Banner saga thread
waiting for saga2
show me your heroes
I don't have the game installed, but I remember that the heroes I lost were that giant that held on to the money cart, the shieldbearer that died during the riot I could have avoided and the old giant during the siege at the very end of the game.
No other optional deaths and I got Rook alive by the end, which is cool because I like him way more than the girl.
I'm feeling pretty good.
Also:
>Having a Pre-Order exclusive character
I'm still mad about that shit.
>>334408872
a shame you lost gunnulf, he is one of the best heroes in battle. I think i got 50 kills with him.
I unlocked trygvi from the game files. There is a post in the stoic forums on how to do it
>>334409565
>I unlocked trygvi from the game files. There is a post in the stoic forums on how to do it
Fuck. If I knew how to do it back then, I would have done it!
Wonder if I can do it for Banner Saga 2.
>>334409687
I think they said in one of the preview videos that trygvi will be unlocked for everyone in saga2
>>334409929
That's great.
I thought there was going to be a little bit more hype for this game over here...
bumb i guess
How long should a normal difficulty play through take?
I was disappointed with how quickly I finished it the other day.
Very much looking foward to 2.
Do you know if our decissions will carry over from first to second?
How come ops' alette has a hood?
>>334412373
>Normal difficulty
>Not playing hard
With that said, it took me like 4 to 6 hours, I think. It's not a long game.
>Do you know if our decissions will carry over from first to second?
They will, keep your save.
>>334412373
The major decision at the end determines who do you play as and they say that the story changes quite a bit depending on that.
I dont know if the minor choices will have any effect or not
>Tumblr art 2
>>334412681
She puts on her hood after the final battle if she survives
>>334412823
how funny
>>334412902
But does the game continue after the so called "final" battle?
Did I get a short ending or something?
>>334413289
The second part of the trilogy comes out next week
>>334413682
I think he's asking how Alette has the hood in the opening image, since the game ends after you fight that gigantic dude.
>>334413682
So is the picture in the op from the second part or?
I hope they add more mages.
I'd also love to see females not being confined to archers.
We will probably get to play as juno this time round.
I felt they kinda fucked up no having a chapter where I could meet up with juno as hakon, there felt like a gap in the story to me.
>>334414313
The picture in the op is from the first game just between the final boss battle and the final cutscene. It's the last autosave the game makes.
There is a new mage and a female warrior confirmed for the secon game.
i agree with you, it really felt like they cut a lot of the hakon parts. Hopefully they won't do it for the secuel
>>334414707
>The picture in the op is from the first game just between the final boss battle and the final cutscene. It's the last autosave the game makes.
The fuck? This didn't happen to me back when I played the game. I guess I need to go finish it again?
High morale for the entire journey is a pretty tough challenge.
I didn't like how the only dialogue options with Ludin trough out the game were various degrees of "fuck you"
Im hyped for the 2nd game tho
>>334415652
It looks like this
when you click on the mage bubble the last cutscene plays out
>>334415862
I got that achievement during this run. Arrived to the last town with 1 day worth of supplies.
Ludin has a moustache now
>>334416491
I guess I'll fight the gigantic boss again to see if I get that save.
I remember him being a fucking pain in the ass, though.
>>334416634
If you have a couple of heavy armored varl in the front with a lot of armor break it's not that difficult even in hard.
It's also advisable to take eyvind to heal them
>>334417108
I remember it being a pain in the ass when I did it on Hard. It will probably be harder now that I need to do it without remembering how the dudes work.
>>334407918
I did only one playthrough.
It is actually possible to make good choice? Or I was just really awfull at it?
>>334417905
There's no outright great choices, but there's definitely some better than others. The game is actually pretty harsh in punishing you for your fuck ups.
>>334417905
This is my 4th playthrough in general and the 3rd on hard difficulty.
My advise is to take every battle that comes up for the renown and pay a lot of attention to the battle order and move your heroes accordingly. And try to have good or great morale for the war secuences
>>334417108
Here's my party. You think this is good?
>>334407918
Such a bland, soulless experience.
>>334420761
You are going to suffer against bellower for your lack of armor. give a +drawing aggro item to iver, put him first in line and try to bait bellower into attacking him so your archers and ludin can break his armor
>>334420870
care to elaborate on that?. Remember this is an indie game. I think they did a fantastic job despite the hardships they had to endure
LUDIN DID NOTHING WRONG
FUCK HAKON
>>334413682
>letting alette die
What a father
>>334407918
Yrsa is underrated
The coal attack can be abused ad infinitum with Eirik
>>334422465
Ludin is an asshole but too op in battle.
Hakon too
YRSA BEST GIRL
Please stop using the term Saga™, we own the word/term Saga™.
>Playing washed out version of pic related
Explain yourself and your shit taste.
Ya'll niggas should be looking towards Six Ages.
>>334423064
Ludin is independent
Hakon can fuck OFF, none of his business.
>>334420761
I think alette also has puncture, why so behind?
>>334422634
I let her die in my first playthrough because i took it as rook sacrificing what he loved more to save the people in the caravan but after a couple of runs i figured that he would never sacrifice alette.
So i'm going with that ending for the second
>>334423204
I miss those threads where that guy did playthroughs of KoDP
I also wish I could get good at it, I have no idea what I'm doing in that game
>>334422962
this man gets it
>>334423204
Never played them. Are those any good?
>that dredge slinger battle
Jesus it was fucking annoying them doing chip armor dmg
>>334423112
It's awesome to know that they only brought more publicity to this game with that lawsuit
>>334424316
Gunnulf+Ludin's special ability and yrsa or eirik to distract them
FUCK VARL
Eirik-Rook-Oddleif-Alette-Ludin-Yrsa-Egil
IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE ROSTER
>>334424653
It was easy, but damn the retreyting slingers made me feel like im playing Mount and Blade against khergits.
>>334424823
Egil is shit
>>334424980
that shield though
İf you hate hım, use Eyvind
>>334425107
They are going to kill him canonically in 2
There is no way he'll survive
>>334425107
he goes and tells rook he is going to fuck his daughter TO HIS FACE. Who the fuck does that?
>>334425480
Men with balls
OF METAL SHIELDS
>>334425539
I'll give you that
He dies like a bitch though
>>334425832
He dies many times like a bitch
But i managed to keep egil alive, what a struggle.
>>334421663
>Remember, this is an indie game
iji is a free indie game and the best metroidvania ever created. Banner saga has very unimaginative turn based combat, poor writing, slow pacing despite being short and art that suffers from sameface. I found it has zero identity despite somewhat original setting; compare it to Expeditions: Conquistador which is brimming with intrigue.
>>334425974
The worst part is you have to brave the wastes with 3 days of supplies if you want to keep him
>>334426097
I scraped out a few renown for supplies, could've been spent better.
>>334426061
I liked the implementation of tactics for an rpg battle system, the writing was ok to good or even great a few times (see Iver's revelations), the pacing was ok for an rpg and the art complaints are subjective.
Wouldn't you say that the music was godlike though?
>>334426568
Frankly I don't remember music at all so I can't comment on that. I thought that there was very little variety to turn based combat and that it played out like an extremely sluggish isometric Fire Emblem even though that's not a good comparison. As for the art, it felt washed out and bland, as if the author is not able to conjure more than several archetypes. Unit models were worse, it was like Viking: Attack of the Clones game. Everything felt stilted and I wish I could disparage writing some more but I don't remember it.
Wait, there will be a sequel? After that lawsuit everyone stopped talking about this game and I thought it just died
>>334427629
Saga is used in the literal meaning, i think.
I want a skald character for shits and giggles tol
Alright, finished this game again to get the save for Banner Saga 2.
I haven't played this since January 2014, so I definitely had to remember some tricks on how to fuck shit up. Took me like 1 hour and a half to beat Bellower with this.
Here are my final stats, not as good as the other ones in this thread, but still pretty proud of them 2bh. For a single blind playthrough where I went with every failure that came my way, I think I did pretty well.
>>334429680
Thats great anon
You still have some time to beat it on hard or making better choices or just to remember the most obscure bits about the story
>>334426853
It seems like a lot of your criticism comes from the fact that you don't remember very much of the game because of the time span between the original and the secuel.
I suggest giving it a go, finish it and discuss it while having it fresh in your mind
>>334427629
It got delayed over half a year because of that damn lawsuit
>>334431613
I don't remember much about the games that left no impression on me despite trying them out, that's about the harshest criticism I can have about something. There are bad games that I think about because some mechanics they have, or the artstyle is neat. Therefore I said that Banner Saga felt soulless. Nothing in it felt worth recapturing.
any of you guys have a team to share and compare?
Any webms?
>>334431941
I'm sad you don't like it anon. I felt it was a nice enough attempt at a kind of adventure narrative based rpg game with a nice tactical turn.
I really liked it and admire that they were able to deliver a satisfying story just with sprites and music.
I guess this game is not for everyone
>>334432813
Well, maybe we'll both like Expeditions: Vikings when it gets done.
>>334430874
I'm going through the map right now and seeing some of the past dialogue on youtube. Once I'm done with that, I should be good for 2.
I don't want to make a playthrough with better choices. I wanna go blind and try to survive the best I can.
