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January 2017

Tales from the Borderlands

Tales from the Borderlands was made by the same people who made The Walking Dead games.  It follows a similar format, which is to say that the game centers on your making choices that significantly affect the outcome of the game.  Unlike The Walking Dead games, the focus of Tales from the Borderlands is more about fun and humor rather than horror.  You play each section as one of two characters, typically alternating between the two.  In general, I'd say that the decisions seem less impactful that in TWD games, but that might just be because main characters die in TWD games like every two minutes.

 

The general plot of the game involves two guys who work for Hyperion, a ruthless corporation that hangs in space above the planet Pandora.  They hate their boss and go down to Pandora to do something that would both screw over their boss and get them ahead.  They bump into two other characters who are trying to run a grift, but get caught part way through.  Hilarity ensues.

 

It's hard to discuss the game too much without spoiling it since the whole point of playing the game is for the story.  Suffice it to say that it's well made and genuinely funny, and if you like other games made by TellTale Games then you'll probably like this.

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