There’s a lot of character interaction and development, and aside a few cases of hammering the “Q” button early on, there’s little interaction outside of dialogue choices.īut that’s not a gripe as such, the pace has been breakneck from the start, so having a more sedate middle episode gives the characters a chance to breathe. For most of the run time (just shy of two hours, for me) it’s a standard “mid-season” episode. With that altogether not-too-small gripe out of the way, what’s actually here is yet again thoroughly enjoyable. That only works if the episodes are delivered in a concise, timely manner, and while Game of Thrones is getting that treatment, Tales clearly isn’t – and that needs fixing right away, lest people get bored and wander away from what’s shaping up to be a truly special game series. Being nearly two hours long, each episode is more like a film, but one that doesn’t end and leaves you wondering what’s coming next. Episode two was no different, and if you ask anyone who played it, they’ll be so happy that Catch a Ride is here – at least until they start playing and can’t remember a single choice they made. Any good TV show leaves you desperate for the next episode, and Tales from the Borderlands is no exception. Episode two was released in March (with the first coming in November 2014, which means three episodes have taken seven months to produce and release), and it’s now late-June. That’s not the way I’d like to open a review for an episode of a series I am so clearly enjoying, but I won’t ruin the story here, and Telltale games are all story (and I feel like we’re saying that in every review right now – on that note, we’re changing the way we review episodic games after the current run of them ends).īut the biggest problem Telltale face right now, is the fact it can’t put episodes of Tales from the Borderlands out on a regular basis. There’s not an enormous amount to say at this point, really. As such, this review assumes you’ve played the first two episodes, but won’t spoil from this new one. As is always the case, Telltale’s games are heavily focussed on story.
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