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The first half of the game seems almost entirely motivated by escaping that destruction. Hosted by 44 Bytes.Things go awry when the Dredge seem to have returned after being dealt with in the last great war long ago, bringing destruction back with them. © 2022 Hookshot Media, partner of ReedPop. Join 399,147 people following Push Square: PS5 Stock: Where to Buy PlayStation 5 and When in August.
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New PS5, PS4 Games This Week (15th August to 21st August) Attacking an enemy reduces their strength and if it drops to zero they die, but if you damage their armour instead then on your next attack you'll be able to do more damage to their health. Wasting too many turns on eradicating enemy armour can leave you open to danger, however, and so the strategy of what attacks to use in which situations makes each battle one that requires thought. Your two main stats to worry about are armour and strength: the former tells you how well you can absorb incoming damage while the latter dictates how much damage you do while in offence. Your various party members take their places on a grid, and you and the enemy take turns to move and attack. As mentioned, the battle system here is barely changed from previous entries. While you can solve many disputes with a kind word or two, sometimes combat is inevitable.
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Arberrang is full of different factions who all have their own ideas about how best to survive, and it's up to you to unite the people as best you can to give them their greatest hope of living to see another day. An army of dredge - seemingly ruthless stone people - is outside the gates looking for a fight, and the political situation inside the city is so perilous that wading out into the field of battle to face overwhelming numbers might not seem so bad after all. Meanwhile, the human survivors, the rest of the varl, and some horseborn - centaur-like warriors - are making their last stand in the city of Arberrang. His small band of allies is comprised of many combustible personalities that have little time for each other for various reasons, and getting them to their destination before they implode may be easier said than done. Iver is a varl - a giant, hulking, horned brute - and he's leading a party attempting to put an end to the ever-encroaching apocalyptic evil that has been threatening to collapse the world throughout the series. There are two concurrent storylines in play and while these are largely independent for much of the game, they do connect in an interesting way towards the end of the tale. Your save file from The Banner Saga 2 can be transferred over, meaning the decisions you've made are remembered, as well as who's alive and who's dead. Sure, there's a recap to remind you of what's going down, but part of the joy of this game is in experiencing the stories of the many characters you'll meet on your journey, and without that prior knowledge many of the interactions here will lack the heft they carry for returning players.
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The story picks up where The Banner Saga 2 left us, and at the risk of sounding redundant, we wouldn't be doing our jobs if we didn't tell you that you really need to play the previous games before tackling this one.