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* AssPull: Episode 5 reveals that Felix [[spoiler:hid 9 million dollars in the dresser and took the last million for himself. For this to be possible, he would have had to hack into the case, hide the money, and seal the fake money in the case all while Fiona was unconscious. Even if he could do all that in the short amount of time he had, it doesn't explain how he was an able to open the case without setting off the bomb. He clearly didn't know about it since he'll die if Fiona doesn't warn him]].
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* AssPull: Episode 5 reveals that Felix [[spoiler:hid 9 million dollars in the dresser and took the last million for himself. For this to be possible, he would have had to hack into the case, hide the money, and seal the fake money in the case all while Fiona was unconscious. Even if he could do all that in the short amount of time he had, it doesn't explain how he was an able to open the case without setting off the bomb. He clearly didn't know about it since he'll die if Fiona doesn't warn him]].
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* AssPull: Episode 5 reveals that Felix [[spoiler:hid 9 million dollars in the dresser and took the last million for himself. For this to be possible, he would have had to hack into the case, hide the money, and seal the fake money in the case all while Fiona was unconscious. Even if he could do all that in the short amount of time he had, it doesn't explain how he was an able to open the case without setting off the bomb. He clearly didn't know about it since he'll die if Fiona doesn't warn him]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Sasha's childlike enthusiasm over weapons can be quite charming. Additionally, Rhys’ awkward flirting seems to rub off on her in finale if you tell her you missed her, as it’ll end with both of them standing around unsure of what to say next in front of everyone else.
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** Is Felix someone who is [[spoiler: actually a caring father figure to the girls or was it all a facade to steal their big score when it finally happened? Did he do it to try and protect them or did he want to head off any vengeance against him by phrasing it in the nicest manner possible. Is he just a conflicted man who was enticed by so much money? The revelation in Part 3 that he also hired Athena to protect and mentor the girls suggests that he genuinely cared for them.]] The fact he had to set it up all before they left for the initial meeting also calls into question his motivations. Depending on your choices, the finale cleans this all up. [[spoiler: He was ultimately only betrayed Fiona and Sasha because he was pulling a long con, which he didn’t tell them about because he believed the more they knew, the more danger they’d be in. While he doesn’t come back to help them physically, he’ll leave them the 9 million dollars (keeping 1 million for himself), showing that Felix truly was trying to help them.]]
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** Is Felix someone who is [[spoiler: actually a caring father figure to the girls or was it all a facade to steal their big score when it finally happened? Did he do it to try and protect them or did he want to head off any vengeance against him by phrasing it in the nicest manner possible. Is he just a conflicted man who was enticed by so much money? The revelation in Part 3 that he also hired Athena to protect and mentor the girls suggests that he genuinely cared for them.]] The fact he had to set it up all before they left for the initial meeting also calls into question his motivations. Depending on your choices, the finale cleans this all up. [[spoiler: He was ultimately only betrayed Fiona and Sasha because The message he was pulling a long con, which he didn’t tell left for them about because was behind was genuine, he believed the more they knew, the more danger they’d be in. While he doesn’t come back to help them physically, he’ll leave them the 9 million dollars (keeping 1 million for himself), showing that Felix truly was trying to help them.attract all the blame to keep them safe, unfortunately the plan went wrong, specifically that he left them almost all the money, but the place he stored it in was broken off of the caravan.]]
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** Chris Hardwick isn’t without his detractors, but he earned his share of fans for his work as Vaughn, perfectly fitting in with more seasoned voice actors being wonderfully charming and hilarious throughout.
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** A few have criticized how much the Rhys and Sasha romance is pushed on players, but if you play into it, the pairing comes across as genuinely sweet and the ShipTease is completely buyable.
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** In previous games, the loader bots didn’t exactly offer Raison Varner much to work with. But thanks to one of them having such a central role here, Varner gets to show what he can do, managing to get countless laughs and even some truly emotionally resonant moments despite delivering all of his lines with a flat, robotic voice.
** As always, Creator/DameonClarke completely throws himself into the role of Handsome Jack, with the results being just as spectacular as ever. It helps that Jack’s role in this one offer another perspective to play into that wasn’t present in his previous outings. Truly impressive is [[spoiler: his final scene]], where Clarke expertly switches through different feelings in seconds, with the final product being one helluva [[spoiler: [[HesJustHiding possible]] [[AlasPoorVillain sendoff]]]]
** As always, Creator/DameonClarke completely throws himself into the role of Handsome Jack, with the results being just as spectacular as ever. It helps that Jack’s role in this one offer another perspective to play into that wasn’t present in his previous outings. Truly impressive is [[spoiler: his final scene]], where Clarke expertly switches through different feelings in seconds, with the final product being one helluva [[spoiler: [[HesJustHiding possible]] [[AlasPoorVillain sendoff]]]]
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Not that his prior roles didn’t already prove it, but many were very impressed by Creator/TroyBaker’s impression of [[spoiler: Creator/PatrickWarburton]], believing he hit the perfect balance of a genuinely good imitation and the InUniverse struggling to stay in character.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Not that his prior roles didn’t already prove it, but many were very impressed by {{Downplayed}} with Creator/TroyBaker’s impression performance as he had already proven himself as an excellent actor in terms of both drama and comedy. However, in addition to a great overall performance, many were highly impressed by his InUniverse [[ManOfAThousandVoices impressions]] throughout. His brief line imitating Creator/NolanNorth had a few players believing North himself did the line. Then in the potential scene where Handsome Jack hijacks Rhys’ body, he completely nails Creator/DameonClarke’s vocal mannerisms while still keeping his own voice. Then in episode 4, his take on [[spoiler: Creator/PatrickWarburton]], believing he hit Creator/PatrickWarburton]] strikes the perfect balance of a genuinely good imitation and the InUniverse between being convincing but also realistic in character struggling to stay keep it up. Reportedly, the original take he did was so spot on that he had to tone in character.down. And even then, much like with North, a few players actually though it was the real deal doing the lines.
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** The death of [[spoiler: Valery]] subverts this. After all the crap [[spoiler: she]] puts you through, you’d think that it would be this played straight. However, [[spoiler: despite a brief moment where Fiona gets to give her a smackdown, it’s cut short by the more immediate threat of The Traveler. Valery makes it clear that she won’t fight Fiona due to the danger of this vault monster, and is shortly killed by it. While getting Valery out of the way is ultimately a good thing, the current circumstances are anything but, and it doesn’t help that her far more sympathetic son August is forced to see his mom get killed, which completely crushes his spirit.]]
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** The death of [[spoiler: Valery]] Vallory]] subverts this. After all the crap [[spoiler: she]] puts you through, you’d think that it would be this played straight. However, [[spoiler: despite a brief moment where Fiona gets to give her a smackdown, it’s cut short by the more immediate threat of The Traveler. Valery makes it clear that she won’t fight Fiona due to the danger of this vault monster, and is shortly killed by it. While getting Valery out of the way is ultimately a good thing, the current circumstances are anything but, and it doesn’t help that her far more sympathetic son August is forced to see his mom get killed, which completely crushes his spirit.]]
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** Yes, Zer0’s voice in episode 5 is a distracting and odd change, but despite this, you still get to see Zer0 acting just as cool as he always does.
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* NoYay: Many fans hate seeing Rhys and Jack shipped together, given the latter is a horrific monster who can be quite abusive to the former [[spoiler: and no matter how good Rhys is to him, he’ll attempt to murder him anyway.]].
** Some people don’t like Rhys and Fiona shipping since you make the decisions for both of them, so the idea of any romance would be like the players dating themselves.
** Some people don’t like Rhys and Fiona shipping since you make the decisions for both of them, so the idea of any romance would be like the players dating themselves.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After the infamously awful wait times for episodes 2 and 3, then final episodes’ releases were much more timely.
** For anyone upset at [[spoiler: Vaughn falling OutOfFocus]] during episodes 3 and especially 4, you’ll be happy to see [[spoiler: he very much regains his prominence]] no matter what choices you made in episode 5.
** A very minor example, but if you preferred Rhys and Fiona as a couple and didn’t want to ship him with Sasha, then episode five has a moment where you can have Rhys express interest in the former instead of the latter. With that being said, it’s just one small moment that won’t be available based on certain prior decisions if you’ve expressed interest in Sasha, and it’s much less explicit than all the prior options for Rhys to express interest in Sasha. So while Rhys and Fiona’s shippers did have [[ThrowTheDogABone a bone thrown their way,]] it was nowhere near as big as the one thrown to Rhys and Sasha’s shippers.
*** It becomes even more {{Downplayed}} in VideoGame/Borderlands3, as no matter what happens in this game, Rhys is heavily implied to have been together with Sasha before that story’s events.
** After the infamously awful wait times for episodes 2 and 3, then final episodes’ releases were much more timely.
** For anyone upset at [[spoiler: Vaughn falling OutOfFocus]] during episodes 3 and especially 4, you’ll be happy to see [[spoiler: he very much regains his prominence]] no matter what choices you made in episode 5.
** A very minor example, but if you preferred Rhys and Fiona as a couple and didn’t want to ship him with Sasha, then episode five has a moment where you can have Rhys express interest in the former instead of the latter. With that being said, it’s just one small moment that won’t be available based on certain prior decisions if you’ve expressed interest in Sasha, and it’s much less explicit than all the prior options for Rhys to express interest in Sasha. So while Rhys and Fiona’s shippers did have [[ThrowTheDogABone a bone thrown their way,]] it was nowhere near as big as the one thrown to Rhys and Sasha’s shippers.
*** It becomes even more {{Downplayed}} in VideoGame/Borderlands3, as no matter what happens in this game, Rhys is heavily implied to have been together with Sasha before that story’s events.
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* {{Moe}}: [[spoiler: Gortys]], so very much.
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** Tying into Yvette, there’s also Vaughn. [[spoiler: Just how serious was he when he accepted Vasquez’s deal? No matter what you do, you find out that he took him up on the offer. He never actually betrays Rhys later on, which could mean that no matter what, Vaughn was telling the truth when he says he only took the deal to get Vasquez off their backs, which would tie into his usual UndyingLoyalty. However, it’s not impossible that Vaughn may have taken the deal seriously if you’ve been consistently bad to him as Rhys.]] Ultimately though, even if he considered it, Vaughn’s later interactions likely mean that no matter what was going on throughout his head before, he’s [[spoiler: truly loyal to Rhys and the group]] by the end.
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* ItWasHisSled: Handsome Jack returns as an AI copy of himself. To be fair, Telltalle did little to hide Jack’s role in the game, with him appearing in the very first teaser.
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** Vasquez earned his fair share of fans for being a [[LaugablyEvil hysterical]] {{Jerkass}} that players LoveToHate and repeatedly foil. Helping matters in episode 4 is when you get to [[spoiler: play as “Rhysquez”]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A {{Downplayed}} example with Vaughn in that he’s still one of the largest roles in the game. When the story starts, he’s a major presence, equal to Sasha in terms of importance. But come about midway through, he starts to fall OutOfFocus. He’s present throughout a good amount of episode 3, but depending on an earlier choice, a lot of this screentime could be him in a comatose state, which gets its fair share of good jokes, but means he’ll have less dialogue and development. And regardless of whether he fell into this ordeal or not, he’s less connected to the action of the episode, at one point hanging back while both protagonists are off working, and disappearing during the climax. Then his role is further decreased in the next episode. Depending on a prior decision, Vaughn can either appear for a bit before making an early exit with no further appearances, or make no physical appearance at all, and only get a brief vocal cameo. Thankfully, no matter what you do, he’ll have an extremely important and large role to play in the finale.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A {{Downplayed}} example with Vaughn in that he’s still one of the largest roles in the game. When the story starts, he’s a major presence, equal to Sasha in terms of importance. But come about midway through, he starts to fall OutOfFocus. He’s present throughout a good amount of episode 3, but depending on an earlier choice, a lot of this screentime could be him in a comatose state, which gets its fair share of good jokes, but means he’ll have less dialogue and development. And regardless of whether he fell into this ordeal or not, he’s less connected to the action of the episode, at one point hanging back while both protagonists are off working, and disappearing during the climax. Then his role is further decreased in the next episode. Depending on a prior decision, Vaughn can either appear for a bit before making an early exit with no further appearances, or make no physical appearance at all, and only get a brief vocal cameo. Thankfully, no matter what you do, he’ll have an extremely important and large There’s a reason for all this, as Creator/ChrisHardwick had a more active schedule compared to the other main cast members, which meant that it was difficult to keep Vaughn as involved in the plot as the other main characters, causing his role to play in be decreased. All things considered though, the finale.issue was worked around fairly well, with episode 4 being the only episode where his part is really all that small, and by the finale, his screentime and plot importance are restored, allowing him to end the game with as much prominence as the other main supporting players.
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* OlderThanYouThink: Despite a few players saying that the game was trying to force Rhys with Sasha in episode 3. However, in episode 2, depending on a dialogue choice when you’re playing as Fiona, Rhys can accidentally reveal his attraction to Sasha, which he then hastily covers up. While a much less noticeable moment compared to their later interactions, it shows that regardless of player choice, Rhys was attracted to Sasha before their scenes became more explicitly romantic.
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* OlderThanYouThink: Despite a A few players saying that the game was trying to force Rhys with Sasha in episode 3. However, in episode 2, depending on a dialogue choice when you’re playing as Fiona, Rhys can accidentally reveal his attraction to Sasha, which he then hastily covers up. While a much less noticeable moment compared to their later interactions, it shows that regardless of player choice, Rhys was attracted to Sasha before their scenes became more explicitly romantic.
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** [[spoiler: After being absent for the entire series, Claptrap can show up for the final mission, being his usual hilarious self, as well as [[SirSwearsALot dropping quite a bit of foul language.]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: A {{Downplayed}} example with Vaughn in that he’s still one of the largest roles in the game. When the story starts, he’s a major presence, equal to Sasha in terms of importance. But come about midway through, he starts to fall OutOfFocus. He’s present throughout a good amount of episode 3, but depending on an earlier choice, a lot of this screentime could be him in a comatose state, which gets its fair share of good jokes, but means he’ll have less dialogue and development. And regardless of whether he fell into this ordeal or not, he’s less connected to the action of the episode, at one point hanging back while both protagonists are off working, and disappearing during the climax. Then his role is further decreased in the next episode. Depending on a prior decision, Vaughn can either appear for a bit before making an early exit with no further appearances, or make no physical appearance at all, and only get a brief vocal cameo. Thankfully, no matter what you do, he’ll have an extremely important and large role to play in the finale.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: [=Zer0=]'s new voice in Episode 5 was ''not'' well received at all, with many upset how it sounded far too high-pitched.Its It was changed back for his next appearance in ''3''.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: [=Zer0=]'s new voice in Episode 5 was ''not'' well received at all, with many upset how it sounded far too high-pitched.
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* HesJustHiding: A lot of people, especially many Borderlands veterans, are insisting that somehow [[spoiler: Scooter]] survived the explosion in episode 4.
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** Additionally, many think that [[spoiler: Handsome Jack]] has the potential to return. Noticeably you have the chance to [[spoiler: destroy or keep his AI case]]. Doing the former option could mean that he’d be unable to come back, but the mere existence of the latter option shows at least one potential door for a future role in the plot.
** A lot of people, especially many Borderlands veterans, are insisting that somehow [[spoiler: Scooter]] survived the explosion in episode
** Additionally, many think that [[spoiler: Handsome Jack]] has the potential to return. Noticeably you have the chance to [[spoiler: destroy or keep his AI case]]. Doing the former option could mean that he’d be unable to come back, but the mere existence of the latter option shows at least one potential door for a future role in the plot.
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** [[spoiler: After being absent for the entire series, Claptrap can show up for the final mission, being his usual hilarious self, as well as [[SirSwearsALot dropping quite a bit of foul language.]]
** Brick and Mordecai only appear during one sequence in episode 3, but the fact that you not only get to see their previously offscreen fight against Athena, but actively participate in it makes it incredibly memorable.
** [[spoiler: After being absent for the entire series, Claptrap can show up for the final mission, being his usual hilarious self, as well as [[SirSwearsALot dropping quite a bit of foul language.]]
** Brick and Mordecai only appear during one sequence in episode 3, but the fact that you not only get to see their previously offscreen fight against Athena, but actively participate in it makes it incredibly memorable.
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** Subverted with Vasquez who talks the walk, but outside of a few moments, very much can’t walk the walk. [[spoiler: However, you he can end up looking pretty badass as “Rhysquez”]].
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** While they can also be [[SelfDeprecation self deprecating]], both Rhys and Fiona can also have their share of self loving moments, which are backed up by both TakingALevelInBadass throughout the story.
** As always, Handsome Jack is hopelessly in love with him self, but even as an AI, he gets several opportunities to show off how much of a threat he really is.
** Subverted with Vasquez who talks the walk, but outside of a few moments, very much can’t walk the walk. [[spoiler: However, you he can end up looking pretty badass as “Rhysquez”]].
** While they can also be [[SelfDeprecation self deprecating]], both Rhys and Fiona can also have their share of self loving moments, which are backed up by both TakingALevelInBadass throughout the story.
** As always, Handsome Jack is hopelessly in love with him self, but even as an AI, he gets several opportunities to show off how much of a threat he really is.
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** An intentional example with the famous finger gun fight. As hilariously ridiculous as the scenario is, Rhys getting to act like a badass OneManArmy is still pretty cool, even if all the shooting he’s doing is pretend.
** Choosing to bring a NonActionGuy like Cassius for the final mission may be questionable, but it’s still awesome to see the old man hold his own alongside more seasoned badasses.
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** An intentional example with the famous finger gun fight. As hilariously ridiculous as the scenario is, Rhys getting to act like a badass OneManArmy is still pretty cool, even if all the shooting he’s doing is pretend.
** Choosing to bring a NonActionGuy like Cassius for the final mission may be questionable, but it’s still awesome to see the old man hold his own alongside more seasoned badasses.
** Yes, Zer0’s voice in episode 5 is a distracting and odd change, but despite this, you still get to see Zer0 acting just as cool as he always does.
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** Is Felix someone who is [[spoiler: actually a caring father figure to the girls or was it all a facade to steal their big score when it finally happened? Did he do it to try and protect them or did he want to head off any vengeance against him by phrasing it in the nicest manner possible. Is he just a conflicted man who was enticed by so much money? The revelation in Part 3 that he also hired Athena to protect and mentor the girls suggests that he genuinely cared for them.]] The fact he had to set it up all before they left for the initial meeting also calls into question his motivations.
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** Is Felix someone who is [[spoiler: actually a caring father figure to the girls or was it all a facade to steal their big score when it finally happened? Did he do it to try and protect them or did he want to head off any vengeance against him by phrasing it in the nicest manner possible. Is he just a conflicted man who was enticed by so much money? The revelation in Part 3 that he also hired Athena to protect and mentor the girls suggests that he genuinely cared for them.]] The fact he had to set it up all before they left for the initial meeting also calls into question his motivations. Depending on your choices, the finale cleans this all up. [[spoiler: He was ultimately only betrayed Fiona and Sasha because he was pulling a long con, which he didn’t tell them about because he believed the more they knew, the more danger they’d be in. While he doesn’t come back to help them physically, he’ll leave them the 9 million dollars (keeping 1 million for himself), showing that Felix truly was trying to help them.]]
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* CatharsisFactor: [[spoiler: Finally blowing Helios out of the sky and killing Handsome Jack in episode 5 can be this.]]
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** [[spoiler: Finally blowing Helios out of the sky and killing Handsome Jack in episode 5 can be this.]]]] Although both can be considered subversions. The former due to [[spoiler: Jack shaming Rhys for killing who knows how many people, and while the game does make it clear just how awful of a place Helios is, it also shows that the resident [[{{Jerkass}} douchebags]] aboard can be be redeemed, and most of them didn’t actually do anything to Rhys. Thankfully the episode shows later on that many of them wound up surviving, which helps to lessen Rhys’ guilt.]] As for the latter, [[spoiler: while Jack remains a thoroughly horrible individual to the very end, his demise goes all around the spectrum of AlasPoorVillain, ending with him posing little threat and being reduced to begging on his knees to no avail. Doesn’t help that Rhys has to go through enormous physical pain to defeat him.]] Noticeably, the player is given the chance to show remorse and sadness over these moments.
** Given what an absolute [[{{Jerkass}} dick]] he is, repeatedly getting to screw over and tell off Vasquez can be incredibly enjoyable.
** If you’ve been trying to play Rhys and Fiona as a NiceGuy and NiceGirl respectively, then playing as [[spoiler: Rhysquez]] can be this, as it gives you the opportunity to completely justify behaving as a [[{{Jerkass}} total asshole]] in order to keep your cover, ultimately offering a great change of pace.
** The death of [[spoiler: Valery]] subverts this. After all the crap [[spoiler: she]] puts you through, you’d think that it would be this played straight. However, [[spoiler: despite a brief moment where Fiona gets to give her a smackdown, it’s cut short by the more immediate threat of The Traveler. Valery makes it clear that she won’t fight Fiona due to the danger of this vault monster, and is shortly killed by it. While getting Valery out of the way is ultimately a good thing, the current circumstances are anything but, and it doesn’t help that her far more sympathetic son August is forced to see his mom get killed, which completely crushes his spirit.]]
** The defeat of [[spoiler: The Traveler]] can definitely be considered this. [[spoiler: Despite The Traveler only making a proper appearance near the end of the story, and therefore having little time to form any kind of rivalry with the protagonists, there’s several factors in play that really drive home just how good it feels defeating this vault monster. First, there’s the fact that doing so simultaneously helps both [[EnsembleDarkhorse Gortys and Loader Bot]] reuniting these two friends and helping the former [[TookALevelInBadass gain the courage to defeat the monster that previously terrorized her]]. Then there’s matter of getting the crew back together, with them all being able to work through and prior issues to save the day. There’s also bringing in your previous allies, including famous vault hunters, allowing you to show just how badass you’ve become in front of them. Several of these allies also offer additional examples, with Athena and Janey telling you about their upcoming wedding, Cassius getting the hope of a new job working for Rhys, August getting the chance to avenge his fallen mother, and Felix getting to work things out with Fiona, as well as giving her an enormous sum of money, which can allow you to see [[EnsembleDarkhorse Claptrap]] for the first time in the game.]] Ultimately, the whole climax has been praised as an epic conclusion to the series.
** [[spoiler: Finally blowing Helios out of the sky and killing Handsome Jack in episode 5 can be this.
** Given what an absolute [[{{Jerkass}} dick]] he is, repeatedly getting to screw over and tell off Vasquez can be incredibly enjoyable.
** If you’ve been trying to play Rhys and Fiona as a NiceGuy and NiceGirl respectively, then playing as [[spoiler: Rhysquez]] can be this, as it gives you the opportunity to completely justify behaving as a [[{{Jerkass}} total asshole]] in order to keep your cover, ultimately offering a great change of pace.
** The death of [[spoiler: Valery]] subverts this. After all the crap [[spoiler: she]] puts you through, you’d think that it would be this played straight. However, [[spoiler: despite a brief moment where Fiona gets to give her a smackdown, it’s cut short by the more immediate threat of The Traveler. Valery makes it clear that she won’t fight Fiona due to the danger of this vault monster, and is shortly killed by it. While getting Valery out of the way is ultimately a good thing, the current circumstances are anything but, and it doesn’t help that her far more sympathetic son August is forced to see his mom get killed, which completely crushes his spirit.]]
** The defeat of [[spoiler: The Traveler]] can definitely be considered this. [[spoiler: Despite The Traveler only making a proper appearance near the end of the story, and therefore having little time to form any kind of rivalry with the protagonists, there’s several factors in play that really drive home just how good it feels defeating this vault monster. First, there’s the fact that doing so simultaneously helps both [[EnsembleDarkhorse Gortys and Loader Bot]] reuniting these two friends and helping the former [[TookALevelInBadass gain the courage to defeat the monster that previously terrorized her]]. Then there’s matter of getting the crew back together, with them all being able to work through and prior issues to save the day. There’s also bringing in your previous allies, including famous vault hunters, allowing you to show just how badass you’ve become in front of them. Several of these allies also offer additional examples, with Athena and Janey telling you about their upcoming wedding, Cassius getting the hope of a new job working for Rhys, August getting the chance to avenge his fallen mother, and Felix getting to work things out with Fiona, as well as giving her an enormous sum of money, which can allow you to see [[EnsembleDarkhorse Claptrap]] for the first time in the game.]] Ultimately, the whole climax has been praised as an epic conclusion to the series.
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** Finch and Kroger are clearly remorseless scumbags, but in the final episode [[spoiler: the player might possibly wind up feeling bad for the latter. Kroger tries one last time to kill Fiona and Rhys, but unlike his earlier attempts to do so, this time it’s not about a bounty, following Valery’s orders, a matter of survival, or just [[EvilIsPetty him being a petty bastard. Instead it’s out of revenge for Fiona’s killing of Finch, and before he can actually do anything he’s strangled to death by The Stranger. Yes, Finch and Kroger completely deserved their deaths, but after Kroger loses his friend, he goes through all this effort to avenge him only to get immediately killed in front of his targets.]]
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** Finch and Kroger are clearly remorseless scumbags, but in the final episode [[spoiler: the player might possibly wind up feeling bad for the latter. Kroger tries one last time to kill Fiona and Rhys, but unlike his earlier attempts to do so, this time it’s not about a bounty, following Valery’s orders, a matter of survival, or just [[EvilIsPetty him being a petty bastard. ]] Instead it’s out of revenge for Fiona’s killing of Finch, and before he can actually do anything he’s strangled to death by The Stranger. Yes, Finch and Kroger completely deserved their deaths, but after Kroger loses his friend, he goes through all this effort to avenge him only to get immediately killed in front of his targets.]]
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** Handsome Jack is a total bastard, but there are several scenes that are devoted to showing his sympathetic side. And if those don’t make you feel for him, then it’s likely that [[spoiler: his death scene likely will. He reveals his world view to Rhys while expressing regret at how he alienated everyone he knows including his daughter, and tries to impart some advice on his former host. Then this is {{Subverted}} when he tries to murder Rhys one last time, to the point where he’s [[DrivenToSuicide so determined to get rid of him that he’ll kill himself in doing so]]. However, after the failed attempt, his sympathy starts to ramp up again once Rhys gains the upper hand, and Jack’s demeanor completely changes to that of a mortified victim unbearably afraid of death, pathetically begging for mercy. And neither of Rhys’ options are kind, either destroying Jack’s case, seemingly removing him from existence, or keeping him in there as a prison of nothingness.]] In the end, Jack is still an utter monster who’s unrepentant in his actions, but this experience is so incredibly awful for him that it’s hard not to feel at least something for him throughout it, to the point where the player can offer a genuine apology to him over it.
** Finch and Kroger are clearly remorseless scumbags, but in the final episode [[spoiler: the player might possibly wind up feeling bad for the latter. Kroger tries one last time to kill Fiona and Rhys, but unlike his earlier attempts to do so, this time it’s not about a bounty, following Valery’s orders, a matter of survival, or just [[EvilIsPetty him being a petty bastard. Instead it’s out of revenge for Fiona’s killing of Finch, and before he can actually do anything he’s strangled to death by The Stranger. Yes, Finch and Kroger completely deserved their deaths, but after Kroger loses his friend, he goes through all this effort to avenge him only to get immediately killed in front of his targets.]]
** Hugo Vasquez is quite possibly the biggest douchebag in the game, acting like an all round dick to everybody and going through many acts of [[EvilIsPetty petty villainy]] ranging from minor to major. However, as utterly hateful as he is, you might wind up feeling something for him in the scene where you learn that years ago he was a victim of Handsome Jack, revealing that Jack would go out of his way to punch Vasquez whenever he saw him, an action that he actually views as being a heartwarming relationship. Despite Hugo thinking they had something special, Jack doesn’t even remember him at first, and only begins to recall their dynamic when he remembers how he would torture Vasquez over bald head while he was getting hair extensions. When Jack pushes for the player to bring this up, if Rhys does so, Vasquez briefly loses all of his bravado and looks like a deer in the headlights. While any sympathy for him in this moment is greatly undercut by his cruel treatment of Rhys where he both assaults him, tries to emotionally manipulate Rhys with BlatantLies, and threatens to brutally kill him, it’s still by far the most human and emotionally vulnerable that Vasquez ever appears throughout the story.
** Handsome Jack is a total bastard, but there are several scenes that are devoted to showing his sympathetic side. And if those don’t make you feel for him, then it’s likely that [[spoiler: his death scene likely will. He reveals his world view to Rhys while expressing regret at how he alienated everyone he knows including his daughter, and tries to impart some advice on his former host. Then this is {{Subverted}} when he tries to murder Rhys one last time, to the point where he’s [[DrivenToSuicide so determined to get rid of him that he’ll kill himself in doing so]]. However, after the failed attempt, his sympathy starts to ramp up again once Rhys gains the upper hand, and Jack’s demeanor completely changes to that of a mortified victim unbearably afraid of death, pathetically begging for mercy. And neither of Rhys’ options are kind, either destroying Jack’s case, seemingly removing him from existence, or keeping him in there as a prison of nothingness.]] In the end, Jack is still an utter monster who’s unrepentant in his actions, but this experience is so incredibly awful for him that it’s hard not to feel at least something for him throughout it, to the point where the player can offer a genuine apology to him over it.
** Finch and Kroger are clearly remorseless scumbags, but in the final episode [[spoiler: the player might possibly wind up feeling bad for the latter. Kroger tries one last time to kill Fiona and Rhys, but unlike his earlier attempts to do so, this time it’s not about a bounty, following Valery’s orders, a matter of survival, or just [[EvilIsPetty him being a petty bastard. Instead it’s out of revenge for Fiona’s killing of Finch, and before he can actually do anything he’s strangled to death by The Stranger. Yes, Finch and Kroger completely deserved their deaths, but after Kroger loses his friend, he goes through all this effort to avenge him only to get immediately killed in front of his targets.]]
** Hugo Vasquez is quite possibly the biggest douchebag in the game, acting like an all round dick to everybody and going through many acts of [[EvilIsPetty petty villainy]] ranging from minor to major. However, as utterly hateful as he is, you might wind up feeling something for him in the scene where you learn that years ago he was a victim of Handsome Jack, revealing that Jack would go out of his way to punch Vasquez whenever he saw him, an action that he actually views as being a heartwarming relationship. Despite Hugo thinking they had something special, Jack doesn’t even remember him at first, and only begins to recall their dynamic when he remembers how he would torture Vasquez over bald head while he was getting hair extensions. When Jack pushes for the player to bring this up, if Rhys does so, Vasquez briefly loses all of his bravado and looks like a deer in the headlights. While any sympathy for him in this moment is greatly undercut by his cruel treatment of Rhys where he both assaults him, tries to emotionally manipulate Rhys with BlatantLies, and threatens to brutally kill him, it’s still by far the most human and emotionally vulnerable that Vasquez ever appears throughout the story.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Not that his prior roles didn’t already prove it, but many were very impressed by Creator/TroyBaker’s impression of [[spoiler: Creator/PatrickWarburton]], believing he hit the perfect balance of a genuinely good imitation and the InUniverse struggling to stay in character.
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* HeReallyCanAct: SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Not that his prior roles didn’t already prove it, but many were very impressed by Creator/TroyBaker’s impression of [[spoiler: Creator/PatrickWarburton]], believing he hit the perfect balance of a genuinely good imitation and the InUniverse struggling to stay in character.
* NauseaFuel: The climatic scene in Episode 5 where [[spoiler: Rhys kills Handsome Jack by ''ripping out his ECHO eye and cybernetic implants''. The player is treated to several [[GrossUpCloseUp disturbing scenes]] of Rhys mutilating himself.]] The worst part is that you ''have to play through all of it''.
* OlderThanYouThink: Despite a few players saying that the game was trying to force Rhys with Sasha in episode 3. However, in episode 2, depending on a dialogue choice when you’re playing as Fiona, Rhys can accidentally reveal his attraction to Sasha, which he then hastily covers up. While a much less noticeable moment compared to their later interactions, it shows that regardless of player choice, Rhys was attracted to Sasha before their scenes became more explicitly romantic.
* OlderThanYouThink: Despite a few players saying that the game was trying to force Rhys with Sasha in episode 3. However, in episode 2, depending on a dialogue choice when you’re playing as Fiona, Rhys can accidentally reveal his attraction to Sasha, which he then hastily covers up. While a much less noticeable moment compared to their later interactions, it shows that regardless of player choice, Rhys was attracted to Sasha before their scenes became more explicitly romantic.
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* NauseaFuel: The climatic scene in Episode 5 where [[spoiler: Rhys kills Handsome Jack by ''ripping out his ECHO eye and cybernetic implants''. The player is treated to several [[GrossUpCloseUp disturbing scenes]] of Rhys mutilating himself.]] The worst part is that you ''have to play through all of it''.
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* HolyShitQuotient: The final Episode, "Vault of the Traveler", features [[spoiler:a borderline ''mecha fight'' against The Traveler, possibly the biggest Vault Guardian in the series so far.]]
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* HeReallyCanAct: Not that his prior roles didn’t already prove it, but many were very impressed by Creator/TroyBaker’s impression of [[spoiler: Creator/PatrickWarburton]], believing he hit the perfect balance of a genuinely good imitation and the InUniverse struggling to stay in character.
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** August is portrayed as a vicious violent thug in his initial appearance. However, his later appearances show him as still in love with Sasha and willing to forgive her conning him. Is this because he's just that infatuated with her or does he possess HiddenDepths? Is his story the man he killed was robbing him true or made up? He's also very polite and actually kind to his prisoners, compared to [[JerkAss Vasquez]]-but he still works for [[TheDon Vallory]], who's also his mother. And in Episode 3, he's already quite grumpy, but he also stops Vallory from killing Fiona and friends, and even refuses to shoot Rhys during the car chase if you don't pull off the QTE in time. By Episode 4, he's an ''extremely'' GrumpyBear, but he's shown to be capable of leadership various times.
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** August is portrayed as a vicious violent vicious, violent, and vindictive thug in his initial appearance. However, his later appearances show him as still in love with Sasha and willing to forgive her conning him. Is this because he's just that infatuated with her or does he possess HiddenDepths? Is his story the man he killed was robbing him true or made up? He's also very polite and actually kind to his prisoners, compared to [[JerkAss Vasquez]]-but he still works for [[TheDon Vallory]], who's also his mother. And in Episode 3, he's already quite grumpy, but he also stops Vallory from killing Fiona and friends, and even refuses to shoot Rhys during the car chase if you don't pull off the QTE in time. By Episode 4, he's an ''extremely'' GrumpyBear, but he's shown to be capable of leadership various times.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: [=Zer0=]'s new voice in Episode 5 was ''not'' well received at all, with many upset how it sounded far too high-pitched.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: [=Zer0=]'s new voice in Episode 5 was ''not'' well received at all, with many upset how it sounded far too high-pitched. Its was changed back for his next appearance in ''3''.
