Stoic today announced that the crowdfunding campaign for Banner Saga 3 is now live on Kickstarter. The 30 day campaign aims to raise at least $200,000 to bring the award winning, BAFTA-nominated series to a worthy, climatic conclusion.
The turn based strategy game, which is steeped in viking culture, originally came to be made after a remarkably successful Kickstarter campaign back in 2012 which allowed the team to raise the bar on production and development plans and saw the first game, The Banner Saga, launch to critical acclaim. Banner Saga 3 will be the third and final part to this epic, story-driven saga.
John Watson, co-founder and Technical Director at Stoic, said:
“We’re going full circle and returning to Kickstarter where it all began. In 2012, the backers were instrumental in bringing the saga to life, smashing our initial funding target that led us to increase the scope, fidelity and production values of Banner Saga. We’re proud to be indie, and despite the stellar support we get from our publisher, Versus Evil, we’re not taking any outside funding to bring this series home, we’d love Kickstarter support to add additional features that are simply beyond our current budget.”
In Banner Saga 3, players will embark on their final journey beyond the wall of Darkness to traverse the world unlike anything encountered in previous sagas. The beautifully hand drawn Viking role-playing adventure will once again test the player’s resolve through epic tactical battles against deadly adversaries where a player’s choice directly affects their personal journey. The lives of your clansmen and their families have never been more significant than in the final act of the series. Banner Saga 3 stretch goals for the Kickstarter campaign will aim to enhance the game further if the initial funding goal is met, ultimately this will include more content to help drive the story and add even more production value to the final game.
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Tried the first one, not my thing. Happy to hear for that fanbase though, it’s definitely not a bad game.
kickstarter is slowly dying.. i hope they can reach their funding though. it’s kinda sad i know.. but basically am not sure why kickstarter is dying..
but this is the same developers that asking for pledges in KS that they succeeded in the first one. they are not part of the failed projects & false promises. i’m not sure if it’s really about ‘trust’. people seems to be more likely throwing money at “star citizen” than indie that could come out with a good game or product. just like why people is still throwing money at call of duty but there are really couple of good FPS out there that people aren’t willing to try.
Why cant they fund their own game?
Because the second game got little attention (delay, bad marketing, etc), which resulted in small profits hence this KS.
Thus the demand isn’t there so why even bother with a third?
There was demand, just wasn’t as spread and as surprising as the first game. It went fairly unnoticed and unmarketed after the delay, even with good reviews a lot of people weren’t even aware that the game had already launched. 0.o
Exactly what I was thinking. If the first two games didn’t make them enough of a profit to fund the series themselves then why even bother making a third. Seems pretty stupid to me.