the reviews didn’t lie about BORDERLANDS 2 

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Never knew how refreshing it is to watch someone else experience a game you’ve been playing for 10+ years, for the first time. Do continue, its a lot of fun to watch.

Seeing the skill points accumulate in the bottom left only for you to LOOK AT THE SKILL TREES and not use them damaged my soul a little

Some answers to your questions: The exploration comes in after you get to sanctuary, which is the main hub city of the game. You should definitely do side missions, some of them have amazing rewards or unlock mini bosses that drop cool rewards In terms of difficulty, there is no slider for it but instead when you beat the game you unlock True Vault hunter mode, where you replay the story and after that Ultimate vault hunter mode. Each one is harder than the last and you keep leveling up through all of them to fill out your skill trees Also you should absolutely buy all the dlcs for this game, they are definitely worth it and make the game a lot more enjoyable

Weapon manufacturers are actually important! Jacob's is Western style, high damage, critical hit bonus, and single fire only. Dahl is military style, full auto or semi on the hip, burst fire while ads Maliwan is purely elemental weapons, high % infliction chance and dot damage Hyperion gets more accurate the longer you fire Vladof has allot of fire rate, low everything else Tourge is purely explosive projectiles that don't hurt you, high damage Tediores reloads are you throwing your gun and it explodes, their alright stats wise Bandit has high ammo capacity, bad everything else Im not a pro but i do play these borderlands way more then i should. Ask any question you want and I'll answer Edit: do explore after you get to sanctuary, that's where the game starts opening up Edit 2: don't worry about going into fight for your life so much, it's a core part of the game.

bro id love to see a full playthrough of this its so fun to see someone experience the game for the first time i was laughing the whole time

"I wonder what this games inflation rate is like" Me looking at my white rarity gun that is worth $13,764,938...

I've got just over 825 hours in BL2 and it made me so happy to see someone experience it for the first time. I'd love to watch you do a series playthrough on this!

The guy who says “I’m the conductor of the poop train” is actually a DLC character you can play as. Also, when you can’t activate a lever, switch, or button it’s because there’s usually a mission you have to do that’ll eventually lead up to the lever, switch, or button that’ll let you activate it, which I’m sure you probably found that out. Also for enemies, there are regular mob enemies and (unique enemies that can drop unique gear/weapons). The unique enemies will usually have a crazy or stupid name.

@28:50 They're are no mounts or double jumps. Almost all of the difficult find loot spots are attained through simple parkour, puzzles that need you hidden switches, or behind bosses.

Yo please do a full playthrough, its great seeing someone play this for the first time - also get the DLCs and take your time exploring everything

1:35 bro I subbed after you said this, song carried my child hood bout to listen and comeback

2:51 this dude spot on💀 but after playing a play-through with sal i learned that all of them are pretty broken once you lvl up

The replayability of this game is why i adore it, the game on average takes about 7-9 hours to complete and i have sunk over 200 hours into it , mainly doing dumb little challenges

Fun fact: the broken planet looking thing is actually pandora’s moon Elpis. The events of borderlands the pre-sequel take place on it actually

You have embarked upon a great and terrible journey, my new friend, full of laughter and pain alike. Loot all the things.

The "Badass rank" that gives small increases to your damage and such transfer between characters :) Its a perma boost to stats on every save, If you want to turn it off you can toggle it as well. But this is why its small because it adds up overtime for all characters :)

This is the game with "I'm the conductor of the poop train!" but it's in a promotional video for the character Krieg, one of the DLC characters. The video is titled "A Meat Bicycle Built for Two" Also you are playing the character for melee stealth, take a look at the Bloodshed skill tree, and Unique abilities are usually around the halfway point and the end of a skill tree

This is the most enjoyable blind playthrough of BL2 I've seen in years,please continue! Your first playthrough shouldn't be to much of a hassle as long as you stay leveled with active quests and as for skill points id say try to work down one tree at a time plus you can always respec anytime. Theres really no right or wrong build just whatever you like the sound of.....*cough*...bore.....*cough*

Honestly really nice to see new people enjoying this game, it's truly a classic. If you'd like a small tip, most unique enemies in the game or bosses have their own exclusive weapons they can drop with very powerful properties, so fighting bosses a few times for those special weapons is the best way to give yourself an edge up in combat.

couple things for helping the general experience, understanding what bl2 is: Certain side quests are super impactful, depending on the quest reward or the mini-boss it potentially spawns. Exploring generally isnt bad, but not super rewarding always. normally its find a chest, see if its close to a spawn point and farm it. Save/quitting is your best friend. it cuts on travel time by taki g you to the last fast travel you used, or area door you entered. it also respawns anything killed, including bosses, which you'll be re-killing a lot to farm the best items great video, love seeing blind playthroughs of my favourite games

Both Midgemong and Boom Bewm are unique enemies that respawn and have a chance to drop orange-rarity *legendary weapons*. Captain Flyint also drops a legendary but it's not as good. Edit: oh, and Knuckledragger drops a legendary too, one of the best of the game actually.

5:36 missing that symbol made me mad

12 years of memories with this game, im jealous you get to experience it for the first time as an adult and pick up everything

just got this in my recommended, loved the chill vibe. definitely looking forward to your continuations

"IM THE CONDUCTER OF THE POOP TRAIN!" Is actually from the trailer for kreig, one of the dlc characters. He's a psycho so that's why the other psychos look similar, though he does say that line sometimes in combat.

when i was a teenager around like 15/16 years old, there was a period where my family couldnt afford internet for about a 6 month period. my brother was a lot more tech savvy than me at the time, and he had learned to pirate games and burn them onto CD's. we both had gaming consoles, but one day i decided to play some of his games bc no internet was boring me to the core. one of the first games i booted up was borderlands 2. we had to keep the xbox on at all times because it was broken and never saved properly, so for several months after that i would come home from school where my boiling hot xbox was left turned on for weeks and my character was left in some random questing spot. i wish i could go back and experience playing that game for the first time again; exploring every secret, the DLC's, how enamored i was with handsome jack and wanted to see more of his character.. there really is no other game like it. i appreciate you uploading this for us to see, it takes me back to when i was that troubled teenager using the game as escapism. absolutely go back and get the DLC's, and explore EVERY nook and cranny. theres so much to find in terms of lore, easter eggs, secrets, cool loots drops, bosses, etc. etc. just so much content to find and get through. happy hunting Vault Hunter! < 3

So fun seeing someone pick my favorite character on a first play through. You've probably figured this out but don't stress about going down so much, as long as you can kill stuff your fight for your life will resurrect you. I recommend the right tree if you want to go melee but it does fall off a bit in UVHM.

I have some great memories with this game, hope you enjoy it.

"What is the inflation around here?" My guy I've paid 2.2 million for standard 10 pistol bullets mag

If you’re wanting to go into melee then do the red skill tree. The left green skill tree is a sniper based tree which I imagine you’d really enjoy. The middle is just a debuff make yourself stronger type thing. The unique skills aren’t super crazy tbh except the right melee trees little dash melee in deception & the left trees bore is actually the most broken thing in this entire game on some enemies.

"Im done doing side missions" the one thing a borderlands player should never speak ever

Man I have never seen your content before but this definitely kept me wanting to watch, you got good commentary and you are funny asf.

Watching someone experience this game for the first time takes me back to when me and my younger brother played Borderlands 2 for the first time after getting it out of a bargain bin, I can’t wait to see more of this man

It's so nice to see someone actually take his time and play the game, being curious and actually actively play the game. A lot of people including myself know days try to just get through games as fast as possible. Because they don't want to have their time wasted, not realising playing games wastes your time anyways, might as well take that time and have fun.

By the way the bad ass rank(bar) with 1.7 accuracy and whatever is shared between all of your characters

the main reason for those side quests is to be able to refarm the boss at the end i.e. midgemong drops a legendary and the only way for it to drop is if you either get it during the first time killing him or just farming him

Don’t sleep on side quests. They can be quite addictive once you get in the groove

Handsome Jack is genuinely my favorite villain of all time in ANY media. Just pay attention to his progression of the course of the game and you'll see why.

“That f*cking font is like my hand writing, I can’t understand it” had me dying laughing lmao

13:00 LMAOOO he slipped so hard and you didn't even notice xD

DLC for this game rules, definitely recommend picking up Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep

I love the borderlands games. FPV RPG and 2 player Co-op. My best friend and I spent hours and hours, side by side in his room playing. I just love the feeling of being on the same team rather than having to battle other players.

"Looks a lot bigger in our hands then it did on the screen" I can relate.

“I’m so glad Stephen hawking used his powers for good in our timeline”😂😂😂

watching someone play this game for the first time again makes me so happy

When Grandma Burps, Patrick Obeys

I love this guy's channel and watching him play something I've probably played 15+ times is very funny. Would 100% watch an entire playthrough.

an entire playthrough as a new player would probably be really interesting especially after this long of the game being out, good shit very entertaining

Keep this series up man, hearing a fresh reaction to a game I’ve played for years is so entertaining. Your commentary style is pretty fun too. Nothing too over exaggerated and feels like I’m watching one of my friends play.

I’m always happy when people discover Borderlands 2. The art style, the soundtrack, the gameplay, all of it is peak.

One of my favorite game series, really cool to see you experiencing it for the first time! With that said, it pained me seeing the unspent level points starting to stack up.

Genuinely seeing his first reaction to the game is such a breath of fresh air after having 1000+ hrs in the game and just watching the movie. Great video and would recommend. You earned my subscription

the nostalgia I just got from this video is insane

I think its super interesting to watch you play. The way you approach the game is very careful and methodical, when the game expects you to run in and mow down your enemies.

The psycho character you can choose to play as Krieg, is the one that shouts out crazy shit like meat bicycle and poop train 🚂

"Hopefully claptrap wasn't saying anything important." Trust me he never does, but i still love him.

damn im so jealous you get to experience this game for the first time in 2024 enjoy the ride brother!!

"Im explorin' bro, give me a sec" me every time

The "Conductor of the Poop Train" guy is one of the DLC Characters.

....."im the conductor of the poop train!" and that line is from a character from this very game lol.

About 8/10 times a sidequest boss has special, specific loot that you might need to kill them a few times to get, but can be really high tier. Bosses with intros and even midgemong!

this game has been out for twelve years, and you're just now playing it???? So interesting to see. Fresh viewpoints on something that has been a part of my life since I was 14 years old with thousands of hours.

Glued to this from start to finish man, I PRAY you plan on doing more! Game gets better as it goes on and I'd love to see your playthrough. Subbed

The skill trees do offer unique abilities! They're just usually available in the middle and end parts of the tree because they're pretty strong. Each tree caters to a specific play style and when you finish one tree you pick what other tree compliments yours the best.

The borderlands community is still strong to this day, love seeing new content for the game even after so many years

The “I’m THE CONDUCTOR OF THE POOP TRAIN” character is Kreig, he is one of the playable characters but he’s DLC. The only things you’re missing out on with not having DLC is the extra characters and Tiny Tina’s assault on dragon keep. All the other DLC is great but not peak.

10:42 man, this is the first game where I felt it so.. tangibly. when all insides are squeezed into a knot during the fall. 😅 and I love this game so much 29:41 they supposed to be kids but... u know

Borderlands even as much as it's been tarnished will still be one of my favorite series just because 1 and 2

This take on gearbox aged like a fine wine.

25:35 bro thinking of the deers in skyrim

DO. THE. SIDEQUESTS! So funny and worth it with the mission rewards and references

Its always fun watching someone play borderlands for the first time

as far as difficulty: its one size fits all basically. if youre underleveled compared to enemies you do reduced damage and they have more health, vice versa. after beating the game, you unlock true vault hunter mode (tvhm) and ultimate vault hunter mode (uvhm) which are just harder, new game+ replays. You keep all your gear in your inventory

I would happily continue to watch you competitively glaze games I enjoy. good vid:)

As soon as he met claptrap my first response to say was "this is claptrap, you will learn to hate him"

The music in the Assault on Dragon keep DLC is even better.

Some info for you 1) Farming bosses are not really optimal for early game 2) earlier side quests dont really give good loot however some can give great loot 3)if you go to a weapon in the menu you can zoom into it to take a better look at it and spin it around idk how to do it in pc however it should tell at the bottom 4) Always check out the deal of the day it can have some good stuff 5) there is no fall damage at all however some places you can fall and die as its not part of the map 6) some skills can have kill buffs and unique skills however for the unique skills there a farther down the skill tree 7) if there is a skull by a enemy's name that means it far higher level and is therfore much more dangerous Edit: keep up the amazing videos and i look forward to seeing more

I’d highly recommend sticking with this game. BL2 is genuinely such a good game in all facets. It has to be one of the most replayable games oat. Not just because of the perks, but the weapons, the weapon parts, the side quests, the dlc. Everything about this game is also just top tier. I’d also recommend joltzdude for just general knowledge and learning weapon parts and all that. He explains almost everything as he’s doing it

There are so many little quirks and mechanics that take a long time to learn. I'll recommend you to keep an eye out for weapons called "hulk" shotgun, "ravager" shotgun, "Snider" sniper, "Diaub" sniper, "iron" pistol, "spitter" assault rifle, "synergy" pistol, and "gatling gun" assault rifle. These are some of the better non-unique weapons, but obviously there are tons that I didn't mention and experimentation is always a good thing. Depending on parts and rarity, there's still a variety of different versions of these weapons. This is not even an exhaustive list of generally good non-uniques, these are just some of my personal favorites.

I wish I could experience it for the first time once more.

I was bored out of my mind playing this and quit after 17.8 hours (that's like two-three sessions for me). It's fun to hear someone be so stoked about the game. You know what they say about having kids.. they give you a new perspective on life with their unspoiled glee and enthusiasm. I'm starting to thing there is something to that :)

I still dont know if that song was made for the game or if theyre just using it but i genuinely love it so much and its still on my playlist to this day

Even if you don't play Borderlands 1, you've gotta check out the kill animations cause they're fantastic. I particularly miss the Electric kills, the flesh would melt away to reveal the skull and the eyes would pop. Best kills in the series.

28:40 over 1000 hours and I've never noticed that little spot up there lol. I cant wait to see more of this. rly fun seeing someone's first impression of my 3rd favorite game, good or bad. Also there is definitely reason to explore off the beaten path a bit, there were at least 9 chests in hidden/optional areas between you meeting Hammerlock and you killing Captain Flynt

Bro making me want to pull out my dusty old copy of BL2 again and play it. Still such a classic.

I have thousands of hours in BL2. My main was Axton and I had 1800ish hours on him. Then that save corrupted and I went with Maya. Had 2500+ hours on her. I also had approximately 12 other characters leveled.

Wish i could go back and experience this for the first time again, loved this game, was so much fun

Boi immediately got Short change hero stuck in his head.

This guy is TRAUMATIZED by Skyrim lol

It’s so awesome seeing someone experiencing this for the first time. I played this day in, day out when it first released, and have done everything in the game since. Would love to see you keep playing this :)

Well this was the best recommendation i've had in months! Perfect thing to watch while eating breakfast. I've started playing borderlands again after like 4 years, these games are so much fun.

Visuals 10/10 Art style 10/10 Music 10/10 Story 10/10 ETC no matter how you look at the game it's just excellent.

Thank you algorithm. This is such a gem. If you can find it in you to play through all of Borderlands 2, even in hour long episodes, I think there would be a decent audience for it. Very entertaining.

krieg the psycho is a fun melee class. he's the guy that screams about trains. his action skill is a buzzaxe

Hammerlock is Laszlo from “what we do in the shadows”

I didn't even know you could still buy this game without the DLC included. some of the best expansions in any game, for sure worth it. the cosmetics are whatever but all the extra missions, maps, enemies, and weapons are huge. the two DLC characters are just as fun and unique as the original four. each character's gameplay has a very different feel as you level up more.

I got borderlands 2 on its release date/ my 12th birthday and must have beaten it a hundred times by now. its feels weird seeing someone play the game as intended and not do all the little speedrun things like the grenade-jump skips or fighting Flint on the ground instead of running up to his perch before he spawns good video :)

As someone who has spent over 5000 hours in this game, this is extremely satisfying to watch.

I have a little over 1000 hours in BL2 the farming and loot grind is what i love. BL3 is amazing