Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series

Tales from the Borderlands...let me just start by saying, I wasn't the biggest Borderlands fan...I liked the premise of the original games enough to come back and play the sequel and the pre-sequel...however, I believed the gameplay was kind of sloppy, and a lot of the virtual wasteland of Pandora lacked heart...then Tales came into the equation...and not only does this game have heart...it has it IN SPADES. Telltale rekindles the success of storytelling that they have achieved in previous titles such as The Walking Dead Seasons 1 & 2, and The Wolf Among us...to bring us another beautifully woven tale with characters at its hearth that are likable and relatable....Tales will take you on a ride back and forth from Helios to the beautiful yet tragic world of Pandora, it will tug at your heartstrings...it will make you look at the characters with Artificial Intelligence as if they have the biggest hearts of all, and you will truly feel for their plight. Telltale Games' Tales from the Borderlands is an absolute masterpiece, and if you haven't given it a look yet...well...what are you waiting for?

It's been a minute since I've played a Telltale game. Freaking love these games, and this is no different. Rhys and Vaughn quickly became one of my favorite borderlands characters... that is... until Loader Bot and Gortys makes their appearances. Seriously, what a great game. I won't talk about the story, but man, that twist was amazing. This game really made me fall in love with Borderlands all over again, and I can't thank it enough. Now onward to Borderlands 3!

So, I've never played Borderlands before. I saw the game for free on the Xbox Live store, knew that a load of my friends loved the game, and thought why the hell not?.

Safe to say, I loved this game. It only took me about an hour and a half to play the first episode through (and hey, I only died once, which I think is pretty damn good). This game is addicting, and thoroughly enjoyable.

Honestly, I'm amazed at the quality of the game; now then, I have seen game play of Borderlands and I was stunned that Telltale managed to have the quality at the same standard as their other games – but still in the same unique Borderlands style.

The game itself is easy enough to understand, and the two characters you play as (Fiona and Rhys) are fun to play as – and often, Fiona's sassy remarks left me in stitches. I had to pause the game at one point to go wipe my face of tears.

The first episode of the game is, currently, free on the Xbox Live store and I really suggest you go and download it. The game is a wonderful one, and it even tugged on my heartstrings at one point (and my friends call me heartless due to the content I write!)

It's well written, funny, and the story is thoroughly enjoyable. A solid 10/10 for this game, I didn't even notice the lag – there is one part I noticed where Vaughn is talking, but his lips don't move, and I think that happens a few times, but really, you don't notice that much.

For achievement hunters – this is an easy one. An hour and a half play through gets you 200G (20G; 30G; 20G; 20G; 30G; 30G; 50G) over 7 achievements – just playing the game achieves you all seven.

I can't wait for my next pay check so I can grab the season pass and play through it all. What are you waiting for? Go and try it.

Never seen a better action game that is interactive with such an art style, great story, characters and dialog, it was a fun funny action/drama video game with badass moments and soundtrack.

When Hyperion employee Rhys, gets demoted by Hugo Vasquez, who becomes the new senior vice president by jettisoning the old one, Henderson, who promised the guy the promotion, he and his friend Vaughn overhears him making a deal to buy a Vault Key, and decides to go to Pandora to get it before he can. However, this would lead to a chain of events where Rhys teams up with Fiona, a pickpocket who made the key to scam Hyperion, resulting in an adventure where the two and their allies look for vault while on the run from Hugo.

Like almost any other game from Telltale Games, this is a story-driven game with QTEs and click-and-play elements. Like its other series, The Walking Dead, some parts of the story will actually change to reflect the decisions you make (i.e. actions done to NPCs or any environment will cause different dialogue to be said to reflect those actions). The game has five episodes, and during those episodes, you control Rhys at some parts of the episode (called chapters), while others, you control Fiona.

Each episode has a character who appears in the Borderlands game making an appearance (the first episode has Zer0, one of the playable characters from the second game, appear to help Rhys and Fiona, and Athena, an NPC from the first two games, who is playable in The Pre-Sequel, appears in the third episode), and the voice acting and graphics are amazing. This is one game I would highly recommend for those who like the Borderland series.