Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series

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!

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?

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.

For years, the art style kept me from the borderlands game series. However, that didn't stop me from downloading a free episode of Tales From the Borderlands(come on, it was free). I don't think I had played ten minutes before I knew I'd be purchasing the full game, and when I recognized the iconic voice acting of Putty (aka Patrick Warburton) from Seinfeld, there was no turning back. I had to play this game, and I had to play it now. Absolutely the best video game script, and delivery of said script, that I have ever come across. If I could pre-order the sequel now, I would(and I have never pre-ordered a game before). But I can't/couldn't, so in stead, I bought all the other borderlands games.... Because Tales of the Borderlands is a beautiful masterpiece.

Easy 10 out of 10.

this game really surprised me. I thought it would be like the other borderlands games ( an old west version of halo) but it wasn't. characters, lovable. story, complicated to explain but keeps you guessing all the time. and the pacing is great, not one boring moment. my only problem is that episode 2 has a little too much exposition, but I still thinks it has enough character to over-weigh that problem. the game also has wonderful animation. there are parts of this game were the imagery made me awe. telltale games, congratulations. you made one of the funniest, cleverest, most engaging piece of entertainment in years. Hollywood, get your thumbs out of your asses and learn how to make entertainment from these guys!