position within it.īorderlands: The Pre-Sequel begins as Colonel Zarpedon and her Lost Legion assault and capture the Helios space station.

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