This reveal comes courtesy of Arnie Jorgensen from Stoic, who spoke with Game Rant about what to expect from the upcoming final part of the acclaimed series. As it turns out, players should brace themselves for some changes.
This would certainly make a change from what gamers expect. Many titles fall into the trap of promising huge changes based on the decisions made in previous releases, but all too often this ends up being something of a false promise. With The Banner Saga 3, however, this is certainly not going to be the case.
A lot of this will apparently come down to the more natural way in which Stoic plans out the branching pathways of The Banner Saga. During the writing process, Jorgensen states that the small team of the studio is all too happy to put out ideas to tie the trilogy together into a cohesive and emotional story.
Part of this certainly comes from Stoic’s place as an independent developer. Both The Banner Saga and The Banner Saga 2 showcased how a more flexible plan can lead to some powerful - and sometimes shocking - plot points based on player choices. Jorgensen believes that the independent development scene improves the ability to keep these changes coming, and Stoic is in no rush to change that now.
Stoic has been keeping communication open with the series’ fans, as shown by the open Discord channel that the developer has created. With The Banner Saga 3 once again a huge hit on Kickstarter, reaching over double its target with a total of $416,986 raised, no doubt fans will be able to keep track of what Stoic is planning as the development process rolls on.
However, players may well have to prepare themselves for another gut punch or two when it comes to their own decisions, and even small ones could have a major impact. “I hope people enjoy some of the smaller decisions that they find out to be big ones,” Jorgensen cryptically stated. Whether these decisions turn out to be positive or negative, no doubt the end result will have some serious impact behind it.
