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Borderlands 2

Research and Development

Borderlands came from an original game called "The Border Lands" from the 1980s.  The concept was built around the idea of being a "treasure hunter" looking for a magic treasure on a far off world.  The storyline is also rumored to have a small influence from the story of WWII.  Personally I can't see that but some people can.  Its an incredibly ficticious story set in a beautiful albeit deadly world.

Gathering Materials

To create the art there was so much time invested in concept sketching and artwork.  The developers also travelled to deserts and jungles to get a feel for the lighting and mood of those places so they could translate that into each level.  They also studied many sci-fi books based around treasure hunters and bandits to learn about how they function but to also create the very unique characters of the game.

Game Concept

Borderlands takes you inside one of the 4 Vault Hunters that travels around this planet, Pandora, to search for the lost treasure of the Vault.  In this game the idea was to build on the idea that the Vault was already opened and someone is now in control of it, and that it holds more power than originally thought.  Also, for this game, the developers travelled out to gun manufacturers to gain insight about how various weapons work so they could translate that into one of the bazillions of guns that can be found throughout the game.