The eridium deposits scattered hither and yon aren’t anywhere to be found. There are no cameos from any previous Borderlands characters. It’s the complete absence of nearly everything familiar in Borderlands 3 up to this point. Unlike the previous two DLCs, Bounty of Blood almost feels like an original side story. “And he rode a spotted horse-hoverbike, and its name was Bessie.” You might not completely fill up every skill in a tree that way, but you can build up to a pair of the “apex” skills/perks in any given tree. With the level cap rising to 60, it’s now possible to spec out in two skill trees without leaving a particular skill incompletely filled out if you put points into it.
And when I say “fully built-up,” that’s not an exaggeration.
The main quest for the DLC leads players through four different zones, culminating in a final two-stage boss fight that (absent any Mayhem Mode difficulty enhancements) can be almost ridiculously easy for a fully built-up character. Indeed, this particular outing feels almost a little too compact. The Vault Hunters, drawn to the system by a wanted poster promising a ridiculous sum of money, come looking to change lead into gold the old fashioned way: as bounty hunters.īounty of Blood continues the pattern of tightly written storylines and compacted gameplay set across sprawling maps. Those left behind made a life for themselves, either scraping out a living in the town of Vestige or taking up the outlaw path and raiding Vestige for supplies. For some reason, “The Company” abandoned Gehenna with indecent haste when their research efforts on the planet uncovered something potentially world-shattering, and which wasn’t an Eridian Vault. Narrated by an unseen and never-encountered presence known only as “The Liar,” Bounty of Blood brings players to the planet Gehenna, a world which was once a mining outpost for a major corporation which isn’t ever explicitly named by any of the characters (though the loot chests scattered around do give a pretty strong hint). Also, not above making a casual pop culture reference. As it turns out, Gearbox is paying its respects to both cowboy movies and samurai movies, acknowledging the unusual dynamic that has had the two genres feeding into each other for decades. So it’s not surprising that the third DLC, Bounty of Blood, would be initially mistaken for a celebration of cowboy movies. Guns, Love, and Tentacles is an ode to horror movies like The Thing and Event Horizon. Moxxi’s Heist of The Handsome Jackpot reflects heist movies such as Ocean’s Eleven and David Mamet’s Heist.
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