Borderlands DLC: Zombie Islands of Dr. Ned Review (Xbox 360\ PS3)
Gamespot - 8.5/10
The Good
- Environments and enemies offer welcome variety
- Great humor throughout
- Good number of quests and areas
- Same great gunplay, loot, and artistic style
The Bad
- Difficulty is based on your story progress rather than character level
- Occasional visual slowdown
IGN - 8/10
Closing Comments
While it'd be great to get some downloadable content that adds in character class skills, heaps of new items, bumps up the level cap, or builds in more interesting and complex quest and encounter mechanics, what's presented here is a guaranteed good time.
The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned is a well-made and entertaining piece of content, giving Borderlands fans a chance to sink bullets into undead flesh in new environments and with some additional quest goals. The expansion also offers stronger story elements, something mostly propped up with wacky humor and nonsense, which is quite fitting considering the context of a zombie outbreak and ludicrous amount of loot and bullets and death.
While it doesn't alter the core of Borderlands in any dramatic kind of way, it is one of the most vividly characterized zones. Considering the strength of the gameplay formula and the fact that it's still fairly soon after the main game's release, what's presented here -- more things to kill and more reasons to laugh while doing so -- is welcome.
Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned Video Review