This is crucial, and it's a tricky balancing act. We're just starting to feel hunger pangs for something more, and Captain Scarlett delivers, right on cue. The brilliant nuts-and-bolts appeal of the gameplay remains, but the thrill of discovery has gone. That means discovering new twists on old missions, but they remain old missions. Almost everyone who picked up the game at launch is now on their second play-through, either with a new character or in True Vault Hunter mode. This is a game designed at a deep level to loop around, rewarding continued play. Borderlands 2 came out just over three weeks ago, and while the addition of DLC so soon after launch would usually be cause for consternation, in this case fans are genuinely excited rather than wary. Others wait too long, dropping downloadable content a year later when most have moved on.Ĭaptain Scarlett's timing, in contrast, is impeccable. Some games shovel their add-ons out as soon as they launch, or lock them away on the disc for those who buy more expensive editions, leaving players feeling like they've bought half a game. With so many other things to grumble about, the importance of timing an add-on often gets overlooked. How does it achieve this lofty goal? Let's break it down. The first downloadable expansion for the wonderful Borderlands 2, it should serve as a template for other developers and publishers to follow. Know this much: Captain Scarlett and the Pirate Booty is good stuff. It's so easy to focus on the negatives of the situation - the price gouging, the on-disc DLC, the sly doubling of the price we pay for our games - that the good stuff doesn't get celebrated. Suspiciously Specific Denial: Shade repeatedly assures you that the people of Oasis are completely alive, and that none of them have died of thirst.Downloadable content and the concept of the "season pass" are now apparently permanent fixtures of the gaming landscape, even if nobody exactly welcomed them with open arms.Permanently Missable Content: You only get one shot at getting the Stinkpot, a corrosive Jakobs assault rifle, from No-Beard, as he doesn't respawn once Oasis is cleansed out.Message in a Bottle: The eponymous quest require you to find a bottle with a map that contains the location of a hidden chest.Shade looks like a cool guy, however he has a creepy aura around him."I Ain't Afraid of Heights" requires you to travel the ceilings of Oasis in order to find two Dahl chests.Emotionless Girl: Aubrey Callahan III is a perpetually bored and sarcastic-sounding young woman who has some sidequests posted to the Oasis Bounty Board for you.
Collection Sidequest: "My Life for a Sandskiff" requires you to collect five Sandskiff parts in order to digistruct Sandskiffs.Captain Colorbeard: The first named pirate is a lieutenant of Sandman's gang called No-Beard.These missions, the related sidequests and challenges, and the Oasis level, provide examples of: These missions take place in the level Oasis, which also hosts the side missions "Fire Water", "Message in a Bottle" (Oasis), "Giving Jocko a Leg Up", "Wingman", "Burying The Past" and "Man's Best Friend", as well as the Badass Challenges "I Ain't Afraid of Heights", "Cult of the Vault" and "Horrid's Hideaway". In order to do so, you need to collect the parts scattered across the town of Oasis.ĭuring the entirety of these missions, you can't help but wonder something's really off. However, before doing so, you need to create your own Sandskiff, your main way to travel through the areas of the DLC. The second mission, "My Life for a Sandskiff", requires you to meet the titular Captain Scarlett. Once the deed is done, you turn the mission to Shade. You're contacted by Shade, one of the residents, who requests your help in cleaning up the town from No-Beard's pirates. The first DLC of the game, Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty, begins with the Vault Hunters arriving to the town of Oasis, under siege by a group of pirates.
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