Tales From the Borderlands

The game opens with Rhys searching for Fiona in a desert. He is captured by a man interested in the Gortys project, along with Fiona. The entire game is told as flashbacks, alternating between Rhys and Fiona, to explain how they got up to that point. In the first extensive flashback, Rhys is introduced. He works for Handsome Jack's Hyperion and is about to get a promotion, but finds out his boss Henderson has been murdered and is replaced by Vasquez. Rhys demotes himself as Senior Vice Janitor and overhears a shady deal involving Vasquez and decides to involve his friends Yvette and Vaughn to obtain the vault key.

The second flashback introduces Fiona. She is a con artist born and raised on Pandora with her sister Sasha. Together with their mentor Felix, they devise elaborate scams. They try to sell a fake vault key, which brings Rhys and Fiona together. Fiona uses a false identity as an archaeologist to gain the trust of August, who has a good reputation, to interest Vasquez at Hyperion. The game then splits up for two pairs of characters who take different routes. Rhys and Sasha try to enter the underground, while Fiona and Vaughn discover the briefcase has become a prize in a death race.

The gameplay features quick time events for fights and some other actions where prompts need to be followed. For certain scenes, there is complete freedom of movement to walk around, examine, and talk to other characters. There are also minor puzzle-solving elements. Fiona can collect money hidden in the environment, stored in her bank account. A sufficient amount of money can be used as an option in some situations.