12/27/2023 0 Comments Split up to fight dredge and horsebornDo you want to save everyone you come across? Do you prioritize the people already in your clan? Or do you just want to kill as many Dredge as possible before the end of the world? There is never an easy choice, and that’s part of what makes the series so special.Īt the end of the first game, you’re left with the hardest choice of all. As I said above, there is rarely a best choice it’s always finding the least terrible option that most fits your priorities. Choice is a major component of these games, as you can choose how to attack, which people to prioritize, and sometimes, whether to save the village at all. Throughout the first game, you’re heading west, stopping to save villagers and kill Dredge. Along the way, you team up with Hakon, the new king of the Varl, a soon to be extinct race of viking giants. The basic story set up from the first game is that your character, Rook, was leading a caravan of humans to a city on the opposite side of the continent in order to seek refuge from the Dredge, a mysterious race of machine/metal/stone creatures out to destroy the world. This is yet another “end of the world” story, but the characters and world itself are interesting enough, and the gameplay challenging enough, to make it stand apart. Still, this is a series worth experiencing, for far too few games play around with such dark themes. While this sequel improves upon combat issues from the original in almost every way, the overall effect of the game is lessened by a scattershot character focus and overly complicated storyline. Inspired by Oregon Trail, Game of Thrones, and classic strategy RPGs of old, the series puts the player into many lose/lose situations both in and out of combat, with choices feeling increasingly hopeless. ![]() The Banner Saga 2 is a follow up to one of my favorite games from 2014, The Banner Saga.
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