Each year Atlanta-area anime and gaming convention MomoCon selects five independently developed video games to honour in its Indie Games awards, and each year I help pick the winners. Here's how games like The Banner Saga 2 and Talent Not Included made it into the top five this year.
Streaming service Twitch and Stoic, creators of The Banner Saga, have a very weird deal going on right now where if you play either of the turn-based strategy games (which are very good), Stoic will get paid.
The Banner Saga 2 is an excellent strategy game, but the one thing fans (or even casual observers) tend to associate most with the series its its absolutely gorgeous 2D art.
I played a lot of the first Banner Saga, and while I liked it, it never really hooked me. The Banner Saga 2, however, has got its hooks in deep.
