He even gets a brief shout out during some video footage my parents recorded during my first couple months of existence: Here’s Grandpa holding the baby, and here’s the Eyvind Earle, and there’s Grandma… They both liked his style so much that they purchased a couple serigraphs ( a type of screen printing) and acquired more over the years. Around the time my parents got married, they discovered his art while visiting Gallery 21 in Carmel, California. When I first saw the stylized landscapes in the trailer, Eyvind Earle immediately came to mind, and honestly, it was a large part of my initial interest in the game.įull disclosure: Eyvind Earle is something of a legend in my family. Instead of maxing out my graphics card with fancy 3D effects, I was delighted by the striking, stylized illustrations. Screenshot from The Banner Saga, captured by the author. However, the real icing on the cake for me was the graphics: upon reflection, I would say that The Banner Saga was by far the most beautiful game I played in 2014. This opening sets the stage for a Viking-esque world embedded with a deliciously deep mythology, ethically challenging choices for the player, and interesting and complex characters. The intriguing story begins with an ending: the gods are dead, the sun has stopped moving in the sky, and no one knows why. The Banner Saga is the first game of a series based on a mythical world in which humans and Varl, Norse-like giants, are struggling to survive.
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