HPP: As a person who grew up in Minnesota, I should have a stronger connection to Vikings. I was never into football, nor do I have any Norse background in my family. My connection to Vikings comes almost exclusively from metal bands and an appreciation for fantasy. Banner Saga 2 is a Viking-legend inspired tactical combat and story-heavy game featuring hand drawn graphics and multiple paths. That’s a mouthful of descriptors, but one glance at the screenshots and I was sold. The game was released earlier this year for console, but was recently released on iOS, as well. Having never played the first title, keeping up with the story can be daunting.
What follows is a list of the best offline strategy games for Android circa 2020. In other words, the best Android strategy games you can play without Wi-Fi. You can thank us when your dad pays the cell phone bill.
There are few things more gratifying in gaming than skillfully turning the tide of a conflict. And few genres provide as many opportunities to abruptly reverse the odds via skill and forethought as tactical strategy. To be sure, we are more often than not talking about turn-based tactical mobile games, specifically titles in line with the iconic landmark series (XCOM and Jagged Alliance) that made the genre a genre.
Stoic, an independent game development company, and Versus Evil, one of the leading independent video game publishers, today announced that The Banner Saga 2 is now available on the Xbox Game Pass subscription service.
