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This is About as Exhaustive a Borderlands 2 Primer as You're Likely to Find

Say what you will about Sir Hammerlock, he's nothing if not thorough.

Aug. 31 2012

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

Borderlands 2

102 Comments

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Edited By omhroa

looks good.

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Need to get my preorder in for this.

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Edited By The_Laughing_Man

So now we have the mandatory British dude in the game. Where is the Aussie? 

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Edited By juice8367

oh nice

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Edited By HellBrendy

I have 3 preorders for this. one Loot Chest for PS 3, one Loot Chest for X360 and I also preordered it on Steam because I didn't wan't to play on PS 3, but hadn't gotten it on 360 yet.

If this game turns out to be bad, I'll hate my self.

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Edited By Martdawg

take my money already

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I rather enjoyed that video, even laughed a couple of times. Cant wait for the game to come out!

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That was.....bad ass :B

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Edited By hanktherapper

Ok, this convinced me to buy the game. I was hesitant before because I got burned out on the first game. Looks like there are enough changes for me to check it out.

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I was going to wait until later this year to pick this up, but this video may have convinced me otherwise.

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Edited By McGhee

THIS LOOKS SO FUCKING AWESOME YOU GUYS

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Edited By JetForceGemini

They're really going all out with the sequel. I would have been happy with a new games worth of content and a few tweaks to the formula, but it looks like they've rebuilt everything from the ground up. I can't wait to finally play it!

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Edited By MeatSim

I went Soldier last game so I am thinking of going Hunter this time around.

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Edited By BitterAlmond

Take my money already!

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Edited By flushpockets

The Borderlands

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I can't wait!

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"BADASS BADASS BADASS BADASS BADASS"

I hear this game is badass?

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Edited By FiestaUnicorn

GRENADES!

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Edited By HealingPancake

Someone needs to tally up the number of times "bad ass" is used in this :)

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Edited By fishmicmuffin

Pretty excited for this one. Seems like they've fixed most of what made the first game somewhat annoying.

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Edited By priorityseven

Oh baby, can't wait!!!

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Edited By j3ffro919

18 more days...

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Edited By TehPickle

I really can't wait to play this game.

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You can't see the massive grin on my face but it's ear to ear in joy :D

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"Zero as a number" makes me so tempted to try out an assassin.

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I HAVE TO WAIT 18 MORE DAYS?!??! time to throw in the first game one last time

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Edited By AlexanderSheen

I hope I still can grow bullets. I know in Borderlands I could, even with Mordecai (the sniper guy with the bird).

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I'm not usually a slogan guy, but "Mayhem Awaits. Bring Friends." is a fucking fantastic one.

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Edited By Jazz_Lafayette

Man. Nothing tickles me like a good, posh British accent.

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I bought this on steam the day it was available to buy. Can't fucking wait!!!!

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BEAST!

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Edited By WesleyWyndam

I don't usually take days off from work for games, but I think I will be taking the 18th off.

*crosses fingers for no game breaking bugs at launch*

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My body is ready

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@The_Laughing_Man: Don't worry some people probably think he is Australian anyway.

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@HellBrendy: Can you not cancel your ps3 preorder?

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Edited By MrGtD

oh god i'm in that weird negative zone where 'badass' no longer sounds or looks like a word

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Looks bad ass!

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Edited By ch3burashka

Randall Pitchford said that they initially wanted to call the game Borderlands 3. A missed opportunity, I say.

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I need this game and I need it now.

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Edited By hbkdx12

That. Was. Awesome. 
 
I am so torn. 
 
I want my experience to be a pure as possible so on one hand i want to go through it solo and not have to worry about randoms tainting my experience
 
But on the other hand i greatly want to be part of the insanity that comes with playing with other people. 
 
Damnit!
 
I think im gonna have to creat two saves files and leap frog between the two making sure not to advance too much ahead of either save.

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Edited By Humanity

I played the original way later after getting it on a Steam sale and when playing by myself, as no one wanted to play it anymore at this point from the people I knew, it was terribly boring. I wonder if the second will also require other people in order to get the most out of it.

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Yep, that pretty much covered everything. I stopped watching at 4 minutes. Starting to feel a little spoilery there showing off so many new enemy types.

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Oh. my. Dear. Sweet. Fuck.

I wanted it before, but I had no idea they were upping the variety as much as it looks like. Yes please oh yes.

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Edited By Iodine

@hbkdx12 said:

That. Was. Awesome. I am so torn. I want my experience to be a pure as possible so on one hand i want to go through it solo and not have to worry about randoms tainting my experience But on the other hand i greatly want to be part of the insanity that comes with playing with other people. Damnit! I think im gonna have to creat two saves files and leap frog between the two making sure not to advance too much ahead of either save.

I would not worry all that much about people coming in and ruining your game, and in the sad event they do, I played through BL1 three times so hopefully BL2 will have the same need to play again and again

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Edited By Eribuster

Lovely trailer. Reminds me of the long promotional videos that Japan does for their video games. Wish that was more prevalent for other games.

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OK I give up, pre-ordering now.

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Drink every time he says badass.

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My body has been ready for months now. Just put it IN!!!

The game I mean.

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@Humanity said:

I played the original way later after getting it on a Steam sale and when playing by myself, as no one wanted to play it anymore at this point from the people I knew, it was terribly boring. I wonder if the second will also require other people in order to get the most out of it.

In exactly the same boat, a PS3 boat but still. Same sea.

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Edited By miva2

Most BADASS game ever!

adding some extra oil to the hype... Good timing, mine was diminishing a bit.

Sorry other awesome games ready to be played, this one has priority.