Tales from the Borderlands
Tales from the Borderlands is a five part episodic game series. Set on the unforgiving world of Pandora after the events seen in Borderlands 2, this is a story full of Borderlands' trademark humor, following…
Tales from the Borderlands is an adventure developed by Telltale Games, released 25 November 2014 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 12 hrs to finish.
What Tales from the Borderlands is
Tales from the Borderlands is an adventure game developed by Telltale Games and released in 2014. It was published by Take-Two Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Telltale Tool.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You’ll play as Rhys, a Hyperion ‘suit’ with dreams of being the next Handsome Jack, and Fiona, a Pandoran con artist looking to score her biggest ever swindle. Thrown together as unwilling partners in an adventure to recover cash they both think is theirs, their journey will take you on a wild ride where gangsters, bandit lords, and Vault Hunters are just some of the obstacles you’ll encounter, in this new take on the award-winning universe created by Gearbox Software.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Borderlands series
Tales from the Borderlands is the 29th of 70 entries we hold in the Borderlands series. The next entry was Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - Shock Drop Slaughter Pit in 2014. Its critic score of 88 is 11 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty at 90.
How it was received
Tales from the Borderlands holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 591 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 20 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent, 3 GB RAM and ATI or NVIDIA card w/512 MB RAM. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB.
What it launched against
Tales from the Borderlands launched on 25 November 2014, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tales from the Borderlands yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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