180: Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden (with Erik - Pages Of Play) Tales From The Backlog podcast

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180: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (with Erik - Pages of Play)

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Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (Don't Nod, 2023) represents a different type of game that Don't Nod has been making alongside their popular choice-based narrative games like Life is Strange and Lost Records: Bloom and Rage. With 2018's Vampyr, Don't Nod took a swing a narrative, decisions-matter action RPG, and while I liked Vampyr a lot, the decisions-matter part of it left a lot to be desired. Five years later, they took another swing at that type of game with Banishers, and really righted that specific area. Decisions matter in Banishers in a way they don't matter in most games, and it led to one of the most effective stories I've played in a while.

Guest info: Erik (he/him)

Listen to Pages of Play podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pages-of-play/id1755937349
Check out Erik's written work on So Many Games https://somanygames.co.uk/

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Title Card
0:32 Intros
5:03 Histories with Don't Nod and Banishers
8:29 Opening Thoughts
16:22 Story/World Setup and Characters
28:43 Inciting Plot Event and Choice/Morality System
37:51 Tough Choices
48:02 Presentation and Side Quest Writing
59:00 Combat
1:13:37 World Design and Vibes
1:22:50 Boss Fights
1:27:20 Recommendations
1:30:20 Pages of Play Podcast
1:36:38 SPOILER WALL and Patron Thank-Yous
1:38:06 Spoiler Section- Side Stories Tying Into the Main Story
2:17:10 Spoiler Section- The Nightmare
2:32:08 Spoiler Section- Endings

Music used in the episode is credited to Trevor Morris. Tracks used: Main Menu, The Harrows, Intimate Moment- Harmony

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