Games Like Fire Emblem
The Banner Saga (PC, Xbox One, PS4)
The Banner Saga was one of the first great successes on Kickstarter, and the third game in the series is on its way later this year. It’s set in a fantasy world heavily inspired by Norse mythology, where an ancient race known as Dredge have returned to slaughter the world’s inhabitants. You play as two separate caravans that each follow their own separate path, before joining up at the end to form one party, much like Fire Emblem Gaiden.
Battles play out on a grid-based map in turns, and the characters you recruit will often have complementary abilities. Choice plays a critically important role in The Banner Saga games, and the choices you make can have huge impacts on your character’s story and the lives of your caravan. Instead of giving you a game over screen, if you lose a battle the game just goes on, but if you had any characters die they may be gone forever. Alternatively, if you have a character die in battle and you win, they’ll be fine after the fact.
The art style in The Banner Saga is also one of its strongest assets, resembling that of a classic Disney movie like The Sword in the Stone. It’s a fun take on the tactical RPG, with an aesthetic seldom seen in the genre.
