There are a ton of words one could use to describe the Borderlands series. The list is massive. The games are completely messed up in the best way possible, hilarious, and absurdly entertaining overall. But above all, the series is truly unique. An action-RPG set on another planet with first-person-shooter gameplay is a tough thing to pull off, butꦉ Gearbox and 2K have knocked it out of the park three times wit🍌h these games; each slightly more of a gong-show than the last.
As we said, the Borderlands series tells the story of the planet Pandora, and the Vault Hunters who venture there in search of a mythical vault (no kidding, right?) which is believed to hold untold riches and loot. Along their journey, these adventurers encounter nasty and terrifying wildlife, along with legions of bandits and other opponents who want to stand in their way, attacking with all manner of weapons. The feel of the game combines a Grand Theft Auto-style open world, with ludicrous amounts of firepower, unleashed from a first person perspective, in a world reminiscent of Mad Max if it were re-imagined by Gary Busey on an aciಞd trip.
What really adds to this game's already impressive list of attributes is humor. The villains are quirky, dark and ludicrous all at once, the NPCs are an eclectic group, each with their own interesting back stories and strange personalities. Add together this first person-action RPG, post apocalyptic, hilarious mess, and you get not only a brilliant gaming experience, but also some great memes. From Pandora logic to some amazing pop culture references, here are some painfully funny Borderlands memes.
15 Face McShooty
If you can't figure this one out, it may be time to either go back to school or just stick to the Call of Duty franchise (forgive me, I like to give the CoD fanboys a hard time). There are plenty of simple and quick missions in this franchise, but none with the kind of ludicrous simplicity of this one. When you encounter Face McShooty in the Thousand Cuts area of Borderlands 2, he demand꧃s something very simple. As his name and the name of the mission would imply, he wants one thing and won't shut up until he gets it. He wants to get shot in the face. Why does he want this? We never really find out, but that's the beauty of Pandora, someꦗtimes you don't ask questions, you just do what you gotta do.
14 This Is Painfully True
We never thought that there would be such a thing as "too many guns" in any video game. There isn't, of course, but if there was such a thing, the Borderlands games would be the most fitting examples. The first game in the series boasted a Guinness World Record 17.75 million different guns. Of course, they weren🎉't all designed one by one, but there are tons of guns, and attachments and a randomizing function within the game𒊎 that generates loot.
With that said, however, when you pick up a new weapon every couple of minutes, and forget to check your inventory, it can take a while to determine if you're using the best gun for the current situation. At times, it can feel like shooting people, looting, and completing tasks are secondary objectives to the necessary job of ch🍌ecking one's inventory.
13 You Have To Switch It Up
Here's an "adult" meme if there ever was one for Borderlands. This is the Badass Psycho, one of the tougher among the psych𓆉o type of enemy. They don't attack from a distance, but try to rush the player and engage in some melee warfare with their massive axe. Like most enemies in the game, they look absolutely ridiculous, with one massive arm and one withered, stunted one.
While their disfigured appearance may simply come from having carried that axe in one arm, rather than two-handing it, it looks like they may have just engaged in an immense amount of self-love for a long time and forgot to switch arms. Weไ have to💯 wonder, is something like this possible, just from spanking it?
12 Pretty Accurate
Like we said before, there are tons of guns in these games. Most gaming franchises suffer from "video game logic," with regard to how much loot and weaponry a character can haul. Being realistic, franchises like Call of Duty get it right, giving characters a single primary weapon, a secondary, and then a knife, along with grenades or other explosives. Even Fallout, which allows a couple hundred lbs worth of guns and gear, is more realistic than this. The Borderlands games allow characters four equipped weapons and a backpack🥀 that can carry dozens more, depending on upgrades. This is about as far from reality as a video game can come, but we aren't complaining about being able to carry as many guns as we want all at once. It can be very convenient if you stock your backpack with elemental guns and specialty we🦩apons.
11 Hilarious Gun Name
This hilarious meme features actor John Goodman as Walter Shoback from the legendary movie The Big Lebowski. The character Walter, who is a Vietnam War veteran with a slight temper problem, has pulled a gun out and is threatening people in a bowling alley after a slight foul on the part of one of their opponents.
While he's brandishing an M1911A1, there is no question that an Unkempt Harold, one of the best pistols in the series (and fairly easy to get one's hands on), would be a better bet in order to put people in "a world of pain." Very popular among players, the Unkempt Harold gets its name from the film and character Dirty Harry. The gun fir𓆉es three shots, which spread out to become seven after some travel.
10 The Skyrim Reference
This is a brilliant shout-out from one amazing open world mess to one of the most iconic games ever made. For those who don't remember (has anyone forgotten Skyrim), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim featured numerous NPCs, most of whom are guards in cities, who would greet the player character with the phrase🌱 "I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee." The line became a meme in and of itself, earning parodies and𝐆 of course, this awesome gag.
It didn't take long while traversing the map in Borderlands 2, before we heard something oddly familiar. The incl꧙usion of the line "I used to be a Vault Hunter like you, until I took a bullet to the knee," is one of the best Easter Eggs in the game.
9 The Other Scavengers Are Useless
Eridium is an incredibly rare and important element in Borderlands 2; and came into play on Pandora after the closing events of the first game. It has a number of uses, and is required for several quests and to access certain areas and people. But most o🧸f all, Eridium is necessary for many upgrades through🌃out the game.
Other than money and guns, there aren't many things more important in the game than Eridium. This ma👍kes us question why this rare and valuable is being left lying around as much as it is. Don't misunderstand, it's not just sitting around everywhere, but we imagine nobody would be silly enough to leave their precious metal collection sitting in a cardboard box in the street.
8 Get It Together, Jack
There are enough reasons to love the Borderlands games. The gameplay is entertaining and fairly simplistic, the quests are interesting and vary to some extent. The enemies say funny things, and of course, the main villain is a sinister, eccentric man. Handsome Jack, who was introduced for Borderlands 2 and is one of the most well-receive🃏d bad guys in recent video game history.
Handsome Jack is one of those bad guys who has total control over the world in which he lives, but he still manages to get beaten by a ragtag group of nobodies. In the case of this me♑me, yes, he is the head of Hyperion Corporation. In the games, the "New-U Station" is the machine through which the player character can be revived. These stations are created and oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚperated by Hyperion. So Jack, who hates the Vault Hunters, is also in charge of the gaming element through which they stay alive.
7 South Park Reference
There are few television shows as awesome and quotable as South Park. What started out as a sl💙apstick cartoon with little to offer outside of toilet humor and vulgarity has blossomed into some of the finest social commentaries the entertainment business has had over the last twenty seasons. The twen🎉ty-first season will start later this year, to the great anticipation of many fans.
There is a loading screen message in Borderlands 2 that echoes an iconic moment from South Park. Way back in the sixth season of the show, the main characters of the show went to Aspen, Colorado and the kids took skiing lessons. The instructor told them to make their skis straight like french fries to go fast, and like a slice of pizza to slow down. "If you french fries when you need to pizza, you're gonna have a bad time." The internet gave this line the meme treatment, and Borderlands 2 used "Elementally-char🦂ged enemies resist damage of their own elemental type. If you try to kill a fire skag with a fire weapon, you're gonna have a bad time", as a loading screen message.
6 JustClaptrapThings
"Justgirlythings" is a series of images, usually of young women, with captions dealing with life, romance, and anything girls experience. While the originals are usually corny or romantic and often get shared on social media by the most boring women you'll ever know, the parodies are amazing, incl🦩uding captions like "replacing your sister's insulin with [drugs]" and "throwing your girlfriend into a river as a sacrifice to theRainn God.
This one features one of the most popular characters in this series, Claptrap. This ridiculous robot has some of the funniest quotes in the game and talks to himself wh🔯en people aren't around. Possibly his best quote is "wanna hear the new dubstep song I wrote? wubwubwubwubwubwub."