The Banner Saga - SRPG Kickstarter project

[epmode]

LOOK AT IT



http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...e-banner-saga/

I don't know much about this. Some ex-Bioware people, a free multiplayer release with a paid-for single-player mode to come later. Platforms unannounced.

From the official site:

What is The Banner Saga?

Short answer: role-playing meets turn-based strategy, wrapped into an adventure mini-series about vikings.

Travel through stunning landscapes straight out of an animated film as your party escapes what could be the end of everything. Battle painstakingly hand-animated foes in strategic, turn-based combat. Make decisions with real consequences in conversations with people you'll actually care about.

The Banner Saga is a mature game aimed at gamers who appreciate art, story and strategy. Hope you'll join the caravan.

edit: The Kickstarter project just went live: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...he-banner-saga
$100,000 goal by April 20th.

[No One]

It looks like a Flash cartoon.

[Thief Silver]

Seriously, when you said OMG animation I expected something fucking beautiful. Not that.

[epmode]

It looks like a Flash cartoon.

You look like a Flash cartoon.

Flashy vector animation sure looked good in Rayman Origins so I can get used to it. And there's a bunch of frame animation in the battle scenes, apparently.

[TobalRox]

This looks really good... anyone who complains is also forgetting that it's FREE.

[Tain]

Being free doesn't make anything look any better ever.

[epmode]

I think the art is neat and I have a thing for SRPGs. And this kind of came out of nowhere. Maybe it'll even be good!

[Diff-chan]

Bioware games suck dick in the sort of number crunching stuff that really matters in a SRPG. So I don't see that as a plus.

Graphics look nice but that doesnt mean a whole bunch.

[epmode]

I bet they left Bioware because Bioware couldn't make an SRPG to save their lives. It's all so clear now.

In other news, I'd really like to play another Advance Wars!

[Mzo]

Did you play them all? I never even touched the first DS game or Days of Ruin. Play those.