 By Jeremy Azevedo |
The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is the perfect example of how DLC should be done. Right around the time that you may be feeling the urge to dive into some of the other games stacking up on your shelf, an excellent new mission pack appears to suck you right back into the world of Borderlands. |
Zombie Island is more than just a new area to explore, it's a stand-alone narrative that may even be stronger than the over-arching narrative of the game that it supplements. Obviously, the emphasis is still on the action, but the various characters that populate Jacob's Cove are especially entertaining (despite the fact that most of them are dead by the time you get there). Additionally, all of the enemies you will meet are unique, and represent a cross section of the known zombie population. You've got your slow, shambling zombies, your crazed, fast running zombies, your giant, lumbering Frankenstein's monsters, your acid barfing spitters, and your dragging, dismembered torso zombies. This isn't even taking into account the handful of animal and boss enemies that exist on the Zombie Island of Dr. Ned.
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I didn't necessarily find any new weapons that I hadn't already seen some variation of, not even after defeating the (awesome) final boss. But then I am a huge dork that's playing with a level 50 hunter packing some serious orange (super rare) weapons so your experience may be different. I can tell you one thing though: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned poses a particularly difficult challenge to even the most badass character build if by nothing else, throwing a metric shit-ton of zombies at you nearly everywhere you go. The bastards pop up out of the ground at any time and in any place, surrounding you, blinding you with poisonous zombie barf, hanging on you and basically overwhelming you with sheer numbers. The traditional zombie M.O.
If you've been playing and enjoying Borderlands near as much as I have, than I strongly recommend you download this DLC at your earliest convenience. (I guarantee you, there are few thrills in Borderlands that are equal to taking down a giant Frankenstein with a weapons crate strapped to his back and then looting his corpse.) I also recommend that you play with at least one partner to watch your back, and that you consider investing in some fire-based weaponry. As we all know, the undead hate fire. You can leave your acid weapons at home though, because they do just about f**k-all to an already poisonous undead monster.
