The Banner Saga 2
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Developers | |
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Stoic | |
Publishers | |
Versus Evil | |
Engines | |
Adobe AIR | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 19, 2016 |
macOS (OS X) | April 19, 2016 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 82 |
OpenCritic | 82 |
IGDB | 84 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Tactical RPG |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | The Banner Saga |
The Banner Saga | |
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The Banner Saga: Factions | 2013 |
The Banner Saga | 2014 |
The Banner Saga 2 | 2016 |
The Banner Saga 3 | 2018 |
The Banner Saga 2 is a singleplayer bird's-eye view Tactical RPG game in the The Banner Saga series.
General information
- The Banner Saga Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Deluxe Edition | |||
Epic Games Store | Bundled with The Banner Saga and The Banner Saga 3. Stoic Edition also available. |
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GamersGate | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
GOG.com | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | ||||
Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Origin (unavailable) |
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition includes the base game and soundtrack.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\TheBannerSaga2\Local Store |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/TheBannerSaga2/Local Store |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281640/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\TheBannerSaga2\Local Store\save\saga2 |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/TheBannerSaga2/Local Store/save/saga2 |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/281640/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | 21:9 pillarboxed, with 16:9 for some menus. UI spans the screen. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Elements are misaligned, and characters clip outside of the screen bounds. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Isometric gameplay and 2D artwork. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enabled by default in fullscreen mode | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Game is 2D | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse, touch | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Touchscreen optimised | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | DualShock 3 is also supported. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | Can be changed by remapping | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and sound can be individually set and muted. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | In-game official localization. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team» | |||
Spanish | Improved fan translation by Clan Dlan, download. |
Issues fixed
The Banner Saga 1 save game not automatically detected and imported
Create folder path manually |
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The Banner Saga 2 expects your Banner Saga 1 save game to be at this location: %appdata%\TheBannerSaga\Local Store\save\saga1\X\save.json Afterwards, move your save data into this folder. Notes
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | [1] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP3 | 7 SP1 |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/281640/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (281640) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Banner Saga 2 - M1 Apple Silicon - Macbook Air 2020 - last accessed on 14 March 2023