The impending collapse of the world upon our “heroes” is even more pronounced with this time around with a doomsday countdown.
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This isn’t the first game or series that I played that made me regret past actions but it is definitely amongst the finest examples of decision based storytelling out there.
In contrast to that possible ray of hope there is the crushing, demoralizing mountain that is you’re every previous failure made physical into twisted inhuman entities known as the Warped hell-bent out for your destruction. Talk about a name potentially inspiring hope. The second caravan follows Iver, Juno and Eyvind as they push forward to into darkness to reach the White Tower. The first caravan headed by Rook or Alette finds refuge in Arberrang where they setup to make their last stand. Like before you still have two groups of caravans, but this time only one of them is on the move to stop the ever encroaching darkness from consuming all. Though it’s nice to see that while much of the core mechanics are in place this time around the overall breakdown has changed. In fact this final installment turns the tension, gloom, and desperation dials all the way up as every individual battle and decision can have harsh effects on the whole outcome. The growing trend in consequences based titles is definitely present once again right up to Banner Saga 3’s final moments. Unlike other popular sagas, Banner Saga is special in a number of ways that set it apart. You can now own the entire series digitally for about the same cost of a new BioWare release. While you’re wrapping your head around that last sentence, I will say that Stoic anticipated this by releasing both of the original two titles onto the Switch before the final chapter’s release. Unlike more open saga titles like some of the BioWare series, Banner Saga’s narrative and character interactions as so intricately wound that it would make players miss out on a lot of back history and motivations that could sway your choices into one of Banner Saga 3’s five possible endings. Once again, players looking to experience the Banner Saga series should not start with this title as it kicks off directly following the events of its predecessor. This time around I’ve had the opportunity to take this Viking RPG on the road, much like our heroes journey to survive, thanks to its release on the Nintendo Switch. With the release of Banner Saga 3, the final chapters of an already stellar narrative, players will finally see all their choices come to a head in one final push to save their world. Anyone that’s played the rather fantastic tale, The Banner Saga, created by developer Stoic so far knows that nobody is safe and anything can happen. The difference between a spoken or written story and say a video game is that things are not so cut and dry. The thing about sagas is that as much fun as they are to hear about they all share a similar fate as with all things in the form of an ending.
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