Banner Saga 3
Lead a party through the trilogy's final struggle against the Darkness, positioning fighters in turn-based grid battles while story choices and character upgrades shape your journey.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.0 / 10
About this game
Banner Saga 3 concludes the trilogy in a world being consumed by Darkness. You position characters on a battlefield grid and choose their actions in turn-based combat, while decisions outside those encounters affect the story's course. The party can include new companions such as dredge heroes, with upgrades and heroic titles offering ways to develop its members. A battle-wave system adds to the combat structure. The wider journey is presented through hand-painted visuals and Austin Wintory's orchestral music. Players continuing the series can carry earlier choices forward; newcomers receive default choices from which to begin this final chapter. The story therefore arrives with a history, whether that history comes from your earlier decisions or the supplied starting conditions.
Collected in series
The Banner Saga is a tactical RPG series whose main trilogy follows caravans struggling through a Norse-inspired world. You position fighters in turn-based battles, manage supplies and decide whom to trust, with choices that can follow the journey into the next game.
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Most appealing to players who want tactical decisions to accompany the conclusion of an ongoing story.
Grid positioning, character development and wave battles can give the final journey a tactical focus alongside its narrative choices. Carrying earlier decisions forward should matter particularly to returning players who want their version of the saga to reach its conclusion.
Strengths
- Earlier choices can give the finale a personal connection to an existing campaign.
- Grid combat and character customization offer complementary decisions about positioning and party development.
Weaknesses
- Beginning with the trilogy's conclusion may be less satisfying for players who want to establish its history through their own earlier decisions.
Who it is for: Returning Banner Saga players and readers who enjoy making story decisions between turn-based tactical battles.
Play notes: Newcomers receive default prior choices; this is the trilogy's final chapter.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Wave battles and consequential story choices can make the journey alternate between tactical commitments and narrative decisions. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Grid positioning and character customization can reward thinking about how a developed party works together on the battlefield. | Reviewed | 7.9 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Hand-painted imagery and an orchestral score can support players who want the finale to read as a sustained illustrated saga. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Default prior choices provide a starting route without imported decisions, although returning players can preserve their own narrative continuity. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Stoic
- Publisher
- Versus Evil
- Release date
- 2018
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Tags
- Solo-friendlyFantasyTurn-based CombatLong-term ProgressionMain Story 20–50 HoursExplorationLevel ProgressionThird Person3D GraphicsStory-driven
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2018
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Sources
- stoicstudio.comSource revision: 1
- stoicstudio.com