![]() ![]() In fact, many of these trailers bludgeon the viewer with a constant barrage of chaotic footage from the game and metal music, this medium’s version of the hard sell from marketers who perhaps suffer from arrested development. However, The Borderlands 2 trailer, bolstered by that catchiest of pop songs, creates a visceral desire in a way that most preview videos cannot. And the pounding, crashing drums from Health’s gloomy “Tears” sounded like harsh bullet fire from the gun of the morose anti-hero in Max Payne 3. That video was so grimly affecting, Jimmy Fallon, a game fan himself, chose to debut it on his show. equally effective though far less ironic was Sun Kil Moon’s dark, brooding “blue heron” which played over the debut trailer for the bromance war epic, Gears of War 3. In that trailer, however, the overpowering sounds of violence temporarily distract you, interfering with both Bobby Darin’s cool detachment and the overall theme of terror. The overall effect is so thrilling that it trumps the best music-oriented trailer to date, the creepy BioShock trailerfrom 2005, which was shot underwater with Bobby Darrin’s evocative “Beyond The Sea” in the background. Wimoweh, Wimoweh” as he proudly marches forward. ![]() And finally, Claptrap, a charming, determined robot that was one of the stars of the first game, grunts “Wimoweh. A mischievous girl named Tiny Tina dances in rhythm to the music as she moves to a dynamite plunger to blow up an enemy. The lithe Maya wields magic and holds an enemy in a blue, glowing orb. As “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” hits its crescendo and singer Jay Siegel begins to improvise, a montage of the game’s features come to the fore. Momentarily, the screen goes to black and you hear something scream “Rock and Roll!” as if you were near a crazed fan at a heavy metal concert. When propeller-driven planes rush toward your face, the sung “Wimoweh” morphs and becomes an electrified, high tech warning. These psycho midget zombies steal the show. But what sets the toes tapping is the vacant-lookinglittle undead characters whose heads bob from side to side in rhythm with the music. There’s the Bullymong, a kind of space gorilla clad in steel. As the word “Wimoweh” is sung over and over again, odder creatures are introduced. Nearby, the Rakk, a graceful flying dragon, is shot from the sky by Maya, one of the game’s four protagonists. ![]() ![]() Near the outset, a brownish lizard slithers to the precipice of a waterfall, foam spraying around it. They, along with some brand new characters, will help players defeat Jack, destroy the Warrior, and save Pandora.The infectious ditty, first recorded in 1939 by South Africa’s Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds, is heard in unexpected juxtaposition to the bloodshed and explosions within the game. Players will fight across the whole of Pandora to stop Jack from awakening an ancient alien evil known only as "the Warrior." Their quest will bring them into contact with some familiar faces from the old game – most notably, the original four Vault Hunters: Roland, Lilith, Brick and Mordecai. Make new friends, arm them with a bazillion weapons and fight alongside them in 4 player co-op or split-screen on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet.īorderlands 2 follows the story of four new Vault Hunters as they fight to free Pandora from the clutches of Handsome Jack, the brilliant, charismatic, and utterly despicable CEO of the Hyperion Corporation. Play as one of four new vault hunters facing off against a massive new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack. A new era of shoot and loot is about to begin. ![]()
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