Tales from the Borderlands · 10:11pm Nov 26th, 2014
Make no mistake. I love Borderlands. I put a decent smattering of time into the first one and had a good time, but when the second game launched, I was in heaven. Shoot, shoot, shoot, loot, loot, shoot, laugh, loot, party. Repeat. There's just something that grabs me about that formula.
Oh, and about the humor. See, Borderlands is hilarious. It's the kind of game that either tickles your funny bone or doesn't, but for me it's one of those games where the sheer surreal nature of its ultra violent atmosphere and planet, combined with its characters and everything else combine to make an appealing explosion of laughs. Except with the pre-sequel, which I haven't played, but seemed to miss the magic somehow.
Yesterday came Tales from the Borderlands. Now, this isn't a review. Not really. It's more of a reaction. Which is this: Telltale has hit gold. Gold of the variety of "laugh so hard you miss dialogue." That kind of gold. If you like Telltale's point and click adventure offerings (such as The Walking Dead or The Wolf Among Us) but longed for something a bit lighter, a bit funnier ... Grab Tales from the Borderlands. I've seen a few reviews out there calling it Telltale's greatest success to date. I haven't played enough of Telltale's other stuff to know, but I can tell you this, Tales from the Borderlands pulled several hours out of me yesterday. It's solid. Very solid.
i said the Pre-Sequel didn't really look like it had the magic. Tales does. It captures the attitudes, the style, and the source perfectly, and then wraps it up in a nice madcap story that's a mix of the old west and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I haven't laughed so hard at a game in a while.
Oh, and uh, Colony's almost done guys. So there is a bit of news with this. Then, I can finally get "Beyond the Borderlands" finished. And no, "Beyond the Borderlands" doesn't have anything to do with the Borderlands series. Well, except maybe with a few themes, but that's kind of common with storytelling, isn't it?
Happy Thanksgiving all!
Telltale is just being the darn near perfect poster boy for how to run a game company, with constant solid hits and being darn well loved by all.
<.< I don't believe you. Beyond the Borderlands is totally going to have some kind of twist involving Vaults and "H"-shaped starships.
2618422 Should be fun to see them explaining crystal ponies as ancient precurseurs to guardians of the moon and their ancient tartaran foes, while using magical whohah to explain breathing in space.
Man, I used to play waaaay too much Borderlands 2 (love ya, Deathtrap!)
The Pre-sequel doesn't have quite the charm of the other games, though it is pretty interesting seeing all the stuff that leads up to Borderlands 2. Still, it's not like it's a bad game. There are some pretty fun moments in it.
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As long as they make stuff as good as Tales, they're going to keep getting my money.
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Drat! Now you've spoiled it! What am I going to do with my Handsome Sombra character?
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Used too? Nooooo! Don't step away from the light! Come back! And while Axton will always be my main, nothing gets me fired up for violence like Krieg does. "MELT FOR ME, PASTY-CAKES!"
Yeah, I'll probably grab the Pre-sequel on a sale or something. I'm curious, it just seemed to lack that flair Borderlands 2 had for me.
Tales totally has the flair, by the way. Nails it.
2619029 Given their track record, i think its pretty darn likely.
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No worries, I haven't stopped playing... I just don't play so obsessively anymore. I'll probably never get my Gaige past OP6 at this rate!
I picked up Tales last night, so I'll probably be giving that a spin this weekend.