The Banner Saga Reviews

i'm buying this just to give every one of banner saga games a bad review. Stoic(if it's a person) is just a egoestic narcissist, who's okey as a narrative designer but terrible as a game designer. Yet he cherish all his stupid ideas so much thinking they are genius. You know what's extra pathetic? People defending the game, who's in general just trying to show-off or be special. 1. The battles are not puzzle(at least not well made ones), and luck is a DECIDING factor Enemy moves first, reinforcement is placed random, you are doing well on the battle but then, the next wave pops a 18 strength motherfuck right in your face and it moves FIRST! There're people like the A*** who's a dicksucker for Stoic, who's constantly claiming that it is a interesting puzzle (trying desperately to indicate he's able to think around, guess that's who you pretend when you have half a brain), and non-luck based (seriously, who about that reinforcement in face problem? is that not luck?) 2. Conflicting designs that shows how little this Stoic person knows about games The odd turn orders is one of the thing developers are so proud of, yet it conflicts with any realistic/common game logic, so technically you shouldn't kill anything, but leave it at very little HP just to degrade enemy turn ourcome. BUT, when all the stupid fans are high on this, this shit is nothing but a counter-intuitive negative feedback loop(rubber bending in lamer's term). Additionally, it's a rubber-bending mechanic targeted only at the player(since you'd not have people die consistantly as part of tactic). It's basically just a mario-kart rubber-bending, but when you change the form of it, some stupid people would take the bait, and think it's so clever(so to prove them, as lovers of this mechanic, is also clever). The wounded doesn't regenerate through calender time, but only when you rest. What is that? X-Com injury system, only more punishing (because in that game you can natrually get back your team-mates without cost). Again, it's decorated in a different way, and certain low-iq fans will take the bait again. So you see? This dude is basically just grabbing all the most-hated mechanics from other games and thinking they are good, and gathering a little cult that's desperately draining self-esteem from it. Don't be one of them my friend. 3. Good narrative direction, BUT non-reasonable dialogue options Remember how bad fallout 4's dialogue options was? This is even worse. Without a guide, you never know if certain things(it could be as bad as losing your protaganist) is because of your choices, or a narrative choice. It's just so bad that people need to post guides that directly indicate outcomes from game-database. Because there's no one to logically understand the options and consequences. Again, this is somewhat a mix. The narration does benefit from it, but it's a design that's so conflicted to the point you'd be reading a guide line by line just to make sure you don't accidently LOSE a character forever. Sign....i bet he's getting some narrative decision that worked in other games and feeling smart again, but NO, it doesn't work here. Over-all, like i said, i'm just collecting all 3 games to give a warning to any decent folks out there. And now i'm off to the second game. Have a good time, and stay away from this game(watch people play probably is the best).

The Banner Saga series is fantastic! The combat is so-so. The art style is beautiful! The story and characters are top notch! Choices MATTER, in a way that i've never seen another game series even come close!

This is one of my all time fav games i've ever played. the story is amazing and always kept me on my toes, not to mention the graphics and game play is amazing 10/10 would recommend

It has been sometime since I last booted up Banner Saga after beating it (and the sequels) but I find myself thinking back on the games more often than I would expect. The world building is excellent, the sense of urgency they introduce doesn't feel forced but instead compelling, the choices and decisions feel like they matter + wonderfully ripple into the follow-ups akin to how the Mass Effect franchise did. Overall, beautiful game for those that want to join and be a part of a narrative. Get this game for the journey not for gameplay alone.

This game made me feel feelings that I didn't know I could feel from video games. Do not play this game if you are unready to be heartbroken!

Perhaps my favorite tbsrpg of all time. Its not the most complex or difficult game that I have played, but the worldbuilding and flavor is second to none, and hit me at the perfect time when I played the series for the first time. An absolute cannot miss in the turn based strategy genre, on the level of Fire Emblem imo, if not surpassing it, If you enjoy turn based tactics games, you owe it to yourself to play the series, or at least the very least the first game. The music alone is worth the price

Play it, and let it speak for itself. This is was one of those games that can refresh your gaming drive when your feeling like you need something new and different.

Great strategy, tactics, and story game. A real twist on typical tactics mechanics. What if you DIDN'T want to reduce enemy numbers as quickly as possible?

I played the entire series on GamePass a few years ago. It was an interesting, tidy experience. Certainly worth purchasing for another play through.

Was fun, had good pacing, interesting story, and challenging. In fact I had to turn it to easy mode and was glad to see it had that. As a very busy person, it was nice to be able to finish it in less than 40 hours.