I will note, however, that these are special cases. Along with other late game choices, you’ll see that some of the decisions will have a lasting impact, not only here but also in future Banner Saga games – as your save file exports to other versions, and I’d expect the same again with the Switch releases. For example, I agreed to allow some of the female clan members train in archery, which gained me a new playable character, yet a few “days” later a hasty and regretful choice ended with her becoming a casualty in the ongoing war, gone forever. Which characters you have available can very much depend on some of the choices you make. However, to do this you’ll also need to chip away at armour – which acts as the defence stat here – the lower that is, the more damage you’ll deal. Those with spears can attack from just outside the opponents range, archers can obviously snipe from afar whilst other characters (like the Varl) possess the brute force for ripping chunks of enemy health away. You will choose from a variety of Warriors that you have encountered on your quest, with a mix of character classes available, and understanding and mastering all of these will be crucial to success. Occasionally you’ll need to do battle with others, more often than not the Dredge but sometimes other tribes you come into conflict with, and that’s where the other half of the game happens, in the form of a grid styled turn-based strategy mode.
THE BANNER SAGA 1 MAP DAYS SIMULATOR
The Banner Saga is a game of two halves, one being a resource management simulator where you look after your clan of followers as you traipse across the environment, watch your caravan meander from one desolated city to another and attempt to ensure you have a stocked supply of rations and keep your morale topped up. You set off across the land to escape their leader, the seemingly invincible Bellower, whilst trying to formulate a plan and unite the worlds’ classes in an attempt to stave off the inevitable demise. The nefarious and destructive Dredge have returned as a plague across the realm, devasting humanity and leaving a huge amount of carnage in their wake. This first title takes you through the first seven chapters of the story, and initially it’s told from two different viewpoints at opposite ends of the map. I love it even more if those decisions have a lasting effect on the story, and that’s exactly what The Banner Saga offers.ĭeveloped by Stoic Studio, formed from a trio of ex-Bioware developers, The Banner Saga first released to critical acclaim about four years ago and in the time it has taken for the Switch to appear and gain traction with trendy indie games, has evolved into a saga in its own right with a trilogy of titles, all of which are slated to arrive on the Switch in quick succession. Maybe it’s the masochist in me, but I do love a game that forces me to make hard choices.
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