One of my favourite moments here comes when Rhys attempts to stealthily kill a guard, only to fail and leave the guard mockingly unimpressed.
They’ve done so incredibly well, but it’s great to see them return to something that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Telltale’s roots lie in comedy, but their recent output has seen them tackle more serious and dramatic source material. The pair come from different backgrounds and bicker, but as they recount their tales it’s obvious that there’s a (reluctant) friendship forming between them. Rhys might claim that he gave a rousing and heart-felt speech, but Fiona corrects him by pointing out that he was begging on his knees. The game is told from each of their perspectives, although they do overlap at points, leading to a lot of humour coming from their unreliable narration. Besides, considering some of the other rogues you’ll encounter, the protagonists are positive saints in comparison. In theory, neither of the two scheming leads should be likeable, but their charm and wit shine through their underhanded deeds. Needless to say, Fiona becomes entangled in the plot arranged by Rhys, though to detail any more than that would spoil one of the many twists and turns throughout the story – let’s just say things don’t go according to plan, for either of them. She and her sister Sasha began stealing from a young age to get by and have lived their whole lives as con artists, raised by the older, wiser Felix (a man they once tried, but failed, to steal from). Inhabiting Pandora is the second protagonist, a fraudster by the name of Fiona. This deal takes place on the bleak and desolate world of Pandora, a kind of sci-fi Wild West crawling with dangerous people and creatures. Rhys, along with his pal Vaughn, plot to get Vasquez back by intercepting a lucrative business transaction. On his way to receive a promotion, Rhys finds that the former boss has been unceremoniously ‘dismissed’ by his arch nemesis Vasquez, who then promptly screws Rhys over by reducing him to a janitorial position. The company and its employees have a reputation for being ruthless, which is made very clear from the offset. The first is Rhys, a young man who works for weapons manufacturer Hyperion. In Tales from the Borderlands, you alternately take control of two characters. They have a knack for creating relatable, human characters that you genuinely care about and have an interest in guiding through the extraordinary situations they encounter. Although this universe was established by another developer, Telltale manages to put their own unique mark on it, much like they did with The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us. While this is much more an interactive story than a traditional puzzle- and exploration-based adventure, right off the bat the first episode, Zer0 Sum, made me feel fully invested in this world and the characters that inhabit it. As such, when Telltale announced an episodic adventure based on the franchise, I wondered whether a story-driven game based on a shooter could really work. Apart from the appealing cel shaded aesthetic, there wasn’t much else that took my fancy and I left the game unfinished. Not being a huge fan of first-person shooters, I played the first half of the original Borderlands when it was released and got some enjoyment from it, but most of that came from playing multiplayer with my friends. I really had no idea what to expect going into Tales from the Borderlands.
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