The search for treasure continues with Rhys and Fiona in “Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2: Atlas Mugged†and away from its pure lack of challenge, it’s a hilarious romp that’ll tease you and please you.
Clocking in at just about two hours of gameplay, you’ll get your five bucks worth because of the story, not the action. There’s plenty of laughs to be had as Rhys and Fiona share the missing pieces of the plot from the end of Episode one, but there’s almost a complete lack of action. Sure, you’ll throw a few grenades and take a few shots here and there, but make no mistake, “Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2: Atlas Mugged†is all about keeping the laughs coming and the pressure high.
From spork-ing out eyeballs, conversations with holograms and lesbian assassins, “Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2: Atlas Mugged†will leave a non-stop smirk on your face. Giving you the opportunity to steal from your sister and even from the assassin that just tried to kill you, there’s plenty of reasons why you won’t want to stop playing.
At the same time, by the end, you’ll find yourself in unknown waters- you’ll actually care about the characters more than you did when you began.
Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. on Examiner.com
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
The search for treasure continues with Rhys and Fiona in “Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 2: Atlas Mugged†and away from its pure lack of challenge, it’s a hilarious romp that’ll tease you and please you.
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