![]() ![]() Less 0Īs a discount game buyer I don’t usually get to play games within the first month or two of their release, but The Banner Saga came out priced at only 25 dollars and I got a good deal on top of that. If you like strategy rpgs then this ought to be right down your alley. The art and the story, the characters, and the narrative are all A+ material. I probably explained the attack calculations overly complicatedly but its easier than it sounds. Can't wait to get my hands on the second game. Really glad this game made it out of kickstarter. Its a pretty great way to manage a branching storyline with multiple characters.Īll in all, a very good game. Having a character reach 0 health in battle only makes them injured for a number of days. You can't lose any characters in battle but its your choices that make or break your line-up. Based on the choices you make, characters will leave or join you, and that includes deaths and betrayals. The game also has a real Oregon Trail mechanic to it as well. You can specialize varl for armor breaking but it limits their attack capacity. Most large varl are strong and have a max hp of 16-20. There are some units with low health but can be specced to break large amounts of armor. The attack also did 2 armor breaking damage. The picture above means the attacking unit had 13 health, and the attack resulted in 6 damage because 13-7=6. ![]() For instance, a unit with 10 health can deal 5 damage on a unit with 5 armor. The more health you have, the more damage you can do to your target after subtracting for their armor. Units start out with full hp and their damage is based on their health. Special attacks include a slash that attacks all adjacent units, a pushback attack that does more armor damage than usual, and some other attacks hurt all units in a line.Ī really interesting mechanic is the damage/health calculation. Varl usually have much more hp and armor. Varl are 3 times bigger than humans and occupy 4 squares instead of the 1 square of a human unit. You gain rest points by resting (skipping a turn) with the unit (who would have thought!). Rest points can be used to increase the damage of your regular attacks or perform a special attack. The field view is isometric (which I am a sucker for) and each unit has it's own special attack that costs rest points. It's sort of like a game of chess, where each side moves one piece (or in this case, unit) at a time. But always, the most important thing at hand is finding food, keeping your caravan's morale high and protecting your clansmen from oncoming Dredge forces. Iver, a varl that you've come to know and respect has a past deeply connected with the varl king and the wars in the past when humankind and varl joined forces to push The Dredge out of their lands. There is a reason The Dredge are moving further in from the north. But there is more happening here than meets the eye. As you continue to play you see that the two kings are attempting to arrange a defense against the Dredge before a full scale invasion happens. The recent increase in Dredge coming in from the north has got the king of the humans and the king of the varls concerned for the livelihood of their people. The Varl are vikings as big as the Dredge who also have horns growing out of their heads. But there is more happening here than … More As Rook and Alette hunt for food, they come upon a caravan of large varl. They don't speak and everywhere they show up they simply kill everything in sight. The Dredge are armored warriors who are are usually three times the size of humans. The main story line follows Rook and his daughter Alette as they try to seek refuge from stone warriors coming from the north called The Dredge. All the animation is beautifully designed and even though most attack animations are pretty low frames, it fits pretty nicely with the heavily stylized design. It's pretty fun, the art is this beautiful sort of early 90s disney style illustration. ![]() It's very short and tbh there is a section of characters I didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with (but I believe it is because of the choices I made, not by the design of the game). This game was also a nice change of pace comparatively to Enter the Gungeon. But once The Banner Saga 2 was announced I figured I better finish this one before I start on the second one. Been too busy playing Enter the Gungeon tbh. Its been awhile since I've beaten a game actually. ![]()
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