KickStarter The Banner Saga 2

[Infinitron]

 

[Infinitron]

http://stoicstudio.com/status-update/

STATUS UPDATE
Hello All!

It’s been awhile since we’ve given you a proper status update with information regarding what we’re doing and what’s keeping us busy.

First off, let’s talk a bit about The Banner Saga 2. We’re including a lot of improvements this time around based directly off feedback from the first game and so far it’s shaping up quite nicely. We hope the additions of destructibles, new objectives during battle and brand new characters and classes helps add some variety to combat. The story continues and picks up right where things ended in The Banner Saga and if you beat the first game you can import your saved game (choices, characters, stats and items) straight into The Banner Saga 2 to pick up exactly where you left off.

Secondly, The Banner Saga is coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. This is taking a lot longer than we anticipated so we apologize. We’re wanting to give you the best possible experience on consoles and Vita so we want to make sure we get everything just right. When is all this happening? Well, we’re still not sure on an exact date yet. We have plenty of work left to do, but we’re making great progress.

Third, we’re working on a lot of other Banner Saga related projects that we think you will really enjoy. We can’t share many details on it just yet but we’re excited to see the world of The Banner Saga continue to grow and expand.

Finally, thanks so much for all of your kind words, your support and your continued understanding as we work on the game. We are eager to get The Banner Saga 2 in your hands so you can continue your saga!

"A lot" of other projects, eh

 

[Bubbles]

Physical card game, virtual card game, board game, action figures, HoMM-style strategy game, Telltale spin-off, roguelike, animated series, MMO.

 

[Atchodas]

We’re wanting to give you the best possible experience on consoles and Vita so we want to make sure we get everything just right

Lol once again get your game started by PC players and make a 2nd part for consoles , great .

 

[Archibald]

More scripted events doesn't sound very good. I thought that first part had enough of them and problem was that many of them didn't have clear purpose. I doubt that with game staying same length they'll manage to both, make more of these events and make more of them meaningful.

 

[Infinitron]

More scripted events doesn't sound very good. I thought that first part had enough of them and problem was that many of them didn't have clear purpose.

?? During combat?

 

[sser]

Physical card game, virtual card game, board game, action figures, HoMM-style strategy game, Telltale spin-off, roguelike, animated series, MMO.

I've already heard rumors that the MMO is going to be canceled.

 

[Archibald]

More scripted events doesn't sound very good. I thought that first part had enough of them and problem was that many of them didn't have clear purpose.

?? During combat?

I thought they'd increase it in general, not limited to new combat based events.

 

[mindx2]

Can't remember if original KS backers get this part free...?

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

Not trying to be edgy but isn't BS an adventure game? Why is this in GRPGD ?

 

[Infinitron]

Can't remember if original KS backers get this part free...?

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ga-2-officially-announced.95729/#post-3631857

 

[Archibald]

Not trying to be edgy but isn't BS an adventure game? Why is this in GRPGD ?

Maybe you should try to be edgy next time.

 

[mindx2]

Can't remember if original KS backers get this part free...?

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ga-2-officially-announced.95729/#post-3631857

See what happens when you get old, you end up repeating yourself... over and over and....

 

[agris]

Destructibles are nice, hopefully that includes blocking pieces on some maps. I really hope the battle maps will be more dynamic this time, letting you occasionally modify hazards and occupied spaces by in-map interactions with the environment, tiles, objects or whatever.

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

Not trying to be edgy but isn't BS an adventure game? Why is this in GRPGD ?

Maybe you should try to be edgy next time.

I'm serious, though, how is BS an RPG man

I played it and didn't completely hate it but... it's an adventure game with battl system slapped on top of it if anything.

 

[agris]

Its battle system wasn't slapped on. It's an abstract, highly deterministic system. Kind of like chess. Stoic playtested it for half a year or something to tune the units and rules. You might not have liked it, but it wasn't an afterthought.

 

[Archibald]

Not trying to be edgy but isn't BS an adventure game? Why is this in GRPGD ?

Maybe you should try to be edgy next time.

I'm serious, though, how is BS an RPG man

I played it and didn't completely hate it but... it's an adventure game with battl system slapped on top of it if anything.

Your characters have stats and you can level them up.

 

[Tigranes]

I like how people are asking if their choices will carry over between games. There weren't any real choices in the game.

It's a nice little adventure and perfect for tablets, much like Shadowrun. Will be on the lookout for the eventual port.

 

[Infinitron]

I like how people are asking if their choices will carry over between games. There weren't any real choices in the game.

Well, there's a certain rather big one at the end of the game that means the new one now has something like two parallel campaigns.

And all those companions that you can lose or not. All imported. Now that they have the engine locked down, a lot of stuff could be done with that.

 

[Atchodas]

There weren't any real choices in the game.

Like in pillars right ?

 

[Neanderthal]

Is that a Centaur bird in the vid? Thought they were using Norse mythology not Greek?

 

[roshan]

Is that a Centaur bird in the vid? Thought they were using Norse mythology not Greek?

Well the Norse influence was just in the naming of characters and places, and the cold setting. Otherwise everything about the setting is completely fictional. I think south of the tundra, you would have taiga and steppes, and it makes sense for these places to be inhabited by horse riders or centaurs.

 

[Archibald]

I like how people are asking if their choices will carry over between games. There weren't any real choices in the game.

Whats a real choice? For me bro dying because you decided that he should risk his life is more real than most of "get weapon X or weapon Y" choices that we get in "real" crpgs.

 

[DramaticPopcorn]

Codex is finally going down the toilet for me. It wasn't even that bioware or bethesda games that were marked as RPGs.
This.
This takes the cake.
I am hurt beyond belief.

 

[Archibald]

Very sad to hear that.