Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution

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  1. xZippy
    Dec 2, 2012
    6
    The entertaining magic of Borderlands starts to dry out here. It's still enjoyable, but it doesn't have the quality that the Dr. Ned and General Knoxx DLC's have. It's interesting to see the Claptraps finally taking a stand and turning the tables, but other than that, this DLC is much like an opened soda that sat outside too long; the taste is still there, but the perfect cold temperatureThe entertaining magic of Borderlands starts to dry out here. It's still enjoyable, but it doesn't have the quality that the Dr. Ned and General Knoxx DLC's have. It's interesting to see the Claptraps finally taking a stand and turning the tables, but other than that, this DLC is much like an opened soda that sat outside too long; the taste is still there, but the perfect cold temperature and extra fizz isn't.… Expand
  2. shoegays
    May 28, 2011
    6
    Better than Dr. Ned and Moxxi but not even approaching the quality of General Knoxx. Revolution has plenty of playtime but it's most filler, and it endlessly recycles old enemies and old bosses.

    To its credit, it's occasionally funny, and the final boss fight is probably the hardest thing you'll do in Borderlands unless you try to take on Knoxx's optional Crawmerax encounter.
  3. LevelsAndGear
    May 10, 2012
    7
    Not as well written as Knoxx, but still a decent and solid DLC to wrap up Borderlands 1. The gameplay is a bit repetitive, and the quests seem to lack cohesion and point (especially the side quests) but still enjoyable.
  4. somethingguy912
    Jun 2, 2013
    7
    The Claptrap Revolution DLC is the last but not exactly the best out of the Borderlands DLC line. It cannot compare to the awesomeness of General Knoxx, but it does fare far better than Zombie Island ever could. Anyhow, perhaps the two most satisfying things you can get out of this dlc is 1. Another level cap (8 for some strange reason), and 2. the opportunity to kill claptraps. While bothThe Claptrap Revolution DLC is the last but not exactly the best out of the Borderlands DLC line. It cannot compare to the awesomeness of General Knoxx, but it does fare far better than Zombie Island ever could. Anyhow, perhaps the two most satisfying things you can get out of this dlc is 1. Another level cap (8 for some strange reason), and 2. the opportunity to kill claptraps. While both of these are quite piqued to my tastes, there are the small nuisances of Borderlands 1 that we don't see in BL2, like the limited fast travel networks and how this DLC is a on-foot DLC only, rather than trying to mix things up. Tartarus Station is a very nice albeit buggy town to venture forth, and in some light I could say that Gearbox had found what they needed to spruce up BL1 with BL2 with this DLC alongside General Knoxx, but overall I could say that every DLC was more or less a test to see how they could improve the RPG realm of Bordlerlands to include more RPG elements in the future. Anyhow, the negatives. Actually, I just practically gone through all of them, but to add to one more detail is yet another unremarkably high difficulty level even for those who have exceeded the recommended level, as the "claptrapped" enemies prove to be far more dangerous than once noted, and the actual claptraps themselves aren't so tough either (except for kamikazes, if you don't have both eyes open). The whole premise on trying to claptrap everybody so that the Vault Hunter would be more bothered seems counter intuitive since most creeps they meet attack anyway, with only the "citizens" of Tartarus being that exception. The environments are interesting but somewhat taxing on big sprawling areas to which you can't drive and are forced to walk over, so that's all I have to say for it. It isn't the best DLC that Bordlerlands has to offer, but if you like to have your dying wishes of killing a bunch of annoying robots and just another 8 more skill points, this will be the DLC for you. once again, still better than The Underdome or Zombie Island.… Expand
  5. CriticNamedZack
    Aug 30, 2019
    6
    Story: Serving as the conclusion to Borderlands 1, Robot Revolution is an amusing story of the Claptrap Units rebel against their former masters and it's up to you and the Hyperion corporation to crush them. I can't say it's easy to take this story very seriously just because of the nature of the Claptrap units, however it does give you some laughs. Probably on the weaker side of theStory: Serving as the conclusion to Borderlands 1, Robot Revolution is an amusing story of the Claptrap Units rebel against their former masters and it's up to you and the Hyperion corporation to crush them. I can't say it's easy to take this story very seriously just because of the nature of the Claptrap units, however it does give you some laughs. Probably on the weaker side of the stories in this game though.

    Gameplay: While I think General Knox had some of the highlights of creativity and a sense of completeness with the way the gameplay was set up, Revolution does feel underwheming in comparison. Revolution does give us the area of Tartarus Station to explore this time around with a fair amount to do that took me around 5 hours to do everything, which is a little bit short. Enemy types are more or less the same as before, but you can see them being controlled by the Claptraps and you do get to fight Claptraps with different "skills", and to be honest it's cute. You will also see a lot of old faces with a few new ones added as well. There is also some nice rewards to be had as well from this DLC as well. However, this does feel like a downgrade compared to General Knoxx if you compare the rewards and endgame to that game with new gear and a raid boss. Revolution doesn't have any endgame content or any new rewards to obtain that we haven't seen before. Once again the scenery is desert in the areas and no fast travel once again. The map isn't as long as some previous DLC maps fortunately so getting around on foot isn't completely a drag.

    Sound and Music: Sound effects are solid as usual. The Claptraps dialogue steals the show for me as having them revolt and give speeches of freedom was hilarious to listen to. the other bits of dialogue from other characters is quite good too with the humor being quite good. Sadly no new music, just more old stuff.

    Performance and Graphics: Ran well for the most part, but had the most issues with slowdown in this DLC for whatever reason. Nothing drastic to ruin it though. Graphically the game still looks great and some of the new areas are really nice to look at with the propaganda graffiti being quite clever.

    Verdict: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution isn't a bad DLC at all. It has it's charm and does have it's pluses in playing through it. The problem is compared to General Knoxx, it feels like a downgrade to what we got. If it had the endgame and maybe the rewards, it might have been a decent DLC. Not bad, not great.

    Story: 6/10
    Gameplay: 6.5/10
    Sound and Music: 7.5/10
    Performance and Graphics: 8/10
    Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution 6.8/10    … Expand
  6. Captain_Chaos
    Jun 22, 2016
    6
    While not a bad add-on per se, Robot Revolution didn't really bring anything new to Borderlands, most enemies just being Claptrapified versions of existing ones. If you're the kind of person that really, really doesn't like Claptrap or any of his kind of humor, you should probably avoid this DLC. Otherwise, hey, it's more Borderlands!
  7. pawq
    Sep 8, 2022
    5
    Claptrap's New Robot Revolution doesn't really go beyond the main game in terms of writing or gameplay. It focuses on one of the few things Borderlands did get right - Claptraps - but without finesse.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PC Gamer UK
    Dec 31, 2010
    50
    An average slice of Borderlands. [Christmas 2010, p.103]
  2. 3DJuegos
    71
    Claptrap's New Robot Revolution is a bit of a letdown. There are no memorable moments here, and is nowhere near as good as Mad Moxxi's or General Knoxx add-ons.
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  3. GameZone
    75
    Claptrap's New Robot Revolution is still Borderlands and I still enjoyed it immensely. Yes, the environments, missions and bosses were too repetitive from what we have seen already, and the loot was not satisfying, but Borderlands never needs much help to be entertaining.
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