Bannermen is a real-time strategy game that takes place in the semi-fantasy medieval realm of Valtoria. While staying true to its roots, Bannermen takes the best elements from the genre and adds its own unique flair to it.
Bannermen takes place in the realm of Valtoria, a low-fantasy medieval world ravaged by decades of war, starvation, and natural disasters. Players take on the role of Lord Berrian trying to recapture his kingdom’s former glory, finding and rallying bannermen to battle against a host of tribes and the dark Lord Karthor. By utilizing nature powers — a core feature of Bannermen — players can leverage natural phenomena such as lightning strikes to electrocute armies, take advantage of dust storms that limit vision to sneak past enemies, and much more. With a fully story-driven campaign, each mission contains varied gameplay and challenges designed to push the narrative forward. Bannermen also provides online multiplayer modes with matchmaking and ladders.
Having suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Beckron, you, Lord Berrian must now regain former bannermen that have surrendered to Lord Karthor. The days of chasing glory are over, as terror spreads and forces ever greater sacrifices to hold Lord Karthor’s men at bay. Without a home and much time to spare, you must travel the vast lands of Valtoria to obtain supplies and convert soldiers to your righteous cause.
“2tainment is always looking for great games and great developers, and we’ve found both with Bannermen and Pathos Interactive,” said Alexander Wagner, Product Manager, at 2tainment GmbH. “We think fans of RTS games will appreciate Pathos’ fresh approach to the genre and are excited for the upcoming release of the game.”
Key Features:
- A complete single-player story-driven campaign, along with an AI Skirmish Mode, Ranked and Unranked Multiplayer Modes, and a Custom Mode for up to eight players
- “Nature powers” that allows players to summon lightning strikes, blizzards, and much more, all of which not only deal devastating damage, but also modify the terrain of the game map – provoke volcano outbursts to demolish lands, raise a tornado to trap your enemies, and more
- Heroes which can be levelled up during the game, to become stronger and unlock more powerful spells
- Online multiplayer games on hosted dedicated servers, with matchmaking and ladders (ranking system) for both 1v1 and 2v2 setups
- A classic RTS game, with all the beloved features like base building, resource management, recruiting soldiers and battling for map control
Bannermen will be available for PC (Steam) on February 21, 2019.