Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

I enjoy it. I like the stories, i like the exploration, beautiful visual. My tip: use photo mode in your exploration, it can definitely help you (find wards, find ivy roots, find a way to get into an area, take a peek, etc) Each side quests ('haunting cases') have an interesting story behind it, so not doing the side quests feels like missing out, because they're actually the essence of this game (Also: whatever your ending is, you MUST watch the other endings because they have a hidden 'meat' of the story). It's highly explorative too which i enjoy, despite often times the kinda-hidden areas you reveal during exploration don't have anything special in it. But please, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IVY ROOTS :(. The battle mechanic is.. you know, standard, not much change across the game despite the skills. But i do like that extra battle rituals have these random shuffled merits, like "[attack type] have more damage", which change how you battle for that session (don't underestimate the shuffled merits).

If you came to Banishers looking for an interesting plot and good side quests – as I did – then you’ll be disappointed. All quests are very formulaic, both in structure and story. All you do is interact with couple of things, learn the story of a ghost and then make the same meaningless choice. Main story is just a couple of those same quests but a bit more long and somewhat connected, so if feels like there is no story variety whatsoever. Nowhere near the level of Witcher 3. As for everything else: combat is okay, but gets boring quick with no enemy variety, RPG elements are limited, locations are corridors – while pretty and somewhat interesting the first time, constant backtracking and long traversal animations make them very annoying. Don’t waste your time.

Its an amazing Game.

Incredibly well written and acted. Strong emotional story and enjoyable gameplay.

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long-distance relationship with a corpse