PSN Level: 29 - 14%
This has to be my favorite Telltale game they ever made, including the old school point-and-click games like Monkey Island. It is by far the best of their new, visual-novel / choose-your-own-adventure games.
I played the past borderlands games, but never really paid attention to the story, more just the setting. And the setting is cool. I would much rather expand on this universe via a Telltale game (TTG) than a core Gearbox game. The writing and storytelling is great, and is made even better by the amazing voice cast. The game has seriously emotional heart wrenching scenes, and characters can and will die. But that's all stuff we have seen in the more recent TTGs like The Walking Dead for example . What Tales from the Borderlands introduces is comedy. This game has some seriously laugh out loud moments, rare in any game to me. They also have super cool opening sequences set to music, and maybe even slo-mo. There is a finger gun sequence in episode 3 or 4 that is my favorite thing in any game in recent memory.
This series also has a way to make the player feel attached to non-human characters. It started with LoaderBot (which enamored the internet more than me), and moved on to Gortys, played by Ashley Johnson, who is too cute and funnier than any other character in this game. (Side note: both may be better and more liked than their previous robot claptrap)
One gripe is how they take away a heavy moment toward the end with what seems almost like magic, but ultimately fits in the Borderlands universe.
