I Implore You To Play The Banner Saga (part two)
Okay, assuming you followed my recommendation and started playing The Banner Saga, here are a few useful tips.First off, if you read the text thoroughly and come to an understanding of the world, you will make decisions that make sense. Characters have very different alignments and goals, and you play multiple characters over the course of the game. The second time through, I realized yesterday that I'm actually role-playing now, instead of trying to be "good" with every character. Some of these characters aren't good, and playing them closer to their true nature is much, much more fun.
It's important to understand "renown" and how it works, because it's a central component of the world. Renown is gained both by fighting battles. by the decisions you make, and by completing training scenarios (which are available when you camp).
Renown is critically important, because renown points are needed to level up your character once they've gained enough experience. Don't expect to have enough renown to level up all your characters all the time--you'll be making hard choices about which characters are most critical to your success. At the same time, having a deep roster of fighters is important, because characters will be injured in battle and won't always be available.
Here's how injuries work. If, during a battle, a character's strength goes to zero, that character is injured, and will take anywhere from one to three days to return to full health.
Additionally, strength also represents the offensive damage possible. So when you are hit and take damage, it also reduces the damage you can do. This creates some interesting and unique decisions when you're in combat, and makes it absolutely critical that you preserve as much of your strength as possible.
This is a rich, very deep world, and if you engage with the world instead of relying on RPG reflex (where you do everything automatically based on how you've done it in other games), you will be rewarded with a magnificent experience.
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