This not having at least 1,000 views is insane.

Can you rank the bosses too?

I remember towtow scarring the crap out of me as a kid

Cool video!

good video

Thank you for this video, great idea

maya got the nastiest treatment.

I love the video! This is my favourite game, yet I agree with a LOT of the stuff you said. The gameplay saves it, 100%. I loved Typhon Deleon as a character, and I was wondering, were you not collecting the logs? They have like the majority of lore for the story and it was really neat to follow a secondary story (a b plot if you will) that happened years ago while I completed the main story. I think that's why the payoff at the end of the game that ties the two stories together was so great for me. You said we didn't know or care about this character enough, but we were following him and getting to know him the whole time. The plot twist did get me, even tho I was suspicious when he said it was twins. I was just wondering because I found that without getting the logs, it felt like I was only getting half the story (I 100%ed the game and all the dlc)

They should’ve never got rid of scooter, Dr zeb, Sal, and axton. All of these characters should play a part.

As an borderlands 3 fanboy i feel the community the death of maya honestly feel pointless like why? Why? Why kill an fan favorite vault hunter?

You gotta fix your microphones sound quality.

Leaving me a full queue of recommended video essays about borderlands at the end to get me thru the rest of the work day was so peak. Might be the first time I’ve ever subbed to a channel after seeing one video 🤞🏾

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I really do believe Troy Calypso could’ve been one of the best villains in the series if he just betrayed Tyreen and took charge for himself. He wouldn’t have been a Handsome Jack by any means, but they could’ve gotten close to there with how it was sort of building up to Troy seemingly starting to break away from his sister slowly

The more i watch videos and hear people talk about this game the more amazing it is that gearbox could run such a successful game series into the ground because the people developing these games tell themselves the story doesnt matter when the story is literally the entire game. Story is the reason i went to UVHM on almost every character in bl2 but couldnt bring myself to replay bl3 more than a few times simply because of how painful having to hear ava and the twins exist throughout the entire story. It took me like 10+ playthroughs for any of handsome jacks quotes to get even slighly annoying

I listened to this video while playing Borderlands 2 and the Ava and Maya made up dialogue was TOP notch bro!

I think Maliwan being the centeral antagonists along with the eridian threat that is being built up to with the BL3 teases would’ve been the best direction. I don’t think attempting to do another Handsome Jack like villain would work in BL anymore. The next big threat shouldn’t be anything funny or cringey like the Twins. It should be all intimidation. The characters in the BL franchise and the people you run into throughout the galaxy can still be funny, quipy people but I want the next villain to be imposing, powerful, threatening, and entirely serious. Something/someone that even conversations about them, everyone in the room gets serious. I think the villain from Wonderlands was very good but I think the next best thing that the story and gearbox can do in terms of their villains is to make the next one an entirely serious threat that has even our lighthearted characters bloods run cold. Or another idea is to make the threat entirely existential. Something like the Reapers from Mass Effect, an ever approaching eridian conflict that will only end in the death of everyone as we know it and the Vault Hunters have to prevent it. Not because of the manufacturers or corporations warring to gain control or power.

they dont include axton and salvador cause... THEY ARE MALES... and of course they cant take a leading role... every male in this game is just annoying, thats how they write them all of the principal roles are filled with powerful females in hard moments, taking hard decissions to save the world (or planet, or themselves, or others, or something...)

The writing team in 3 was so inept at creating any sort of depth and meaning. Randys insistance on making the story about joking on streamers was such a middle finger to the community. 4 better pick up from the cliffhanger in TPS and hire competant and passionate writers who actually care. Please keep Randy away from development, let him just creepily focus on his magic.

I think it would have been cool if the main villains of the game were the entire kategawa family

The audio is terrible. Especially when you play part of the game

good video, but pls get better mic or try to use ur phone as a mic if thats better

The way they killed off Aurelia when she had so much potential and was possibly the best antagonist in the third game was tragic. They really had SO MUCH POTENTIAL with her

Borderlands should of been a show on max cuz they have the money to make it worth a watch

Good video. I think my only criticism is the mic quality.

Lorelei*. I don't care about "bUt ThEy TrAnSiTiOnEd", she still sounds the fucking same as before she "TrAnSiTiOnEd". She doesn't behave much like a man either.

The segment nearing the 1 hour mark about the Calypso not showing more vulnerability is half right and wrong. Troy was the main one who showed more vulnerability and inner turmoil than Tyreen did. An example of this being the Eden-6 cutscene where he explains how Tyreen always was the “star of the show” while he was forced to watch, also realizing that he has now discovered a form of independency in being able to leech a Siren besides Tyreen. Another thing I might add was that when you were fighting through the Cathedral of The Twin Gods to get to his boss fight, he clearly became more aggressive and agitated, getting mad at Tyreen for coddling the cult too much when she’s telling them to kill the Vault Hunters. Also, the Echo audios (i forgot the official name) found near Leda’s (Tyreen and Troys mom and Typhon’s wife) grave showed how Tyreen was the main one who wanted to leave Nekrotafeyo to go on Pandora just like shown with every other Siren, while Troy hesitates and expresses how he doesn’t wish to leave their dad behind. Tyreen took advantage of the fact that he would’ve died if he didn’t leech power from her every now and then to not die to coarse him into rebuilding/repairing Typhon’s old ship to fly to Pandora. (Also, I’m in love with troy calypso and wished he could’ve gotten a redemption arc or at least betrayed Tyreen and became final boss)

TROY IS THE DEFINITION OF LOST POTENTIAL😓😩😩😩

55:19 before you start your rewrite i'm kinda sad you didn't bring up whats in the special features. specifically the extra called "Maya's funeral." THEY HAD A WHOLE OTHER FULLY VOICED AND STORY BOARDED SEQUENCE AND QUEST ON ATHENAS. HOLY SHIT IT CHANGES SO MUCH AND MAKES AVA A MORE LIKEABLE CHARACTER. its on youtube but id recommend watching it if you wana get angry.

I wanna watch the video but the inconsistent audio is turning me off and that’s unfortunate. It goes from too quiet to too loud and overall is just low quality, with lots of clipping in certain sections. It’s not constant but I think your content would benefit highly if you evened out the audio issues. :) I like your comedic style though, you definitely have a good angle.

Disclaimer: I accidentally used he/him pronouns for Fl4k when they identify as nonbinary and use they/them pronouns. This was an oversight by me and I apologize for my mistake.

Fl4k uses they/them pronouns and is nonbinary

Much better story telling than the original

first minute and you praise borderlands for its "amazing story"? yeah no, the story is actually the weakest convoluted crap and no one in this franchise denies it except randy and the shillers, whats memorable and amazing about this franchise is the funny and whacky over the top characters in a whacky funny over the top universe and the guns/builds. but the story? HA things all over the place with plot points, characters, and concepts completely forgotten, killed, or ignored respectively.

Wouldve been cool if the caylpsos where the villians for the first part of the game, have them have the partnership with maliwan but after killing the rampager and before maya can be killed maliwan ambushes the caylpsos kills them and then becomes the main antagonist for the rest of the game. Wouldve been a better twist than half the "twists" in the game.

Glad you were able to reuse this so it could get seen. I agree completely

Watched ur whole video, great work man, honestly your rewrites made me laugh more than the entire base game of borderlands 3, really surprised this doesnt have way more views, more than worth the watch.

I love this idea! Really wish BL3 had gone with ideas like these instead of what they chose to do... The calypsos just felt empty in game, and I thought Maliwan was a cool addition that should have been improved on more than it was. I just love the corporations.

i was your 20th sub congrats

Honestly, I thought the big reveal was Aurelia just testing Wyanewright on being a worthy husband for Hammerlock while also enjoying some of her villainous tendencies. Mabe she resents her brother cuz he was able to live free from the family business while she needed to embrace it. Jakobs is the second most ridiculed company in borderlands, only second to tediore. Mabe Aurelia wanted to ensure that Jakobs was strong. If she took over, Aurelia would ensure it's strength and survival by ANY means necessary. If Wayneright could defeat her, he would have proven the rumors wrong and Aurelia would be satisfied that Alistar hadn't gone soft and his husband could protect him. It's a sadistic and cruel shittest, but in the end it comes from a place of practicality and maybe a little familial love. I thought Aurelia was intentionally acting stupid to give Winny and Al a chance to beat her given she became an ally at the end of TPS. That her and Lillith made a plan to trap the Calypsos on Eden-6 in the manor and avenge Maya. She needed everyone in one place so the Calypsos had minimal chance of escaping. After all, she saw what happened to Jack. She would undoubtedly regret not killing him when she had the chance. With this convoluted plan she could have her cake and eat it too. Partial or full ownership of Jakobs, a test of Waynewright's ability, torment Hammerlock and stop the Calypsos both because of Jack and she recognizes the danger they pose. Alas, we just got Aurelia evil instead of something more interesting or complex. Edit: I would have liked for the businesses Katagawa blew up being named after Tales characters. Like Sasha's smoothies and Fiona Fajitas. Hell, have a beatdown bar that Vaugn used to frequent whenever he visited Rhys! That way, Rhys's reaction to those places being destroyed goes deeper than a simple restaurant. It's the last remnants of his friends that he misses dearly. He's and Zero are still searching for Fiona and Sasha. Vaughn and Rhys could have had a falling out similar to Brick and Roland where either side went too far and the other left. Mabe if Rhys was becoming Full Jack, he now feels unworthy of Vaughn's friendship and is afraid he will hurt him as Jack did to Angel, hence no attempt at reconciliation. Atlas would be quietly helping the raiders, Rhys using his army to protect the vaults from people like the Calypsos. The reason he's getting overrun is that this vault is one of many his is protecting for the raiders and is thus spread thin, Rhys unwilling to force his employees to run through a Maliwan blockade just to save him. Hell, have Loader-bot and Gorty working RND or being the "away team". BL3's story had so much squandered potential.

53:53 this idea sounds so funny it makes me wish even more that the writing was better.

In my opinion they never should have killed off Maya or any of the characters from BL2. She and Gaige are my two favorites from Borderlands 2

I HATE how they did aurelia in borderlands 3 she is by far my favorite character and the way they just killed her as if she had no potential as a character despite no other character is like her I hope she comes back in 4 and its revealed that we killed a body double in 3 like.ahe could definitely afford to do that cause she's a rich bitch

I wouldn't say the story itself is bad, the twins are bad amd had they tones down the cringe and delivered the story with more serious tone and less cringe it could have been amazing.. the story itself is actually good imo, the way it's delivered just sucks ass..

I understand what you were trying to do but having NPCs take the kills of so many main story bosses would feel lame as hell to play. Putting in effort to beat something to have a cutscene start and have a rando steal the kill doesn't feel good. Also there are other ways to allow for moments of characterization than having an NPC spawn in to get a narrative kill after the player kills a boss. Like having them intervene in the cutscenes the player character gets lobotomized for. Over all I really enjoyed your rewrite.

You need to call gearbox now Tell them to rewrite borderlands 3 for your version Because you made me want to play it

Ava had potential

U have all the Games up to Imaginators to use that's a lot of Chareter 😂

The editing is so great and funny!!!!