Claptrap voice actor David Eddings is reportedly not reprising his role in Borderlands 3 because development studio Gearbox "all of a sudden [...] couldn't afford [him]". By Borderlands 2, which threatened me with dubstep, I was ready to leave him behind (along with dubstep). The 10 most popular stories of the day, delivered at 5pm UK time. Claptrap voice actor David Eddings is reportedly not reprising his role in Borderlands 3 because development studio Gearbox "all of a sudden [...] couldn't afford [him]". I get the idea that he's supposed to be annoying—Hammerlock makes several references to Claptrap being irritating—but just because a character is intentionally annoying doesn't make them less annoying. I love the games, and I have to admit that some of the Australian slang in the Pre-sequel made me smile. "Now I'm not telling them how to run their business but maybe next time they should put the $12M payment from 2K in the Gearbox bank account instead. I couldn't build any connection to Rhys throughout Tales.

Just sayin'... "Gearbox works to treat and compensate all voice actors at industry standards. Borderlands 2 is where things took a turn. She struggles to juggle a fair-to-middling Destiny/Halo addiction​ ​and her kill/death ratio is terrible. The Claptrap defender has logged on. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The place for everything Borderlands 3! He's usually screaming with his high pitched voice yelling about stairs. Really made it seem very try hard to be whacky and stuff.. He's Rob Schneider's character in that Judge Dredd movie from the '90s.

She's a survival horror survivalist​ ​with a penchant for​ ​Yorkshire Tea, men dressed up as doctors and sweary words. Receive mail from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors? He's every bad Hollywood comic relief character squeezed into one tiny, dancing robot. I don't remember hating Claptrap in that game, though. It's different but no so much that I couldn't get used to it. The Borderlands 3 announcement has been controversial due to Gearbox's decision to release the game exclusively with Claptrap included as a character. I know it wasn't gonna be 1:1 but it sounds worse than I was expecting. Do not care for that voice but I will get used to it eventually, maybe. I think it sound very similar to him from the first game and I actually like it. Honestly. For the first time, I insisted on getting paid for my performance and all of a sudden they couldn't afford me. Is Borderlands' robot a funny companion or literally a demon? Claptrap does indeed have a new voice actor this time around. News, Speculations, Memes, Artwork....... He pretends to be the bandits, explaining that beating up a robot makes them feel better and since he doesn't really feel pain it's a net moral good. After his employment he was made a relatively generous offer to reprise the role. You will receive a verification email shortly. I’m more worried for Rhys and Zer0 at the moment. It's kinda like when they changed out Mickey Mouse's Voice actor. Throw him in the bin. I don't remember much about Claptrap, probably because my brain doesn't prioritize remembering robots over humans, which I remember quite easily and dream about often. Leave Claptrap alone, he's shit but what do you expect, he keeps shit company. I honestly disliked him more at the end for some reason. Unfortunately, he turned that opportunity down.".