Tales From The Borderlands (Telltale)

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JesusMonroe , Dec 10 2013 01:48 AM
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10 December 2013 - 01:48 AM

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Imagine a group of a hundred motorcycles driving down a freeway. Eventually, they hit a junction. One road goes northwest and the other goes northeast. So one guy, we'll call him S, says, "Let's go northwest!" A mile past the intersection, a semi careens into the group and kills ninety of them. Ten are wounded, but they survive and keep going. Eventually, they hit 10,000 miles. S suddenly has his consciousness thrown into his past body right before the junction. Now, he says, "Let's go northeast!" All 100 bikers survive. Happily ever after, right? But what about the ten, no nine, who went northwest and survived? What happens to the reality they were living? Does it just disappear now that S has changed the past? It's not like only bad things happened on that 10,000 mile journey. Maybe one of them fell in love with a gas station attendant and got her pregnant or maybe one adopted a homeless kid that joined the adventure. That 10,000 mile journey would be full of stories. Romances, farewells, friendships...the loss of those ninety lives is horrible and unfortunate, but what would rewriting their history mean? The nine who survived lived full lives and did the best they could with the hand they were dealt. How could it be right to just erase all that? Isn't that worth something? Is there a point to a world where everything is happy? Are people who struggle for a better life just idiots? Being human is about fighting even when it seems hopeless and finding happiness in a world that hates it. Are you saying that's worthless?

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10 December 2013 - 01:49 AM

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I'm probably going to have to play Borderlands now...
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Imagine a group of a hundred motorcycles driving down a freeway. Eventually, they hit a junction. One road goes northwest and the other goes northeast. So one guy, we'll call him S, says, "Let's go northwest!" A mile past the intersection, a semi careens into the group and kills ninety of them. Ten are wounded, but they survive and keep going. Eventually, they hit 10,000 miles. S suddenly has his consciousness thrown into his past body right before the junction. Now, he says, "Let's go northeast!" All 100 bikers survive. Happily ever after, right? But what about the ten, no nine, who went northwest and survived? What happens to the reality they were living? Does it just disappear now that S has changed the past? It's not like only bad things happened on that 10,000 mile journey. Maybe one of them fell in love with a gas station attendant and got her pregnant or maybe one adopted a homeless kid that joined the adventure. That 10,000 mile journey would be full of stories. Romances, farewells, friendships...the loss of those ninety lives is horrible and unfortunate, but what would rewriting their history mean? The nine who survived lived full lives and did the best they could with the hand they were dealt. How could it be right to just erase all that? Isn't that worth something? Is there a point to a world where everything is happy? Are people who struggle for a better life just idiots? Being human is about fighting even when it seems hopeless and finding happiness in a world that hates it. Are you saying that's worthless?

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10 December 2013 - 02:57 AM

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Anybody know whether it will be point and click or fps?
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10 December 2013 - 11:00 AM

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I just want to use this thread to say that the Borderlands games are overrated. But since this is a TellTale game, I might have to keep an eye on it.
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10 December 2013 - 03:19 PM

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The game looks interesting. I love that TellTale kept the same style. Keeping an eye on this one.
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10 December 2013 - 09:49 PM

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Mixed opinion here. It's got my interest because it's an episodic Telltale game. But I couldn't get into Borderlands at all, so I may end up skipping it.
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10 December 2013 - 10:19 PM

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Anybody know whether it will be point and click or fps?

Probably (hopefully) point and click

I just want to use this thread to say that the Borderlands games are overrated. But since this is a TellTale game, I might have to keep an eye on it.

I agree. I just couldn't get into it (but to be fair, most FPS's in general bore me)

Mixed opinion here. It's got my interest because it's an episodic Telltale game. But I couldn't get into Borderlands at all, so I may end up skipping it.

I don't think I'll skip it but this might be the first TTG where I just buy episode one instead of the season pass, just in case I don't like it. Borderlands doesn't interest me at all and it baffles me why TellTale would make something of their game instead of the multitude of universes they could've gone with (Firefly anyone?)
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Imagine a group of a hundred motorcycles driving down a freeway. Eventually, they hit a junction. One road goes northwest and the other goes northeast. So one guy, we'll call him S, says, "Let's go northwest!" A mile past the intersection, a semi careens into the group and kills ninety of them. Ten are wounded, but they survive and keep going. Eventually, they hit 10,000 miles. S suddenly has his consciousness thrown into his past body right before the junction. Now, he says, "Let's go northeast!" All 100 bikers survive. Happily ever after, right? But what about the ten, no nine, who went northwest and survived? What happens to the reality they were living? Does it just disappear now that S has changed the past? It's not like only bad things happened on that 10,000 mile journey. Maybe one of them fell in love with a gas station attendant and got her pregnant or maybe one adopted a homeless kid that joined the adventure. That 10,000 mile journey would be full of stories. Romances, farewells, friendships...the loss of those ninety lives is horrible and unfortunate, but what would rewriting their history mean? The nine who survived lived full lives and did the best they could with the hand they were dealt. How could it be right to just erase all that? Isn't that worth something? Is there a point to a world where everything is happy? Are people who struggle for a better life just idiots? Being human is about fighting even when it seems hopeless and finding happiness in a world that hates it. Are you saying that's worthless?

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12 December 2013 - 02:12 AM

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I just want to use this thread to say that the Borderlands games are overrated. But since this is a TellTale game, I might have to keep an eye on it.


I disagree, as I do with word "overrated" in general. I thought the games were very fun if you had people to play with. I really regret getting the Season Pass for Borderlands 2, though, as they really half-assed a lot of it and even now they continue to milk it. Suffice it to say, I learned my lesson with Season Passes.
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13 December 2013 - 10:07 AM

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With The Walking Dead Season 2, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones and now this, I'm worried that Telltale has bit off a little more than it can chew. I've never played any of the Borderlands games, but from my understanding of the series, it has much less for Telltale to work with, story-wise than any of those other licenses. I really just hope that they haven't spread themselves too thin, taking on all of these games at once.
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13 December 2013 - 10:48 AM

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Oh, and is it just me or does Fiona look exactly like the Bailey twins from Dead Rising 2?




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13 December 2013 - 07:27 PM

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Telltale has gotten all high and mighty due to the success of The Walking Dead Game. So they wanted to dip their toe in with Wolf Among Us, see if anybody would play something that wasn't Walking Dead. They did. So, now they are trying to be more than they are. I expect delays on episodes in the future regularly. But who knows? Maybe Telltale will prove me wrong. But with the delays for Walking Dead S1, and that was just one game, I doubt it.

Borderlands doesn't really have a very rich story, but maybe that's what they are trying to give it so they tossed Telltale the bone. Still, not really interested but I'll probably pick it up one day sitting at home bored. Least excited for it out of the other Telltale games.
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18 December 2013 - 12:33 AM

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I love Borderlands, this definitely has potential.
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