“Hey! You’re Not Dead!” – Borderlands 2
Ralof’s opening lines in Skyrim are still endearing, even if we’d much rather skip the intro. Borderlands’ Claptrap is just exhausting. Borderlands 2 was the peak of this because, as the best game in the series, it was replayed for years and years before any hint of Borderlands 3. As a result, everyone who played would have to hear “Hey! You’re not dead!” and other annoying dialogue while going through the entire tutorial section in Windshear Waste at least twice.
That’s because it’s unskippable in Normal and True Vault Hunter Mode. Ultimate Vault Hunter at least lets you skip past all that to “Cleaning up the Berg.” But if you don’t want to bother with its Slag-heavy gameplay, the first two modes are the go-to. Regardless, if you’re revisiting Borderlands 2 after years to experience a Gearbox Software title with halfway decent comedy, there’s sadly no escaping from Claptrap.
