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The Banner Saga 2, like the first, is one of the most beautiful games I have ever played, and its adherence to an aging animated aesthetic gives its world a sense of timelessness.
The Banner Saga 3 follows two different stories and two different parties, one with Allette or Rook (depending on previous choices) trying to quell the chaos in Arberrang, and the other with Iver ...
The developers of the Banner Saga series say that they will return to the games’ world after The Banner Saga 3. In an interview at GDC, co-founder of developer Stoic, Arnie Jorgensen, told ...
The Banner Saga is the first of three planned games, so it’s a bit pointless to even discuss story threads right now. Suffice it to say, the game opens probably fifty doors and only closes one ...
The Banner Saga 2 begins at “Chapter 8” and ends just as its engrossing plot begins to reach a tipping point. It feels like the central portion of an epic novel, torn straight from the binding.
Worse, The Banner Saga 3 constantly references its predecessors in ways big and small. It expects you to have knowledge of events you’ve likely forgotten, or that at the very least are hazy by now.
There aren’t many games like The Banner Saga on PS4. In fact, you can probably count the number of turn-based strategy games available for the platform on your fleshy digits; and if we’re ...
The biggest promise developer Stoic is making about Banner Saga 3 is that it will provide players with a feeling of “closure and accomplishment”, a fitting goal for the finale of a trilogy.
The Banner Saga 3 refines the series turn-based battle system. More than the macro narrative however, another key reason why The Banner Saga succeeds in enrapturing players so entirely is because ...
The Banner Saga 3 follows two different stories and two different parties, one with Allette or Rook (depending on previous choices) trying to quell the chaos in Arberrang, and the other with Iver ...
The Banner Saga 2 is a well-crafted, gut-wrenching tale The Banner Saga 2 is familiar enough for those into fantasy, but Stoic manages to craft a complex narrative within those genre conventions.
The Banner Saga is no longer a game that revolves around traveling and recruiting, but one that's a constant task of trying to stave off attrition as best you can during the last stand.