What can we expect from the new Tales from the Borderlands game?

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I don’t think I’m alone in saying that Tales from the Borderlands was far and away my favorite Telltale game. The quality of the writing and characters was amazing, and it set the standard for choice-based adventures for years to come. When the news dropped this week that Gearbox is working on another Tales game internally, everyone kind of freaked out, myself included. But even with the bare-bones information we have right now, I have a lot of thoughts about the game. I’ve had enough time to think about it, haven’t I?

The original Tales from the Borderlands came out in five episodes over the course of 2014-2015, and without giving away too much, the game ended on an ambiguous note, leaving room for a potential sequel in the future. My automatic assumption was that they’d be picking up right where the first game left off, but after thinking it through a bit more, I’m apprehensive.

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— JayShockblast @ PAX East (@JayShockblast) April 21, 2022

The game’s publisher, 2K, said itself that the game will feature “new characters and new stories.” That kind of makes me nervous.

So much of what made the first game so great were its characters, their relationships to each other, and the performances the actors gave. Starting over from scratch when it comes to character is by no means impossible, but it would mean Gearbox putting themselves in a situation where they have even bigger shoes to fill.

Of course, that may not have been a conscious decision on their part — it’s possible that they couldn’t get some of the cast back for another game all these years later (Laura Bailey and Troy Baker are in high demand, after all). Legal stuff also