>coming out tomorrow
>no discussion
What is wrong with you /v/?
The first game was short and underwhelming once you got past a neat art design.
i dont discuss bad games
>>334690041
What are you doing on /v/ then, if not for shitposting, you god damn nigger ?
I myself am cautiously hyped. I loved the first one but making a good game doesn't guarantee any sequels will be good.
>MFW looking up my save from the first game and comparing it with all possible playthroughs
I made a lot of fuck ups
>Let Eirik go with the others back to the village because he asked me to
>Gunnulf died because I was worried about the money and tried heling him pull it up
>Egil died because I had Onef join me and he turned out to be the crazy asshole
>Krumr died because I had him in charge of the defense while I went about worrying about the other shit going on in the village
>I have no fighters left, only about 200 clansmen and 100 varls
At least I still have the prince and his two henchmen, the crazy motherfucker that was actually not the real crazy motherfucker, the axe twins, that one woman archer that got trained by the other woman archer and I saved that drunkard so he might join me.
And I'm really glad I gave the arrow to Alette. I didn't know it would kill her, I was just doing it because she wanted to do it. But if I knew the choice was saving Rook or saving Alette, I'd choose save Rook ten times out of ten. He's cooler, better in combat and besides, it makes for a better story.
>Objective: Survive
>>334690387
>Egil died because I had Onef join me and he turned out to be the crazy asshole
>>334690387
>"Anon, what kind of game is this that makes you cry?"
>"A feeltrip to sorrow"
>>334690389
Ah shit RIP Rook.
>>334690543
Why did he have to turn out to be a murderous asshole? He was helpful as fuck with his back-biting ability.
>MFW he ran through me and backstabbed me, just like his combat skill
Pottery
>>334690674
>Onef is a backbiter
>Betrays you
>Ekkill is a grudgewielder
>Hasn't betrayed you (YET)
Do these games have waifus and waifu interaction?
>>334690759
The village chief's wife starts flirting with you in the same conversation she tells you that he died.
Too shallow to be a good SRPG.
Not enough diversity in the way you could do things, and the strategy aspects got buried pretty quick.
Neat concept an design though.
Juno's a cunt
This game was made using flash, right?
I tried to like the fist one but the 720p prerendered cutscane was just so bad quality wise, it should be real time
fuck this shit game
>>334691670
>it should be real time
>>334691503
No, Adobe air IIRC
>>334691702
yes, real time
it means it could be scalable with resolution and not just shitty 720p low quality video
fuck this shit game
>>334691861
thought you were talking about the gameplay, sorry amigo
cutscenes were pretty bad, I agree. supposedly they had more budget to work with for cutscenes in 2 so they could be better but it remains to be seen.
>>334691352
I hope she becomes a villain.
>>334691964
witch is funny because they could just go for real time cutscanes without any problems
oddworld new and tasty did the same thing, 1080 60fps gameplay and 720p 30fps prerendered cutscens
what the fuck
>>334691861
>>334692064
There are only like 4 cutscenes in the entire game. Is it really that big a deal breaker?
>>334692049
At worst I see her being like the hero of her own story not caring about if the PC's die in her plan to save the world or not.
>>334691964
they prerendered it 720p, so it can be fit on android obb files with 2gb limit.
>realtime
Agree with you.
>>334691352
>>334692127
Is this from the first game or the second? I don't remember this scene.
>>334692254
First. It's very easy to miss. Before getting to Ridgehorn there's an option to say "FUCK IT, WE GO TO GROFFHEIM" but something prevents you from doing it and forces you to order your army to Ridgehorn.
I think it's Juno.
>>334692109
>Is it really that big a deal breaker?
yes, i would live this game otherwise
great artstyle and nice tb combat
>they prerendered it 720p, so it can be fit on android obb files with 2gb limit.
at first cutscanes where at full 1080p(still shit tho, full of artifacts etc.) but thay downscaled it for reasons
>>334690387
>At least I still have the prince and his two henchmen
I did everything you did, but fucked that up as well.
Fucking fuck dammit. I liked them as well.
Onef did nothing wrong.
>>334692328
Juno just saved Hakon from being burned to death in the great pillage of Grofheim. Can you really blame her?
I played the first banner for three hours then fell asleep.
Most likely one of the most boring games I have ever played.
>>334690387
>just doing what everyone ask you to do
>letting your daughter die because she asked you
>not making any difficult decisions
>>334692948
>letting your daughter die because she asked you
She made a pretty great case for wanting to take the arrow. I also didn't realize it'd mean her death.
>not making any difficult decisions
I fought and killed Dredge at pretty much every opportunity. Stood there defending the bridge for as long as the game allowed me.
>>334692328
Do you think Hakon and Mogun's hallucination with the birds wad her doing as well? Also what's up with her coming back to life? Weavers are freaky fuckers, specially her specific brand of weaver.
It's not fair.
thanks for reminding me op I had completely forgotten about this
which archer waifu is the best?
>>334694013
>Murdering Varlbros
You know they're the last of their kind right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPNsHKlb7fE
>>334694287
Did I fuck up? ;_;
I decided to destroy the bridge without asking permission to the varl king.
>>334690945
>Too shallow to be a good SRPG.
Flat battlefields and boring class system would do that, desu.
Why can't indie devs pull their heads out of their asses and realize that a SRPG needs
>a height system
>either a solid class system or at the very minimum a solid skill system
Jesus christ, Final Fantasy Tactics did this TWENTY years ago, next year.
>jap shit
>good
>>334694358
https://youtu.be/JGM3Q1dVDP4
>title screen fades in after this scene
>it's silent
>>334689927
Egil's ability was pretty good if you managed to keep him alive through till the end.
>>334689927
Definitely excited but I also know that it'll probably end poorly like the last one did and I'll have to wait until 3 before I can have a "complete" experience.
>>334695542
>wait until 3 before I can have a "complete" experience.
You mean "wait until they port BS2 to Vita, Linux, Mac, PS4, Xbone, Commodore 64, Abacus, Rockstation, and every other fucking system over the course of 3 years" and then "wait until 3"
Stoic Games is straining my stoic nature.
>>334690543
I loved this scene. It was some straight up game of thrones shit and it took me completely off guard. It bothered me that despite being stabbed in the back Rook could still be in the fight, but I guess they didn't want to be that punishing if you didn't have other characters available.
That scene also showed that they didn't do a very good job editing the game, as during the text that described the attack they said that little red shirt guy was killed again, despite the fact that he had died three cities ago.
>>334695656
Yes, that is what I mean.
>>334694372
I'm just screwing with ya, you break that bridge anyway you probably even saved lives in the long run.
>>334696017
I forgot to restock. Fuck me.
>Get to a village
>That mender tells me to wait there
>I wait for five days, bad shit happens
>Try to leave, he tells me to stop and just wait a bit more
>Wait ten more days, nothing happens, supplies run out
>Try to leave, he tells me to stop and just wait a bit more
>Wait 10 days
>All my caravan is dead
>Try to leave
>The motherfucker still has the balls to tell me to wait
>Wait literally a 100 days, hoping for some kind of reward for doing so
>Nothing
>My caravan is completely dead, no supplies, lowest of moral
>Go to leave
>"JUST WAIT A FEW MORE DAYS"
>MFWOnly decision I made on the game that I reloaded back. Game was unwinnable at that point.
>>334696017
Not at all, half of the Dredge army took the long way around the bridge. The Varl city was destined to fall.
I really really hope they improved the combat mechanics for the sequel. By far the worst aspect of the first game
>>334696331
There's going to be more options at least. You can get people with 2 classes, like Hakon gaining the spin2win ability from Gunnulf. Apparently Rook can also get an ability to have 1 round of pillage mode, which I forsee as being incredibly broken.
This is one of the very, very few games that uses norse mythology more than just mentioning Thor in a conversation.
>>334696594
They had people on-site to help them with Icelandic translations and such. I'm pretty sure the serpent's text-box here >>334690290 is actual words.
>>334696331
I liked the combat, personally. Felt very unique while still having familiar concepts behind it.
Took me about 2/3rds of the way through the game for me to figure out how to take advantage of the turn system. Hopefully I remember my tactics quickly enough, only played the game once to keep my choices pure.
>>334696672
Wouldn't surprise me at all. They really nailed it with the atmosphere. It's almost enough to make me wish for a 3D Banner Saga game where I can explore the world.
>>334696331
>Cruising through the game, having no problems with any battles
>Suddenly the final battle
Overpowered boss.
>>334696842
Agreed, final boss was no fun at all.
If Iver dies in 2 I'm going to eat my own shit.
>>334696976
>boss gets hit
>boss screams for the mortal-fags to get out of his face
I may be remembering wrong
>>334696781
But 3D seems like it would undermine the hand drawn art that was such a huge draw for the first game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRAn8_VGM28&index=27&list=PLhPp-QAUKF_g-y-EPgmbq71M6LheK4PGz
No Austin Wintory, no buy.
Tell me. Does this game have Austin Wintory
>>334699409
Yes.
>>334698892
>Game about Norse mythology
>Starts with didgeridoos
Fair dinkum
>>334689927
Banner saga was a mediocre 'your choices """matter"""' game. It had neat art tho
>>334699919
But anon, your choices do actually matter in Banner Saga.
>really enjoyed the atmosphere and general bleakness of this game
>forgot most of the characters since I last played it
Welp.
Still, rather interested in seeing how the major plot points unfold. It's neat just having the main protagonist be some random hick farmer trying to survive the events of something far greater than himself.
>>334699409
Yes.
https://austinwintory.bandcamp.com/album/the-banner-saga-2
>>334702140
The game is fucking food shortages and poor morale simulator.
Daily reminder that Serpent is best Nidhoggr.
>>334704176
It's pretty cool. Even he has no idea what's going on. Someone just fucking took his apocalypse and he has nothing else to do.
That bit where he's destroying the mountains in the background is fucking great.
>>334689927
I was thinking of getting it so I decided to replay Banner Saga 1. I'm at the end now and I'd forgotten that they force you to use fucking Alette in the final battle and oh guess what, I've used her twice in the entire fucking game and she's at level 1.
Useless fucking slut, should've just left her at Skogr
>>334707661
Yeah the game should really have a Bonus XP system like Path of Radiance to help out with stuff like that. You'll probably still manage though if you have her on Silver Arrow duty, then she doesn't have to fight in the harder second part.
>>334708960
Just got to the second part and forgot about it and gave Rook arrow duty, so fun
>>334709218
I guess you can try to rush him down in the second phase then, I had a level 5 Egil almost solo him. Is he alive?
>>334689927
I haven't even finished first one yet
>>334709445
FUCK YEAH LUDIN, KING OF MANRIP Rook.
So if Alette has the silver arrow, does she die?
>>334709742
Yup, she goes down same as Rook. You play as the survivor in Banner Saga 2.
>>334710025
Welp, I wonder if levels will be reset for the next game or if your characters are going to continue from where they were in the first game.
>>334709742
Yeah. The good ending is Rook uses the arrow and dies. Alette mourns but gets over it because everyone has to watch their parents die at some point in their life.
The bad ending is Alette dies and Rook is just broken by grief and never recovers.
>>334710320
Well, I meant if the character's "exp" levels will remain for the next game. Since I have Alette at Level 1 and everybody else is much higher. It'd suck having to train her up while everybody else is already much higher
>>334710423
Fuck, just found this.
"Experience, Ranks, Levels, and Items all carry over if you import a saved game"
I'm tempted to load another save to give Alette the arrow.
i got pretty bored half an hour into the first game. Worth giving it a second shot? Didn't really pay too much attention first time around since i got a bit bored.
Hope they make the battles better. They got pretty stale. That said, god tier atmosphere and some good characters.
I got the best ending, i.e. letting shitty Anette die. Can't wait to continue the story.
>>334710169
Everyone remains the exact same level ad you retain the exact same party members and items.
