Tales from the Borderlands Complete Season

Tales from the Borderlands PC is a choice-driven science-fiction adventure from Telltale Games and 2K, built around sharp dialogue, timed decisions, and Borderlands humor rather than the series' usual looter-shooter combat. The storefront name remains Tales from the Borderlands; Complete Season is catalog wording for the package containing all five episodes.

A Borderlands story built around choices

The game follows two unreliable narrators with opposing backgrounds. Rhys is a Hyperion employee chasing corporate power, while Fiona is a Pandoran con artist pursuing a dangerous swindle. Their interests collide after a deal goes wrong, forcing them into an uneasy partnership involving money, Vault technology, gangsters, and Hyperion ambitions.

Gameplay uses a third-person adventure perspective during exploration and interaction scenes. You move through compact environments, inspect objects, talk with characters, and select dialogue under time pressure. The rhythm is closer to an interactive television episode than a conventional Borderlands campaign, with story progression driven by conversation, investigation, and cinematic action sequences.

Decisions are the central mechanic. Dialogue choices can change the tone of a scene, affect relationships, alter later conversations, and influence which characters respond favorably to Rhys or Fiona. Some choices are deliberately timed, so hesitation can be a decision in itself. The game does not present a traditional character-build system, loot progression, or open-world activity loop.

Rhys, Fiona, and the two-sided perspective

The dual-protagonist structure gives the season its clearest identity. Rhys and Fiona interpret the same wider crisis through very different personalities, goals, and assumptions. Their sections alternate between corporate satire, criminal improvisation, personal tension, and chaotic escapes across Pandora and Helios.

Rhys' connection to Hyperion brings in the shadow of Handsome Jack, corporate hierarchy, and the aftermath of Borderlands 2. Fiona's perspective is more closely tied to Pandoran scams, survival instincts, and the complicated loyalties surrounding Sasha and other local characters. Supporting figures such as Vaughn, Moxxi, Zer0, Marcus, and Claptrap connect the story to the larger Borderlands universe without turning the game into a standard shooting campaign.

The framing device also matters. Rhys and Fiona are recounting events to a mysterious captor, which lets the story play with conflicting accounts, exaggeration, and the idea that each narrator wants to control how the past is understood. That structure gives the season a distinctive narrative voice beyond simple branching dialogue.

What the Complete Season includes

The PC package contains all five episodes: Zer0 Sum, Atlas Mugged, Catch a Ride, Escape Plan Bravo, and The Vault of the Traveler. The episodes are intended to be played in order because later scenes rely on decisions, relationships, and discoveries established earlier in the season.

The storefront package is not an episodic subscription or a free first chapter followed by separate purchases. The current PC listing presents the complete five-episode adventure as one product, and the publisher's relaunch information states that the episodes are not sold individually in that package.

There is no character class selection, weapon crafting, skill tree, or Borderlands-style equipment grind. Replay value comes from revisiting scenes, testing different dialogue choices, examining alternate relationship outcomes, and seeing how small decisions echo through later episodes. Players looking for a conventional campaign with shooting and loot should approach this as a narrative spin-off instead.

Who should play it?

Tales from the Borderlands suits PC players who want a funny, character-led adventure with meaningful conversation choices and a strong episodic structure. It is especially effective for Borderlands fans interested in the setting's corporations, legends, and supporting cast from a perspective that rarely involves playing as a Vault Hunter.

It also works for newcomers who have not played every mainline Borderlands game. Familiarity with Borderlands 2 adds context for Hyperion, Handsome Jack, and several returning characters, but the central Rhys-and-Fiona plot is understandable on its own.

Skip it if you expect online co-op, split-screen multiplayer, open-world exploration, extensive puzzles, or a full first-person shooting system. This is a single-player narrative adventure where the main challenge is choosing how the characters speak, trust, deceive, and react under pressure.

PC features, controls, and localization

The Steam version supports single-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing, and Steam Remote Play on TV. Remote Play on TV is a platform feature for using another device as a display and input environment; it is not a co-op mode. The PC manual documents keyboard-and-mouse controls for movement, camera control, interaction, inventory access, scanning, and action prompts.

The game is also available on PC through the Epic Games Store. The current storefront data lists English interface, audio, and subtitles, with French, Italian, German, Spanish from Spain, and Brazilian Portuguese available for interface and subtitles. English is the only listed full-audio language.

There is no competitive online component, dedicated server system, or player-versus-player mode. The relevant PC ecosystem is therefore the chosen storefront launcher, achievements, save progression, display options, and input setup rather than matchmaking or anti-cheat infrastructure.

Similar choice-driven adventures on PC

Players who enjoy Telltale's compact environments, timed dialogue, and relationship-focused decisions may also want to explore dark episodic detective adventures like The Wolf Among Us: Complete First Season. It shares the emphasis on conversation, branching tone, and revisiting choices, but replaces Borderlands comedy with urban fantasy noir.

Another close structural comparison is superhero narrative adventures such as Batman The Telltale Series Complete Season. Both games use cinematic scenes, timed decisions, quick-time action, and a familiar licensed universe while keeping the player focused on character judgment rather than traditional combat mastery.

Neither comparison is a substitute for the Borderlands setting. Tales from the Borderlands stands apart through its corporate satire, unreliable narration, science-fiction road story, and unusually strong contrast between Rhys' corporate ambition and Fiona's improvisational criminal instincts.

Tales from the Borderlands FAQ

Is Tales from the Borderlands Complete Season the official PC name?

The current PC storefront listing uses Tales from the Borderlands. Complete Season is a descriptive catalog label indicating that all five episodes are included. It should not be confused with New Tales from the Borderlands, which is a separate later game with a different cast and developer team.

Does the PC version include all five episodes?

Yes. The package includes Zer0 Sum, Atlas Mugged, Catch a Ride, Escape Plan Bravo, and The Vault of the Traveler. The intended progression is sequential, because choices and relationships carry from one episode into the next.

Is Tales from the Borderlands a shooter?

No. It is an interactive narrative adventure with exploration, dialogue choices, quick-time events, timed action prompts, and occasional scanning or interaction mechanics. It uses Borderlands characters and locations but does not use the main series' looting and first-person gunplay loop.

Does it support multiplayer or co-op?

No. The game is a single-player experience. Steam Remote Play on TV is listed as a platform feature, but the game does not provide online co-op, local co-op, or split-screen campaign play.

What languages are available on PC?

English is supported for interface, full audio, and subtitles. French, Italian, German, Spanish from Spain, and Brazilian Portuguese are supported for interface and subtitles according to the current Steam language listing.

Is New Tales from the Borderlands included?

No. New Tales from the Borderlands is a separate title. Some storefront bundles may package the two games together, but buying the standalone Tales from the Borderlands Complete Season package does not automatically mean that the sequel is included.