Tales from the Borderlands: Episode Two - Atlas Mugged

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• TATouch Arcade

  Carter Dotson · Mar 26, 2015

  8.0

  The game is still absolutely hilarious, and nails the Borderlands sense of humor perfectly, not to mention getting the sensation of participating in that universe. The voice acting is still absolutely on-point. And the game has done a great job at making its original characters compelling, while throwing in plenty of "hey, remember this person from the other Borderlands games?" moments in this episode.

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• GIGame Informer

  Jeff Marchiafava · Mar 24, 2015

  6.0

  Altas Mugged ends on a huge cliffhanger, with the fate of all four protagonists hanging in the balance. However, the emotional moments of the finale are undermined by some unnatural facial expressions and stiff animations – at times it feels like you're watching ventriloquist dummies trying to emote. ...I'm still interested in seeing the next chapter of the story, but the reasons I play Telltale games – the intriguing characters and meaningful choices – are still not hitting the mark.
• GGamezebo

  Tom Christiansen · Mar 23, 2015

  9.0

  While it certainly took it’s time getting released, Tales From The Borderlands – Episode 2: Atlas Mugged retains the charm and adventure that made the first episode such a memorable experience.

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• DSDual Shockers

  Ryan Meitzler · Mar 23, 2015

  9.5

  With this episode, Telltale Games wonderfully balances character development, story progression, and a hearty amount of good laughs all in one 90 minute to two hour session... Even though Episode 2 leaves Rhys, Fiona, Vaughn, Sasha, and Jack in a bit of a tough predicament, “Atlas Mugged” more than anything will have me tuned in to see where things are leading in this ever-unpredictable tale. Whether that involves more “bro-fists” though remains to be seen.

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• PSPush Square

  Graham Banas · Mar 22, 2015

  7.0

  With the surprise of the debut now a distant memory, Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2 – Atlas Mugged needed to be something special to beat expectations all over again – but despite the delay, it doesn't really hit the same highs as the opener. This instalment feels like it's treading water, waiting for future outings to move things forwards. The humour and characters carry things a bit, but Episode 3 will need to be much better.

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• PLPS Lifestyle

  Chandler Wood · Mar 19, 2015

  8.5

  Atlas Mugged is about coping with the events that happened in the first episode and setting up the things to come, all with hilariously written dialogue and excellent voice acting to match it. It is an awesome piece to a whole story that is shaping up to be one of, if not the best, Telltale Games series.

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