Is this game better or equal to the original Tales from the Borderlands? No. Sadly, it's no contest that the first game is still leagues above this one, but I will say that I despite some very confusing relationship statistics that I feel never actually mattered or contributed to anything, the last 2 episodes of this game are pulled off pretty well, especially the 5th episode which is what I wish the entire game could have been like. If you're a fan of the original Tales from the Borderlands, I think I'd still recommend it just because by the end I feel most of the characters do grow on you, but at the same time there are very gearboxy borderlandsy parts of the game that the original was better off not having that you might have to push through a thing or two this go around.