The Banner Saga 2

[h2]巴别塔受害者+999999999999[/h2] 这部依旧是非常无敌，非常多的细节 虽然长度比第一部短，但是有很多新内容，战斗也更多样化了 实在是太喜欢Varl的设定了，I want to be a giant aroace muscle daddy too! 剧透吐槽：[spoiler]我靠哈肯救了个大反派，为什么我不能砍Juno，好恶心啊这人，脑控赶紧死啊，鬼知道他俩师生恋是不是也是这女的脑控。看另外一对师生，师徒年龄差这么大，换成男的跟女的不变态死了，特别是他施大法术消耗年龄的设定，他能让Juno复活肯定之前也用过很多大法术说明这人比第一次遇到他的时候看上去的年纪还小，我靠 Valka还是太善良了，学徒被洗脑这么深其实老早就寄了救不回来了吧，就应该俩人一起弄死[/spoiler] [h3]不推荐使用这里的官中游玩，不要成为下一个巴别塔受害者[/h3] 我怀疑制作组汉化找了个骗子公司，第一部已经很差了，这一部更是变本加厉。不仅很多对话意思和原文相去甚远，有时候文本还会显示不全。而且我基本上是英语玩的，只是偶尔懒得调了才会看看中文。 很可惜我个人知识水平有限，完全不懂编程这类的东西（也没时间学怎么弄），所以没法解包啊干嘛的提取文本做优化的汉化补丁 游戏是非常非常好的，英语玩困难的话可以去找下那种AI翻译器调成英语拿翻译器玩，最差的也肯定是比这里汉化好的（毕竟是10年前的机翻了 [h3]Bug:[/h3] 这部bug开始多了，bugfix补丁链接我放指南里了，修复了很多明的暗的的问题，建议提前装增加游戏体验 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3701266342

Broken horns still call Wolves follow a thinning trail Hope limps through winter

Ein Spiel, dass seine Soundprobleme nicht im Griff hat und trotzdem einen 3ten Teil rausbringt. Ich weiß nicht so recht was ich dazu sagen soll. Ich fand den ersten Teil gut und hatte meinen Spaß damit. Mit diesem Spiel habe ich mich sehr schwer getan und mehrfach weglegen müssen, weil ich bei weitem nicht so eine Freude hatte wie beim Vorgänger. Den dritten Teil werde ich gar nicht erst anfassen. Generell habe ich das Gefühl, dass mal große Ambitionen eine großartigen Geschichte mit schöner Grafik hatte, das war es aber dann auch. Die ppielmechanische Umsetzung hat einfach zu viele Probleme.

[h1] This is a review for the entire Banner Saga series. [/h1] The Banner Saga is an incredible series. Unlike many choice-driven games, the decisions you make actually carry weight. Small, seemingly meaningless choices can lead to massive consequences entire games later, making every decision feel tense and important. The worldbuilding is deep and unique, supported by a compelling narrative that I honestly have never seen executed this well before. Combined with the gorgeous hand-drawn art style and fantastic soundtrack, the series creates an atmosphere that feels special. [b] There are, however, two major flaws with the series: [/b] [h3] Combat: [/h3] The turn-based combat is both very fun and strangely designed at the same time. Damage is directly tied to a unit’s remaining health, and turns always alternate between you and the enemy. As a result, if you want to play “optimally,” you’re encouraged not to kill enemies immediately. Instead, the best tactic is to weaken every enemy to 1HP before finishing them off at the end. Otherwise, the strongest enemy units end up taking more turns. It’s a very odd system for a tactics game and sometimes makes combat feel more like solving a math puzzle than making strategic battlefield decisions. Despite that, the combat is still enjoyable enough that I can mostly overlook the weirdness. [h3] Banner Saga 3 Problems: [/h3] This is the real issue with the series. Banner Saga 3 is plagued with bugs and crashes. I personally have a very high tolerance for bugs but it is almost unplayable. Every loading screen feels like a gamble. I am not exaggerating when I say any time you encounter a loading screen, the game has a 1/4 chance of crashing/freezing. I had to replay a single battle FIVE TIMES just to make it past the post-fight loading screen. By the end, I probably had to redo nearly half the fights in the game at least once because of crashes. What makes this even worse is that Banner Saga 3 contains multi-phase battles with additional loading screens in between. If the game had manual saves, this would be manageable. Instead, you are forced to keep rebooting the game and brute-forcing your way through until you finally get lucky. The craziest part is that the first two games ran perfectly fine for me. Banner Saga 3 is not fundamentally different from them, which makes the state it was left in years after release feel completely unacceptable. The only reason I managed to push through Banner Saga 3 was because I was already deeply invested in the story and characters after the first two games.

Отвратительное продолжение некогда неплохой игры. Если раньше мы наблюдали за камерной историей на холодном, жестоком, но невероятно атмосферном севере, то теперь место действие происходит в более стандартных фентезийных локациях. Да, визуальный стиль по-прежнему хорош, но свой "скандинавский" дух игра потеряла. Боевка немного изменилась - в том числе за счет новых персонажей и врагов, но теперь ощущается какой-то более рандомной. Но самое главное - осталась та самая ключевая идея боевой системы, когда для победы игроку противопоказано добивать противника. С точки зрения истории все еще хуже: с самого начала появляется множество новых персонажей. Все они не вызывают интереса, ведь диалоги с ними написаны еще хуже, чем это было в первой части. Перевод тоже, мягко говоря, лучше не стал. События, происходящие на экране, быстро теряют всякую меру вкуса : если в первой части пиком магических сил было обрушение моста в кульминационной точке игры, то теперь не проходит и получаса, как герои буквально создают воздушную дорогу для целого каравана. В целом, все то, что цепляло в первой части было успешно про*бано разработчиками. Даже за старыми персонажами следить неинтересно. Осталась средняя боевка и приятный визуал, чего для хорошей игры явно недостаточно

Epic sequel to the Banner Saga, more of the same from the previous game, carrying over your progress.

[b]TLDR:[/b] There are some improvements on the narrative side, but other aspects feel worse. So overall TBS2 isn't really better than its prequel. [h2]Story[/h2] The story is moderately better, partly because I'm already familiar with the characters and world. But also because it has more cutscenes, some of them were even voiced. The available choices remain tough and meaningful, although there are more outcomes that I didn't expect. [h2]Gameplay[/h2] There are a few interesting new mechanics (such as barricade) and more character combat styles. But even on easy difficulty, both the battles and resource management felt harder. While I still won many battles on first try, I had to put more effort into strategy. But the biggest issue is leveling up characters still requires certain amount of kills. At least with my play style, it creates a wide level gap between characters that I primarily use to kill enemies or as a support role (breaking armor or non-damaging skills). [h2]Other[/h2] I didn't experience any gameplay or visual bugs frequently mentioned by negative reviews. But the game crashed more frequently on my Linux device, compared with TBS1. It was annoying to replay battles and see the same cutscenes again. If you also use Linux device, you must to copy TBS1 save file to other folder, so TBS2 can see it and load your past choices. I used a tutorial from ProtonDB to found out the folder source and destination. [hr][/hr] I can only recommend TBS2 only to those who are in for the story where your choices carry into the next game and only when it's at a huge discount.

Игра полностью пройдена на Steam Deck Сохранение из части в часть передаем через облачко по компу (так быстрее и 0 нервов) Данная игра - уникальное сочетание повествования и добротного погружения, где ты будешь действительно грустить по каждому потерянному персонажу. Несмотря на некоторые костыли в сюжете и местами разочарующим финале, эту историю желательно не пропустить мимо.

Very cold, very norse, very nice.

Fantastic follow-up to the first game with great strategic additions.