# The Banner Saga
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banner-saga/683429
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 11, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banner-saga/683429 "2014-03-11T14:17:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banner-saga/683429/1 "2014-03-11T14:17:37Z")
Anyone tried it out? For those of you that haven’t heard about it it’s a mix between orgeon trail, choose your own adventure and a tactical rpg set in a pseudo-viking fantasy world.
I was a bit on the fence, but tried it out and have been playing it for a week now. Gone through it three times on normal, and I’m gonna start up a new one on hard soon.
I wish it was a bit deeper tactics-wise, but still really fun. The setting is quite interesting, there’s a lot of good music and visually it’s gorgeous.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banner-saga/683429/2 "2014-03-11T14:32:25Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#):
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> I wish it was a bit deeper tactics-wise, but still really fun.
That’s the main reason why I haven’t looked at it. If I’m playing a game with tactical combat, I want it to be… tactical. You aren’t the first person I’ve heard say the combat isn’t particularly deep.
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### Author:  [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banner-saga/683429/3 "2014-03-11T17:20:53Z")
Well, yeah. It is tactical though, just not _as_ deep as I’d like. For example, I’d wish for there to be more to “war” than fighting one or two fights with your characters and then get a tally on how many troops died. Still, you have quite a few abilities that play differently with eachother, items, and positioning, to keep it somewhat diverse.
Anyway, I’d say it’s worth a buy on discount if only for the visuals, story and music tbh.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banner-saga/683429/4 "2014-03-11T17:30:44Z")
I tried it for a bit. I loved the art style, and the basic concept, but found the combat to simple. All battles are on a flat, featureless grid, with the only tactical variation being start positions. It got dull pretty fast.
I was much more impressed with Blackguards, the German tactical RPG that came out a month or two ago. Gorgeous battlefields with tons of different terrain, interactive objects, and varied objectives.