Tales from the Borderlands (Tell Tale)

calex71

Thought there was a thread for this already? search sucks as usual mods merge if there is one.

Thought this was due out ages ago but here is a new trailer, really can't see this doing well as the other Tell Tale games, I'll get it but I can really only see it appealing to Borderlands fans and fans of Joe from family guy :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsGRC9EHe4Q

sharmander

Fantastic trailer, I'm really hyped for this to be released!

I don't even care that it's just basically pandering to Borderlands fans, I love the universe and have really enjoyed some of the other Telltale games so I'm probably gonna pre-order it!

Angron

Patrick Warburton it looks fairly faithful to the humour of the other games, I just wonder how it'll play. My only real experience with TTG is the poker night games, so I don't have much to go on.

EdragonXX

Like all TellTale Games - point and click is not my style. It's 2014, not 1998 anymore.

Generic Dreadhead

EdragonXX wrote: »

Like all TellTale Games - point and click is not my style. It's 2014, not 1998 anymore.

That's a very antiquated way of looking at things

EdragonXX

Cormac... wrote: »

That's a very antiquated way of looking at things

Do you think? It's very simple. I like good story with good gameplay. And I always hated point and click games. :P

Mr Bloat

EdragonXX wrote: »

Like all TellTale Games - point and click is not my style. It's 2014, not 1998 anymore.

What a ridiculous statement.

calex71

EdragonXX wrote: »

Do you think? It's very simple. I like good story with good gameplay. And I always hated point and click games. :P

These are more like an interactive comic/novel with some gameplay elements , not really point and click in the traditional sense, they don't pretend otherwise.

If you go in expecting a story thats what you'll get but if you expect a tonne of gameplay you would be seriously disappointed.

TrustedApple

EdragonXX wrote: »

Like all TellTale Games - point and click is not my style. It's 2014, not 1998 anymore.

EdragonXX wrote: »

Do you think? It's very simple. I like good story with good gameplay. And I always hated point and click games. :P

The walking dead season 1 and 2 are both fantastic games gameplay and story and the 1st season is maybe one of the greatest stories ever told in gaming.

But tales from the borderlands looks fantastic as if they get the jokes from borderlands working perfect with a good story its going to a fantastic game.

But with TellTale Games for me i will be waiting to it gos on sale after Epp 3 and get it for 1/2 price on what ever console is cheapest

Generic Dreadhead

€10 on there being a bit where you're 3 dialogue choices are memes, any takers? It's easy money

pixelburp

Patrick Warburton will always be Brock Samson to me though not sure the character model fits: he tends to play burly, beefcake types which match his tone of voice perfectly - this Hyperion stoodge didn't seem to match up.

Either way, I enjoyed that trailer: I wasn't entirely enticed by the idea of a narrative-driven game powered by Borderlands' near psychotic, sometimes infantile humour. Not knocking it or anything, it was often hilarious, just small doses sometimes worked best. Tell Tale seem to be toning it down a little and I liked the little exchanges.

calex71

Cormac... wrote: »

€10 on there being a bit where you're 3 dialogue choices are memes, any takers? It's easy money

I'd rather put that €10 on the male character being related to Jack , he has the same odd colored eyes and does look like him

Potatoeman

sharmander wrote: »

Fantastic trailer, I'm really hyped for this to be released!

I don't even care that it's just basically pandering to Borderlands fans, I love the universe and have really enjoyed some of the other Telltale games so I'm probably gonna pre-order it!

I really dislike the episode model. I bought TWD2 and the wolf among us at release but they were almost half price before half finshed. They are just too short to justify the staggered release.

RoyalCelt

Hopefully they do a Wolf Among Us 2 when they're done with this.

Generic Dreadhead

RoyalCelt wrote: »

Hopefully they do a Wolf Among Us 2 when they're done with this.

Personally I'd rather they didn't, the story had a start, middle and end.

They will be doing Game of Thrones next in case you weren't aware, there's a thread on it here somewhere

RoyalCelt

Cormac... wrote: »

Personally I'd rather they didn't, the story had a start, middle and end.

They will be doing Game of Thrones next in case you weren't aware, there's a thread on it here somewhere

well a new story but in the same universe. I really wish they'd set up another studio.

calex71

Out tomorrow for Xbox One, next week on 360.

Generic Dreadhead

calex71 wrote: »

Out tomorrow for Xbox One, next week on 360.

Oh? I thought this was still months out, I need to pay more attention to the passing of time

Mickeroo

calex71 wrote: »

Out tomorrow for Xbox One, next week on 360.

I presume this is getting released one episode at a time like the other games?

calex71

Mickeroo wrote: »

I presume this is getting released one episode at a time like the other games?

Yeah 4.99 for ep1 , and then 14.99 for the season pass. I'm going to hold off on the pass got a great deal on the wolf among us in the xmas sale last year and that wasn't long out before xmas.

sharmander

It's out this evening on Steam, and I just caved into buying it. I'm pretty damn excited, will post my thoughts after I play episode 1!

Xyo

very interested in this, when is the game of thrones one due does anyone know?

sharmander

Ooooooh I've it downloading now I'm super hyped!

The Game of Thrones game is due out December sometime, exact date still to be confirmed as far as I know. The Steam store page for it just went live a few hours ago, and like Tales from the Borderlands it's 10% off if you pre-purchase it, but they haven't a specific date as to when that offer is ending.

calex71

Launch trailer goodness

sharmander

Game crashed on me in the middle of the final chapter of the episode, and won't open for me on that selected chapter. I was enjoying it so much until that happened

calex71

Loving it so far only played just passed the intro titles, they used the best music from BL2 on the title screen..... Lynchwood !!!!

calex71

Oh boy the smile on our faces playing this for a while last night !!!!!

Fully intended to play the whole thing through, but stuff came up, there are loads of QTE but they are done far better than say in walking dead, there are no cheap tiny timing windows popping up without warning etc.

Not sure how well it will come over to those who haven't played borderlands 2 but ti does have some clever and funny pop culture references too.

best line so far

"who called the waaaaaambulance"

I felt kind of bad

self destructing the loader bot after he was so cool

The game subtly leads you a little into playing Rhys in a

what would Jack do kind of way

at leas thats how I'm playing

SeantheMan

calex71 wrote: »

Oh boy the smile on our faces playing this for a while last night !!!!!

Fully intended to play the whole thing through, but stuff came up, there are loads of QTE but they are done far better than say in walking dead, there are no cheap tiny timing windows popping up without warning etc.

Not sure how well it will come over to those who haven't played borderlands 2 but ti does have some clever and funny pop culture references too.

best line so far

"who called the waaaaaambulance"

I felt kind of bad

self destructing the loader bot after he was so cool

The game subtly leads you a little into playing Rhys in a

what would Jack do kind of way

at leas thats how I'm playing

Worth buying then ?
Glad it's decent as I loved Borderlands 2

calex71

if you liked the trailer they had you will love it , they did not show the best bits !!!!

calex71

Was wrecking my head until I googled the lady who voices Fiona, she did the female voice of the player in Saints Row 3+4 and my toon was female in those :pac:

EdragonXX

RoyalCelt wrote: »

well a new story but in the same universe. I really wish they'd set up another studio.

Tales from the Borderlands is made by TellTales Games, not 2K, who made previous Borderlands games. So it is another studio.

calex71

EdragonXX wrote: »

Tales from the Borderlands is made by TellTales Games, not 2K, who made previous Borderlands games. So it is another studio.

I think he meant tell tale setting up another one given the number of series they are working on and how long it takes each episode to come out.

RoyalCelt

calex71 wrote: »

I think he meant tell tale setting up another one given the number of series they are working on and how long it takes each episode to come out.

yeah that's what i meant. there games take forever to make considering how low tech they are. they need another studio or two to speed development up.

maximoose

Really enjoyed this, genuinely funny throughout and the story is interesting and well put together so far. Plays and looks a lot better than previous Telltale games IMO (and I'm a big fan of TWD)

Must keep an eye out for a season pass sale now!

EoinMcLovin

Does the season pass on the PS4 include all 5 episodes or just 2- 5 ?
On sale on US PSN store for €13

Generic Dreadhead

According to the Tell Tale stream thingy last night, Episode 2 will be out next week

Jordan 199

Cormac... wrote: »

According to the Tell Tale stream thingy last night, Episode 2 will be out next week

Excellent!

Episode 1 was amazing and I loved every every bit of it.

Penn

I loved Episode 1 too, but can remember f*ck all about what happened in it now. Is this the longest gap there's been between episodes in any Telltale Game yet? Definitely feels like it.

Generic Dreadhead

Bad Horse wrote: »

I loved Episode 1 too, but can remember f*ck all about what happened in it now. Is this the longest gap there's been between episodes in any Telltale Game yet? Definitely feels like it.

It does feel very long, apparently there was delays as the wanted to deliver "quality" so they took a few steps back. At the start of Episode 2, they will usually do a re-cap of episode 1s choices

EoinMcLovin

calex71

Bad Horse wrote: »

I loved Episode 1 too, but can remember f*ck all about what happened in it now. Is this the longest gap there's been between episodes in any Telltale Game yet? Definitely feels like it.

I actually remember more about this almost 4 month on than I do from Game Of Thones I only played a couple of weeks ago

I have a suspicion it was gearbox hold this up on their end, weren't they supposed to have loot from this being made available In BL2 and the Pre-Sequel? and given the next gen reissues are a few weeks away I'd say they wanted to have that aspect up and running, though that said it's probably something that could have been patched in surely

9bred4

Do you have to pay episode by episode?

calex71

9bred4 wrote: »

Do you have to pay episode by episode?

No there is a pass you can buy that will work out a little bit cheaper

9bred4

I thought it was you pay once and get them as they come out. Not impressed with that seeing as it was finished in one sitting.

calex71

Was episode 2 out today ???? Not seeing it on the store but says it is on the Telltale site .... tomorrow for Xbox I guess

Generic Dreadhead

Dunno what time yesterday it was meant to be released, but I checked around 7pm GMT and it wasnt there In-Game on PS4, maybe I could have check on PS Store but I didn't.

Penn

I think the EU PS Store updates on Wednesdays around 3pm or so.

Generic Dreadhead

Bad Horse wrote: »

I think the EU PS Store updates on Wednesdays around 3pm or so.

So, if a game is digital only like this, does that mean if it's released on a Tue, you ca still only get access to it on Wed? Genuine question as I normally buy disc games

Penn

Cormac... wrote: »

So, if a game is digital only like this, does that mean if it's released on a Tue, you ca still only get access to it on Wed? Genuine question as I normally buy disc games

It's released in America on Tuesday, and the EU on Wednesday. That's the way it usually is for PS Store for normal games anyway.

Jordan 199

calex71 wrote: »

Was episode 2 out today ???? Not seeing it on the store but says it is on the Telltale site .... tomorrow for Xbox I guess

You should be able to download Episode 2 today. I'm downloading it onto my 360 now.

EoinMcLovin

just finished episode 2 there, found it very good and introduced plenty of old and new characters