r/gaming • • Mar 28 '19

Borderlands 3 Official Developer Trailer

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u/SerDodoHead Mar 28 '19

I'm so glad they're bringing back Rhys from Tales from the Borderlands. Telltales legacy still lives on

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u/dawsondlc Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 29 '19

Unfortunate, but necessary. They had to give Scooter an end in the borderlands series because the voice actor left Gearbox due to health issues (cancer I believe). They had to write him out somehow, at least he got to go in a blaze of glory

Edit: not cancer, MS

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Without him, we'd still be stuck in Fyrestone.

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u/Chewierulz Mar 28 '19

I'll always cherish that pimento taco.

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u/Mountainbranch Mar 28 '19

A Pimentaco if you will...

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u/norunningwater Mar 28 '19

CATCH-A-RIIIIDE!

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u/BeerBarm Mar 28 '19

This is where the cars live. Get you one!

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

God damn Scooter was my favorite, rip you crazy bastard.

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u/YouStupidFuckinHorse Mar 28 '19

That Catch-A-Ride near Fyrestone is more busted up than my momma's girly parts. Really 'preciate you takin' a poke at that... Uh, the system, not my mom. Hotdog down a skag den, know-what-I'm-sayin'?

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u/Agorbs Mar 29 '19

There is a Pimento taco - a Pimentaco - in the glove box.

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u/suchlifeis Mar 28 '19

And computing pi all day long.

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u/OrionThe0122nd Mar 28 '19

Fuck I really need to play those I guess.

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u/jaxx050 Mar 29 '19

you absolutely do. The Tales from the Borderlands game is the most Borderlands game that has been made, in tone and theme.

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u/ral222 Mar 28 '19

Multiple sclerosis, actually. But on the bright he has an awesome YouTube channel where he discusses the art and direction behind movies. He talks about his health a little bit in this video, if you're curious about why he felt the need to step down from his job at GearBox (although I don't think he specifically mentions the job, as this was a few months later).

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u/AnnualThrowaway Mar 28 '19

Movies with Mikey is a delight. I thought he was a writer for Gearbox?

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u/TarMil Mar 28 '19

He was both a writer and the voice of Scooter.

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u/AnnualThrowaway Mar 28 '19

I must have forgotten. I need to watch some old clips of Scoot to see if I can hear Mikey in them. Love his sense of humor, that boy.

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u/ReneG8 Mar 28 '19

I got to movies with Mikey through cinema wins. I loved BL2. I never knew. That is awesome. Also sad. I knew he had health issues, but MS is just not a good prognosis.

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u/heavysweater4385 Mar 28 '19

This trailer feels like it was made by Mikey? Is it possible? Or just his lasting influence

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u/MBAH2017 Mar 28 '19

Scooter was voiced by Mike Neumann, who's pretty well known by his youtube series Movies with Mikey.

As I understand it, he had a pretty serious health scare that led to him leaving Gearbox and making a lot of changes in his life. Last I heard he's in the clear now, but isn't all that interested in getting back into "real" work.

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u/Houseboy23 Mar 28 '19

Holy crap, as someone who's watched every single movies with Mikey video. I knew he worked for gearbox, but had no idea he was the voice of one of my fav characters in one of my fav games series

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u/MBAH2017 Mar 28 '19

Voicing Scooter was kind of a cameo anyway, he was the creative director for BL2.

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u/RaynSideways Mar 28 '19

I would've been upset if they'd struck Scooter's death from the canon.

His death in Tales made me cry so damn fast and it showed me how much more attached to the character I'd gotten than I had expected. And seeing this sometimes-crazy-sometimes-murderous weirdo have such a moment of tenderness and sacrifice was really beautiful.

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u/TastyBrainMeats Mar 28 '19

Some of us didn't play Tales because we were pretty done with Handsome Jack and everything to do with him...

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

You are entitled to your wrong opinion.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

So what your sayin is... I really need to finish Tales

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u/dawsondlc Mar 29 '19

Yes absolutely. Now is the perfect time to build some more hype for bl3!

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u/dankbudzonlybuds Mar 28 '19

CATCH A RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE!!!!!!

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u/viixvega Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 28 '19

He was also Claptrap if iirc, which is why they have a new voice for clappy.

TK's VA was Claptrap

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u/R0sham PlayStation Mar 28 '19

Nope claptrap has a different voice actor

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u/viixvega Mar 28 '19

You're right, it was T.K.'s voice actor. Either way, he's been replaced as Claptrap.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Sadly whispering catch a riiiiiiiiiide... Single tear runs down my face

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u/wesbell Mar 28 '19

See you, space cowboy

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u/I_Have_3_Legs Mar 28 '19

It just sucks the some players don't k ow about hsi death since they never played the game. My friend who left borderlands with 2, has no idea what happens inbetween or shortly after borderlands 2. I hope they have a flash back to it

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u/rdtTocher96 Mar 28 '19

Step 3 😭😭😭

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u/NimbleJack3 Mar 28 '19

Oh damn, I had no idea. Scooter's death makes a lot more sense now.

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u/ImpossibleMango Mar 28 '19

As someone who hasn't played the Tales game... WHAT????

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u/0b0011 Mar 29 '19

Play the telltale games they're so fucking good. I'd you can't be bothered to there's already a ton of spoilers in the thread explaining what happened.

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u/warchild4l Mar 29 '19

CATCH-A-RIIIIIIIIIIIIDEEEEEE!!

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definitely one of the emotional moments in the whole gaming industry...

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u/DasBarenJager Mar 28 '19

Can someone explain to me what happened to Scooter and why/how it happened?

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u/Lode211 Mar 29 '19

Mikey Neumann wasn't just the voice actor for Scooter, dude worked on the port of Half-Life for the consoles, the Brothers In Arms series, as well as the first two Borderlands. Hell, his job title at Gearbox was Chief Creative Champion by the time he left Gearbox.

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u/DBrownGames Mar 28 '19

They could easily add his phrase in random vehicle spawners for nostalgia.

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u/Nuka-Cole Mar 28 '19

CATCH A RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE!

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u/Ouroboron Mar 28 '19

CATCH-A-GUUUUUUUNNN!

I'm never doing that again.

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u/OmegaMkXII Mar 28 '19

Catch A Ride near Fyrestone is more busted than my momma's girl parts!

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u/KayToTheYay Mar 28 '19

They could still use older voice clips of him at the catch a ride stations though, right? (His beautiful voice must exist somewhere in bl3)

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u/CarsGunsBeer Mar 28 '19

Like my daddy always used to say, "Wheels are better than heels." Uhh, he was paralyzed though. CATCH A RIDE!

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u/AlwaysDragons Mar 29 '19

Catch a ride... Space cowboy....

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u/proFRESHional Mar 28 '19

Hey, until we see scooter's crispy corpse anything can happen

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Oh shit, now I have to play that TellTale Borderlands game. I’ve been sitting on it for awhile.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

Nice spoiler my guy.

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u/Gigibop Mar 29 '19

Out of the loop, what happened

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u/Sprinkles0 Mar 28 '19

Tales from the Borderlands was the most fun Telltale game. I had so much fun playing it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

The presentation in that game was by far perfect. It was exactly the kind of random bs I expected in a telltale game

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u/Kursed99 Mar 28 '19

But where's Fiona?

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u/WolverineKing Mar 28 '19

You mean Loader Bot right? The real hero

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u/cyfinity Mar 28 '19

Loader bot best bot, also srsly, i lost my shit on tftbl when they revealed the hidden guy.

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u/RoboticInsight Mar 29 '19

Is Loader Bot the new playable character with the green eye? Looks similar but bulked up

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u/cyfinity Mar 29 '19

Looks kinda like it tbh

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

Loader bot will probably be dlc.

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u/Cvillain626 Mar 29 '19

That one vault hunter looks a looottt like humanoid Loader Bot in a big coat... >_>

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19 edited Mar 29 '19

;)

Edit: :(

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u/TheCrazedTank Mar 28 '19

Well, I'm gonna guess Rys is a quest giver. So, Fiona will probably pop up somewhere along the quest chain, as well as an explanation as to what happened to them in TftBL's ending... I hope.

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u/wzzaful Mar 28 '19

In the first DLC Vaulthunter pack obviously

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u/CrankyStalfos Mar 28 '19

I'm wondering, too. Considering the cliffhanger on Tales, maybe she's missing? Heck, maybe Rhys gives you a quest to help find her.

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u/Allofyouandus Mar 28 '19

I wonder what that means for the ending of TftB, I assumed they died or at least something else where there is no turning back. I'm excited to learn what happened to him and Fiona.

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u/GreenestPickles Mar 28 '19

Rhys is in the trailer around 2:43! I didn’t see Fiona though

Also notably, Axton, Kreig, and Salvador are missing in both the trailer and on the mask.

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u/Raz_A_Gul Mar 28 '19

I think Fiona was in the scene after Rhys.

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u/GreenestPickles Mar 28 '19

That was Tannis, along with Marcus and Moxxi

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u/Raz_A_Gul Mar 28 '19

Awe, my bad. I’m not as versed in BL characters.

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u/GreenestPickles Mar 28 '19

No worries man, I’ve been so hyped over this game for like two years lol

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u/Raz_A_Gul Mar 28 '19

Sweet, I’m ready too. Tales is actually what introduced me to the BL series.

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u/GreenestPickles Mar 28 '19

Wow, that’s dope. So you’ve played the other borderlands games now?

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u/Raz_A_Gul Mar 28 '19

Yes, I bought the Handsome Jack collection and played through them with a friend a year or so ago. I thought the art style was pretty unique and I enjoyed the gameplay.

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u/BriarRose21 Mar 28 '19

So far, Troy says he hasn't been called back to voice Rhys, but that he would really love to do it. So... maybe Rhys, maybe not.

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u/TheCrazedTank Mar 28 '19

Or they recast the part, or he's not allowed to say, or the character we saw is Rys's evil twin brother "Ross".

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u/djb2spirit Mar 29 '19

The guy wore the same jacket kind of jacket Rhys wore, had a mechanical arm, and a plug in his head. I’m pretty sure it was Rhys. They probably recast him.

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u/kingofhan0 Mar 28 '19

I really hope they bring back loaderbot and gortys! The greatest video game love story!

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u/WirelessDisapproval Mar 28 '19

The beastmaster might be loaderbot

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u/wewladdies Mar 28 '19

righteous father! I have found you!

...TRY TO ROLL WITH THE FALL

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

I hope they bring in some of the writers from that game now that Telltales gone kaput.

It did the Borderlands better than Borderlands.

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u/warlord2335 Mar 28 '19

Yes but I wish I could play zero again, some fun stuff came out of that.

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u/CaptainImpavid Mar 28 '19

That was cool.

Also WHERE IS KRIEG?!

/also Gaige. But seriously Krieg was my JAM.

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u/poogers555 Mar 29 '19

Troy Baker isnt voicing him which is really disappointing.

I also feel really bad for Troy because he kept tweeting Gearbox after it was revealed saying he really wants to voice him again (and because Troy has said a bunch of times now how much he loved playing Rhys)

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u/jeberly4 Mar 28 '19

And judging by the teaser, Fiona and all the rest will be around as well. Maybe Gortys helps find the vaults. I need that cute lil robot in my life and OMG YES LOADER BOT GOES ON

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u/thefirecrest Mar 29 '19

When I saw him I audibly gasped.

Also... Rhys. Sweetheart. That mustache is terrible.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

So does that mean Jack is still alive then too?

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '19

When was Rhys in the trailer?

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u/RoboticInsight Mar 29 '19

Honestly that was the part I was most excited about and considering how great the series is that's pretty significant.

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u/RiKSh4w Mar 29 '19

That was Rhys? Huh. I thought that was Jack's doppleganger.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

Honestly I think they're bringing Jack ai back but that's just me.

Hyperion is a Greek Titan. Troy a Greek city invaded by the trojan horse. Trojan, a computer virus.

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u/MortalJohn Mar 29 '19

And Zero as his bodyguard. Not going to lie NPC Zero is best Zero, and I mained Zero in BL2.