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New Tales From The Borderlands review: thanks, I hate itJust play the original
Just play the original
I’m sorry I wished forNew Tales From the Borderlands, everyone.
New Tales from the Borderlands - Official Character TrailerWatch on YouTube
New Tales from the Borderlands - Official Character Trailer
New Tales From The Borderlands is an interactive narrative adventure set in the Borderlands universe, where you choose dialogue options, actions, and pass or fail quick-time events. And it fuckin' sucks.
I honestly don’t like being very mean about games. So in the interests of both brevity and clarity, I have decided to present the rest of this review as a list of things I like, and a list of things I did not like.
Good things about New Tales From The Borderlands
In the Vaultlanders mini-game you smash two plastic figures together. They have stats but they do not appear to be important
Things about New Tales From The Borderlands I did not like
This character is in the opening, is involved in a situation that you think is going to become a recurring mechanic but does not, and then basically disappears
The angry gun was good though. Shout out to his voice actor as well.
Look, I know making almost any game is a labour of love, but I spent like a week being sad and not knowing why, until I finished this game and realised I was happy because I didn’t have to play it every day after work anymore. All this does is prove that Gearbox cannot be trusted with their own IP anymore. The very existence of New Tales From The Borderlands is a more effective critique of corporate structure and the pitfalls of capitalism than any of the content of any Borderlands game. Apart from the best one. Just play Tales From The Borderlands.
