The Banner Saga 2 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The award-winning adventure continues in Banner Saga 2! This epic, story-based, role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a breaking world. Bold leadership decisions, wise use of resources, and skillful battle tactics are vital to ensure your viking clans make it through alive.

The Banner Saga 2 is a rpg, strategy and story rich game developed by Stoic and published by Stoic Studio.
Released on April 19th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Polish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 3,597 reviews of which 3,226 were positive and 371 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 24.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Banner Saga 2 into these genres:

RPG Strategy Story Rich Turn-Based Strategy Indie Choices Matter Atmospheric Turn-Based Fantasy Singleplayer Tactical Great Soundtrack Adventure Hand-drawn Vikings Turn-Based Tactics Tactical RPG Turn-Based Combat Medieval Dark Fantasy

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 SP1
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space

MacOS

OS: MAC OSX 10.7.5
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 4 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Dec. 2024

This is for all Banner Saga games. Yes you ABSOLUTELY should play all 3. Banner Sage stands unique among games I've played. It's hard to describe: a narrative "choices matter" adventure game with TBS battle elements completely undersells it. Banner Sage is a legend you get to write. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking story of loss, hope, and... well, the rest is up to you. When I first played it I really had no idea what I was in for, and I still can't exactly describe it, but it was beautiful to the point of tears. The game does an INCREDIBLE job of immersing you in the world. Every backdrop, every interaction with a person feels real and it feels like you're participating. What is a simple supply meter in other games here is your lifeblood, and that number went DOWN because you made a choice you are now questioning. The people fighting next to you on the battlefield are not units, but your friends that you've toasted with, argued with, and care for deeply. I'm honestly not sure where choices diverge except with immediate consequences. I would suggest you do not look up decision trees - don't treat this like a game, treat it like composing your hero's ballad of triumph, or perhaps tragedy. History and legend play a key role here - in fact that's the entire purpose of the banner mentioned in said saga - and you're literally weaving it as you move. As for the battles, they can get tough (I played "Normal"), but are doable. Don't go in expecting the traditional X-Com progression of weak to overpowered. The battles take place as story elements and can have incredible consequences. Like all things in Banner Saga, they are an additive part to the whole, and their stakes makes everything more intense. I find the skills and such balanced and every battle ultimately achievable. You'll get the hang of it eventually but there's a moderate curve to understanding how to fight in this game than in others. As for the presentation, the videos 100% display what it is. The whole game looks like that, a "Dragon's Lair" type smooth animation. I, personally, love it. And while it may not be your particular cup of tea, in honestly it's not usually mine, it works perfectly here. A game as unique as The Banner Saga needed a unique aesthetic and after playing it, I'm not sure the sharper lines of more traditional contemporary animation would have worked. The novel style sets you up mentally for the novel nature of the game. It does slow down a bit during the second and (part of the) third games. In those, the world becomes more complex and it feels like it might have been dragged out a little bit too long - the give/take momentum of the first gives way a bit to largely give. Maybe a better way to put it is that external conflicts turn into internal conflicts, resulting in a slower burn. But that's a minor gripe, and might actually be a positive for you. And for what it's worth, I truly believe the experience of deceleration is in large part because of just how phenomenal the opening chapter was. Listen, I'm biased. The Banner Saga hit me, and hit me HARD. I don't expect it to impact everyone the way it did me, but if you let yourself go on the ride, even just a little, you're going to find something real special. It's a gorgeous, compelling, challenging, heart-wrenching story which is ultimately yours to tell. There are not many experiences like this, and you owe it to yourself to try.

Dec. 2024

Very good sequel of the saga, the writing is excellent and the art may be even better than the first game, having more animations and scenarios. Sadly, some fights towards the end were boringly hard and I felt like an "undo move" button would've been highly needed

Oct. 2024

Great storytelling. Plays like no other game for combat. Good stuff.

Oct. 2024

Having beaten the first game and thinking that I could not be thrown off guard with the following installment, I can honestly say that Banner Saga 2 is a worthy sequel. Decision making becomes even more difficult due to the unforeseen consequences and political intrigues surrounding your journey, just what a game man.

April 2024

If you've played the first Banner Saga then this is a slam dunk easy recommend - nay, mandatory play next. Transfer your save over and carry on with your choices from the first game. The combat has the most evolution out of the changed features with more field effects, twists in the battles, map layout to give more strategic depth and a few new unit types to play around with for potent strategies. Of course there are new enemies to keep things spicy and you can further specialise your heroes once their stat has been maxed. Maxed out armour? Well, how would you like for your guy have a chance to regen armour each turn or resist armour break? Give your attacker crit chance or a chance to resist armour break? A great evolution of the Banner Saga 1 combat with different situations that will make you rethink your tried and true strategies from BS1. Do i recommend this game if you haven't played Banner Saga 1 (BS1)? I really can't. With how story focused this game is and how the story carries on and builds off of BS1, you will be missing out on character development that happened in BS1. The story is literally why your caravan is moving from place to place and without knowing the events of the previous game, the impact of some moments will be lost on you. Go play BS1 and then play BS2. If you dont like BS1 then you won't like this game.

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24.99€

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Developer

Stoic

Publisher

Stoic Studio

Release 19 Apr 2016

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