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1. THE BANNER SAGA ANDROID REVIEW UPGRADE
2. THE BANNER SAGA ANDROID REVIEW FULL
3. THE BANNER SAGA ANDROID REVIEW PORTABLE

But in its defense, you get a whole lot of game for that kind of dough. Final Fantasy VIII is pushing the upper edges of premium mobile gaming at a whopping $21. If you want a good platformer, Symphony of the Night is a must for your Play library. I love seeing old classics ported to modern systems to let younger gamers (or those who never had the chance to experience them in the games' heydays) try them out. This version of Symphony of the Night is excellent and well worth the few dollars it costs. The team behind the port did a great job translating a very old game to a new platform and, while I had some gripes with them, the touchscreen controls let anyone hop in. The touchscreen controls are fine and certainly workable, but I found the game best played with a controller. However, Symphony of the Night is a classic game from the 90s and, along with Super Metroid, defined a whole genre dubbed "Metroidvanias," which we still see today.īesides just the charm and nostalgia, Symphony of the Night plays excellently on Android. You could have knocked me over with a feather when this game dropped on the Play Store out of the blue and with no fanfare. On the go, these can look like spiderwebs on the roof until you zoom in with the ZL and ZR buttons.(Image credit: Source: Google Play Store) The words are wrapped over the top of the building in a font that looks like it might have been carved from a single chunk of white wood. There is one rough edge on the Switch version of the game - undocked, the choice of fonts that spell out what a building is used for can be hard to read. These little things make the battlefield feel alive, and add a great deal of character to the game. During fights, enemies are staggered by deflected shots, knocked back by axe swings, and bang their shields in protest of your advances. This extends nicely from combat to cutscene, showcasing beautiful vistas that look foreboding and cold in which your ill-fated band must trek. The animations are excellent, reminding me of old school Rankin and Bass movies like The Hobbit, and that’s high praise indeed.

THE BANNER SAGA ANDROID REVIEW PORTABLE

I simply cannot speak highly enough of the art and authentic voice work in The Banner Saga, and both translate beautifully to the portable screen of the Switch. It’s not as precise as a mouse, occasionally getting fidgety with character placement using the thumbsticks, but the combination of screen and sticks accomplishes the tasks fairly well. Similarly, you can use the thumbsticks to select your move positions, but touching the square where you’d like to move is just as valid. The load times on the Switch, whether docked or undocked, clock in at a second or less, making this a perfect game to take on the go. For example, if you are nearly starving and you meet a random bunch of fighters on the road who promise to show you a nearby area where you might resupply, you are faced with a choice - trust them to add more forces to your caravan and hope they are being truthful about the supplies, or turn them away to ensure the existing members of your band stay safe, despite their rumbling empty bellies. This tight control over economy forces tough decisions, tempting you at every corner. Nearly any decision you make costs supplies, and there never seems to be enough to go around. Slowing your caravan to allow stragglers to catch up costs you supplies. Resting to heal your troops cost supplies.

THE BANNER SAGA ANDROID REVIEW UPGRADE

Your heroes provide some solid RPG and upgrade elements.Įach day hiking uses up supplies, and running out means starvation.

Faster characters earn their stripes in this mode as they can dance around a slower enemy with impunity. Each character then moves in order of their initiative, meaning you or your foes may act twice. At this point, the game shifts into “pillage” mode. That is, until the final enemy is on the field. Different than those other titles, the turns always alternate, even if your band is outnumbered.

They also have special abilities tied to their class. Like XCOM, you’ll choose which of your roster to bring into battle, each with an initiative and move order. If you are a fan of any turn-based title like XCOM, Battletech, or Final Fantasy Tactics, you are already familiar with the mechanics of The Banner Saga.

THE BANNER SAGA ANDROID REVIEW FULL

As the game is helmed by three prior Bioware alumni, The Banner Saga is full of decisions, deep character interaction, and is coupled with a fantastic and diverging story path that I absolutely will not ruin for you here, beyond saying that you need to “unite the clans”. Rook, the leader of a Viking band, strikes out with a caravan to discover why the sun has stopped moving, and to uncover why an ancient race of creatures called the Dredge have returned to their world. If you didn’t pick it up on other platforms, The Banner Saga tells the tale of Nordic world stuck in perpetual twilight. Your sojourn is as difficult as it is long.