He is “in way over his head:” besieged by the Lost Legion of Dahl when they storm the Hyperion space station of Helios. Near the start of the game, Jack has his special introduction as shown in the above video.
Right before the game starts, he convinces his company to help police Pandora. Brick states her narrative “makes Jack seem kind of sympathetic.” She starts when Jack was “just Jack,” a “low level programmer” at the mega-corporation of Hyperion. In the game, Athena tells the original Vault Hunters the story of when she worked with Jack. How did Handsome Jack become “likably hateable?” That is the question at the center of Athena’s interrogation in Borderlands Pre-Sequel. Many critics mentioned that Handsome Jack was one of their favorite villains to hate. His sarcastic style of dealing “justice” recently landed him as one finalist for the video game “Villain Most in Need of a Hug” award. He attacks the various bandit tribes and the protagonistic “anti-hero” “Vault Hunters.” His methods include bombarding a civilian city and shooting anyone that breaks any of 200 different laws. In that game, Handsome Jack tries to civilize and save the penal world of Pandora. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.Īuthor Dan Brown once stated, “I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons.” One of the best examples of this “anti-villain” is Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven. Here is the rule to remember in the future, when anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’ – Athena near the end of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel – An enemy near the end of Borderlands: The Pre-SequelĪnd that was when the hero who saved us on on Helios died. And behind that smile, behind that hero complex, there’s something wrong about you.