Borderlands 4 Introduces Rafa the Exo-Soldier With His Own Gameplay Overview Trailer

We find ourselves a few weeks closer to Borderlands 4, and with this new proximity we can enjoy another round of character introductory material.

Todays subject is Rafa the Exo-Soldier, a super versatile vault hunter who makes use of an exo-suit to do TWO things:

• Manifest amazing weapons to murderise his enemies
• Stop his low-gravity raised body from being crushed to death

How fun.

Take a looky-loo at this gameplay overview here:

As a former Tediore trooper, Rafa is on the cutting edge of manifesting weapons. Whether it’s a pair of humming Arc-Knives for the sake of carving up his foes, raining firepower on everything in front of him via the Peacebreaker Cannons, or skewering through a conga line of losers with his APOPHIS Lance – he has everything you need for a proper murder party.

In fact, when faced with the option between playing as Rafa or the magic murder-gal Vex at a hands-on event – I was actually swayed to give Rafa a blast. The siren call of gothic wizardry just didn’t phase me.

I even have footage of that long-form gameplay experience below:

While it is cool to see a proper overview of Rafa, it is a bit of a shame that he did not seem to receive a narrative-driven short like Vex did. I loved the Purple Friday clip, it was a fun glimpse into what makes Vex tick as a character, and considering Rafa lives with the constant threat of instantaneous death due to gravity crushing, I can’t help but feel he’d have some fun stuff to say about it.

Edit: Hey, he DID get one in the end! Check it out: Borderlands 4’s Rafa Gets An Official Character Short After All

What do you think of Rafa’s amazing party tricks? Do you prefer summoning guns, or laser swords? Let us know in the comments or on social media.