![]() This episode gives another substantial reason to warrant a second play through. It almost makes me want to play through again just to see if there were any great lines I missed out on. My favorite came as a response to one of the dialogue choices. Gortys delivers several laugh-out-loud funny lines this time around, but a sad effect of Telltale design is that some players might never even hear them. Her unrelenting optimism and childlike demeanor are so refreshing on the cutthroat planet of Pandora, giving her best lines that much more comedic weight. It’s a question I personally fretted over because Gortys has become my favorite character in the entire Borderlands universe. Most of the story takes place via flashback narration in which the perky robot is happy and healthy, but the present-day bits have had Rhys, Fiona, and the Stranger collecting her pieces all over again. The other big question looming over the series over its duration centers on Gortys. When it was finally revealed, it caught me by surprise, but doesn’t feel like a cheap copout twist. I had a couple of guesses, some of which were shot down along the way as people died. Over the course of the series it has become clear he was a known character. The story of the Stranger is particularly well done. What happened to Felix? Where is Vaughn? How is Rhys going to deal with Handsome Jack? Who is the Stranger who kidnapped Fiona and Rhys to get the whole thing started?Īll of those questions get answered. Rig: AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2 GHz, with 4GB of RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5700, Windows 7 64-bitĪt the end of the previous episode, so many questions were left unresolved. ![]() Tales from the Borderlands: The Vault of the Traveler (iOS, Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One) Tales from the Borderlands is the best series Telltale has ever produced. ![]() There’s no doubt this will be held in high esteem among adventure games. It is finished now and I am pleased to report that it kept up the brisk pacing, sharp writing, and truly heartfelt moments throughout the five episodes. When the first episode released late last year, I wrote in the review “ If the rest of the season maintains this level of quality, Tales from the Borderlands will be up there in history with the other great recent Telltale adventures.” However, dropping the old characters entirely would do the series' continuity no favors, and neglects a handful of personalities who still have so much to offer the narrative.What a ride. New Tales from the Borderlands wielding an all-new cast isn't all bad, as they have the potential to carve out their own tale in the franchise as Rhys and Fiona did before. It's a perfect entry point for those who don't typically find enjoyment in the first-person shooter genre, as well as a stark difference to the grounded and dramatic events of Telltale's The Walking Dead. Tales from the Borderlands is about more than just a comedic story in the Borderlands universe. Abandoning them would be a fine example of wasted potential. They surely left some kind of impact on the setting, and knowing how well-developed they were and how open-ended the first game's conclusion was, it's a shame that the characters don't look like they'll be featuring in the upcoming release. Rhys and Fiona are among the best 'good guys' in the entire Borderlands franchise, and have made their mark on the harsh planet of Pandora.
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