This game sounds like a fine enough story on paper, but the writing and characters really just sours the entire experience. Like, it's really just abysmal at times, especially in the final episode. Really, there's a lot wrong with it, but it can be seen primarily in the three main characters.

Anu is the main character of this game. It's not a three way split between the three, like how the main characters in Tales 1 were both Rhys AND Fiona. Anu is the clear standout of the group, as we follow her more thoroughly. She's an anxiety ridden character who seems to have been written by someone who doesn't have anxiety, but thinks, "Ah, she's quirky, you see? Look at her have an anxiety attack. Are you laughing at how quirky anxiety is?" Aside from that, she's bland. She's somewhat believably anxious at times but it always feels hollow at best and forced at worse. She has a semi touching story about learning to not be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but it's very bare bones.

Fran is the best of the main three. She fits the setting of the game (Borderlands) pretty decently. She's rage filled, but trying to control her anger, and really horny. Like, REALLY horny. All of these are things are what I come to expect from Borderlands, and her attitude, ego, and overall bombastic character plays well off the stupidity of Octavio, and whatever Anu is doing. All she wants is to beat up the antagonist, it's not overly preachy or anything, she just wants to punch a ♥♥♥♥♥.

Octavio is just the worst. This franchise has had some stinky characters, but man, he's written like one person in the office looked at a reddit meme about how millennials are all obsessed with tacos and made that his entire personality. He's seemingly supposed to be the haha funny guy of the group, but he's just annoying.

Genuinely the best character in the game is the face of the game, LOU13. His cold responses to things can be genuinely funny at times, and he seems more grounded than the three main characters with his trying to find a place in the world arc. I can see why they shoved him on the box art.

Side characters and even main characters have their moments where I'd chuckle a bit, but then it's right back to business as usual.

The humor is bad, and this story relies on it too much. Even when a moment is supposed to be serious or somber, they throw some haha quirkiness into it. Episode 5 is filled to the brim with moments where you're just sitting there wondering what is even going on. Which is REALLY sad because the ending of episode 4 is when they actually had me interested in it. Only to go back to bad jokes and tone deaf interruptions to the current situation they're in. Tales 1 had a few moments like that, but they were very few and far between and the humor felt better paced 9 times out of 10.

Don't play this game. I would recommend just watching a run on Youtube or just reading a Wiki page if you really want to know what happens. I played through it twice and got the good ending both times, and both times I just sat back and groaned more often than not.

To this game's credit, it's visually really well done. The camera work, models, animations, lighting and environments all look like direct upgrades from Borderlands 3.

The worst continuation of a brillant game.

- the gameplay is gringy and strange, and the music is not good like the first one
- Characters sooo soooo boring and with no charism
- i sleep 2 times while playing

i will play again high, maybe i have some good experience

just horrible

Sorry my not so good english haha, is not my first language!

Borderlands never disappoint (ME at least) . With the great humor and cool characters. I really enjoy this game. I've only played the story once. I will def play it more. And I loved the mini games.
The Vaultlander guy cracked me up!