


Rhys notes that he has a stun baton (which I’m sure will likely be useful somewhere down the line). To get one over on Vasquez (and make a trillion bucks), Rhys enlists a couple of his corporate pals Vaughn (our own Chris Hardwick) and Yvette to help him steal a Vault key out from under Warburton’s character.įrom there, Rhys and his pal Vaughn make their way down to Pandora and the gritty town of Prosperity Junction to acquire the key. The interaction with Vasquez in his orbital office allows Rhys to not only chat with the new heavy, but try out Rhys’ cybernetic eye, which allows him to investigate his environment with an AR overlay.

voice actor Patrick Warburton joins the voice cast as Hugo Vasquez, the guy who gets to occupy the big seat as a VP of Hyperion. Like The Walking Dead, Tales will prompt you when characters will recall or react to key responses as we follow Rhys’ half of the story in flashback.įamily Guy and Venture Bros. While the choice-based dialog is about the same as it ever was: four choices – three statements and silence – featuring conversations with some surprisingly dynamic camera moves. The first half hour puts you in the role of company man Rhys (Sam Witwer), who’s hustling to become the next Handsome Jack a year after the Hyperion boss’ untimely death. A Telltale rep noted that the demo wasn’t visually complete, but from what we saw, Tales reproduces the look of the Gearbox series in same Telltale style as The Walking Dead games. During this year’s E3, we had the opportunity to see the first half hour of gameplay from Tales From the Borderlands, one of our Editor’s Choice award winners, in a hands-off demo with Telltale Games.
