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With all the chatter lately regarding developers such as Blizzard, EA and Bethesda making some very selfish decisions with their titles. I thought it is worth bringing to peoples attention when I feel developers go above and beyond for their fans and really do something special. So I am bringing to light something that Gearbox & 2K Games did a while back with Borderlands 2.
The story of Michael Marmaril is that he was a big a fan of Borderlands taken early in life at the age of 22 roughly just under a year before the release of the sequel. Not only did David Eddings (voice of Claptrap) read a eulogy they also included him as an NPC in the game with an achievement. His character gives out free rare components and such if you can find him.
I think this is awesome and exactly the type of things developers should be doi g with their power on a global stage to such an influential audience.
So bif respect to Gearbox & 2K Games for adding something that was very small in terms of effort on their part but has the capacity to touch the hearts of many.
Sauce - https://youtu.be/KuroFpcFq-c
blackholevoid10011
Fuck gearbox!
Magus25
Borderlands 3 is coming!!!!!
MehYouKnowWhyImHere
I found him one time and never again after that. It made me so mad he wouldnt show up again.
villlllle
Yeah so Blizzard did one questionable move with announcing something wrong and now we're to think they're the worst ever, right? =D
IWouldLickThat
Reminds me of that fan's gravestone in Ultima 9.
labtob
time for a new game, imgur community.
babypotato
Best played as co-op
SodaKid7
Not to defend Bethesda, but they did already pay tribute to Erik West with the follower Erik the Slayer.
georgedragonslayer
One of the best scripted/produced/and voice talent games ever. Music wasn't bad either.
Carchomatic
Yeah very cool stuff. Lots of games do this, Blizzard has done it more than once in WoW and Overwatch. MWO did it too, Sarah's Jenner mech
jetah
they have the Kanai's Cube in D3 which is named after Kevin Kanai Griffith who died of cancer. https://diablo.wikia.com/wiki/Kevin_Griffith
saikaici
Riot Games also made a Jax skin (Gladiator?) that has a line "here's for you Kid" that was specifically for a kid too.
DemonicGothBinx
They added that line to that Jax skin because it was the kid's favourite skin.
Common9
there was also the box in Concordia (BL:TPS) for the make a wish foundation-http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=327465988
TheTagg
Overwatch have a tribute to a fan who died doing something heroic just before launch. I love that map just because of it.
ProbablyDrunkAgain
CrestKnight
but 6 years later having bought original BL2 when it launched i still have exactly 0 DLC, yet its "free" in new 20$ purchases.
drunkenvulcan
I think you get an achievement if you find him, too.
tzxAzrael
Mamaril*
Rabidtiki
If only they'd give us BL3 though
zaklurker
While BL2 is one of my favorite games of all times, let's not forget the astronomical amount of DLC that it needed to have a good end-game.
BlunderbussVigilante
At least you did get a full game experience even without them. Isn't that right, EA?
bustercuster
David Eddings an in the author?
pokebug666
I thought that too, but it seems to be a different David Eddings. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2036528/
bustercuster
Yeah I was unaware of the author’s sad tragic final year of his life. Burnt half of house, lost his wife, then died himself.
bustercuster
One of my favorites
TehGuard
Both companies went to shit though
jammer909
Found him once. Never again.
SomeGuyWhoLikesThings
Yea bif respect to them
Doober12082
I always wondered the reasoning behind this character, now I know!
SavageGentleman
Bethesda did add an NPC to Fallout 4's Nuka World expansion for a similar reason. Evan.
CaveCanem
I was going to say the exact same thing; thanks.
PassTheGiggles
Yeah but people aren't allowed to appreciate them anymore.
xstrifex667
Thats a shame, in ny opinion i love that they have done this in BL2. But the important thing to me, as much as it may seem to 1/2
xstrifex667
The amount of effort involved i still think its a fantastic use of the stage they have created for themsleves :-)
Navrodel
In before micro-transactions in Borderlands 3. And didn't they cancel half of the DLC in the pre-sequel's season pass?
StillNotYouTube
I've been pretty hyped over borderlands 3, but you're probably right about micro transactions. They're just too profitable to ignore.
InsertNameHereIGuess
Yeah TPS season pass was a complete rip off. However for me BL2 is one of the best games ever made.
Rapiecage
TPS in general is a rip off. Lasers were cool, hopefully they shoehorn them in BL3
InsertNameHereIGuess
TPS for sure wasn't a fantastic game, but it was alright. It just seemed rushed. I'm sure BL3 will be on par with BL2.
TheShadowsAreWatching
TPS seemed more like an expansion to BL2 than it was its own game.
BasicWhiteSeattleite
I just bought it for $5 on steam
ImSynnical
It’s an amazing game
AwesomeShowGreatJob
Biffie Smalls
DeltaBladeX
I saw him only twice in my 300 hours of gameplay. And you just made me look David Eddings up, I only knew of the writer. Was really confused
Sixsystems
He was bugged at launch so he would spawn 100% of the time.
Marayla
Never seen him once in my 133 hours, didn't know he was actually a thing.
streqicity
DeltaBladeX
He rarely spawns in Sanctuary, but when he does, an achievement / trophy will pop up once you talk to him.
saintchase
Hey guys, he has an increased chance to spawn on your first visit to Sanctuary.
DeltaBladeX
Depends where you played it, PC keeps the standard spawn rate, consoles had it high before the city moves for some reason.
Flareside
I have started this game so many times, but never finished it
hetriedtokillmewithaforklift
I like playing it while playing youtube videos on another screen. It's a nice and mindless game
Cincychaos
Shame. I've started this game so many times with various characters, beat it, and play again.
Rapiecage
I do not have the aim to play the harder modes. It's unfortunate. I barely have the aim to play anyone other than gage
Cincychaos
I get that. I liked the harder modes to level up the ol murderbot. Never got into multiple player
xstrifex667
Testify
FirstAidPoetry
If you’re on the PS4 I will gladly start a new character and join you.
xstrifex667
Love this kind of comment total kudos
LukeKarr22
It's a hard game to play alone. Much better with friends.
justsomeyahoo
It helps if you have the mechronacer
Varcova
Paint drying is much better with friends.
GuyFromDeathValley
I feel this. I´m stuck against the WARD3N because I play alone. I can´t get past this mission, I just can´t!
LukeKarr22
It's doable! Just hard...
GuyFromDeathValley
I gave up though. 22 times and I always die from some enemy coming out of fucking nowhere, not worth the rage and stress, really.
LukeKarr22
That fair. Totally understand that.
Sulimen
I've lost count at how many times i've finished this game alone lol.
Arnoxthe1
I actually think the second one is better to play alone. The first one is the better one with friends since the story doesn't get in the>
Arnoxthe1
way at all. Just "Here's the quest. Go murder the lads. Have fun. Report back for loot and more quests." It let the group make their own fun
Arnoxthe1
and humor.
Liquidditch
I like B2 alot, but randy pitchfords a piece of shit. Stole segas money for Colonial Marines and spent it on borderlands
Spunkdust
I am okay with that. Worthwhile sacrifice
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Camelspotting
They didn't fail spectacularly with battleborn, it was a pretty decent game, just poor timing on release.
thepuppeter
As someone who loves Borderlands and gave Battleborn and honest go, it was a mess of a game. It wanted to be too many things.
Camelspotting
And Duke Nukem was in development hell for so long it didn't matter.
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
If I've heard correctly he's no longer on board though, Borderlands 3 is being produced withouthim.
xstrifex667
I heard heard the same
Liquidditch
Hes the Ceo and the guy teasing it like everyother month. U mean like not on the developmemt team?
RoombaTheAssaultVacuum
They also ruined the homeworld series.
f3n1x187
How? I remmber they used the rules of the second game for the first, but outside of that there were very very little bugs on the remake
RoombaTheAssaultVacuum
The remake was RIDDLED with bugs, and the multiplayer was a broken mess for the first several months.
RoombaTheAssaultVacuum
Heck, the game still has the bug where enemy ships wig out and kamikaze their whole fleet.
f3n1x187
Didn't notice that, worse bug I found was on the second to last mission of the first game, perhaps I forgot about the others.
CamelSpotter
That's honestly the reason why I refuse to buy any more games from Gearbox. Broken doesn't even begin to describe that game.
icookfoodandfightfire
broken?
CamelSpotter
Just look up the condition that Colonial Marines launched in. It was barely playable without the day one patch, and not much better with it.
CamelSpotter
One issue that I had was that all of my progress in both the campaign and multiplayer would be erased because the game saved to a cache.
CamelSpotter
So, whenever the cache cleared, my saves were wiped. Everytime an update came out or I took out the disc, I had to start all over.
icookfoodandfightfire
Ahhhh gotcha, thought you meant borderlands was broken
CamelSpotter
Nah, hardly had any issues with Borderlands, which is what made me so pissed about Colonial Marines. It was obvious they didn't give a shit.
smashpro1
It was apparently broken because of a typo: https://m.ign.com/articles/2018/07/15/modder-fixes-maligned-aliens-colonial-marines-ai-with-one-
CamelSpotter
That's just for the AI. I've personally had all of my progress in the campaign and multiplayer erased because the game saves to a cache.
CamelSpotter
Not to a HDD, like literally every other game, but to a fucking memory cache. Gearbox fucked up in ways I've never seen before.
Behfywehfy
I mean, the game's still a buggy piece of shit. But this does fix a massive problem with the xenomorph A.I.