Dissecting Design -- Borderlands and Role Playing Shooter Design

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Borderlands
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Borderlands (2009)
Duration: 33:44
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For this week's Dissecting Design, I talked about the Borderlands series and the development of "Role Playing Shooter" game design. I talked about how the design walks the middle ground between RPG and action gameplay, and the challenges that go with it.

0:00 -- Intro

00:51 -- The Gameplay of Role Playing Shooter

8:48 -- The itemization and loot design

18:48 -- Issues with Role Playing Shooting

25:11 -- The DLC and Season Pass Debate

28:02 -- Final Thoughts
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