This is another edition of me complaining about New Tales, but it does feel pretty crappy knowing that the "best ending" is obviously the canon ending. No way in hell Gearbox is going to follow up on the different endings. So either those characters will never be seen again or the ending where everyone lives is the canon one. That's just something I really do not like, because what is the point of playing games where the entire focus is on making narrative decisions but then the next game doesn't care and chooses the "correct" ones?
Kind of like how I guess Rhysha is 100% canon. Something tells me Gearbox didn't even know there was the someone else option, but in fairness it was very hidden, but still. Less forgivable is that fact that saying No is very clearly an option but is ignored for the "right" choice. It just feels lazy knowing this is what the attitude is for handling determinate options. Is the design layout just "Player choice doesnt matter in anyway cuz I sure as hell dont want to figure it out, so we will just use my choices as the correct ones."?
Guess I’ll be the one to be different here and say that I liked it! The first Tales is better, but I still really enjoyed this one. Especially Fran and her Frozen Yogurt. Collecting the Vaultlanders was fun too.
There’s definitely one category that this game does better than the original Tales and that’s customization. I remember any customization change I made in the original Tales would be gone/ignored by the next episode. Here, not only does the customization changes stay until you want to change them, but the customization changes are already there from the beginning if you decide to replay the game. I played the game for a second time and had Fran in her foop outfit and Anu and Octavio dressed as goths from the beginning of the playthrough.
Also, getting the perfect ending is relatively easy. Keep the skateboard score above 70% and the friendship scores above 50% and everyone will survive.
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This is another edition of me complaining about New Tales, but it does feel pretty crappy knowing that the "best ending" is obviously the canon ending. No way in hell Gearbox is going to follow up on the different endings. So either those characters will never be seen again or the ending where everyone lives is the canon one. That's just something I really do not like, because what is the point of playing games where the entire focus is on making narrative decisions but then the next game doesn't care and chooses the "correct" ones?
Kind of like how I guess Rhysha is 100% canon. Something tells me Gearbox didn't even know there was the someone else option, but in fairness it was very hidden, but still. Less forgivable is that fact that saying No is very clearly an option but is ignored for the "right" choice. It just feels lazy knowing this is what the attitude is for handling determinate options. Is the design layout just "Player choice doesnt matter in anyway cuz I sure as hell dont want to figure it out, so we will just use my choices as the correct ones."?
Man tries to warn Gearbox to not make an in house Tales from the Borderlands game before termination. Circa 2020
We did it guys. Looks like we saved the universe!
one year later
I liked it!
Guess I’ll be the one to be different here and say that I liked it! The first Tales is better, but I still really enjoyed this one. Especially Fran and her Frozen Yogurt. Collecting the Vaultlanders was fun too.
There’s definitely one category that this game does better than the original Tales and that’s customization. I remember any customization change I made in the original Tales would be gone/ignored by the next episode. Here, not only does the customization changes stay until you want to change them, but the customization changes are already there from the beginning if you decide to replay the game. I played the game for a second time and had Fran in her foop outfit and Anu and Octavio dressed as goths from the beginning of the playthrough.
Also, getting the perfect ending is relatively easy. Keep the skateboard score above 70% and the friendship scores above 50% and everyone will survive.