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.
15 Reviews
Epic
spielminecraft3 March 2022
Tales from the Borderlands...a triumphant success keeping in tradition with other Telltale installations.
smitty_cregger5222 October 2015
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?
more of a film than a game, which makes it even better!
annmarc-7344023 March 2016
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!
Absolute Perfection
SyoKennex12 September 2017
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.
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.
Fun adventure
85122228 May 2017
Greetings from Lithuania.
"Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series" (2014) is a pretty fun adventure game. It is more like a movie or animation as you don't really interact that much in this game. You can sometimes move, sometimes interact and answer, but the star of this game is story and storytelling. Voice acting was great, animation was good and music was great - i loved opening titles of each and every chapter - they were great.
Overall, "Tales from the Borderlands" can be sometimes uneven and dragging, but it always is fun and funny adventure. There is a plenty of good humor here as well as great writing. All in all this is a fun game, glad that i tried it got trough it.
"Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Games Series" (2014) is a pretty fun adventure game. It is more like a movie or animation as you don't really interact that much in this game. You can sometimes move, sometimes interact and answer, but the star of this game is story and storytelling. Voice acting was great, animation was good and music was great - i loved opening titles of each and every chapter - they were great.
Overall, "Tales from the Borderlands" can be sometimes uneven and dragging, but it always is fun and funny adventure. There is a plenty of good humor here as well as great writing. All in all this is a fun game, glad that i tried it got trough it.
Perfect
benkmwight14 January 2016
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.
Easy 10 out of 10.
Heart moving, I loved this journey
PakistanFilmUpdates23 August 2018
Another success from TellTale
rickyslittlehorror20 December 2015
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.
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.
A Neat Adventure Title
jeremycrimsonfox26 December 2019
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.
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.
BRING BACK TALES FROM THE BORDERLANDS!
subbedforsubs16 June 2019
BRING BACK STARGATE ATLANTIS TOO!
I could care less about Borderlands 3, same repetitive crap: get a quest, go to location, kill a guy/steal loot and return for your rewerd, repeat that x100, BORING!
Tales from the Borderlands has an engaging, captivating story with likeable characters, this is highly recommended if you're a fan of Stargate SG1/Atlantis or the main Borderlands games!
I could care less about Borderlands 3, same repetitive crap: get a quest, go to location, kill a guy/steal loot and return for your rewerd, repeat that x100, BORING!
Tales from the Borderlands has an engaging, captivating story with likeable characters, this is highly recommended if you're a fan of Stargate SG1/Atlantis or the main Borderlands games!
Funny as hell
Moviememmer25 October 2019
Pros:
Cons:
Verdict: A great telltale game, very funny and entertaining with great likeable characters.
8.5/10.
- Great story and characters
- Funny and witty writing
- Challenging choices
- Artistic graphic style
Cons:
- Graphics aren't really good
- Few bugs and glitches
Verdict: A great telltale game, very funny and entertaining with great likeable characters.
8.5/10.
Worst death in entertainment history
kevingrimaldi-5907526 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
To be honest, for being a telltale game, it is by faaaaar the best. If you like these "games" or rather, interactive movies, play it without a doubt is a good option.
But as a fan of borderlands (and making a spin-off part of the canon of the series) I find it impossible to give it a good rating.
Of course I'm talking about Scooter's death. It is normal that it is not a perfect world, but his death is the worst I have ever seen. I wasn't expecting much since I found out about his death because of the 2019 Borderlands 2 dlc... (thanks gearbox for spoiling us) but I still wanted to know how it happened and I was excited even though I knew the sad part.
First of all, did it make sense for Scooter to be there? No not at all. He had barely seen him before to fix a car and nothing else, and then they come back to ask him to make... A ROCKET to travel to space, with a car workshop that is in debt, really? Sorry to be touchy but this is too much even for borderlands. Of the first two games it is the only one that we see (except for the camera seekers that are only seen for a few seconds and do not contribute much) and it is clear that they only added it because we already had empathy for it and thus death would impact more, and it did impact us but not in the way that was intended.
After building, who knows how, a rocket, it turns out that a mechanic is needed on board in case something goes wrong, and of course, why is Springs going to go, who was the one who made this possible and we don't care if he dies? Better to take Scooter even though he said he had no idea about rockets and, for no sense or reason, he would be delighted to be held hostage by a criminal gang on a suicide trip to the headquarters of the most evil corporation there is.
But that's not all, as it was obvious something was going to go wrong, for the most absurd reasons it turns out that the ship is going to explode and the only solution is to release the rockets manually from the outside, and for that they have to press a button inside a trap ridiculous, cartoon-like deadly thing, and then pull a lever (as if, of course, a lever that must be activated from outside in space needed a safety button). Why am I being so technical about all of this? Because that's ALL, obviously Scooter gets his hand stuck and that's how he dies.
I understand what they wanted to do, and that in Borderlands there are a thousand ridiculous ways to die, but even for Pandora this is a ridiculous and meaningless way, and an insult to a character that was there from the first game, to kill him in a spin off that doesn't no one played, where it only appears for 5 minutes and did not contribute anything to the plot other than a "hey there is Scooter from the other games"... it is unforgivable.
You realize that you did everything wrong, when the death of a robot makes more sense and impacts you more than that of a character that has been there since the beginning of the saga.
But as a fan of borderlands (and making a spin-off part of the canon of the series) I find it impossible to give it a good rating.
Of course I'm talking about Scooter's death. It is normal that it is not a perfect world, but his death is the worst I have ever seen. I wasn't expecting much since I found out about his death because of the 2019 Borderlands 2 dlc... (thanks gearbox for spoiling us) but I still wanted to know how it happened and I was excited even though I knew the sad part.
First of all, did it make sense for Scooter to be there? No not at all. He had barely seen him before to fix a car and nothing else, and then they come back to ask him to make... A ROCKET to travel to space, with a car workshop that is in debt, really? Sorry to be touchy but this is too much even for borderlands. Of the first two games it is the only one that we see (except for the camera seekers that are only seen for a few seconds and do not contribute much) and it is clear that they only added it because we already had empathy for it and thus death would impact more, and it did impact us but not in the way that was intended.
After building, who knows how, a rocket, it turns out that a mechanic is needed on board in case something goes wrong, and of course, why is Springs going to go, who was the one who made this possible and we don't care if he dies? Better to take Scooter even though he said he had no idea about rockets and, for no sense or reason, he would be delighted to be held hostage by a criminal gang on a suicide trip to the headquarters of the most evil corporation there is.
But that's not all, as it was obvious something was going to go wrong, for the most absurd reasons it turns out that the ship is going to explode and the only solution is to release the rockets manually from the outside, and for that they have to press a button inside a trap ridiculous, cartoon-like deadly thing, and then pull a lever (as if, of course, a lever that must be activated from outside in space needed a safety button). Why am I being so technical about all of this? Because that's ALL, obviously Scooter gets his hand stuck and that's how he dies.
I understand what they wanted to do, and that in Borderlands there are a thousand ridiculous ways to die, but even for Pandora this is a ridiculous and meaningless way, and an insult to a character that was there from the first game, to kill him in a spin off that doesn't no one played, where it only appears for 5 minutes and did not contribute anything to the plot other than a "hey there is Scooter from the other games"... it is unforgivable.
You realize that you did everything wrong, when the death of a robot makes more sense and impacts you more than that of a character that has been there since the beginning of the saga.
4.5 Stars out of 5 Stars
ajneeago968 April 2022
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!
8/10!
Analog_Devotee3 August 2021
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