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Which Borderlands DLC's were the best in the franchises history?
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Tina's DLC is the reason why we're having a full new game about it's theme
Dnd+guns, it never fails. Why do you think articifer got so popular?
Gonna have to mute the game for it to be playable sadly :(
Wait what
@@redroachofficial7388 Since the game is tiny tina centric, for the game to be playable you're going to have to mute it or risk listening to her bad dialogue.
@@spudster8887 I found the trailer lmao. I'm gonna keep it up all the way
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon's Keep showed that Borderlands can offer deep, heavy story whilst keeping that wacky, over the top, what the fuck, lol type theme. It's wild but I love it, the ending is so painful, her reaction to everything, Lilith., Brick and Mordecai's completely assholish reaction before realizing " shes a fucking kid, who has lost someone who was like a father and best friend to her " shows humanity and growth. The DLC could easily be top ten stories let alone dlcs ever made in my humble opinion.
I mean i agree its the best DLC but it aint that deep, nor does it make Tiny Tina any less annoying
@@MeandMonkeyLP whilst you are still wrong, I would agree
@@MeandMonkeyLP i mean it literally explores her trying to playu off her trauma, did you see the ending where she literally breaks down?
@@BestoFriendoCassidy Yes i did. It aint that deep. A character getting emotional isnt necessarily "deep"
"The dwarfs all kind look like......Salvador! Isn't that kind of....?🤔" What? Racist? 😒 I ask Sal downstairs! YO SAL! ALL THE DWARFS IN MY CAMPAIGN LOOK JUST LIKE YOU! IS THAT OKAY?! "THAT IS AWESOME! 😍" BOOYA! Not racist! 😀 Made me laugh out really loud. I missed that kind of humour in BL3.
Maybe I'm just immature but nothing in the whole franchise made me laugh harder than Torgue in the CoC dlc. Would definitely have it higher personally
Heh. CoC.
@@w4tt58 CoC
The final boss as and absurd mechanic; almost completely armored with small vulnerable spots and the rest of its body will deflect any projectiles back at you, they only to survive is to cheese it by crouch shooting at it behind the gate.
@@rdu239 Best boss in the game, ikr
@@xyro3633 best designed boss, they think having a mechanic like it was a Super Mario boss
I'm glad that the claptastic voyage was so high, and wasn't held back because "LOLOLOL pre-sequal"
That was a legitimately good campaign that really delved deep into CL4P-TPs own thoughts. Also the glitch weapons were a fun inclusion.
Thats a damn good lookin mainframe.
To this day, I don't get the hatred for The Pre-Sequel. I fucking love it every time I go play it. Sure, it's got its issues, but I still love it.
@@danielgiovanniello7217 It's much shorter, didn't get the life we wanted (2K Australia going bankrupt), had some pretty terrible maps, and you couldn't farm bosses for their loot for a while at the beginning. Plus, like 70% of the legendary guns just transferred over. It ended up feeling like 2 DLCs put together for BL2.
@@danielgiovanniello7217 honestly, the story just wasn’t that great and the overall movement of the game felt a lil weird and rushed. HOWEVER, I think I may have had the most fun playing Athena over any other character.. ever. Plus, there’s no Zane without Doppleganger Timothy. You’re all welcomed.
Honestly, head hunter DLC's probably would've been more interesting if we got one or two legendaries for each headhunter. Once you unlock the head and skin. Then the DLC is only for get a bit of xp.
The Halloween and Mercenary Day ones are my favorite, just because I really love how the areas look. Plus the Mercenary Day one’s great for farming
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Mercenary day is such a pretty DLC with good music too
@@orionl7406 The snowmen are cool enemies, too. It’s short but a little creepy and I always liked the atmosphere of that one the most
Big missed opportunity to not add more fast travel points to General Knoxx’s Armory DLC in the BL1 remake. It’s still my most nostalgic memory from playing BL1
Boy you could say that again the lack of fast travel points crippled the dlc for me I still enjoyed it but God damn.
I just did a replay of BL1 and all its DLC and while I enjoyed the story to General Knoxxs Armory, I absolutely hated the length of some of the maps while they were also barren. Then there was starting for T-Bone junction everything I loaded in. No quick way to farm Craw or Knoxx.
In my opinion the traveling comes less tedious and more of a fun chaos when you have full squad and trying to drive those racers side by side without flying to the moon. I've had many laughs cuz of it.
All DLC stories in Borderlands 1 only had one fast travel point
The Claptastic Voyage is my favourite for turning a previously two-dimensional comic relief mascot into one of the most tragic characters in the series And I absolutely hate whenever TFTB references are in any of the main games. Their character development is completely ignored in favor of over-playing their flaws that they had gotten over by the time of Episode 5. Its like the Borderlands writers hate how successful TFTB was that they feel the need to flanderize or just straight up kill off any of the TFTB crew so that their own characters look better by comparison
Do delete bl3 and fight for sanctuary dlc, and than restore bl2 to 1.8.4 version Be smart, be cool, be borderlands lover
Yeah, you could really feel that the main BL writers hated any story/character that was not made by them; killing off TFTB characters in unsatisfying ways, ignoring pretty much ALL of TPS, especially the warning of the Guardian Eridian... where was that guy anyway in BL3?!?!
I saw in youtube accidently that maya mentioned that war in krieg's dlc, maybe she said something about spectator too
The problem is that the lead writer for BL3 was different than the lead writer for BL2
What is TFTB
Assault on Dragon Keep are one of the few DLCs/Games that simultaneously made you cry and laugh, and that's rare.
Just like an actual D&D campaign if done right. And that is why I love this DLC so freaking much.
Personally i think bounty of blood might be my favorite. There was just something about the athmosphere and the lack of humor in the DLC that i absolutely loved. The fact that all of borderlands is based on humor, and then suddenly it was not there like it usually is really gave the DLC a serious vibe. It even managed to give chills many times! Not to mention all of the guns. Just awesome.
It has very pleasing color palette and aesthetics. The only few gripes I have with it: -Missed the perfect opportunity to introduce Salvador -For all the teasing and build-up, the final boss was such a pushover -Juno and Titus are generic af But all in all: it's probably the most polished and gorgeous Borderlands dlc I've had pleasure playing.
That DLC doesn't even have soundtrack, how can anyone unironically enjoy that and think that makes it have a more "serious" tone? Hammerlock's wedding DLC manages to set up a better serious creepy tone.
@@gustavosanches3454 it does have a soundtrack
@@gustavosanches3454 It actually has music, and its great. For example ashfall peaks battle music is really good. And honestly hammerlock wedding dlc didn't feel intense at all. It was full of slapstick comedy and it clearly didn't try to take its self seriously. And it isn't really creepy, more like a little spooky. I still like it tho, just not as much as bounty of blood.
right? i love serious borderlands and i love that rose survived. that can give us a possible dlc with rose and scarlet
I'm overjoyed General Knoxx gets the recognition he deserves! His Echo records in the Pre-sequel were such a welcome surprise. No small feat, the Knoxx dlc also solidified the Borderlands humor which BL2 continued to improve.
Good to know someone else appreciates knoxx like I did, it was THE perfect dlc for a borderlands game in general like what do you do after opening a prison for a 4th dimensional being you obviously go raid some high ranking Military guys armory full of bad ass guns
i’m back. wait i’m back? dammit
Did u pay for a tour of the worlds largest bullet it cost 9999999999999 and there is no tour 😂
@@highstoner4207 I did. Once. lol
@@Favk21 I’ve done it at least 4 times 1 for each vault hunter and not including pc and switch and PlayStation versions it would be about 12 times
Maybe I'm extremely biased, because Timothy Lawrence is my absolute favorite character. But when I played The Handsome Jackpot I was more excited and more fun than I did with any other Borderlands installment, including main games. It was goofy, referenced Handsome Jack a lot, and built upon Timothy and Moxxi's characters. For someone who always loved Timothy Lawrence, it felt so good to see where he was and know he wasn't dead.
Yes, that's biased af But whatever, we love Timothy
Knoxx's echo logs for the admiral are so funny especially after he stops caring
Imagine spending your whole life achieving a high military position only for your superior to be a literally toddler.
I might be the only person that loves Hammerlocks big game hunt. I absolutely love the environment and enemies introduced in the DLC, and while the story was barebones I just love Hammerlock as a character, so having a weekend hunting expedition as a premise was perfect. I dont know how to describe it but there's just something about the whole atmosphere of the DLC thats hard to beat!
I'm honestly more annoyed that for a DLC called "Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt" we didn't spend more time, with Hammerlock, hunting cool monsters. I do think the atmosphere is cool in some areas, but they're still not fun to traverse.
You’re not, second favorite dlc out of 2
Nakyama is also funny i think
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I was actually really disappointed with the fustercluck dlc as it pollutes kriegs story by creating doctor Benedict and leaving out doctor samuels who was already established to be fairly important to kriegs story. Not to mention the lack of slag experimentation which is the whole thing Hyperion was doing and instead said it was some psycho gas that made psychos. I also disliked the idea of the psychoreaver as it makes kriegs brain almost like a clone of every other psychos brain.
Thank you! People say that Fustercluck is the best story of BL3's DLC campaigns and I just don't see it.
Yeah I actually really hated all the story ideas of that dlc and believe it not to be Canon even if they say it is any fans head Canon is better in my opinion , like the idea of him some how being Tinas dad is still one of my favorites
Slag and The Pre-Sequel have been retconned out of the story so it makes sense neither of them are mentioned.
@@deetzyboywonder9312 They literally confirm that Krieg is Tina's dad at the end of the DLC wtf are you talking about?
@@ezaf-bayleaf9043 I just finished the DLC and...what? You confront the Psychoreaver, the manifestation of all of Krieg's repressed rage and hatred, defeat it, Sane Krieg realises that the existence of his Psycho self is what's been keeping that rage from consuming his sane side, which in turn is what's keeping Krieg as a whole from mindless mass murder, and they finally learn to coexist by creating a mind where both of them can be happy. Where in that was Tina mentioned? Admittedly I've never heard any rumour, theory, or otherwise saying anything along the lines of "Krieg is Tina's dad" before this
Dr. Ned’s dlc was so dope, I’m glad they didn’t go for a Halloween theme because then it would feel a little out of place it gives a dead vibe and old haven’s atmosphere is so cool, one of my favorite dlc’s by far
Bounty of blood has my favorite aesthetic of being Japanese fused with old western vibes
Fun fact: if you fail to beat the invincible 4 dragons from the raid boss part of Tiny Tina’s DLC, as you’re walking out of the area, Tiny Tina laughs at you for failing I speak from experience
I loved this video, makes me want to replat everything again
Didn't expect u here
U play borderlands?
How long have you been gay for? 😂
my favorite DLC has to be The Handsome Jackpot. While yeah, the Trashlantis part was kinda meh, Handsome Jack and Timothy and are 2 of my favoirte characters in all of gaming. Seeing the aftermath of Jack's downfall was really interesting
Genuinly an underrated dlc. It sums up all the best things you get in a borderlands story in my opinion
@@Rmat7 exactly! i think the casino is one of the best locations there's been in a BL game
and it has the borderlands 2 nostalgia with all the hyperion stuff :D
Honestly it just makes me happy to play through it. And it was the only dlc I really got all the way through 100% despite completing all borderlands games to the fullest or even replaying ones such as borderlands 2 and putting thousands of hours into it. Borderlands 3 in general didnt really hit the mark for me but good ol handsome Jack content did
Did you also get Bioshock vibes from it? I loved that DLC because the entire setting, the way you progress and even the main villain reminded me of the original Bioshock.
Guns love and tentacles is criminally underrated
I think it's overrated, my least favorite of the bl3 dlc.
@@annemary9680 Too bad, it's the best one.
The thing about Bounty of Blood is that unlike the rest of the first 4 DLCs of bl3 it doesn't rely on returning characters, so the fact that its a good simply story, that had me compelled, with some worth while loot, and it can stand on its own, even if someone like Salvador would have made sense to bring back and doesn't, makes it more impressive and better IMO. Also the song that comes at the end credits is some top tier shit.
I'm not the only one that love the ending song then
11:43 that's quite a reach for seraph weapons when some were pretty damn good. Calling them "worthless" is pretty stupid
Let's be honest, we all knew right away which DLC would get 1st place.
Claptrap robolution gives you a damn good loot room early game too.
i never played claptastic voyage until last year when i forced myself to go through the pre sequel, and it surpassed dragon keep for me for my favorite DLC
Tina's DLC is hands down one of the best dlc in gaming history overall
Have you played the Witcher 3? Because the heart of stone dlc is far and beyond my fav dlc.
@@mad_elf Yes. Played both dlcs too, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine were great dlcs but honestly neither of them left as much of an impact as Assault on Dragon keep, another example is the Citadel DLC for Mass Effect 3, it was great because of how much fanservice the writer put into it, its iconic, and so is Assault on Dragon Keep.
@@spicynips8466 I agree tiny Tina's dlc was really good/impactful. I never played the mass effect series, so I can't speak on that one.
@@mad_elf Great franchise, totally recommend. Specially now since the Legendary edition came out, all 3 games+ all dlc for 60$
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1. 17:06 Tiny Tina's Assault On Dragon Keep (BL 2) 2 16:04 Claptastic Voyage (BL TPS) 3. 15:00 Bounty of Blood (BL 3) 4. 13:54 Gun, Love, and Tentacles (BL 3) 5. 12:17 The Secret Armory of General Knoxx (BL) 6. 11:17 Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty (BL 2) 7. 10:27 Commander Lilith & the Flight for Sanctuary (BL 2) 8. 9:29 Pyscho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck (BL 3) 9. 8:28 Moxxi's Heist of the Handsome Jackpot (BL 3)
Thank you!
@MiN not really. Remember hammerlock's hunt? Or the headhunter packs? Or even worse, wonderlands' garbage DLC? IMO the guns, love, and tentacles DLC was decently solid. The theme was awesome, but like you said, the villains sucked. At least a few side quests were cool though.
After having a break from the Pre-Sequel I picked it up again and absolutely loved the Claptastic Voyage, it became my favorite. Taking a little breather really made me appreciate TPS and the wonderful DLC it came with. I wish I could hug claptrap during it :(
The general Knoxx DLC is the reason why we got the humor of BL2 and everything onward. I still remember that announcement during the BL2 hype, that they would base their story telling and humor on said DLC. The Handsome Jackpot DLC was by far my most favorite BL3 DLC; simply because it felt like BL2 again and not the atrocious BL3 story. Bounty of Blood is on 2nd place, because I just loved that old western style they went for and THAT scene close to the end of the DLC.
This is the first time ive seen Guns, love, and tentacles this high
Tiny Tina dlc was just everything lol. It had engaging plot, Good narrative characters, Engaging antagonist, It was simultaneously wacky and serious, Upbeat with a tint of gloom. Honestly one of my favourite dlcs of any game
Hammerlocks dlc has one of the best villains out of any dlc.. and the enemies are an actual challenge and different than every other mob reskin. Top 3 dlc easily
witch hammerlocks dlc
@@akiramiller9025 his talking about two raid bosses dexiduous and voracidous and boss Omnd-Omnd-Ohk
I thought the TTAODK har the best story, but liked Captain Scarlet DLC more. It had less annoying enemies. Those teleporting scorers were terrible and when you got a head shot on a skeleton, it kept coming at you. Minor grievances I know, but still. Also Captain Scarlet DLC gave us Captain Scarlet, someone we will see in the future.
This is the first Borderlands DLC ranking that I completely agree with! Although, I do wish that the general Knoxx DLC was placed in the top 3.
I personally only am kinda upset that that claptrap's revolution isn't higher on the list, as it just tied up the entirety of BL1 so so nicely. Especially the final boss was just such a cool little pleasent surprise as someone who was actually experiencing it blind for the first time. I think that Knoxx' story is overall much more interesting, but not as entertaining gameplay wise, mostly because of all the driving involved and the bland areas, the cores make it a bit more bearable luckily. I also thought that its ending was honestly kind of lackluster. Craptrap's revolution on the other hand is super duper fun to play through, even though it lacks the interesting story. It's just really fucking cool seeing characters from throughout your BL1 journey and its DLCs up to that point be brought back as mechanical hybrids. The very last mission ends right where it all started too, which I'm a sucker for. The final boss is fun and unexpected too, which is just great. It is just such a perfect ending which ties up all of BL1 so so nicely that I cant help but gush about it. Had Knoxx' not introduced the concept of raidbosses and pearls to the series, I'd have put claptraps revolution higher than it honestly.
The Worst thing about Assault on Dragon's Keep is how everything seems to deal way higher damage to you and that the enemies tank way too many hits despite only being around level 35 when I was playing it
Idk what this guy was saying about the enemies not being annoying to kill. FUCK skeletons, ogres, mages, skeletaurs etc. If anything this dlc has the most annoying enemies
@@arixbi4902 but it’s sooo fun
@@arixbi4902 if you go in underleveled or even the same level as the enemies, then yeah, it will be tough, but most players play the DLC AFTER BEATING THE GAME, so then they SHOULD be around the right level or higher.
Badass skeletons were hella annoying, and the arena was pretty bullshit with those insta-kill traps, but overall I enjoyed it alot.
Dragons and the shock skeletons are so annoying to fight they just run around the environment without much interaction
I liked bounty of blood too so it was nice to see it up high on your list. Loved the aesthetics which is one of the reasons I just visit the planet. Same thing with guns, love, and tentacles. Butcher Rose and Mancubus were just so interesting to interact with.
i hope we can get a dlcs in the future where rose and scarlet team up and are the villains in the dlc! they have the perfect opportunity for that. both survived and are amazing
I loved dr neds zombie island I remember playing it when it came out and I really enjoyed it
Thank you for another great video my friend, your videos are very relaxing and you cover games i like. I appreciate you man.
No way the handsome jackpot is arguably my favorite borderlands content. Timothy was amazing. And I loved Pretty Boy lmao EDIT: I’m a Zane main so that dlc made me lmao
Guns, Love and Tentacles was a great DLC overall. It had a heart-warming story, the environment was great, NPCs as well, and to fight a Wendigo was something I had no idea I'd ever do in Borderlands. Plus, the Vault Hunter being the "priest" thst unites Alistair and Wainwright was a very wholesome moment. Really loved the fireworks ending too, very solid DLC.
Point for General Knoxx DLC. It's also peak Borderlands Humor.
When he's talking about the clap-trap dlc the ear-worm song is playing in the background and it's gnawing on my soul why EruptionFang why!?
8:33 - Pretty Boy was the Handsome Jack boss fight I wanted with B2. It's really cool fight.
I think you should have swapped Lilith and guns, love, and tentacles. I absolutely loved the fact that we got to catch up on some tales characters, and I think that it was a really nice farewell to borderlands 2
The handsome jackpot was my favorite of all time. Everyone always dogs on it, I feel like the odd one out by constantly replaying it and sort of leaving the other major 3 in the side, especially with my friends.
What do you mean farming a giant snowman is one of my favorite hobbies
Guns, Love, and Tentacles is my personal favorite because I love Wainwright and Hammerlock and I'm a Gaige Main, but Tina's DLC will always be great because of the story. The only thing that pisses me off about that DLC is the mission after you meet Roland. It's nearly impossible to complete while doing single player, and I usually play solo. But other than that, it was really fun.
I mean “nearly impossible” is pushing it. If you don’t have a solid build then, yea, it’s pretty tough.
@@Impurity41 I don't normally have good builds in games. I focus more on the storyline.
I think I’ve spent the most time in torgues dlc. I just love it lol farming Pete and his bar and badass bikers was awesome. Also I really enjoyed the head hunter packs especially the snow one
I hope borderlands 3 gets as much love as 2 got with all the extra content added after the 4 dlcs but I honestly don’t think it will
Sadly it probably wont ever received as much love as Borderlands 2. Bl2 was one of those amazing games you could probably never recreate.
To say that the enemies in dragon keep weren’t annoying to fight is rediculous. Skeletons that take no damage until their armor is shot off. The ones that disappear. The skeletaurs that can’t get you out of ffyl. The dragons that all have unavoidable elemental attacks...the brittle skeletons that bounce all your bullets back at you( admittedly after finding out explosions or melee insta kill them they aren’t that bad) but don’t tell me these enemies aren’t annoying. Still love the dlc despite everything
Only cuz he forgot to mention it but Moxxi's underdome also introduces a small bit of story that gets mentioned in other Borderlands games about how canonically Mordecai is the one that won her arena and as a prize dated Moxxi for a while before Jack showed up. Edit: you could totally skip Moxxi's underdome unless you are playing for the achievements or full game completion what ever your thing is. It's not even clarified who is supposed to canonically win in the first game. Borderlands 2 is where it starts to get mentioned that It's Mordecai.
I still want to see more weapon variations from each manufacturer on borderlands 3 on a new dlc, where the tediore or Maliwan launchers at?
I dunno I would've put Holodome Onslaught above Moxxi's Underdome Riot because you don't gain xp or proficiencies in Underdome. Also yup Knoxx should be way lower just for that obnoxious driving around crap. I remember rescuing Athena told me to meet back at Scooter's. I get back and she had a side-mission for me to go where I JUST rescued her. Though to be honest all 3 of the DLCs had that problem, not counting Underdome, just A LOT of traversing back and forth if you pick up any side-missions with no fast-travel, Knoxx just exacerbated it.
The key to Knoxx was quitting the game and reloading as it puts you back at the main area to help with the transversing a little
im so happy you put the claptastic voyage at 2nd, its hands down my favourite one, although I do have a grudge against shadow trap for the eclipse fight
The Antagonist shield and the Florentine seraph gear are my go tos on Gaige. They were made for her. The Florentine is also an absolute stalker killer
Honestly I think the best DLC in the entire series would be Claptrap's DLC from TPS. It was deep, fun and hilarious IMO. Tina's was good too just a very very close second. They both have infinite replayability to me.
That Tiny DLC based about D&D was amazing.
Claptraps Robot Revolution gives access to the Hyperian Gift Shop, which in and of itself should put it in the top 5.
Almost every Borderlands DLC invented something new, like the Pearlescent Pearlescent weapons and new vehicles in the Knoxx DLC and the "First Raid Boss" in this Franchise plus the armory! The Underdome is just a DLC to kill time (and probably your own sanity) Dr. Ned's Zombie DLC is worth a playthrough but the only new thing i can recall is the Jakobs Vending Machine... The INAC DLC has a nice gift shop and Blake himself! Borderlands 2 has some good ones like the Torgue DLC (At this point he needs no introduction because it's TORGUE) Scarlet has some of the best weapons in the entire game and Tinas Assault on Dragon Keep is just legendary! The Sanctuary DLC is just good for legendary farming! Borderlands 3 is like a mixed table for me personally but mainly because of how the original characters are handled! The Handsome Jackpot DLC was a nice throwback to the old loaderbot days and brought us some cool new and returning weapons like the Nukem, Heart Breaker, Cream, and the infamous ION CANNON! The Hammerlocks Wedding DLC has some really interesting stuff and mythology in it which i became a little fan over the years! Sadly no Raid Boss! The next one is good but not my favorite (except the guns, those are great) perhaps because of loading times but that depends on which platform you're playing on! It has some really cool moments like the Nuke going off and a more serious tone to it compared to the rest of the game, which makes this DLC the Outlier! The Krieg DLC is one and done but they could have done so much more to it! Ok this isn't technically a DLC but don't forget the Cartels Event which added some of the strongest gear in the entire game and has one of the most memorable soundtrack that was ever produced for this game! I know that the headhunter packs weren't included here but there are so many DLCs in this franchise that it would definitely break the scale here!
I don’t know why I just feel like this channel would be good at covering dying light and it’s lore
17:26 I love Tiny Tina and her DLC but I'm sorry there are some of the most annoying enemies in the entire series, like the Skeleton Mage.
Thank you for reminding me of its horrid existence The only solice I had was phaselock
@@raith3700 Didn't they make Phaselock last much less on them? Almost like they purposefully created the worst enemy ever. That and Buzzards on OP8 / 10..
Skeleton mage, Crystal skeletons and Duke of Orc, ughh 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
@@rdu239 Duke of Orc is the only reason l haven't reached the money gap.
the skeleton sages are the most obnoxious enemy to ever exist
Loved your list it was great and I agree fully with all your picks
Gehenna's japanese onsen is absolutely incredible. By far my favourite location in the borderlands franchise
I mostly agree, and part of it is just me still being salty over bl3's directors/designers cut. I bought the super deluxe edition thinking that it would give access to all content but there was this whole "season pass 2" kinda thing for 2 full price dlcs with less content. I still bought them, but salty
Great I thought i was the only one
Very confusing and disappointing. Gonna buy it this week 🤣
Zombie Island was awesome,so good that I regret that they did not made more like that
Honestly one of the things that killed Krieg's DLC for me is because it felt like a half-finished attempt to recreate Claptastic-voyage. If the Devs were able/willing to put the same effort and polish into Krieg's as they did Clap-Trap I would have them switched in ranking.
The Borderlands series DLCs were always so insanely unique and offered something completely different to what the main game offered. I think thats what made so incredibly good.
1. Hammerlocks hunt obviously
I actually liked the underdome but I never grinded all 3 arenas at once It definitely isn't my favorite though
My favourite is without doubt the captain scarlet dlc. You get Two of the best guns in the series as mission rewards, pimpernel and sandhawk. And I probably spent days farming the loot chest room some 10 (almost) years ago. Good times.
When Tina hugs the Roland statue at the end of Dragon Keep, I'm not gonna lie, I have to hold back tears every time.
I was just talking about this with my friend yesterday, hopefully Hammerlocks big game hunt is the worst 🙏
Nah its the zombie island of dr ned
Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt sucked, but I think that Bounty of Blood is 100% more garbage than it.
@@smug2525 nah you tweaking my boy lol
I'm one of the few who thinks Bounty of Blood was alright. The liked the scenery, and the story was pretty straight forward, but the characters were meh. Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck on the other hand is my second favorite DLC that I have ever played (Only surpassed by ME3's Citadel DLC). I remember when I first played BL2 in the Handsome Jack collection, I used Krieg. It left such an impact on me that I absolutely hated BL3 because Krieg isn't really in it. And after Maya died there were a lot of emotions I couldn't really express. But with the Fustercluck DLC, for the first time in a while I could say that a DLC hit me on an emotional level I hadn't experienced before. One of the greatest tragic backstories gaming has to offer that also includes the right amount of humor to balance it out.
tina's dlc is soo good, it was relaunched as an standalone game and a new game with the same thematic
My favs are as follows: Tiny T (all around goodness) Clap Trap Robolution (Hyperion Gift Shop) Ned's Island (Zombies + fire weapons = fun) Fight for Sanctuary (new weapons, more levels; etc.) Clap Trap Conscience (pre-sequel - lots of skins and new glitched weapon types) Good vid.
The Claptastic Voyage final boss was really long and frustrating took me two hours on normal mode and I was a higher level.
EOS can suck my ass. Not only his fight consists of spamming far away turrets, the path getting to him is somehow longer than your usual dungeon. Also his invincibility phase made Evil Lilith's look like a McDonald's drive-thru
I think out of the small DLCs, Director's Cut really should be higher. Higher than goddamn Arms Race, that's for sure. The guns are less broken, but the story content is great and practically moves mountains to redeem Ava as a character - it shows what she could and should have been in the main story, and has some very interesting implications for the lore involving the Eridians. Why the heck is it below a battle royale knockoff? There's a bit more content, the environments are neat and diverse, the weapons are mechanically fun as heck, there's a proper Invincible... As side missions specifically go, it's got some of the best in the series. personally.
The idea that it REDEEMED her is laughable. It's a DLC where even the name shows that it was all cut content they shouldn't have charged for anyway, and her little podcast quest chain doesn't even come close to redeeming such a poorly written little shit
My problem with bounty of blood was that when me and my friend played it, we had the mayhem modifier that gave everyone big fat heads and as someone who likes the western aesthic, I couldn't take it seriously, for being a less comical dlc, big heads ruining every cutscene was pretty funny. Edit- To clarify this was a joke lol, The DLC was very cool, the modifier added that borderlands twist/wacky fun into it, I'm mostly referring to this as a joke as it was SUPER funny on my end for my first time experience going through that one with the big heads modifier.
That has nothing to do with the dlc what are you on about
literally nothing with the dlc dude
I’m so glad you used teh ear worm as the background music while talking about claptastic voyage.
Before watching the video, I'm just curious if there's going to be a DLC ranked lower than Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt. I never played the original BL so I don't know if any of the DLC is good or bad. I guess TPS having just an arena as a DLC is a little crappy, but I admit it added much needed content for a game that was sorely lacking it.
TPS' arena was exceptionally terrible though. The map is massive and barely anything spawns in it. Especially as a solo player, it's like the combat equivalent of the Knoxx DLC's travel segments.
@@FelisImpurrator the arena might be too big, but it has a lot of effects (huge saw on the floor, moving O2 zones) and new enemies which are pretty good and annoying at the same time. These small extra missions for the arena are funny too.
the ava murder mystery missions take place during the main game. the final one is the only one that is set after the base game
Headhunters is one of my favourites, because of how digestible and quick they all are. It's nice to have some "Pocket DLC's" that can each be completed in about 15-30 minutes each; and gain some XP, Weapons, Gear etc etc within minimal time.
Tinas was just a masterclass in story writing. It was just an amazing addition to the original story, seeing how a 13 year old girl, growing up in a post apocolyptic waste with rebels, parents being murdered when she was very young. And seeing how she copes with the loss of the one only parental figgures she actually knows.
Agreed with your list apart from the top 2. Personally, I enjoyed the Claptrap DLC more than Tina's. I will not elaborate too much on it but it just boils down to a story that is more to my preference and Shadow-Trap being my second all time-favorite villain, narrowly being beaten by Handsome Jack.
The biggest issue for me with Bounty of Blood is two things really. But kind of go together. 1. Juono sucks and I disliked her with a passion. 2. This should've been something where they experimented a bit more with the story. Let you choose sides. I can't stress this enough. Me and so many other people I've talked to agree that always being the good guy here is just plain obnoxious. Lots of people don't like the main cast of the game. So let us be the bad guy. Let us choose between siding with Rose (I think is her name? The bad chick) or doing the good side and siding with the town. I feel Gearbox should've tried this. Choices mattering. Maybe have it be the leadup to BL4 or whatever. Edit: I still want them to do a new Borderlands game. But have it set during BL2 time. But instead of following the events that we are used to. We instead get to go up against Sanctuary and side with Handsome Jack. I can see some of the VH's right now. I definitely see Angle as one of the VH's. Would be interesting to see her powers. Maybe something like flying? or a mix of Siren powers and technology. I also see another VH that could be all about poison/venom. Like a femme fatal type character. Great looking but is likely to kill you awfully. I'd just love being able to be the bad guy and kill off some of the more annoying characters of the series. Namely Lilith. And Lilith. Oh! And also Lilith.
Would never happen. Gearbox's head writer loves Lilith too much. That's why all her faults were retconned out of Borderlands 3.
So the only thing I would change is placing Krieg’s DLC just a bit higher I agree on the whole enemy and side quest fact of the side quests being short and not a whole lot of enemies stand out except the bosses (at least to me) like Dr. Benedict being one of the reasons Krieg is a psycho in the first place or loco-möbius and evil Brick, evil Mordecai and evil Lilith being representations of Krieg’s insecurities and insane Kreig in the near the end was just trying to protect the sane side of Kreig but didn’t know how to really show it other then being the way he is throughout the whole thing until you go to vaulthala (And just as a person opinion Kreig and maya would have been/and are a cute couple) but as you run through helping Sane Kreig you learn you understand how much Kreig really appreciates his friends and them basically being a family to him and yea hitting the emotions in the right spots, but I’d say you placed it in a pretty good spot and pointed out the goods and bods of it pretty well plus It’s your opinions about certain things and I respect that now have a nice day
funny thing was that the glitch rarity introduced a glitch. What you needed was a glitch rarity jakobs sniper, and it had to have the loop glitch on it. with a little weapon swapping, you could transfer the loop effect semi permanently to all your other guns. What loop did was severely increase fire rate and give about a 50% chance to not consume ammo each shot. outside the glitch itself, loop also forced continuous fire until you reloaded again
Finely someone who admits how good claptraps dlc is.
Sand hawk: *exists* Pimpernil: "am i a joke to you?"
This is the first and only ranking of all (not just Borderlands or games) that I completely agree with.
"The map's are very... Meat themed..." Hahahaha I don't know why but that made me laugh so hard 🤣🤣🤣
I love Borderlands 1 love 3 too I don’t think it deserves all the hate. That’s being said I have never been addicted to any game as much as I was Borderlands 2 I love that game so much it will forever be an indelible mark in my memory
Your top 2 somehow managed to be my two favorite dlc of the series
With the exception of the directors/designers cuts (which I wouldn't have even considered for the list) this is basically verbatim the list I would have made. Glad claptastic voyage made it to 2, cuz it was literally above and beyond what even the base game accomplished. 👏
'Each new run feels fresh and gives a ton of replayability'. This is the first time I heard someone describe Arms Race this way.
Quite an interesting list, but to me, the best Borderlands 1 DLC was the Zombie Island of Dr. Ned. I found the idea of putting zombies in the game amazing, the music I also liked and the story was quite interesting. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx was cool, but I did believe that the traveling was what made it a little boring. It was too big, and Jakobs Cove wasn't so big and shooting zombies was awesome.
my top 3 were 3. tinas assault on dragon keep 2. claptastic voyage 1. robolution it was absolutely hilarious with the claptraps rising up against their cruel overlords and call me crazy but i really like claptrap as a character. i just wish we got the option to either help hyperion or the claptrapa, because i would give up the gift shop to side with the robots.
i agree to disagree with a lot of this. Short ranking: all domes with holo being the most fun fighting wise. then jackpot, BL3 minis and BL3 rest (for obvs. reasons). than voyage. now to the proper rankings of the proper games DLCs: robo -> ned -> Gobbler/Wedding -> Harvest -> FFS -> Crawmerax -> Mercday -> TOrgue -> Hammerlock -> Dragon Keep -> Knoxx -> Scarlet. two things were important for me. 1) enjoyment of the gameplay and 2) enjoyment of the story. esp. 2 is the reason everything from BL1 and Bl2 ranks above the rest (with the exceptions of the domes).
I know I’m like, months late lol. I’m honestly glad with how you placed Guns Love and Tentacles in the top five. For some reason people didn’t like this one as much as the other bl3 dlc(but I actually think it’s a much smaller, more ‘specific’ demographic now that I’m writing this right now) I agree with your critiques of Hammerlock, I also don’t think he’s that remarkable of a character in general, but this dlc actually got me to like and care about him a lot more; he is now one of my favorite characters ever. I didn’t know he was such an adrenaline junkie that loved adventure and excitement until GL&T. It wasn’t clearly stated in bl2, only really hinted to in the big hunt dlc, where the vault hunters do most of the ‘on screen’ exploring. I think the fact they make this character trait a main focus on the conflict between him and his husband to be interesting. To boil the situation down to ‘marriage is stressful’, while partially accurate, doesn’t exactly describe the situation of why they’re stressed, which is the interesting part of their personal conflict. That said I don’t disagree with your placement of it simply because the other stories are obviously better objectively.