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The first major expansion for Borderlands The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned includes new quests, items, and enemies.

The Jakobs Corporation would like to invite you to discover and experience the mysteries of our corporate-owned small town known as Jakobs Cove. Any rumors you may have heard about Were Skags, Crawling Torsos, Exploding Tankesteins and the so-called “undead” walking our streets are completely preposterous and we officially deny them all. If those rumors turn out to be true, simply purchase a firearm from the conveniently located Jakobs Brand Vending Machines and aim for the head. Also, would you mind saving our employees?

Genre: Action RPG

Publisher: 2K Games

Developer: Gearbox Software

Online Play: 4 Co-op

Local Play: 2 Co-op

Borderlands,

December 1, 2009 –
You’re still playing Borderlands, right? If so, the Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, the first downloadable content for the game, should be of interest. For $10 USD you get a whole new zone with a bunch of new quests, enemy types, and opportunities to snag more loot. Wrapped up in Halloween themes, the Island also sticks in the mind more easily than other zones in the game. There’s still plenty of rocky ground in this setting, but this area’s greener, filled with trees, is built with more personality, and also happens to be filled with zombies.

Anyone disappointed with the meager story threads laced throughout the original product will find this narrative in Jakob’s Cove to be more sturdily strung together. It’s still nothing incredible, but the bubblegum tale is packed with humor, cultural references to things like Scooby Doo and more that should keep you entertained. Like the zone itself (accessible via the fast travel menu), the tale is separated from the main game, as it doesn’t really tie into the Vault story and therefore loses any semblance of seriousness, which works to its advantage.

To go along with the goofball humor and “spooky” motif, you’ll see lighted pumpkins around the area, pumpkin-headed bosses, angular and eerily lit houses, and fields of ghoulish foes. None of the enemies in the zone carry any guns, but they do attack in large numbers. The standard zombies pop out of the ground and shamble directly at you, and if you’re not paying attention it’s easy to get overwhelmed by their numbers. This is especially true if you happen to run into spitter zombies that can blur your vision with putrid projectiles, or hulking Frankenstein’s monster-like creatures that can initiate a number of special attacks like ground pounds and lighting bombs. Oh, and be sure not to hit these guys with electrical elemental damage