Too HumanĪll rhetoric aside, I’ve always had a soft spot for Silicon Knight’s cyber-viking RPG.
Whether vikings are a big influence on your gaming-tastes or not, The Banner Saga is not to be missed (read our review). Related: Borderlands 2 Ultimate Loot Edition Gets Sized Up Thanks to Dog On top of all that, the rich world of The Banner Saga is brought to life by great and dark writing and an incredibly well executed animated art-style. The Banner Saga tells the story of two bands of survivors – one predominantly human and the other predominantly giant – migrating and fighting their way across a fantasy land invaded by stone warriors called the Dredge.Īs alluded to before, the game’s combat is top-notch and developer Stoic strikes a great balance between micro and macro elements when it comes to rewarding strategic players. The Banner Saga is a little Kickstarter gem that come out of nowhere earlier in the year to win over not only fans of vikings (and associated viking-related endeavors) but also fans of nail-bitingly turn-based strategy games. Have I convinced you yet? Alright, I began this piece by touching on smaller viking-related inclusions but now lets continue this journey through Norse-mythology by taking a look at some of the best viking-themed video games out there. HBO’s True Blood has the viking-vampire Eric, George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has the Iron Islanders and there’s hardly a fantasy RPG out there that doesn’t have its own spin on the Scandinavian raiders of the past. Not only that, but I would go so far as to say that basically anything these days can be improved with the addition of vikings.
That said, I’m going to have to get a little opinionated here and say that I think viking are awesome. Generally when I sit down to write features like this I try to keep things as impartial as they can be.
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