I meant to do a lil review of the previous expansion, Moxxi's, but truth is, it's rather boring and annoying. I only recently even tried the 2nd mission in it and not enjoying it.
"The Secret Armory of General Knoxx" however, i liked it. there are a few reasons for that, the first being that this one actually feels like an expansion to the original borderlands. Maybe not story wise, but at least setting wise.
The plot is a minor detail in borderlands, but still, they do need a reason to make u run around shooting stuff.
Athena, the leader of the crimson lance's elite assassin forces, deserts the crimson lance and wants to bring them down, she seeks your help and offers u 3 mins of free looting through their armory in exchange.
Against you and your allies is Alfonso Knoxx, a very depressed general who literally used to take his orders from a 5 year old admiral.
The center of this expansion is T-Bone Junction, the area seems located in dried out lake/sea with roads all over the place. It would even seem that T-Bone used to b a fishing town once.
For many areas, the roads are most of the map, however at the far end of each road, u can get down to ground level to explore. Don't think the road areas are plain though, the crimson lance has setup bases and road blocks, there's patrol vehicles and even flying drones.
Personally, I like this setting a lot and finally feels like something that would b in the original game, unlike the previous 2 expansions. We're back in fictional Australia.
I read somewhere that something they wanted to do in the original game was to make vehicles a bigger part of the gameplay with different ones to choose and even possible boss battles. This finally becomes a reality in this expansion with the exception of boss battles. (thank god)
You will be driving a lot an everywhere in this game, and sometimes picking the right vehicle will b very important seeing as each has a specialty. From the start, you don't have any vehicle available to you, by questing for Scooter, you'll unlock these.
Most of the enemies u'll encounter are crimson lance soldiers, with more variations though, such are Rocketeer soldiers, Chemical soldiers, Pyro soldiers, etc...
In short, they have flying soldiers, and specialized types for each element (Acid, Fire and Lightning), there's more medic soldiers too. Since the crimson lance is the main enemy they diversified their troops more so it wasn't as boring.
More notable are the devastators and assassins though. The devastator are giant armored mech suits, slow and heavy damage. Assassins in contrast are female soldiers, very very quick and agile, can't really say how much damage they do, encounters with them are too frantic.
There's other enemies, alien wildlife and such, but nothing really noteworthy in my opinion.
I like that they brought Moxxi back, she gives u a couple of missions, and it's even revealed who was her first husband, and man it fucking blew my mind when it's revealed who her son is.
The expansion felt sadly short, but not too short, it still kept us entertained for some long hours, also, the expansion features a "secret boss" which is advertised on the road signs, however, players need to b at max level to even stand a chance against it, so haven't defeated it yet. something to work torwards too though.
They started something kind of funny in this expansion, in chests, lockers and other places where loot is found, there are midget enemies hiding, they'll surprise you, but the cool thing is that they're quite funny too, there's a mini Steve that pops out and says "Heyoo!" before attacking u, there's a midget crimson lance, a mini wrestler that vaguely looks like Mordecai, etc.
Unlike the previous 2, this one feels like a worthy expansion. the ambience, humor and setting all feel right again.
I only wish it was longer, but, the fact that there's a "secret boss" actually gives u something to work towards.
Srly "Do Want".
"The Secret Armory of General Knoxx" however, i liked it. there are a few reasons for that, the first being that this one actually feels like an expansion to the original borderlands. Maybe not story wise, but at least setting wise.
"Stupefying"
Plot
The plot is a minor detail in borderlands, but still, they do need a reason to make u run around shooting stuff.
Athena, the leader of the crimson lance's elite assassin forces, deserts the crimson lance and wants to bring them down, she seeks your help and offers u 3 mins of free looting through their armory in exchange.
Against you and your allies is Alfonso Knoxx, a very depressed general who literally used to take his orders from a 5 year old admiral.
Location
The center of this expansion is T-Bone Junction, the area seems located in dried out lake/sea with roads all over the place. It would even seem that T-Bone used to b a fishing town once.
T-Bone Junction - pretty much the central hub of the expansion
For many areas, the roads are most of the map, however at the far end of each road, u can get down to ground level to explore. Don't think the road areas are plain though, the crimson lance has setup bases and road blocks, there's patrol vehicles and even flying drones.
Personally, I like this setting a lot and finally feels like something that would b in the original game, unlike the previous 2 expansions. We're back in fictional Australia.
Vehicles
I read somewhere that something they wanted to do in the original game was to make vehicles a bigger part of the gameplay with different ones to choose and even possible boss battles. This finally becomes a reality in this expansion with the exception of boss battles. (thank god)
Racer - Monster -Lancer
You will be driving a lot an everywhere in this game, and sometimes picking the right vehicle will b very important seeing as each has a specialty. From the start, you don't have any vehicle available to you, by questing for Scooter, you'll unlock these.
- The racer, as the name implies, is a small fast car. it's ideal to get through the roads quickly once you've cleared up all the road blocks. It's required on a couple of times to jump into harder to reach places. And if it looks familiar, it's because it's vehicle in the original game.
- The monster is the 1st vehicle Scooter makes available to you, it's easy to control, has the best weapon of all 3 in my opinion and it's fairly resistant. With the exception of the sequences that absolutely require the racer, u could do the entire expansion in the monster.
- The lancer is what the crimson lance uses to patrol the roads. This vehicle is the only one that allows all 4 players to ride in it at the same time and each seat has a different weapon associated with it. it's dreadfully slow and it's very difficult to perform the most basic jumps with it. however, it's attack is extremely damaging and the defense is triple the racer's.
The prison is a good example of when the racer is required.
Enemies
Most of the enemies u'll encounter are crimson lance soldiers, with more variations though, such are Rocketeer soldiers, Chemical soldiers, Pyro soldiers, etc...
In short, they have flying soldiers, and specialized types for each element (Acid, Fire and Lightning), there's more medic soldiers too. Since the crimson lance is the main enemy they diversified their troops more so it wasn't as boring.
Devastator - Assassin
More notable are the devastators and assassins though. The devastator are giant armored mech suits, slow and heavy damage. Assassins in contrast are female soldiers, very very quick and agile, can't really say how much damage they do, encounters with them are too frantic.
There's other enemies, alien wildlife and such, but nothing really noteworthy in my opinion.
Misc
I like that they brought Moxxi back, she gives u a couple of missions, and it's even revealed who was her first husband, and man it fucking blew my mind when it's revealed who her son is.
Nice Mammaries lady!
The expansion felt sadly short, but not too short, it still kept us entertained for some long hours, also, the expansion features a "secret boss" which is advertised on the road signs, however, players need to b at max level to even stand a chance against it, so haven't defeated it yet. something to work torwards too though.
They started something kind of funny in this expansion, in chests, lockers and other places where loot is found, there are midget enemies hiding, they'll surprise you, but the cool thing is that they're quite funny too, there's a mini Steve that pops out and says "Heyoo!" before attacking u, there's a midget crimson lance, a mini wrestler that vaguely looks like Mordecai, etc.
More screens
Verdict
Unlike the previous 2, this one feels like a worthy expansion. the ambience, humor and setting all feel right again.
I only wish it was longer, but, the fact that there's a "secret boss" actually gives u something to work towards.Srly "Do Want".
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