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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 5:53:53 GMT
I heard about this game quite a while ago, but at the time, didn't have the money, and since I'm not too fantastic at strategy games, I decided to wait. And and I'm kicking myself for that now, since this is shaping up to be one of my favorite games of all time, no exaggeration.
The Banner Saga is a fantasy, story-driven game, focusing on strategy in terms of battles and travel, as well as choices and the interactions between the characters. It uses rotoscoping animation, which makes it looks very striking and unique, and just brings everything alive. This isn't reserved for just the cutscenes, like who the Studio Ghibli animation was only for cutscenes in Ni No Kuni, everything in The Banner Saga using rotoscoping animation, giving the entire game a very unique look and feel, and coupled with an amazing aesthetic, it truly makes it a work of art.
Along with this, the story is expertly written, almost right off the bat having crafted this incredible world that just immediately sucks you in, with near immortal giants known as Varls in the North, and most humans taking up residence to the South, having created an uneasy alliance to fight against the feared Dredge, from farther North than even the Varls dare venture. The world has an extensive history and lore behind it that reveals itself as you go along in a very natural way. The game also has some fantastic characters, and it seems that no one is safe.
Your choices do seem to have an impact, both of the gameplay and story, which are greatly tied together. The decisions you make can determine if someone lives or dies, if your people go without food, but perhaps escape a much worse fate, you can pick sides in conflict, thinking of what would best help you and your people, or simply thinking of what's right.
And, though as I had previously stated, I am not all that good at strategy games, the gameplay is very well designed. Strategy is important, you need to think ahead and plan, or there will be major consequences. It's not overly complex, and though I struggled at the start, simply due to not really having picked it up immediately, I've since managed to handle it a little better. The game is very challenging, but in a really good way. It forces you to re-think your actions and learn form your mistakes, constantly keeping you on your toes. I've barely scratched the surface, but I'm already in love with this game.
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Post by Michael7123 on Dec 31, 2014 6:20:29 GMT
I heard about this game quite a while ago, but at the time, didn't have the money, and since I'm not too fantastic at strategy games, I decided to wait. And and I'm kicking myself for that now, since this is shaping up to be one of my favorite games of all time, no exaggeration. The Banner Saga is a fantasy, story-driven game, focusing on strategy in terms of battles and travel, as well as choices and the interactions between the characters. It uses rotoscoping animation, which makes it looks very striking and unique, and just brings everything alive. This isn't reserved for just the cutscenes, like who the Studio Ghibli animation was only for cutscenes in Ni No Kuni, everything in The Banner Saga using rotoscoping animation, giving the entire game a very unique look and feel, and coupled with an amazing aesthetic, it truly makes it a work of art. Along with this, the story is expertly written, almost right off the bat having crafted this incredible world that just immediately sucks you in, with near immortal giants known as Varls in the North, and most humans taking up residence to the South, having created an uneasy alliance to fight against the feared Dredge, from farther North than even the Varls dare venture. The world has an extensive history and lore behind it that reveals itself as you go along in a very natural way. The game also has some fantastic characters, and it seems that no one is safe. Your choices do seem to have an impact, both of the gameplay and story, which are greatly tied together. The decisions you make can determine if someone lives or dies, if your people go without food, but perhaps escape a much worse fate, you can pick sides in conflict, thinking of what would best help you and your people, or simply thinking of what's right. And, though as I had previously stated, I am not all that good at strategy games, the gameplay is very well designed. Strategy is important, you need to think ahead and plan, or there will be major consequences. It's not overly complex, and though I struggled at the start, simply due to not really having picked it up immediately, I've since managed to handle it a little better. The game is very challenging, but in a really good way. It forces you to re-think your actions and learn form your mistakes, constantly keeping you on your toes. I've barely scratched the surface, but I'm already in love with this game. If this game is on steam, than I regret choosing to buy the pre sequel. I need to look into this more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 14:42:44 GMT
I heard about this game quite a while ago, but at the time, didn't have the money, and since I'm not too fantastic at strategy games, I decided to wait. And and I'm kicking myself for that now, since this is shaping up to be one of my favorite games of all time, no exaggeration. The Banner Saga is a fantasy, story-driven game, focusing on strategy in terms of battles and travel, as well as choices and the interactions between the characters. It uses rotoscoping animation, which makes it looks very striking and unique, and just brings everything alive. This isn't reserved for just the cutscenes, like who the Studio Ghibli animation was only for cutscenes in Ni No Kuni, everything in The Banner Saga using rotoscoping animation, giving the entire game a very unique look and feel, and coupled with an amazing aesthetic, it truly makes it a work of art. Along with this, the story is expertly written, almost right off the bat having crafted this incredible world that just immediately sucks you in, with near immortal giants known as Varls in the North, and most humans taking up residence to the South, having created an uneasy alliance to fight against the feared Dredge, from farther North than even the Varls dare venture. The world has an extensive history and lore behind it that reveals itself as you go along in a very natural way. The game also has some fantastic characters, and it seems that no one is safe. Your choices do seem to have an impact, both of the gameplay and story, which are greatly tied together. The decisions you make can determine if someone lives or dies, if your people go without food, but perhaps escape a much worse fate, you can pick sides in conflict, thinking of what would best help you and your people, or simply thinking of what's right. And, though as I had previously stated, I am not all that good at strategy games, the gameplay is very well designed. Strategy is important, you need to think ahead and plan, or there will be major consequences. It's not overly complex, and though I struggled at the start, simply due to not really having picked it up immediately, I've since managed to handle it a little better. The game is very challenging, but in a really good way. It forces you to re-think your actions and learn form your mistakes, constantly keeping you on your toes. I've barely scratched the surface, but I'm already in love with this game. If this game is on steam, than I regret choosing to buy the pre sequel. I need to look into this more. It's on steam, and I believe it's still on sale, though, the Daily Deal it was on has since passed. I checked, it's still on sale for 50% until January 2nd.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 14:44:22 GMT
Yeeeeeah, I can confirm that choices have some pretty major impacts, I just got two of the main characters, who were also my best fighters, killed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 14:52:25 GMT
So far, Rook and Alette(the two from the trailer I posted) are my favorite characters, both story-wise, and gameplay wise. I forgot to mention that there are many POV characters, and so when it switches between The Varl Army and their march North, to Rook and Alette as they lead their fellow survivors to the West, it actually creates a great contrast that's very interesting.
When playing as characters in the Varl Army, travel isn't really a problem, and the biggest part of the game seems to be fighting large scale battles, balancing risk and reward and using different tactics to fight the Dredge, when with Rook and Alette, it's much more focused on survival, gathering supplies, trying to hep as many as you can along the way, etc.
I'm really loving this game so far.
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Post by Bioshock Infinite WD on Dec 31, 2014 19:13:00 GMT
I heard about this game quite a while ago, but at the time, didn't have the money, and since I'm not too fantastic at strategy games, I decided to wait. And and I'm kicking myself for that now, since this is shaping up to be one of my favorite games of all time, no exaggeration. The Banner Saga is a fantasy, story-driven game, focusing on strategy in terms of battles and travel, as well as choices and the interactions between the characters. It uses rotoscoping animation, which makes it looks very striking and unique, and just brings everything alive. This isn't reserved for just the cutscenes, like who the Studio Ghibli animation was only for cutscenes in Ni No Kuni, everything in The Banner Saga using rotoscoping animation, giving the entire game a very unique look and feel, and coupled with an amazing aesthetic, it truly makes it a work of art. Along with this, the story is expertly written, almost right off the bat having crafted this incredible world that just immediately sucks you in, with near immortal giants known as Varls in the North, and most humans taking up residence to the South, having created an uneasy alliance to fight against the feared Dredge, from farther North than even the Varls dare venture. The world has an extensive history and lore behind it that reveals itself as you go along in a very natural way. The game also has some fantastic characters, and it seems that no one is safe. Your choices do seem to have an impact, both of the gameplay and story, which are greatly tied together. The decisions you make can determine if someone lives or dies, if your people go without food, but perhaps escape a much worse fate, you can pick sides in conflict, thinking of what would best help you and your people, or simply thinking of what's right. And, though as I had previously stated, I am not all that good at strategy games, the gameplay is very well designed. Strategy is important, you need to think ahead and plan, or there will be major consequences. It's not overly complex, and though I struggled at the start, simply due to not really having picked it up immediately, I've since managed to handle it a little better. The game is very challenging, but in a really good way. It forces you to re-think your actions and learn form your mistakes, constantly keeping you on your toes. I've barely scratched the surface, but I'm already in love with this game. It looks like a mixture of the earlier to Renaissance era hand drawn Disney movies, and a bit of Don Bluth tossed in for good measure, and the point of view thing sounds like Game of Thrones, win win!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 19:33:42 GMT
I heard about this game quite a while ago, but at the time, didn't have the money, and since I'm not too fantastic at strategy games, I decided to wait. And and I'm kicking myself for that now, since this is shaping up to be one of my favorite games of all time, no exaggeration. The Banner Saga is a fantasy, story-driven game, focusing on strategy in terms of battles and travel, as well as choices and the interactions between the characters. It uses rotoscoping animation, which makes it looks very striking and unique, and just brings everything alive. This isn't reserved for just the cutscenes, like who the Studio Ghibli animation was only for cutscenes in Ni No Kuni, everything in The Banner Saga using rotoscoping animation, giving the entire game a very unique look and feel, and coupled with an amazing aesthetic, it truly makes it a work of art. Along with this, the story is expertly written, almost right off the bat having crafted this incredible world that just immediately sucks you in, with near immortal giants known as Varls in the North, and most humans taking up residence to the South, having created an uneasy alliance to fight against the feared Dredge, from farther North than even the Varls dare venture. The world has an extensive history and lore behind it that reveals itself as you go along in a very natural way. The game also has some fantastic characters, and it seems that no one is safe. Your choices do seem to have an impact, both of the gameplay and story, which are greatly tied together. The decisions you make can determine if someone lives or dies, if your people go without food, but perhaps escape a much worse fate, you can pick sides in conflict, thinking of what would best help you and your people, or simply thinking of what's right. And, though as I had previously stated, I am not all that good at strategy games, the gameplay is very well designed. Strategy is important, you need to think ahead and plan, or there will be major consequences. It's not overly complex, and though I struggled at the start, simply due to not really having picked it up immediately, I've since managed to handle it a little better. The game is very challenging, but in a really good way. It forces you to re-think your actions and learn form your mistakes, constantly keeping you on your toes. I've barely scratched the surface, but I'm already in love with this game. It looks like a mixture of the earlier to Renaissance era hand drawn Disney movies, and a bit of Don Bluth tossed in for good measure, and the point of view thing sounds like Game of Thrones, win win! Yeah, the animation is definitely reminiscent of early Disney movies, or any other earlier animated movies. And I was going to bring up a Game of Thrones comparison, but really, this is very unique. Be that as it may, yes, it does feel like Game of Thrones at times, which is not bad.
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Post by Bioshock Infinite WD on Dec 31, 2014 19:36:26 GMT
It looks like a mixture of the earlier to Renaissance era hand drawn Disney movies, and a bit of Don Bluth tossed in for good measure, and the point of view thing sounds like Game of Thrones, win win! Yeah, the animation is definitely reminiscent of early Disney movies, or any other earlier animated movies. And I was going to bring up a Game of Thrones comparison, but really, this is very unique. Be that as it may, yes, it does feel like Game of Thrones at times, which is not bad. I am so buying this, I mean come on! It mixes the visuals of stuff like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty with Game of Thrones, how is that not the most awesome thing ever? I don't know, but I must know!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 19:38:18 GMT
Also, a sequel is coming, so that's good:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 19:44:30 GMT
Yeah, the animation is definitely reminiscent of early Disney movies, or any other earlier animated movies. And I was going to bring up a Game of Thrones comparison, but really, this is very unique. Be that as it may, yes, it does feel like Game of Thrones at times, which is not bad. I am so buying this, I mean come on! It mixes the visuals of stuff like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty with Game of Thrones, how is that not the most awesome thing ever? I don't know, but I must know! The Visuals is only a part of it, the story is phenomenal, and it does choices better than Telltale, even. Characters that you've grown to love will die in an instant if you make the wrong choice, or tactical choice you make can seem to have no effect as you make it, and then drastically change something after several days of travel.
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Post by Bioshock Infinite WD on Dec 31, 2014 20:08:19 GMT
I am so buying this, I mean come on! It mixes the visuals of stuff like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty with Game of Thrones, how is that not the most awesome thing ever? I don't know, but I must know! The Visuals is only a part of it, the story is phenomenal, and it does choices better than Telltale, even. Characters that you've grown to love will die in an instant if you make the wrong choice, or tactical choice you make can seem to have no effect as you make it, and then drastically change something after several days of travel. I know, I just love the way it looks, it reminds me kinda of Valiant Hearts with the look, plus the great characters and story help it become more then style of substance, fuck yeah!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 20:30:28 GMT
The Visuals is only a part of it, the story is phenomenal, and it does choices better than Telltale, even. Characters that you've grown to love will die in an instant if you make the wrong choice, or tactical choice you make can seem to have no effect as you make it, and then drastically change something after several days of travel. I know, I just love the way it looks, it reminds me kinda of Valiant Hearts with the look, plus the great characters and story help it become more then style of substance, fuck yeah! Can't say Valiant Hearts comes to mind for me, but sure.
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Post by Bioshock Infinite WD on Dec 31, 2014 20:34:55 GMT
I know, I just love the way it looks, it reminds me kinda of Valiant Hearts with the look, plus the great characters and story help it become more then style of substance, fuck yeah! Can't say Valiant Hearts comes to mind for me, but sure. Well it's not exactly like Valiant Hearts, again more along the line of classic Disney, circa 1937 to 1966, it's just the fact the style is so pronounced is what reminded me of it, that and it seems pretty great.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 6:17:12 GMT
Rook and Alette are rapidly becoming some of my favorite video game characters ever.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2015 8:20:15 GMT
Fuck that ending. Fuck you Banner Saga, why did you make me go through that ending, you are the worst. Oh, and doubly fuck the trailer for Banner Saga 2. Major, massive spoilers: The final choice determines if Alette lives and Rook dies, or if Rook lives and Alette dies, though, I didn't realize until quite a bit later that this was the case. So pretty much, it forced me to choose between my two favorite characters, and to my knowledge, there's no way they can both live(which is odd, since I saw someone say they got the "sad" ending. I haven't seen how much it differs if Rook dies, but I imagine that that's also pretty fucking sad).
And the trailer for Banner Saga 2 has both Rook and Alette speaking, and both of them at the end saying "We will survive".......... Fuck that ending, and fuck that trailer. I'm going to be honest here, I did cry at the end of the game, so... that's puts this game in a pretty unique position. I'm not an overly emotional guy but.... Damn.... That ending. I'll have to go through a second time now....
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