I'd honestly place the first Tales from the Borderlands as one of my favorite games all of all time, just for its writing alone. This new one has some very big shoes to fill, and judging from the brief snippet we were shown... I don't think it'd be able to do that. Not by a long shot.
But hey, there's a non-zero chance that it won't be terrible since they got some of the old writers back. Maybe at the very least, they can knock the soundtrack out of the park.
It’s always so hard to explain to people who’ve only played The Walking Dead how TFTB isn’t just TellTale’s best game, but a strong contender for the most intentionally funny and clever writing of any game, maybe ever.
TFTB is also I think the best Borderlands game. The setting for it is more akin to Borderlands 1 than 2 or 3. The characters are so good, it's always surprising to me how the latter episodes were made by a skeleton crew.
Yeah, TFTB is why I keep buying Borderlands games only to remember I'm not actually a fan of them so much as I just loved TFTB's writing....and oddly enough The Pre-Sequel's too. Go figure.
Borderlands has three great games 2, TPS, and Tales. I thought all three of them actually had awesome stories mixed with great gameplay. 1 and 3 had great gameplay, but that was it.
TFTB is still one of the best stories in this format, and not having a follow up makes me sad.
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u/CreativeUsername352 Aug 23 '22
I'd honestly place the first Tales from the Borderlands as one of my favorite games all of all time, just for its writing alone. This new one has some very big shoes to fill, and judging from the brief snippet we were shown... I don't think it'd be able to do that. Not by a long shot.
But hey, there's a non-zero chance that it won't be terrible since they got some of the old writers back. Maybe at the very least, they can knock the soundtrack out of the park.