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The Banner Saga 2 (2016)

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BS2's finale is a 1v1 between Bolverk and Ivar. Bolverk starts off regenerating health as Bellower did at the end of BS1, but knocking him into a lightning square with Ivar's headbutt turns this off. Ivar gets infinite movement so it's easy to outposition Bolverk. You're allowed to lose this fight- you get a different end cutscene and everything- but it has marginal effect on how BS3 plays out so I don't bother.

So ends BS2! I think this game is a big step up over BS1 and corrects a lot of issues people had with the first game. The turn order system is still an albatross around the neck, but the developers are clearly aware of this- allowing Alette to turn off combat and giving Bolverk and Rook such powerful skills to meddle with turn order. BS3 is still good but it never quite hits the highs of the middle-late Bolverk chapters.

(side note: I played Dragon Age Origins again recently and keep finding myself calling the dredge 'darkspawn'. Please yell at me if I put that in a description)

Top 5 kill counts after BS1 and BS2:

5th- Krumr 53
4th- Iver 55
2nd equal- Rook & Bolverk, 59
1st- Gunnulf 88

Killcounts get a little weird in BS2 and 3 since the game gives 'free kills' to new units and units that get autoleveled. Bolverk doesn't have 59 on-screen kills, but the game record says that's what his killcount is. So it goes. Gunnulf is still top by quite some distance thanks to his absurd BS1 killcount- taking bets on if he can be unseated in BS3!

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