New Tales from the Borderlands

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3.6

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 56
  3. Negative: 33 out of 56

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  1. Beckazon
    Oct 24, 2022
    8
    Oh, boy. I usually never write a review for games, but after seeing so many bad reviews that are just plain and simple unfair and/or wrong, I decided to write a review for this game.

    Is it a Telltale game? No. Is it still a great story that got me hooked from the beginning until the end with a very lovable group of playable characters and sometimes even better non-playable characters?    Oh, boy. I usually never write a review for games, but after seeing so many bad reviews that are just plain and simple unfair and/or wrong, I decided to write a review for this game.

    Is it a Telltale game? No. Is it still a great story that got me hooked from the beginning until the end with a very lovable group of playable characters and sometimes even better non-playable characters? Definitely!

    The game is NOT woke as people claim it. Nothing gets weirdly forced/pushed onto you. Nothing feels out of place... Well, as much as you can say that about a Borderlands game of course.

    I saw many people complain about the fact that they changed the main characters for this game. Guys, you never played a Borderlands game before then, right? Every game has a different set of playable characters!

    The humor of the game is as it should be expected for a Borderlands game. Don't expect the deepest thought-trains. There are other games for that. But I had a great time, laughed rather often and just enjoyed the almost 10 hours of gameplay.

    And of course there is the "gameplay" that gets criticized often as non-existent... This game is a "tales" game which uses the essence of the Tales from the Borderlands game of 2014. Which is a Telltale game. Which means those are pretty much playable movies where you just make some key decisions, sprinkled with some quick time events. Why do people act so surprised that New Tales also has such a gameplay? It was VERY much expected to be that way. If you don't like those kinds of games then don't buy em and complain afterwards that you don't like it. Seriously...

    Anyway, it is ALMOST as good as the first Tales from the Borderlands, which was one of the best Telltale games in my opinion, and it is FAR better than Borderlands 3 which I had to stop after a few hours because I just didn't like it while I loved 1, 2 and even the Pre-Sequel.

    So if you like Telltale like games, like Borderlands, like some campy humor... Then this is the right game for you. Don't listen to reviews of people that either didn't play the game or managed to put in "0.2 hours" before their review which just says "Sucks". Or reviews of people that are just sad because Gearbox didn't make a game just like they wanted it to be.

    Now grab your SHINIEST MEATBICYCLE and explore the planet of Promethia with Anu, Octavio and Fran in New Tales from the Borderlands :)    … Expand
  2. Jt0429
    Oct 22, 2022
    8
    Good-
    Solid new cast; Above average writing and acting; Runs well.
    Bad- Story occasionally flattens out; Gameplay is largely unevolved. Thoughts- There is not much new for the Borderlands series in New Tales. It closely follows in the footsteps of the last game and only meaningfully expands on its ideas on rare occasion. Narratively, I would argue it’s a less consistently    Good-
    Solid new cast; Above average writing and acting; Runs well.

    Bad-
    Story occasionally flattens out; Gameplay is largely unevolved.

    Thoughts-
    There is not much new for the Borderlands series in New Tales. It closely follows in the footsteps of the last game and only meaningfully expands on its ideas on rare occasion. Narratively, I would argue it’s a less consistently entertaining romp than its predecessor, yet the highs it does hit can feel higher than the ones in the previous game, and that is a trade-off you may or may not like depending on your taste. On the other side of the coin, the clear improvements on the back end make for a more pleasing gameplay experience despite the mechanics themselves being more focused on faithful replication of how the last game played rather than overhauling or advancing anything. As a result, it’s pretty clear this is a Gearbox game and not a Telltale game, but as a follow-up to Tales from the Borderlands, it undeniably checks more boxes than not, and shows that Gearbox is capable of putting out Borderlands games in both of the genres it’s taken part in. Bottom line? Fans of this spin-off series and genre might be a little underwhelmed by the strict allegiance to the rules of its nearly-ten-year-old predecessor, but will more importantly continue to be charmed and entertained by the new faces and situations that this newest tale brings.    … Expand
  3. Ray6701
    Oct 23, 2022
    10
    The humour is top notch the characters are likeable and its story is interesting
  4. WendyStamps
    Dec 18, 2022
    10
    This game was a ton of fun good jokes and good characters to make a kick ass game
  5. Daniel2009
    Oct 23, 2022
    9
    A very enjoyable experience the characters are funny and a very good story makes it amazing although the Gameplay mechanics are a bit wonky
  6. Curtoric
    Oct 24, 2022
    10
    Haters gonna hate about games being too “woke” nowadays. This certainly does not deserve any of the 0/1 star reviews people have posted.
    If you liked the original Tales from the Borderlands, you should give this a shot!
  7. Dstamps
    Nov 10, 2022
    10
    New Tales From The Borderlands is a great sequel that you dont have to play the first to play new tales
  8. KinimodYunmi
    Nov 24, 2022
    8
    Ich fand das Spiel wirklich sehr gut!

    Es war echt witzig und die ganze Zeit über echt unterhaltsam. Ich fand Episode 1 bei weitem am besten und dann etwas abfallend, aber am Ende immer noch gut, die Soundtracks haben gut gepasst und der Borderlands Humor war auch vorhanden. Ich habe alle Telltale Spiele auf Steam gespielt und es gab ein paar, bei denen ich nach einer Episode noch    Ich fand das Spiel wirklich sehr gut!

    Es war echt witzig und die ganze Zeit über echt unterhaltsam. Ich fand Episode 1 bei weitem am besten und dann etwas abfallend, aber am Ende immer noch gut, die Soundtracks haben gut gepasst und der Borderlands Humor war auch vorhanden.

    Ich habe alle Telltale Spiele auf Steam gespielt und es gab ein paar, bei denen ich nach einer Episode noch eine gespielt habe, aber nicht all zu viele, normalerweise spiele ich eine pro Tag, aber hier wollte ich dann doch noch mal dran bleiben und mir 4 Stunden am Stück eine interaktive Story reingezogen.

    Ich fand dieses Spiel auch von allen bisherigen Spielen dieser Art am flüssigsten, das bezieht sich jetzt auf die Gegenden, in denen man sich frei bewegt. Das mochte ich nie besonders, aber hier hat es mir echt Spaß gemacht.

    Anu ist sehr gelungen DEVICE!, Fran ist überraschend cool geworden und Octavio ist jetzt nicht so ganz mein Fall, regte mich manchmal etwas auf ^^

    Zu bemögeln habe ich aber leider auch etwas und zwar hat uns Telltale seit Jahre bzw alle Games seit Jahren vermittelt, jedes Quick Time Event zu machen und zu schaffen, hier ist es allerdings so, dass man mit gemacht oder nicht gemachten Quick Time Events ebenfalls Entscheidungen trifft und das finde ich wirklich blöd, weil es nicht immer sofort ersichtlich ist, vor allem nicht in der Geschwindigkeit, du hast ja keine Zeit um kurz darüber nachzudenken... und was sollten diese Minispiele? Ist das ein Test, ob E auf der Tastatur noch funktioniert? Da hätte man sich was deutlich besseres einfallen lassen können!

    Insgesamt aber trotzdem 8/10 Skateboards!    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 30 out of 60
  3. Negative: 4 out of 60
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Dec 13, 2022
    60
    New Tales from the Borderlands is so overblown with all sorts of different kinds of humour that it is choking the comedic timing it could have had - most of the funny moments involve side characters and not the main ones. The story is good, but the choices don’t feel that important compared to the other games in the genre.
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  2. Hooked Gamers
    Dec 6, 2022
    80
    The team at Gearbox have done a wonderful job of recreating the adventure game style that Telltale has perfected. The introduction of the mini-games does provide for change of pace, but they do detract from the flow of the story. However, the trademark Borderlands art style and humour together with the wonderfully diverse set of characters and well told narrative makes New Tales from the Borderlands a must for fans of Borderlands and adventure games.
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  3. New Game Network
    Nov 23, 2022
    50
    For a few moments, New Tales from the Borderlands captures the feeling of the series, but for the most part it's a rather generic and overlong trek that fails to excite, entertain, or amuse.
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