Tales from the Borderlands

"We're delaying Episode Four to after the most widely used civil calender has at least 18 months"

"Also, after Half-Life: Episode Three comes out. We're wondering about that so much too!"

http://www.gamesradar.com/tales-borderlands-episode-4-release-date-escape-plan-bravo-butt-stallion/

Butt Stalion returns, everyone on Helios is worshiping Jack with masks of him, and we have a release date.

August 19th; This Wednesday.

Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8CmymS3C1o

Seriously, though. Where's Vaughn.

edited 17th Aug '15 12:15:58 PM by SilentColossus

So ah, when's it officially out on Steam? Sometime in like the next hour, oooor later today? (S'about 12:15 am).

The 19th (wednesday) is the posted release date.

For Xbox, yeah. PC & PS 4 is supposed to release the 18th, I.E. tomorrow (or today in my timezone).

edited 17th Aug '15 10:00:13 PM by TruthHurts22

It's probably gonna be early morning. Like, 6 at the earliest. Probably 9 or 10.

Dang. I gotta wait longer to play it? Sssssssucks.

Telltale is usually good about doing about doing it at Midnight.

3 hours

Though if you like getting cheevos like me then you might want to wait a day anyways. Telltale tends to have them borked on the first day.

So, downloaded the episode.

And... None of my save files are here...

I never had this issue with TWD Season 2, The Wolf Among Us, or Game of Thrones. Different company, but never had this issue with Life is Strange either.

GDI. I've played that first episode four times now. I'm so tired of it. No me gusta.

Yep. Even the save files from my other computer (that I played Episode 3 on), are gone. WHY?! ARGH!

I mean, I don't want to be Negative Nancy and complain, but I've had to replay the previous episodes EVERY time the new episode came out. I was going to go back and change a choice or two anyway, but this isn't what I meant.

edited 18th Aug '15 1:04:19 PM by InkDagger

I've never had that issue, so I don't know what to tell you.

I think I had the same problem, but that was before the episode came out, so I don't know if it was just me or what.

Also, that episode was entirely satisfying. I just hope they don't take months on the next one because this one actually got released on the date they said it would be.

Yeah, this one was a lot of fun. Kind of wish it had ended a little later, though.

I'm curious, what's the ending like if you Reject Jack's offer to run Hyperion? Does it happen anyway, or what?

He'll forcibly upload himself into Rhys and take control of his body. What happens if you accept?

He uses the chair's executive jack (as in the thing Rhys sticks into his brain) to pick himself out of Rhys' brain and uploads himself into the entirety of Helios. Then he appoints Rhys, publicly, as "The Chiefest of Executors". All things considered, I call it a better ending.

So... I wonder where that puts Rhys for whatever continuation will be Borderlands 3.

Whoa okay, that's a bit larger change than I expected.

Apparently if you let Athena try to kill Cassius in Episode 3, at the start of Ep. 4 he uses Vaughn as a hostage, giving him to Vallory in exchange for safe travel for himself.

Weird.

Huh. Might have to change that, then.

I get the impression they've been building Fiona into a Vault Hunter and she could be playable for the next installment. Does this mean they're building Rhys into the next Big Bad though?

There's still one more episode to go, plus the after-math/Framing Device doesn't really paint Rhys as a Big Bad. But they do end up hating each other, somehow. Probably Vault-related.

What an episode. I'm honestly amazed that the people seem to prefer Telltale's Game of Thrones to this: Tales from the Borderlands is fucking amazing.

• Rhys told Fiona and Sasha about Jack. They were pissed, though it looks like they've forgiven him by the end of the episode.
• I told Vaughn to escape. It looks like he's succeeded.
• I honored Scooter's wishes and launched his satelite with the message "Catch a riiiiide!" This made it a bit more difficult to deal with the guards in the hanger. I still can't believe that Telltale got permission to kill him off.
• I warned the tour group. Unfortunately, it didn't work, as one of the assholes walked into the disintegration field, died, and triggered lockdown.
• I stunned Yvette. Her Oh, Crap! reaction was priceless, but then she showed up a the end with Sasha as a hostage.
• I defaced the painting, revealing a giant treasure map. I couldn't risk harming Buttstallion.
• I choose to reject Hyperion. Jack took over Rhys, forced him to transfer him into Helios and now Jack controls the entire space station. God help us all.

Hard to believe that they can wrap this up in just one more episode.

They'll probably leave a ton left un answered for Borderlands 3 to answer.

For example, if Fiona survives and she becomes a full Vault Hunter, she might be a playable class in BL 3. Complete with fully realized backstory unlike basically everyone else.