Banners of Ruin

MonteBearo · Jul 30, 2021

Teen

About

Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

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PC

Critic 7.3 (3 critics) · Gamer 7.6

Nintendo Switch

Critic 8.0 (1 critics) · No ratings yet

Critic reviews

COGconnected
Mark Steighner · Aug 20, 2021
8.0
Despite some bugs (unfortunately, not a playable race but the game crashing kind) and a feeling of complexity that might be off-putting at first, Banners of Ruin is a smart and creative take on two very familiar genres. With a world, story, and characters that are a refreshing departure from the usual dark fantasy tropes, and gameplay that is engaging and addicting, the biggest knock against it might be players’ potential reticence to dive into yet another deck builder/roguelike. That would be a shame, and anyone who has grown weary of the genre might be pleasantly surprised by Banners of Ruin.
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Gaming Trend
Noah Anzaldua · Aug 20, 2021
6.5
Banners of Ruin does a lot of things right, but its combat quickly grows stale as you progress further into the game. Enemies become tanks capable of dealing massive damage and the game’s difficulty becomes largely artificial, no longer rewarding strategic moves as you become overwhelmed by the enemies’ numbers, stats and passives. The game is really fun in the first few hours, but once you have learned the ins and outs, you realize it has already played its hand.
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Multiplayer.it
Tommaso Valentini · Aug 04, 2021
7.5
La sua difficoltà, a volte ingiusta, lo rende sconsigliato per i neofiti, ma tutti gli altri troveranno sicuramente pane per i loro denti e un motivo sempre nuovo per ripetere la partita fino al successo definitivo. Non ci ha tuttavia convinto la rigiocabilità, visto che gli sbloccabili, come carte e personaggi extra, non riescono a variare sufficientemente le strategie di gioco, portando il titolo a diventare ben presto eccessivamente ripetitivo nella sua essenza. Anche l'imprevedibilità dei percorsi non è così determinante, con scontri che tendono a ripetersi identici negli stessi punti chiave della storia. Un titolo valido quindi ma non ai livelli dei capisaldi del genere: fateci un giro solo se siete davvero appassionati.
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SwitchUp
Robnor · Aug 18, 2021
8.0
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