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Borderlands 2
Spike:
After playing through the main plot I'm a little surprised because I found myself a little more emotionally invested at certain parts then I expected to. I don't know if it's because the bar was set a little low due to tone the game normally takes, but I think they did a pretty good job with some of the characters.
snalin:
Yeah, there's some surprisingly dark things and themes beneath all of the colorful violence. At one point I took a step back and realized that I was helping a twelve year old torturing her parent's killer to death, and realized that the whole thing was quite beautifully horrible. It's a subtle story of death and destruction hidden beneath... well, death and destruction, but the colorful and careless kind.|
ackblom12:
Mordichai's character is another one that I think is wonderfully dark beneath it all. While he's funny and always drunk, when you think about it, he's seriously just a ridiculously self destructive alcoholic who has lost most of the important things in his life to the drink. The only thing he's even barely holding onto is the companionship of Bloodwing and aiding in the downfall of Handsome Jack.
I'm incredibly impressed with how well they've handled the narrative in this game, especially considering how non existent it was in the first.
ackblom12:
Oh god, I just found a heart wrenching ECHO recording of Tina watching her parent's die.
Gregorio:
It seems like Gearbox's games have evolved over time to have the best voice acting in the industry. Brothers in Arms 3 was the first time I've seen voice actors in games exhibit a wide range of emotions without sounding ridiculous, and I'd put Borderlands 2 up as the best voice-acting in gaming history. The writing is also great. It keeps this nice balance of rewarding the player's successes, while also showing off Jack's power, and keeping a good flow of funny versus serious without too many characterization inconsistencies.
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