Engaging, emotional story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“i always felt at the edge of my seat and i was always hyped to launch up the game and start the new episode.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
Tales from the Borderlands
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Telltale Games2021Point & Click · Choose Your Own Adventure · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A funny, emotional Telltale comedy with standout characters and music, but very little real gameplay. Skip it if you want gameplay or choices that truly change the story.
Great for
Telltale fans, Borderlands lore fans, and newcomers who want a funny character-driven story
Main risk
It's mostly an interactive movie with minimal gameplay and choices that rarely change the outcome
What players love
Great characters and chemistry
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Rhys and Fiona are a fantastic duo: total opposites yet incredibly complementary.”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
Funny writing and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“might be the best telltale game. it's certainly the funniest! probably funnier than any of the other borderlands games too.”
Steam review · 21.6 h played ↗
Accessible without Borderlands knowledge
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“You don't need to love Borderlands to love this.”
Steam review · 26.6 h played ↗
Great music and episode intros
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the music director was cooking with the intro for each episodes”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Choices shape scenes and relationships
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“The choices do in fact matter & absolutely shape dialogue, cut scenes, character relationships & major end game plot points.”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak story, annoying characters, bad ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“almost every character is annoying, only the robots were really cool.”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗
Barely any gameplay, just an interactive movie
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It's a 10-hour-long cutscene with three types of "gameplay."”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Choices don't matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“your choices having such little effect on the story”
Steam review · 23.5 h played ↗
Poor PC port: display and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“This may be the worst port I've ever played (so far), a total slap in the face of anyone that wants to play this on PC.”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
Re-release removed Russian and raised price
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“A 7 GB update and they removed Russian... what recommendation can there be?”
Steam review · translated · 1.8 h played ↗
Crashes and save problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“this game constantly crashes and deleted my save file for no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reason”
Steam review · 34.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1 64-bit
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsATI or NVIDIA card w/512 MB RAM
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1 64-bit
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsATI or NVIDIA card w/512 MB RAM
Storage3 GB available space
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