seeinbytes

Simple experience executed at a remarkably high level. Joy and discovery lovingly distilled into a game. 15 minutes of this can turn the day around.

It was a beautiful experience but it wasn’t a joyful experience. It’s clearly a great game but I rarely felt drawn to play it. Often I would have to force myself to get through an area. Not sure what that impulse was that kept me coming back to it.

The documentary is excellent. The list of games exhaustive. There’s an audio bug with online but the devs seem to be working on it and communicating openly around the issue. Great package overall. Clearly done with a lot of love.

I've never played a game with more unfinished brilliant ideas than the banners saga. It's unspectacular by every metric as a stand alone game, but I look forward to seeing if the sequels can pull something together.