Tales from the Borderlands

This title from TellTale Games has received a lot of hype. Despite me not being a fan of Borderlands and a little bit passed the novelty of the TellTale style games, I thought I would give this one a go. Episode one was free after all.

The story follows the tale of Rhys and Fiona who are both kidnapped by a mysterious stranger at the beginning of the episode and are forced to tell their story about how they tried to open a vault. As usual, the story evolves based on your choices but as always it feels like you can never get the ‘good’ outcome as something always happens that makes the outcome of your decisions ‘bad’ or ‘worse’.

Some people have complained about graphical glitches but I didn’t come across any of these issues and I have to admit, it was funny in some places. But it was really annoying in others. For example, I didn’t much like Scooter in Borderlands – I found him really annoying. And guess what? In a more story driven game, he has more lines – and thus is even more annoying. Do you know his shop is called Catch a Ride? He repeats it all the live-long day.

Anyway, there’s not much point saying much else about the game. Chances are you will play it because you like Borderlands, or because you like TellTale and want them to take all of your money.

Achievements – 1,000 Points – 35 Achievements

It’s another reward for completing the main story and if you aren’t anal about getting all the outcomes before deciding on your favourite, this will take about 8 hours. This is based on me getting from A to B as quickly as possible without really caring about the outcomes of certain things.

But I will say this. You can do different things at the end of the game depending on what you do during the story – this was a nice touch and brings back memories of the first Walking Dead game.

Downloadable Content – N/A... Seriously

A short review as there’s not a lot to say. As I’ve said, chances are you’ve already played it if you wanted to. It’s a definite achievement hunter’s dream where you just need to play the game to get them all without worrying about the consequences of your decisions.