The Banner Saga
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| Developer(s) | Stoic |
| Publisher(s) | Versus Evil |
| Distributor(s) |
Steam GOG.com |
| Designer(s) | Alex Thomas |
| Programmer(s) | John Watson |
| Artist(s) | Arnie Jorgensen |
| Writer(s) | Alex Thomas |
| Composer(s) | Austin Wintory |
| Platform(s) | Android iOS Linux Microsoft Windows OS X PlayStation 4 PlayStation Vita Xbox One |
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Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android
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| Genre(s) | Tactical role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| Soundtrack album by Austin Wintory | |
| Released | January 14, 2014 |
| Genre | Video game soundtrack |
| Length | 70:51 |
| Label | Reference Recordings |
The Banner Saga is a fantasy tactical role-playing video game developed by Stoic, a trio of indie game developers formerly of BioWare, and published by Versus Evil. The game takes place in a fictional world inspired by Viking mythology. It was released as a single-player campaign, The Banner Saga – the first game of a projected trilogy – on 14 January 2014, as well as a separate free-to-play online multiplayer game, The Banner Saga: Factions, in February 2013.
The core of the game is a single-player campaign of turn-based combat engagements inspired by games such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Shining Force, with the player controlling and being able to build up a party of characters with complementing abilities.
According to the developers, their aim was to create a "mature game for adults in the vein of Game of Thrones or The Black Company". They intend to engage players emotionally by allowing them to build relationships with the game's characters and shape the outcome of the story through an array of conversation choices. The game eschews certain conventions of action-oriented computer role-playing games such as the focus on a young lone hero's story, looting and buying items, or reloading a saved game state after defeat. Instead, the developers intended to tell the story of the player's caravan as a whole, and encourage players to accept and deal with the consequences of any defeats they may encounter.
The Banner Saga centers on the return of the Dredge - a warlike race that despises humans - led by Bellower, a nigh invincible Dredge who leads them on a warpath. As a wandering army sent to fight against the Dredge and find a weakness for Bellower, the caravan make many difficult decisions that would shape the fate of both man and Varl. Meanwhile a darkness starts to encompass the world as a giant serpent causes massive earthquakes and breaches across the lands.
In the second chapter of the Saga, the army heads towards Arberrang, the human capital. Meanwhile, a mercenary group known as the Ravens, led by Bolverk, head off to Mannaharr to hide Bellower's body and to investigate the serpent.
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