John Watson: Characters will come onto the board, talk to each other, animations will play, objectives change.Īrnie Jorgensen: That took the lion’s share of the time, improving the combat. So for TBS2 we’ve got a bunch more win scenarios, we’ve got blockers, and there’s a lot more banter within the combat so it feels more like part of the story. The feedback we received suggested that players loved the combat but after a while they thought it got monotonous. We’ve done some major improvements to combat. Therefore we didn’t want to rethink the whole thing or give players brand new systems so it’ll feel like you’re flowing right from the first game into the second. We’ve watched a ton of Lets Plays, heard a lot of unvarnished feedback, and most people thought the game was really good and wanted more.

GameWatcher: What have you learned from the development and reception of The Banner Saga?Īrnie Jorgensen: We’ve learned a lot from both.

John Watson: And I’m John Watson, the Tactical Director of Stoic. GameWatcher: Okay, let’s start with the introductions!Īrnie Jorgensen: I’m Arnie Jorgensen, the Art Director at Stoic. Chris Capel caught up with Arnie Jorgensen and John Watson from Stoic at the EGX Rezzed event and chatted about the game. The good news is that Banner Saga 2 is due out soon so we thought it’d be a perfect time to catch up with developer Stoic on what they’re bringing to the sequel. Now we greatly enjoyed the original The Banner Saga, but upon reaching the end it was clear the story wasn’t over.

WITH THE RELEASE FAST INCOMING, CHRIS CAPEL CHATS WITH STOIC ABOUT THE CONTINUING BANNER SAGA

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