The Banner Saga

История об ужасном конце света, наполненная борьбой за выживание, сильной тоской о прошлом и слабой надеждой оставить после себя хоть что ни будь в этом мире. Написана игра отлично, выборы значимые, и все это приправлено хорошей сбалансированной боевкой. А еще тут прекрасный визуальный стиль и атмосферная музыка. Хоть это только начало сюжета саги, сама по себе первая часть ощущается довольно самобытно. Забавный факт: для того, чтоб получить все финальные ачивки, нужно полностью посмотреть и не скипать длиннющие титры (33 минуты!!!), в основном с донатерами с кикстартера. А ловко они это придумали, я даже в начале не понял. 9/10

La traduccion al español puede parecer por momentos que fue hecha con el traductor de google. Pero el juego en si esta excelente

This game has deep, turn based strategy game-play coupled with a compelling story

Пишу отзыв на первую часть, завершив все остальные на одном дыхании. Игра впечатляющего сюжетного и атмосферного масштаба. Первая половина игры, кампания варлов, несколько расслабляет: преимущественно битвенный формат, достаточное число провизии, пространство для агрессивного стиля (соперники ещё не так уж сильны и искусны). Но во второй сюжетной половине начинаешь чувствовать себя беспомощным, постоянно "спотыкаешься", совершаешь ошибки. Удивительно, как эта беспомощность реально окутывает и тревожит ... Очень интересный лор, радует, что авторы вдохновлялись скандинавскими мотивами, но не копировали их, создавая собственный продукт, поэтому каждая из "нечеловеческих" рас лично мне понравилась, как и общий антураж. Уверен, что вернусь к этому игре ещё не раз!

虐待玩家的游戏

怎么说呢，人物太多而流程不长导致人物刻画并不深刻，只建议打骨折时买，否则不值

This game is the first of a trilogy and although it can stand alone, it really feels more like a slightly elongated tutorial for a good portion of it. Save data can be transferred between games so really this game should be viewed as more of a part 1 and it's really paced as such. This is not to say the game isn't fun. The story is in the choices matter style and decisions presented to you carry real weight. I've seen others say they don't like it when the outcome of a choice is unclear, but that is one of the core mechanics of the game. You know just about as much as the character you're making a decision for and just trying to do what you believe is best. This does mean that the for some the game seems more unfair, but along with adding replay-ability I think games that aren't afraid to give players consequences aren't common enough and adds a sense of individuality while maintaining the story already in play. Music, sound, and storytelling are all engaging and well made. Even small things like the size of your group or the amount of your provisions can change how your party appears while traveling which shows a great attention to detail and in some cases a large amount of responsibility as the game happens to pan out and you can see just how many people have decided to follow you. On the side of the combat I'm more half and half. There are plenty of unique features to it and the depth and complexity is not lacking, however I find the combination of it all to clash a bit. Damage is tied to health, all well and good in its own right, until you get a new team member and you can't level them up at all because their starting health is low, making them not only squishy but unable to do damage and level up effectively. In order to train them you essentially need to cripple your team and feed them enemies. On easier levels this can be mildly circumnavigated by training, but on the harder ones there is a good chance you lose people faster than you train them running yourself right into a softlock. The combat itself is interesting and fun, but its overarching consequences take away from the other choices I get to make by reducing the viable choices I can make.

Have you heard of road movies? Now you can see road game. Though it’s a very hardcore rpg road game, that contains a lot of hard choices and pretty bleak fantasy world. Banner Saga immediately attracts attention with its beautiful hand drawn very distinct graphic style - everything from npcs to background done with great attention to details without cutting corners. Since there are tons of characters encountered throughout the journey with very varied personalities, each of them had to have looks to match and artists totally delivered. Sounds are superbly done, hits, groans and so on are on mark to deliver what’s going on. Music transforms along with places and actions to add to atmosphere, so it became essential part of experience. Gameplay consists of your traveling caravan management, which includes both making sure you have enough resources and there are no conflicts and choosing road, taking quests and solving relationship issues both in towns and those that may happen while you are on the road. There are bunch of events that might happen and what you decide will have consequences that are not really possible to predict a lot of times. Some things that you did back at start of the game could come bite you in behind in the end, and there would be nothing you could do about it by that point. Welcoming group you encountered might either strengthen your force or lead you to ambush, start infighting, rob you of some of your precious resources and there is not really much you could do about it. Second part is combat itself when you encounter definitely hostile enemies or when your decisions lead to confrontation. Fights are done on grid based field where maneuvering and cc skills play essential part, cause often what you’re fighting is overwhelmingly stronger force, so there is no way to win in direct confrontation. There are also bunch of intricacies like armour being separate part from hp and needing different dmg type to get rid of, but it could be roughly similar to other games. Plot starts very simple but gets complicated and include more and more story threads very fast. There are both very personal and whole world encompassing issues that get entangled with each other. Be ready for lots of unexpected turns, revelations and tragic events cause storytelling is a very strong point here. Can’t say more in fear of spoiling it, so you got to believe me it’s very much worth experiencing.