 Hi guys, I'm Philip Magnus, and I'm going to play a game. I'm very excited about This is the sequel to one of 2014's best games the banner saga Let's get on with it, shall we? In Paul Saved game. Yes, I do actually have one of those It is very exciting I have back Team in love It was throwing from cow to play Time continues forcing over us moment at the moment like waves on a coast Some more fears more violent than others So few of my kind the giant war remain alive Even so, I find myself wondering if humans While able to bear children suffer more for the loss of loved ones Sargon weeks have passed since we slew the Sander known as bellower But the chaos of the world did not wither as we hoped the world is breaking We sail aboard hastely crafted ships for the safety of Arboring the human capital But the river curses us with a clear view of the threads assaulting another hopeless that was bleak and hopeless and Yes, completely in turn with the last game. Oh, we're starting off with Villages, I don't know. I suppose this is one of our new main characters This one's mine Or a spearman No, no two thefts between you I see we are in fact better to let him keep fighting Drag around the screen to see your surroundings. Click the check mark to continue fair enough This is all Just like the old game I see some some Miner Some heroes feel more towels than others the Horned Heroes are a race of gents called Varel Who take a full tiles each while humans feel a single tile this can have a huge impact on your strategy Check the click the towel you want to move to Then click the check mark to confirm Move either here to get him into attack range. Is this really necessary by the way? Target an enemy click the towel in which they stand Yeah, strength armor. I know all of that. Can we just move along move along? Oh Yes, I think I will He's down each time you make a kill your renown grows which is used later to improve your characters All good and well. Oh We now have obstacles. This is a completely new addition and nice one too. I believe Now we will use willpower to get on with it Right Yes, yes, I was about to do the same This gives us all the details. We need to know on sundering Awesome He's not going to be able to do anything to me is he my armor is too high Oh, he managed to take a very unlikely hit The animation looks even better, I think then he did which is Really quite impressive and I don't mind it at all The villagers reactions range from terrified by the foes to all struck at your arrival Their leader approaches and bows in front of either Your timing makes me think the ghost have returned please I His stops when I've learned not his head towards you the man peers under your hood I Kettle these those who save us from those things She ordered us to land and those things are dredge like the ones you probably heard about as a kid With you in losing so many trans men and this I feel I'm not myself. I thank your child He whips his cloak back with a flourish. I'm alio the scald and your name I let and this is Iva His destined for history Sounds like the brave boys is going to use us in a few proper verses I'll even make them rhyme given the time His mouth seems genuine as much as the concern that follows Do you have any idea what might be causing the deep rumbling underfoot? deep rumbling Could be that giant serpent again The serpent in the Sun rather mere. I'm no holy man, but joking about dead ghost feels wrong. I Don't think the Sun serpent would break mountains and try to swallow us all You could say with the Sun stopped in the sky like it is Allio looks skeptical Tell me did it just come from Borgart? We heard rumor the center better was sacking the town Yeah, we'll tell him Allio pauses and looks to I ever who confirms your statement with a note He's telling deed sender slairs here among us depth. There are so many questions to ask They'll have to wait until we're all safely back in the long ships and leaving this place This girl knows his understanding, but another question crazes his bro Leave not to sound ungrateful, but this place. It's all we have. It's our home Let's see then. He said we had the sense to leave all we were able My children you don't understand. I know exactly what it means to be a child stripped from your home and family Elio takes a step back before lowering his head Packing and tending toward dead will take some time, but I'll have everyone on the ship soon You watch allio rejoin his family Moves his hands too much when he talks It's unsettling You smile but say nothing People think we're heroes now. The world is breaking in more ways than one It's not the first time you've been called a hero in va Either your father's closest friend looks an amused He's one of the jans known as Varil and has fought dredging the northern winters Personally killed one of their generals the sunday arrays and lost an arm to the Sunder bella Your humor reminds me of your father's since we're talking about things would rather avoid I know he's gone But I don't know how to let him go. I just keep hoping I'll wake up and see my dad again Yeah, I keep thinking this is one of Luke's pranks like when he made your mother think he had the plague He did that that's so cruel I Ever smile face when he sees your face Sorry, I'm sure thinking about losing one parent is hard enough. Are I hearing how they were together? Happy humans. I used to call them She made him smile. He made her laugh. You look so much like her when you smile entire caravan seems to enjoy it too He walks towards the village leaving you alone with your thoughts Don't that's actually very sad poor Alette losing her father I can tell from now this game is going to have all the fields chapter 8 from their homes must all flee I'm too excited about this minus seven supplies The traveling merchants are surprisingly well stocked you in the old Varil depth Scrivener says Since Borgart are numbers have grown People have scavenged for food and eating it too Regardless will need plenty of supplies considering our destination Thanks, who been Of course, he says oh almost forgot There's something you're offering the feathers of their heavens the mercenaries who followed us from Borgart Just with their leader Bolverk, but be careful He's not like other Varil This medallion gives you information about your caravan including repute population supplies right now in the number of days that have passed Fair enough all fair and good This banner indicates that you have enough supplies to provision your caravan for 28 days of resting or travel a Larger population requires more supplies per day to survive You can grow additional supplies at this market Click on the market to see what is available. Oh These are the supplies the merchant has available He will give you five per an hour and you need seven supplies per day to survive Yeah, you're 42 renown available to purchase supplies Yeah, I think I'm actually going to get 35 days worth of supplies for now And then I am indeed going to confirm shall we yeah, let's get 50 Marks those who have items available these items are equipped by your heroes and can provide a great advantage Yes, I know that Actually, this tutorial is a lot better than the one at the original banner saga. Let's see what this is This is actually really really good But I have known who's level 5 Would this be a worthy level 10? Would this be a worthy infestation? I wonder to break one move one armor and rest No, I am going to risk it and take this Because I really think it's a good item and later down the line. It is going to be useful Let's see what one of my favorite characters odd life or odd leaf is doing A friend and mentor is demonstrating fletching an arrow to a few people as you approach Give us a moment will you? The group walks away as odd leaf stands and wipes loose feathers from her tunic Those people owe you their lives your decision to stop here saved every one of them Well our clansmen all agreed Don't be naive saving people is what you do what your father did Does under his this banner agreed because they follow you Her tone is forceful and you almost smile to break the tension almost I let their respected Duke and that respect has passed to you But give them any reason to doubt you And it will vanish Then I won't give them reason to doubt me She stares at you for a drawn-out moment before nodding Had the meanest softens I wanted to discuss the clansmen they're good as scavenging for food and the more we have the more food they'll find Training some of them to fight will help keep the others safe But it takes time and I'm not sure we have much of that to spare As our leader you're expected to decide how many fight and how many look for food I'll keep that in mind. Thanks odd You tend to leave but odd leaf stops you she grabs you in a tight hug Luke had a way of making it easy for all of us to be stronger Her words seem to be as much for her as they are for you And now let's see what the old Val Bezurka is up to This is about morale Sufficient supplies are very important for that The well mercenary leader Bolver can a rather large female fighter are talking to Junu A member of the spell weaving Mendes Council Bolver clicks annoyed nothing unusual There is no hardly in this you already accepted the offering Borgart Get this one to do it Whoa, these guys nostrils are a work of art Get me to do what exactly if generally surprised by your presence It doesn't show she continues to stare straight at the barrel I let his sing to the survival of this caravan Something I doubt you care to do She's a little small for such a big role, isn't she And you're big for your small role The one looks wounded for a brief moment before readying an insult This will help nothing, otherwise discussing is private A look at Bolver says she expects him to keep it private Every need may help with healing the wounded, but we should leave soon See Hakan at the dock when you're ready Junu leaves without another word Fine Valka one of these days Claw and Fang will be a thirsty for spell weaver of blood Claw and Fang I guess those would be his axes Yes, the large axe heads are polished The blade sharp and the cheeks carved from plenty of use But it's the gray handles that stand out They're unlike anything you've seen before So you're leading this rubble now Only to Arborang, then skin main elf's job Like his god dancer to any of this He'd royally piss himself if he ever saw a dredge The big-tailed fighter laughs What's your name? I'm Valka, a shield maiden in charge of keeping the ravens alive Bolver gives her a stern look, but she doesn't back down I already know who you are chieftain I heard there's a problem I should know about The vile seems to grow taller and more wild as he takes a step towards you You stopping to save every fain idiot along the river will get us all killed Makes more sense to understand the ships when we need supplies And get rid of half these useless people too Let's throw this down That is not going to happen We'll see what happens when you really get desperate, kid If you're even still in charge of these fools Bolver snores and turns his attention to a large sealed card behind him His bare cloaked back indicates the conversation is over That last voice is actually kind of difficult to pull off A bit of that I can see my heroes here Anyway, I think we'll leave The wooden planks of the well used dock creak as you walk across them Harkin, a warrior recently acknowledged a sking of the vile, paters on the dock Not sure I was made for this He says as you approach Commanding in battle is one thing, but deciding how many chickens we need to bring I'm just as lost as you are at this Never thought I'd have something Never thought I'd have something in common with a human girl Harkin says smiling, but he still has to prove to your people a girl can lead I don't envy you that battle He looks around in shrunks Looks like we're ready Let's sail After lightning, the funeral pile, the lost villages find seats on your rickety long ships Built of scrap, whose caving in Borgart The ravens find space around a large cart in their black sail vessel Or slowly move all the boats into the river's current How is our caravan going to move? On the pretty ship? Yes it will Look at this, look at how pretty it is Again, I love the details I wonder how long it takes for them to make one These backgrounds, the complaints of your growing What does she really know about getting us to Arberang safely? As Mith says, a few others chime in with agreement Her father was something else, but her She should be looking for a husband, not telling me what to do Some laugh, others encourage him Only if looks at the group of men before turning to you She seems interested in hearing your response My father was great, I hope to be remembered as fondly No, but then I can see it is going both ways Just a few minutes in and I'm already having a difficulty with a decision Let's go with this Relax, girl, this Mith says We're not the only ones who have doubts about you And if you ever threaten me again, Al You draw your bow and aim I've got too much going on to repeat all myself The men look angry, but know they're outnumbered They disembark as the next turn in the river Only if looks impressed Good, I think I made the right choice I need to show them that I'm not to be made sport of Alio looks ill, at least it's not the brackish sea He whispers to himself as he steps around Rowers and baggage to speak with you I'm not sure we were all built for aquatic voyages, he says But here Arberang is quite a distance away My pupil could use a few hours rest on solid ground A hopeful looks from others Where you end your signal from the ships to make land Would you mind Would you mind telling me why the capital is our destination? And he asks The Valkogenu says the men do his dig and protect us Men do his The skull's shoulder slump We're all hoping for something more substantial He realises Avin D'Enjuno can hear me I thank you for healing my pupil But we're talking about an army of Dredge The Valkogenu apprentice share a smile But say nothing Dredge, Alio says, almost you know Man environs storied foe from oh so ever long ago But they're real in here How have they made it so far south? His glance at the val is met with both anger And shame The long ship rocks gently in the skull The grab the rope to steady himself If only we had the fabled horses to ride upon Without pays the Dredge and beyond sound footing His dramatised miseries almost as amusing As his tanks when he steps back and on to land Morale improved excellent news I'm very glad Morale is good to have I know firsthand how difficult it is To move on with great sadness In your eyes, in your soul Yes, I know all this The map is, by the way, absolutely beautiful We're done with this Oh, okay, I have to rest Here's this A strangely familiar man with a spear Oh, I know this guy He used to be the specific character you got If you actually kickstarted the game I never got him You wouldn't be confused by Trigvist's presence If you'd supported this journey long ago What? The man's eye is glazed over for a moment before clearing He now acts like your old friends His heart pushes a spear through a tree Is he to turn the tree into another spear? Oh, God Smile politely and walk away Or leave the tree alone Good one That's good I'm glad to see that we're actually going to get Trigv here And now let's see our numberless legions of characters As you see, I have few too many characters Who were not quite leveled enough Oh, look I can choose a second ability That sounds exciting Let's do that Overwatch Oh, I love Overwatch I love the game Overwatch I love the skill overwatching Yeah Anyway I do want to promote And I also would like to Get another star And another Come on I'm making mistakes Oh, I've got actually enough Yeah, obviously What's this? I see Those are kind of like specializations, I suppose Very interesting Absolutely Absolutely fascinating I like it A change to the system of the original I very much approve All right then Yeah, I'm going to level her pretty quickly If I get enough renown Which is in itself a difficult task, trust me But good, very good Let's move on, shall we? Approach 1-0 on Elsie's round One is wearing a wolf cloak And missing a hand The other is a guard with crazed hair shoved into helmet Oh, god Finally A moment alone with my new leader Is there something you need? Seems I should be asking you that I'm Raga The governor of Borgart Oh, it's good to meet you I'm glad you feel that way I've been watching you command from a distance Not bad so far The guard knows his agreement But says nothing He really does have quite a crazy hair Thank you You've never been to Aberang before, have you? I never left Skogar before all of this A pretty girl rarely needs to leave her village I'm sure men were already offering to provide for you But I'm from Aberang It's different than anything you can imagine Different how? Is the seat of power Twice as many people as Borg's guard All clowing to get closer to the king It's a sight But it'll probably scare you I'm not easily frightened Really? I heard you've made it this far without killing anyone I hope that's not out of fear I have actually killed plenty of people Remind yourself of that So you're always prepared to act I teach you that what I can along the way Will try to shore up the fact you're a young girl But it will take work He smiles and with emotion in his guard depart I don't trust him But I will rely on his teachings He's after all a leader of people or was No longer Oh boy A head drift who has collected Creating an impressive barrier for the long shifts Alternatively going as short as his own risks From whatever might be lurking in the trees Bank the ships and set all Axemen to chopping What's in that? I've ever taken anyone else with an axe start Hacking away at the wood blockage Tadding sounds Fill the air Moment to eat Moments later Ruggers says Down We've got company A dredged approach from the woods You realize you'll have to fold them off Until the Axemen are finished You're about to enter a battle If you find the battles too challenging or difficult Or if you find yourself needing a tougher challenge You can modify the difficulty settings Yeah, fair enough Turno order This is so pretty During deployment you can place your units anywhere with the blue tiles area Whoops, I did not mean to do that Yeah, I know, I know Plenty of dredge Fair enough I'm sure we can take care of them I think we'll send you off to take care of the little ones He's very dangerous Well, it will help as we'll Odd leave Perhaps a step back for her You I think I think he will do splendidly No, I can't attack the tree, can I? I want to know what is the trouble and what isn't It's kind of important Get a degree clear, Harry Tell worth telling Every two-strength enemy has over Our like is plus one-strength damage Cool This is useful against big strong dredge I bet Let's use two of that willpower I can't actually impel him But I can attack him And break a nice bit of his armor Think I will not use overwatch But rather shutter his defenses Something to remember me by, hopefully This one, this one, whatever will I do with him? I know Break him to tiny little dredge pieces I have a theory, by the way I think the dredger innocent and all this And we are just being incredibly cruel And awful human beings by persecuting them Like that See, he's very useful I actually lost him in my first playthrough It was very depressing This is the bad thing about Moggler He's really slow This one is going to try to summon an ally It is going to prove useless I can guarantee Let's chip off a few points of strength from the old loke He no longer has any point What a pity But hey, I'll take care of him I know it Who's attacking next? This fellow So let's make sure that he is Target, shall we? I don't want anyone harming my dear old... What's his name? Before I'm done with all those Now he's just taking space I need And that, that I cannot allow No matter I think I actually can't end him Can I? I suppose this will have to do I'm messing up That makes me feel I'm very sad Should have just killed him But I wanted to get her really nice, really awesome whirlwind going on Now he'll some... What was that? No one has to do And another kill for a let You hear the axman cheer as the blockade of wood breaks up and disappears down the river But the dredge have regrouped while him looks especially menacing The fighters around you are tired but could buy everyone else enough stones to safely board ships We'll join the others when we finish our job here, you say Those around you laugh and brace for another round of battle This one is very nasty I know him But I will break him Do not doubt that But most of my characters are almost full and held so It is not that much of a problem I did use all my styles just now but hey The plan on making short work of these dredge And this is the price of doing that But this guy is really slow I need to do something about that I'm afraid that old gunwulf Gunwulf Gunwulf Gunwulf Gunwulf Gunwulf Yeah, let's go with Gunwulf You my friend will have to sacrifice yourself, I'm sorry They're not even able to kill that guy Isn't that sad? Oh god, what did I just do? That was absolutely idiotic This will hurt I miss Rook Dude, finally we are making progress now As much as I expected He's going to attack one of the archers, isn't he? Oh no! He was his silly ability to actually help me How nice of him I will take the help Not much I know of a certain Okay, I think it's time to end this This took way too long But at any rate, it is victory and I got a bunch of renown Which really is the point why I do any of this 19 bloody hell, that's a lot Good, I'm going to use that Some of our heroes are injured We might make it down this river to the capital without any more trouble You look at Diver surprised by his optimism And I might split wings and start flying Would that make it for your missing arm? Hey, I get to make jokes about losing my arm, not you I suppose that's fair So what are you worried about now? I think you should make use of this trainer and his tent, what we hold around everywhere You can't hesitate anymore when it comes to killing others Not when it comes to protecting your own Let's bang the ships and make sure you're ready by challenging your skills I really don't need to have my skills challenged Blah blah blah Well come on in, let's have a look at you Sven the trainer says Really? This is going to be dull, isn't it? No of this See? Easy Do I get renown for this? I actually get renown for this Awesome I'll do all the training challenges now You watch for a moment as a event Gino's apprentice in the Mender found nearly dead at Reachhorn Moves his stuff in a complex pattern Repairing some armor Not a bad festival trick, right? Care to give it a try? Sure! All right, here try this He makes an intricate motion with his stuff And broken links in the arm of use together He tries to duplicate his motions but nothing happens Even smiles Anyone can be a Mender But the training can be... Difficult I'm not sure I like the way that sounds You've already completed many of the lessons Tending to wounds, endurance trials, focus, amid distractions It comes naturally to you And then what would I have to do if I said yes? You'd have to practice Day and night Even looks up Toward the in moving sun You'd have to practice quite a bit It wouldn't be easy It might not even be popular With the Clansmen They're a little skittish around in June with me You're not making it sound that great I've never been much of a recruiter But Mending has its advantages Both on and off the battlefield Like using lightning to bring down an ancient vile bridge Even grins and picks up the armor Hopefully not Anyway, mull it over and we'll talk about it again I got to check on the fighter who was wearing this Oh, I think it's time to... Yeah, yeah, I know they're injured It happens to the best of us Poor Varel They get injured for a lot longer than we do Let's get back to moving Actually, at their rest I think we'll do our morale good Yeah, I know that some of them are injured And I know I've got plenty of characters to promote I just don't have the resolve necessary to do that Not right now, anyway Let's move on You look at all the food freshly placed in the supply carts What's all this about? You ask Odleaf The Clansmen are trying to help as much as possible now She says Whenever they can they'll forage for nuts and berries or fish and hunt She hands you a piece of fruit They may not know how to find but they can keep us alive by keeping us fed That's very nice, thank you Clansmen I will gladly use all the supplies you get for me Oh look, a village The crowd begins to cheer from one of the long ships As the mouse struggles with his fishing net As his catch nears the surface some voice concerns You close enough to make out a large shape in what looks like fur Or hair on the net Release your net No, let's keep Back up, shouts demand with the net Long dead, what's it mean? Superstitions blow across the ships like a gale Oh god I should have shot it down Should have trusted my first instinct Yeah, that's important to do I'll know for next time Don't trust Anyway Shouts from one of the rear long ships grab everyone's attention The quick construction is proving faulty and the ship is taking on water first With dredge on the bank and all other ships almost at capacity you consider your options Ask ship rides for advice We'll need her out of the water says one Nonsense, just plug the holes with some clothes and tar for now says another As they argue, Clansmen begin jumping from the sinking vessel grabbing for ropes and extended oars Let's make it aboard, other ships but not all I'm not starting this off well, am I? I'll try and not get Side tractor there again Time on the cramped long ships is proving too much for the children They're climbing ropes, interrupting rowers and constantly leaning Over the sides to touch the water Some bow and Clansmen look annoyed Remind everyone that this will soon be over We're all making sacrifices you say loud enough for everyone to hear But it won't be forever You hear some grumbling but the members of the cabin mostly not their agreement Good, I managed to do something right Let's get to the village and deal with whatever life brings us here Smoke from a village catches everyone's attention and the long ships begin to slow I doubt these scraps of wood we're floating on can hold many more I would say You feel the governor's gaze on you and he slowly shakes his head They made resuppliers for our trouble And who will resupply them when they realise the trade units are blocked by dredge The ships land you and a few others rush towards the smoke But the closer you get the stranger the situation There's no sound of battle or people panicking to put out farce Keep going, we'll see what the dead are carrying The viles commend the first tradition but so do many things about him I'm curious, a barn is the only thing burning No is around, unusual, some kind of trick Feels that way You're having time to see a group of armed strangers trying your people from a ship full of supplies And pushing away from the bank You help all people from the water and find Places and remaining crew of the ships governor Oh god, oh god, that was awful Oh, shite