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Stunning Banner Saga 2 Launch Trailer

With less than two weeks to go, the Banner Saga 2 launch trailer is here, ahead of its release on 19 April.

The anticipated sequel to Stoic’s Norse survival RPG, Banner Saga 2 carries on from the end of the first game. Your choices carry over, so expect more heartbreak as you lead the caravan of survivors across the most beautiful wasteland you’ll ever see.

The trailer shows some of the new races, including the Horseborn (centaurs) and a variety of foes in battles. According to Stoic the sequel brings new factors into the combat, with wind direction and and the fighting style of your enemy all bringing variety to battles. The repetitive nature of the strategy sequences was one of the main criticisms of Banner Saga, so this is welcome news for fans.

Apart from that expect more of the gorgeous art, atmospheric score and deep storyline.

Until then, check out the trailer

Banner Saga launches on PC on 19 April with an expected console release date still to be announced.

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Chella Ramanan

Chella hails from the UK and joined Gameindustry.com around the year 2000. It was so many moons ago, she can't quite remember. Back then, the only women you saw in the games industry were in bikinis and vertiginous heels at trade shows - oh how times have changed, kind of. Chella started as a humble reviewer, but soon became our European Correspondent and keeps us on top of industry happenings across the Pond. She tends to like the weird Japanese games we've never heard of, so that's good for making us look all-encompassing and stuff. Chella does like games, so don't be fooled by the copious amount of columns devoted to bemoaning the lack of variety in the industry. When she's not surfing (the sea, not the internet) or camping up mountains, Chella likes a good action RPG (especially if it's sci-fi), anything with a good narrative and like we said, the weirder the better. She's also a regular in the GiN Lounge, but that's just because we like her accent.