![]() ![]() This is where you’ll learn to bulk of the story and make the hard decisions. Will you press on hoping the next town is around the corner? Perhaps it would be best to stop here the night, raise morale and heal wounds before pressing on. Walking across the country side you’ll have to keep an eye on your Clansmen, Fighters and Varl. They’re all from the same angle and it can look like some of the Varl are wearing pyjamas at times. I found the more complex animations a little repetitive in combat. The art looks good when talking to characters sifting through the camp and generally walking across the wastes. There is some narration spoken though which is great I just wanted for the Heroes as well. One must take into account that this is an indie game, an underdog in the big gaming world. It’s hard to follow because I’ve probably grown accustomed to Skyrim and Mass Effect giving me huge amounts of spoken dialogue, now with Elder Scrolls Online announcing a voice cast I’m giddy. In my preview I touched on this a little. Prepare yourself to read closely as all the core dialogue in this game is written. I struggled to keep track of the Varl for a while though, maybe it’s because I’m a silly Human. Varl and Human characters bicker between each other and have enough depth of their own motives and schemes. The story is grand and split across two main groups as they both march on ahead of danger. The album for The Banner Saga alone makes for excellent listening and is available through iTunes and Amazon. From the moment the game opens your ears are swelling with an excellent score of music. The music composed by Austin Wintory (flOw and Journey) gives amazing amounts of life to the setting. The Banner Saga forces you to make some hard choices along the way. Now that the game is in its finished state, we can delve in and take a proper look at this turn based Viking styled beast.įrom Stoic comes a brilliant looking game that has you walk across a Nordic looking land full of perils at every step. This is the Banner Saga.Īs I touched on in my Preview of The Banner Saga last year, the game looks great and has an in-depth system of choice for you to work through. Tales of worthy Men, Women and Varl who made their mark on history. It is a tale of heroic deeds of days long gone. Let me tell you a story, it was in a time when the Gods were dead and the sun did not move in the sky. ![]()
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