I've seen some older posts about this, but nothing with a solution. I was trying to go through and get the Hard Mode achievements on survival mode, and when I finish battle 30 the screen just never goes forward after the victory, it just sits on the battle view after I hit continue, which means achievements for completion never proc

Does anyone know how to fix this? It clearly used to work, because I have all the easy/normal mode achievements from years ago.

How many people remove Alette’s bracelet and give Rook a better item? I can’t convince myself to remove it for story reasons, but I’d like to know what items you guys you would give Rook (if any) to optimize him

I've completed the trilogy on normal difficulty before and while I found this particular fight slightly cumbersome back then, it's just insane on the hard difficulty. Actually, I have even finished this fight on the hard difficulty once after several hours of trial and error, but restarted my run for some reasons, and instead of hours now I can't even get through it for DAYS.

I've like 4-5 level 5 characters on me and the remainder are mostly level 4-s, so they're definitely strong enough in theory.

I'm not kidding when I say I've retried this fight a number of times close to the 3 digits by now, several real life days encompassing multiple hours.

I've even resorted to watching YT videos to do a step-by-step copy of their movements, but the primary trouble there is that Bellower either never uses Scream on his first move (like he does on mine), or the hero who gets stunned is different for me than the vid, so the entire setup gets fucked.

I've tried a variety of parties, but the one that's gotten me the most far is probably Eyvind, Iver, Gunnulf and Hakon (for phase one I managed to only end up with an injured Eyvind).

And then for phase two I just get mopped up by Bellower, because I can't do any meaningful damage to him til his armour is below 10, and by the time that happens, he's struck down most of my party, including Gunnulf whom I usually reserve to save up on Strength. That, of course, gets absolutely ruined because of Bellower's free turn bullshit each time he's attacked.

Honestly unsure how to proceed because I want the achievement for completing the game on hard mode.

EDIT: Lmao okay I got through it by replacing Eyvind with Mogr and keeping Hakon, Gunnulf and Iver. So, Varl-primary party.

I think for many of us the first playthrough of this trilogy was the most special. Going in fully blind, struggling, learning the combat system, making mistakes and having to live with your choices - that's what makes the first run the most memorable for me.

So, let's share our experiences. How was your first playthrough? Were you a great leader? Who lived? Who didn't make it? Whom do you regret losing the most? What was the most memorable moment for you? What lessons (about yourself or about the world) did you learn from the game? I'll be happy to hear all of your stories!

This is more of a vent post. I don’t want to hear any strats, I’ll figure it out eventually. But omg is hard mode hard. I’m trying to get the last three achievements so I can 100% the first game. So far I’m like 1/4 through, at the part with Hakon and the long war segment. I might have to start over and avoid some fights. The biggest issue is there are too many damn varl in that party and they get in each other’s way so much if you use all of them lol.

What are your toughest banner saga challenges and stories?

Ain’t no way “Oddleif” is required for this fight when she got two-shot in the last battle. I’m half ranting, half genuinely interested in optimized strategies

I feel like im lining up a perfect trample, but it’s not letting me trample 😡. Do i need to make sure there is space behind him?

Hey all. Old dude that just returned to gaming after decades. I've been trying to find just the right rpg-type game, but bounced off many. The Banner Saga has been perfect!, but now I'm stuck.

The Scarlet Knight that's been chasing us for a while finally caught. I keep winning the battle, but the screen just stays there. It doesn't leave the battlefield and there's no option to get out of it, like popups or anything. Is it because I'm somehow not using the silver arrow correctly?

So I've played through the trilogy a few years back on pc but never actually played survival mode. Now I've bought and played through on PS5 and wanted to try survival mode. I see survival mode add-on for BS2 on the store, but shouldn't there be one for BS3? Does it not exist?

Right now I just finished the bossfight against Eyeless on the bridge in TBS 2 when you play with the ravens and this game just keeps getting more and more ridiculous in terms of bullshit difficulty.

I had to swallow my pride and set the game to easy, and even then my entire team got wipped out and I narrowly clenched the victory with a character that was on 1 HP with a coin flip.

The next time I meet him, the game will probably literally too hard for me to beat, even on easy.

Since he's probably the final boss, I wanted to know ahead from you guys what's the best strategy against him? He can one shot any of my characters, raise the dead and play two to three times in a row depending on circumstances, how the fuck are you supposed to win against such overwhelming odds?

Hey everyone, I’m currently studying a course on game music where I’ve decided I will analyze the music in Banner Saga. And I was curious how people feel about the music in the game and how it’s incorporated. Any thought, comparison or note is welcome!

If so what platforms? I have mac, ios, ps5 and switch.

I just finished the first Banner Saga and I've got to say that the experience has been nothing short of nerve wrecking, the game is extremely difficult and not in the most fair of ways. In general, it really seems like it's one of those games where it's very easy to end up in an unfinishable save unless you read the fucking walkthrough, which is really disapointing.

In the first game, there are two moments where the game pretty much decides to just cheat on you.

The first one is when you have to fight on the bridge at Einartoft. My entire party got wiped out in the fight to save Eyvind, save for Rook. But then the game takes away from you the ability to rest your characters which forces me into unwinnable fights, since it's impossible to win when your entire party is wounded. I get curbstomped and am forced to flee at the first opportunity without blowing the bridge, I don't know how much of a good outcome it is and hope it won't come back to bite me in the ass later.

The second one is when you get to Boersgard. First the game takes away your ability to rest and forces you into fights to be curbstomped, and then in the last fight against Howler you are forced to pick Alette, a character which I did not invest any XP, therefore I was forced to get in the fight with a useless unit and the fight was unwinnable. I order to finish the game I had to lower the difficulty down to easy which is as shameful as it can get.

Now I'm not really against games that are difficult, but I really FUCKING HATE IT when the developpers take cheap shots at you and just decide to pull the rug under your feet.

I'm not asking to be completly spoiled, but I would very much like to know what I should watch out for in the following games so I can be prepared for it.

Just wanted to make a post just finished BS2 and was v sad to find out he's unplayable in 3 for..reasons he quickly rose to be one of my favorites and I was really getting into some of the backstory they give you throughout the game when making certain choices. So long my lil broody killing machine I'll miss getting 7+ kills a combat in a single turn

Sooooo… you can level multiple characters with Rooks ability on just a single kill. Many say Overwatch is busted (fpr good reasons), but the ability to quickly level the early game characters in rooks party (especially archers) makes Rook probably the best character in BS 1 and 2.

Change my mind.

Edit: While it is true that you can use the training Camp to level characters, it is not something I enjoy doing as it feels like cheating to me. So for me this point ain't really valid.

I suddenly got the urge to play the whole trilogy again but I'm having issues with the sound. For example there is no combat sound, no footsteps or swords clashing etc. Even when I maxed out all the sound sliders in the audio options.

Tried reinstalling the game and removing old save data but the issue is still there. Anything else I can try to get it to work? Last time I played the first game was on my PS4 and I had no sound issues back then.

Why would stoic go from making something so incredible and beautiful and well crafted to this game that looks so generic? I'm so frustrated, why does nobody make games like TBS and why would they make this!! hopefully they're just trying to make money to fund their next real game but even so

From Danny Moll

https://m0dul.artstation.com/projects/J9lLn0

https://m0dul.artstation.com/projects/zaq06

https://m0dul.artstation.com/projects/0ykzy

https://m0dul.artstation.com/projects/mDDkye

The last link with the images intended for a post-saga 3 world are particularly cool.

https://www.videogamesartwork.com/artists/arnie-jorgensen

Is it just me, or have I never seen some of these scenes in game? The ship with a narwhale being skinned is very cool. Some kind of battle on a cliff? Campfire with Ubin is so atmospheric. And the multiple burning villages…