The majority of the game follows Jack and the Vault Hunters as they attempt to take back Helios Station from Colonel Zarpedon and her Lost Legion. At least, to the context of sending people to hunt her down. Ironically, it is Athena out of these three who seems to irritate Lilith the most. Returning character Athena is the only one of the group with any moral compass and she's still working for Pandora's future despot. Nisha, by contrast, is never portrayed as anything but a complete psychopath.Ĭlaptrap is portrayed as outright insane through this volume, tragically enslaved by the future Handsome Jack but unaware of it. Wilhelm, initially, looks like a professional with a mild dark side at best but gradually reveals himself to have a sadistic streak which revels in Jack's murders. While the Vault Hunters have never been the nicest of people around, Brick being the closest to an actual bandit, the Pre-Sequel has two out of its four initial player character choices as actively evil. We follow Handsome Jack's rise to power from head of Hyperion R&D and Governor of Helios Station to ruler of Pandora. Instead, it is more a supplement to the events of Borderlands 2. It's a hard-won victory after an emotional roller-coaster of tragedies, twists, and turns.īorderlands: The Pre-Sequel couldn't hope to compete with such an epic storyline and is smart enough not to try. A great evil is extinguished and you want to give yourself (or Claptrap) a high five for your victory. When Handsome Jack is either shot by the Vault Hunters or killed by Lilith in revenge for Roland's murder, it is a triumphant moment equal to any I can remember in gaming. It's just this time the resistance is composed entirely of Han Solo-types and the Emperor trolls you over the radio. A plucky resistance of freedom-fighters have joined together to overthrow an oppressive evil empire. It's a tremendous combination of quirky humor, oddball characters, shooting, looting, and world-building.īorderlands 2, specifically, is a hard act to follow because it's R-rated Star Wars. I have to grade games on the curve and there's nothing quite like the Borderlands series out there. I gave the actual game a 10/10 because it's more Borderlands 2 and filled with massive amounts of fanservice plus quirky humor. Sadly, I think the plot is one of the weaker elements of B:TPS.įor a shooting game, Borderlands has a great story. This review will contain SPOILERS for the campaign and ending so readers should consider themselves warned. I've already done a review of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel here, but I thought I would take the time to do a separate review for those interested in the characters as well as plot. Warning: This review will go into LONG discussion of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel's story.
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