![]() The dialogue is smart and snappy, and perfectly paced while also giving us exposition at the same time. The story gets rolling right away, and it never really slows down after that. It opens with this mystery of who kidnapped Rhys, one of the player characters, and after a few quips, he launches into a narration of how he got to where he is in the first place. But the conclusion is the same, and it seems to be unanimous: Tales from the Borderlands is still one of the best stories ever told in a game. ![]() New Tales from the Borderlands was so bad, it actually made more than one of us return to the original to make sure we hadn’t created some kind of false, reverent memory as a coping mechanism. Turns out Alice Bell over at Rock Paper Shotgun and I think alike, because she had the exact same idea. Before I even finished the first episode of New Tales, I knew I had to go back and see if the original held up in the way that I thought it did. The whole time I was playing, I couldn’t stop thinking about how awesome I thought the first game was, to the point that it is one of my favorite games of all time. Or maybe even better…Ī couple of weeks ago, I had the displeasure of reviewing Gearbox’s New Tales from the Borderlands. I try to give every game I review the benefit of the doubt, but this game just kept letting me down again and again and again, and in the end it turned out to be a pretty miserable experience - and I gave it a 3/10. Just go play it, because that’s basically the conclusion of this article, anyway. Had a meaningful conversation with Fiona in the Vault.The following feature contains a spoiler for Telltale’s 2014 title Tales from the Borderlands.Told Fiona he had a crush on Sasha/Said that he had feelings for "somebody else".Played the good cop in the interrogation of the stranger.Told the truth about Handsome Jack to Fiona and Sasha.Rejected Jack´s offer to rule Hyperion.Told Sasha he would not let her sacrifice herself.Went to Hollow Point with Vaughn and Loader Bot.Brofisted Vaughn and forgave him for his "betrayal".Declined Hugo Vasquez's offer to let Vaughn take the fall for the vault key incident.Listened to Sasha's story and had a meaningful conversation with her.Attempted to talk peacefully with Rudiger.Gave Vaughn his well deserved credit for his hard work.All of the acts in Episode One are determinable, and depending on the player choices made, the story will result with Rhys being a more supportive and benevolent character. Rhys is forced to survive on Pandora along side Vaughn, Fiona, and Sasha while Hugo Vasquez wants to kill him for almost ruining his career, while August also wants to murder them for being a part of the deal.Īlmost all of these heroic acts are all determinable. Unfortunately, the deal went bad when bandits stole the 10 million dollars required to purchase the vault key and the vault key was reviled to be a fake created by Fiona, Felix and Sasha to trick Hyperion and steal the 10 million dollars from August. Rhys is loyal towards his few friends & would not be willing to betray them for his own personal gain. Rhys' goal is to make himself a powerful high ranking official in the Hyperion corporation alongside his friends so the people closest to him can live a good life. Without friends or family by his side, Rhys considers becoming successful pointless.Īfter Rhys was demoted to Assistant Vice Janitor by his boss and former rival Hugo Vasquez, Rhys went to Pandora alongside his friend Vaughn to steal the deal Vasquez had made with August, Sasha, and Fiona to buy a vault key (vault keys are worth a high price, and owning one is guaranteed to get a high paying job at the Hyperion corporation, and that is without mentioning the fame one would earn). If prompted to, he can decide to hold out a helping hand for the struggling people in Pandora. Although at the start of the game his ambition is to be like Handsome Jack, he has also shown guilt for the actions of Hyperion and even Handsome Jack himself later on as he comes to realize how much Handsome Jack and Hyperion made life on Pandora even worse for the civilians who barely survive one day on the deadly planet. Rhys can be described as a greedy, self-centered and egotistical man who looks down on lower class people just like everyone who works at Hyperion, but what makes Rhys stand out over the others is that he is capable of showing compassion for others. Rhys is a high class employee at the Hyperion corporation. 2.5 Episode Five: The Vault of the Traveler.1 Biography (depending on player choice).
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