Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford previously said that Borderlands 4 is not a real open world game, but the State of Play section of Borderlands 4 does make this plundering shooting sequel to the genre description of the open world game.There is a planet that can be explored seamlessly, with various small activities to participate in, and there is even a vehicle similar to the one in Destiny that can be summoned on demand, making it easier to move in the game world.
The story of Borderlands 4 takes place on the planet Kairos, which consists of four regions that “you can explore these regions seamlessly” and “have little loading time”, and you will also encounter “dynamic weather and various events” during the exploration.The State of Play section shows a route to a location that looks like a main quest, but there seem to be a lot of side events that distract you from the way, and you can participate in these activities “no need to take the quest”.
As described in a follow-up article on the PlayStation blog, “Whenever you find a brief gaming experience and new activity, they automatically become a trackable task—like a barn that houses old, retired Order Technologies that you can seize for the Crimson Resistance.”
After cleaning up a barn, it becomes a quick travel point, and it is also a launcher that can launch you into the air so you can glide to your next destination.The gliding feature, along with the two-stage jump, sprint and fixed-point grab hook, greatly expands your move options.Each time a barn is cleaned, it will also guide you to find a piece of secret key fragment.Collect enough debris and you can open a secret hiding, enter a high-level dungeon, and obtain high-level loot.
So, we have a huge gaming world with different but seamlessly connected areas to explore, dynamic weather, optional side events to unlock fast travel points and new content, plus a range of mobile skills designed to help you move through the gaming world.It does sound like an open world game to me—and you can summon a private vehicle to speed up the exploration, which makes it more accurate.
Pitchford had previously admitted that Borderlands 4 would be the "most open and freest" work in the series, but he said he would not use the word "open world" because "the word comes with a lot of things that don't apply. You'll know then."
This could mean the game will try to avoid some of the issues that plague other open-world games, such as those repetitive, rewarding list-style tasks.When Borderlands 4 is released on the newly confirmed September 12th, we can see how it performs in this regard.
