Posted on: May 16, 2025

DanielStargate

Jeux: 167 Avis: 3

An Incredible Experience

I played this game now in 2025, and got surprised by the amount of Content, Choices and Consequences the Game allows me to do and see, the Story is Very Unique, Specially if you Remember this is a game created back in 2014, in an age where Nordic Culture was not Explored enought in Video Games, The Art and Soundtracks of the Game is Amazing and Gorgeous respectivelly, and what Really Shines in the Game for me Are the Variety of Characters that you can Recruit to your Caravan throughout the game World, The Gameplay is very Simple, Build Your Squad and Fight the Best way you can, but what makes it really interesting is that you have to make choices before every Battle and depending on the way you choose to Start or End the Situation you can Save or Kill some Squad Members, and You have your Caravan which you need to constantly Manage to keep as many people as possible Alive and Happy for their safety (And Sometimes for Your Safety too), it's a really good Hidden Gem that took me 23 Hours and 19 Minutes to end, and it was totally wothy it, Stoic Really did a Great Surprise with this game, when i have the time, i will play the Second and Thrid Parts of this History and see what End do i get in each Game, and will surelly get all the Achievements for all the 3 Games someday.

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Posted on: February 6, 2014

Blackjack101

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SO much potential for a second game!

The gameplay has its flaws, but the decisions you make might help you OR bite you in the ass later in the game, with no point of return, which is great, although some people might dislike that. But the key feature is the story of the game, while not fully unfolding yet and with an open end, it is full of epic encounters and you get a glimpse of the rich universe of characters, gods and giants with potential for a even more epic storyline next time. I really look forward to the second part, i hope they make it!

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Posted on: December 4, 2015

Rambutaan

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Beautiful presentation but not much else

While The Banner Saga is an incredibly pretty game with a stirring soundtrack, the gameplay leaves a lot to be desired. In fact, I would've preferred it if they just made the game into a visual novel since at least they would've been able to introduce multiple endings dependent on character interactions. Ultimately, it's just a numbers game and 95% of the game is inconsequential. All that matters is how well you do in the very difficult final battle and that's it. Would I recommend people to buy this game? Only if you're really good at turn-based tactics games or you appreciate a beautifully crafted but almost linear story (just be sure to play it on Easy difficulty if you're not used to strategy games). Would I purchase the sequel? Only if Austin Wintory is doing the soundtrack since I'm not going to lie, his soundtrack is probably one of the only reasons I ended up buying The Banner Saga in the first place.

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Posted on: October 28, 2016

DXXVIII

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Overrated

I'm honestly rather surprised at all the gushing reviews for this. It's not a terrible game but it's not that deep fantasy saga some people paint it to be. It's an mediocre tactical game glued together with an average story which boils down to trite pulp fantasy tropes. Which is fine, if the characters are fun, or interesting, or memorable. But chances are you'll have forgotten all of them by the time the credits stop rolling. And I'm only being slightly hyperbolic here. But what about the core gameplay? What is the combat like? The combat isn't necessarily bad (though it is for me), but it is abstract and counter-intuitive. It's all about herding/hamstringing enemies and abusing turn order to your advantage. I.e.: You'll be finding yourself keeping some poor hostile critters barely alive at 1HP (you sadistic monster) so that they take up space in the enemy turn queue in order for you to swarm their boss before it gets a chance to even act. However, if that sounds intriguing to you, by all means, go for it. And the caravaning? Handled similarly: You may find it a lot easier to simply let them all starve. They honestly serve no gameplay purpose. Your heroes can't starve and the points which pay for your hero upgrades come from the same pool which buy rations for your caravan. And there's your incentive to simply do away with all the virtual plebs weighing you down. Whoa! Is there some cynical meta-commentary hidden away in the Banner Saga? Probably not, the game is not that clever. Not by a long shot. There are other shortcomings, but those are mostly nitpicky in nature (change resolution? Volume? rotate camera?). To end on a positive note, the art direction is nice and it all looks quite appealing (Dare I say crisp?)

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Posted on: September 23, 2017

Resoula

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A disappointing lie

Video Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwlnmUWvoIo The Banner Saga is a turn based strategy game where you get to live through a book basically. I feel like describing it any other way would be technically incorrect. You do a lot of reading and make a lot of choices like choose your own adventure games. Is The Banner Saga worth your time? Let’s talk our way through that. The gameplay of the banner saga in terms of the combat is turn based as you can expect. There’s some special armor and hitpoint mechanics that make it very unique. WIth three different well-scaled difficulty settings you can find a challenge no matter your skill level. There’s many different classes you’ll find available to you too that you can use to bring into battle. It’s a lot of fun, if maybe a little repetitive over time since the goal is always the same. Kill approximately six enemies. Over and over and over. It’s fun enough though and short enough that that’s not really a problem unless you plan on replaying it for different story results. The biggest problem with the gameplay is that to level a character you need to kill the enemy with that character. Apparently warriors don’t learn by fighting, they learn by killing. And be careful who you choose to give kills because almost everyone is expendable, but we’ll get to that later To read the full text review (because GoG's space limitations are very low) check it out on steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Resoula/recommended/237990/

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