History Videogame / Borderlands2

* BFG: Every gun compared to Salvador, but special mention must be given to the [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter shotguns]] Salvador is holding [[http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/121/1219414/borderlands-2-20120224014353603_640w.jpg here]]. The bore looks to be about 20mm in diameter!

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja. Zero's debute has him dash in front of a bandit mook and performs a behind-the-back stab... into the groin. Ow.

* DefaceOfTheMoon: Handsome Jack put a satellite on the moon that casts a big shadow in the shape of an H.
* GunsAkimbo: Salvador's specialty. And this isn't just limited to pistols or Submachine guns, either; how about ''rocket launchers akimbo''?

** Doubles as WeirdCurrency: some of the highest-level guns will only be purchasable using Eridium.

*** CriticalFailure: They actually suck ''so'' bad, there's a chance that they'll explode ''in the player's hands''.

* DefaceTheMoon: Handsome Jack put a satellite on the moon that casts a big shadow in the shape of an H.

* SandWorm: One of the new enemy types is the 'Threshers'; giant subterranean worm-creatures that can even [[JustEatTheMacGuffin swallow objective items]], forcing the players to hunt them down.

* StuffBlowingUp: Between the end of Borderlands and the beginning of the sequel, Torgue decided to deal exclusively in explosive weapons: Rocket Launchers, Grenades, Grenade Launchers... oh, and [[AbnormalAmmo Gyrojet]] guns.

** MacGuyvering[-/-]HomemadeInvention: The resourceful, but technically-inept Bandit cults also make [[http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/280374_S/borderlands-2-weapon-manufacturers-detailed-exploding-guns-sounds-fun.jpg guns]] [[http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/34342/Borderlands_2_Screenshots_34342.jpg equipped with huge mags]][[hottip:*: I mean, that's a belt-fed machinegun if the huge box is anything to judge by. If you're not sure which one, kindly look at the one of the right. The one using a coke bottle as a sight. Also, it seems very likely that there is a Zardoz reference coming...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBngY-O8gI&feature=related that are so ramshackle]][[hottip:*: see about 0:56]] that they make the guns of the Resistance of {{Brink}} look professionally manufactured by comparison.

** MacGuyvering/HomemadeInvention: The resourceful, but technically-inept Bandit cults also make [[http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/280374_S/borderlands-2-weapon-manufacturers-detailed-exploding-guns-sounds-fun.jpg guns]] [[http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/34342/Borderlands_2_Screenshots_34342.jpg equipped with huge mags]][[hottip:*: I mean, that's a belt-fed machinegun if the huge box is anything to judge by. If you're not sure which one, kindly look at the one of the right. The one using a coke bottle as a sight. Also, it seems very likely that there is a Zardoz reference coming...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBngY-O8gI&feature=related that are so ramshackle]][[hottip:*: see about 0:56]] that they make the guns of the Resistance of {{Brink}} look professionally manufactured by comparison.

* CargoCult: WordOfGod claims that as of Borderlands 2, bandits worship guns. This has led them to 1), worship Marcus as he spits out as many if not more gun than Zardoz, (one of the screenshots show a giant golden bandit statue combining him with an Indian goddess) and 2) make [[http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/280374_S/borderlands-2-weapon-manufacturers-detailed-exploding-guns-sounds-fun.jpg guns]] [[http://www.cinemablend.com/images/sections/34342/Borderlands_2_Screenshots_34342.jpg equipped with huge mags]][[hottip:*: I mean, that's a belt-fed machinegun if the huge box is anything to judge by. If you're not sure which one, kindly look at the one of the right. The one using a coke bottle as a sight. Also, it seems very likely that there is a Zardoz reference coming...]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBngY-O8gI&feature=related that are so ramshackle]][[hottip:*: see about 0:56]] that they make the guns of the Resistance of {{Brink}} look professionally manufactured by comparison.

** The devs have actually said this is a selling point of Tediore-brand guns (making them "the Wal-Mart of Pandora") and throwing them actually does ''more'' damage to enemies based on the number of bullets left in the gun.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Gearbox has been extremely forthcoming about the fact that Salvador is basically Brick with a focus on guns instead of melee. Furthermore, Maya is a Siren just like Lilith.

* ThrowawayGuns: Low-quality guns are "reloaded" by throwing them at the enemy, after which a new one will warp right into your hands.

* IKnowThatGun: Aside from someone modding in an AK47, a few repeater pistols looking from a distance like the Luger, revolvers looking like the Smith and Wesson model 29 or model 500, particularly the Unforgiven, the magazine of one of Salvador's guns from the trailer and several screenshots resembles the magazine of an [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-VfNhpcb4k early form of revolving long rifle]] (see 6:19) and one of the other bandit guns from the trailer looks like an M60, a few odd firearms concepts show up-the odd reload of the [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolving]] sniper rifles is based on the [[http://world.guns.ru/handguns/double-action-revolvers/rus/ots-3-silent-e.html Russian OT-38]] revolver, and the action of some of the repeater pistols is shown to look like the Roth-Steyr pistol. And the gyrojet makes an appearance in Borderlands 2[[hottip:*: For those of you who don't know, a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet gyrojet]] is a type of ammunition that is like a very small rocket/bullet. [[{{Warhammer40000}} Does this sound familiar?]]]]!
** Also, from what we can tell, there will probably be a lot more of this going around in Borderlands 2.

*** Maya's skill set is very different from Lilith.

* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: The trailer uses this multiple times such as 98.6% more this and 1000 degrees more that, etc.

'''''Borderlands 2''''' is an upcoming sequel to Gearbox's ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''. Set five years after the defeat of the Destroyer, Pandora has effectively become a [[TheEmpire dictatorship]] under a man called Handsome Jack, who [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt took over the Hyperion company]], [[SpaceBase built a giant H-shaped supply base]] orbiting Pandora's moon to block out most of the sunlight and make supply drops around the planet, and [[TedBaxter stole the credit for finding the Vault, even claiming responsibility for killing the Destroyer]]. A new team of four mercenaries has come together to find the original Vault Hunters and end Handsome Jack's reign.

* ThrowawayGuns: In the sequel, low-quality guns are "reloaded" by throwing them at the enemy, after which a new one will warp right into your hands.