At the same time, Atlas is now being attacked by Susan Coldwell and the Tediore Corp. The game starts with all 3 of our heroes separate, but just like every other Borderlands game, they’re brought together by a vault. The game takes place about one year after the events of Borderlands 3 and Maliwan’s failed attempted takeover of the Atlas corporation on Prometha. Your final choices bring you to an abrupt conclusion and depending on your choices, one of multiple endings. Chapter 5 suffers from a bit of a pacing problem. Chapters 1-4 do so well replicating the magic of Tales.
The story is well paced until you reach the last chapter. I got scenes when the VO track was off sync and it threw off dialogue. I would get scenes where the environment wouldn’t fully load in. I also experienced some performance issues with the game. With this title, I couldn’t really sit on turning points or impactful moments because I was immediately thrusted onto the next chapter. With the first Tales I was able to consume in an episodic format over the course of a few months. I think one of my biggest hang ups about New Tales is the way I consumed the story. Rhys, our hero from the first Tales, Stapleface, a female Psycho who Anu accidently saves from death, and Susan Coldwell, the head of the Tediore corporation and our main antagonist of New Tales. Brock, a walking, talking Tediore gun, who depending on the choices you make follows you throughout the game. His inability to kill someone without first knowing their name is a great gag that’s repeated throughout the game. Lou13 offers up some of the best moments of the game. Some other charachter standouts are: LOU13, an assassin bot, who through the progression of the game starts to have a crisis of his own being. A recovering rage-aholic.The cast is very diverse coming from vast backgrounds and identities. Rounding out the trio is Froyo Queen Fran. Octavio, Anu’s fame obsessed street smart, adopted brother. We follow our 3 main protagonists, Anu, a career scientist who stands for pacifism in this crazy world of guns. Every character no matter how minor is brimming with personality and is beyond diverse. My favorite part of any Borderlands game are the unique characters. It is not perfect and the game has its flaws, but with its digestible run time you will fall in love with the cast of lunatics. This fun, all in one stand alone story that’s what I got from this game. The team at Gearbox has done it with its attempt at replicating what Telltale has previously. What we got was a well written and hilariously emotional trip to Pandora. “A episodic Telltale game set in the Borderlands universe? No way is this going to work” I was very wrong. When the original 2014 “Tales Of the Borderlands” was released, I was a bit skeptical. The colorful and insane cast of characters, its vast environments, its array of weaponry and its fun story telling.
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