The caravan portion of the game plays out a lot like Oregon Trail. The gameplay of The Banner Saga 2 is still largely the same as The Banner Saga 1, You’ll have three distinct portions of the game, the management portion, the caravan portion, and the battle portion.
This is a godsend for people who are going to want to go back and see the other story path after they complete the game once. If you didn’t play the first game, don’t worry, you can just start up The Banner Saga 2 from scratch choosing to play as either character of your choosing. You’ll meet different characters, encounter different trials, and fight in different battles depending on which character survived at the end of The Banner Saga 1. Yes, you ae basically getting two games in one with The Banner Saga 2, one in which you play through as Rook, and one in which you play through at Alette. However, the developers went so far as to make the entire game, twice. After all, one of them is going to be dead. So considering that The Banner Saga 2 picks up right where the first one leaves off, you’d expect that neither Rook or Alette could be the main character. Now for the massive spoiler, at the end of the game one of you has to give up your life in order to kill a massive Dredge, and the player gets to decide. You play are Rook and Alette, a father daughter archer team that is leading their people under a banner (get it) to safety in these dark times. It’s the end of the world and horrible monsters called the Dredge have begun raiding towns.
The Banner Saga 2 picks up where The Banner Saga 1 left off, but if you haven’t played The Banner Saga 1, here’s a quick spoiler for you.