Tales From The Borderlands: Episode 1 - Zer0 Sum

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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 395 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 322 out of 395
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 395
  3. Negative: 51 out of 395

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  1. Dokkodo
    Feb 9, 2015
    0
    Telltale Games should change their name to reflect what they make, because it is animated movies...not games. Borderlands is great, get The Pre-Sequel and have a blast...this crap you can just watch on youtube if you are so inclined.
  2. avvi00
    Dec 25, 2014
    1
    I'm really puzzled by all the good reviews that this game is getting. Really, really puzzled.

    Let me make a few disclosures first. I didn't do my homework and dig into what kind of a game this really is - this was my mistake #1. Secondly, I was always drawn to the Borderlands, Borderlands 2 imagery, and when I saw a deal on the game, I just bought it based on its looks - mistake #2.    I'm really puzzled by all the good reviews that this game is getting. Really, really puzzled.

    Let me make a few disclosures first. I didn't do my homework and dig into what kind of a game this really is - this was my mistake #1. Secondly, I was always drawn to the Borderlands, Borderlands 2 imagery, and when I saw a deal on the game, I just bought it based on its looks - mistake #2.

    I'm not a serious gamer of late though I used to regularly play big title games... games where you actually *did* something in the game, and had to try *hard* to win. Evidently there is a niche of gamers out there that would rather spend a couple of hours basically watching a movie and occasionally hitting the Q button, or idly pushing A or D when prompted by the game. Seriously? How lazy are gamers these days? I'd rather take my $20 bucks elsewhere.

    I have to give credit to this game as a movie: the voice acting is pretty good and there is some nice humor mixed in, plus some impressive sets. Yes I call them sets because mostly you just look at them.

    Interaction boils down to "choices" you make in the game. Perhaps the consequences of those choices will actually amount to something three or four episodes down the track, but in this episode choice repercussions seemed trivial and didn't add much flavor to what little actual game play is there.

    So this brings me back to my puzzled start - how the heck is this more fun than a good scripted film? You punch a few keys on queue and make some choices and watch things unfold ... snooze ...count me out of this genre.    … Expand
  3. Bill_Clay
    Feb 13, 2015
    2
    It's fun, but it's not a game. You're basically just watching a Borderlands cartoon, and you have to pay attention to click at the right points in the story for the cartoon to continue. The episodic nature also ruins the game. The first part was released last November, and here it is February already with no Part 2 released yet? At this point it will be 2016 before the game is completely done.
  4. Playerman
    Dec 9, 2014
    0
    I was so excited about new Borderlands with couch coop so i didnt saw that is game without multiplayer. Well i write here because people may do same mistake and lose they money for nothing. To me and all my friends Borderlands is only for coop nothing else. So real borderlands fans i recommended that you leave this crappy to store.

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#25 Best PC Game of 2014
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#87 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 43 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 43
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 43
  3. Negative: 0 out of 43
  1. CD-Action
    Feb 7, 2015
    75
    It’s more of a superbly written movie than a game. [01/2015, p.59]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 2, 2015
    80
    Funny “wannabe-adventure” nicely expands the Borderlands universe and represents a small fragment to the mosaic of the mad world of the Pandora planet. [Issue#249]
  3. Multiplayer.it
    Feb 1, 2015
    70
    Tales From The Borderlands is more often than not a pleasure, and it has an authentic Borderlands feeling. But the the long action sequences where we have to push buttons only to let the movie play, rise a question: “why don't we play the real game, instead?”
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