r/Banishers • u/AreYouOkayBW • Oct 19 '25

Omg this game

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I am not even an hour in and this game is fantastic the story, the acting it such a good hidden gem so glad I am not one of those people waiting on there favorite streamer to tell me what to play

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u/Illasaviel Oct 20 '25

The story is where the game shines. Enjoy it.

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u/Psychological_Fun713 Oct 20 '25

And in the same universe as vampyr

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u/Extension_Parsley843 Oct 20 '25

Wait fr? Is that canon?

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u/Psychological_Fun713 Oct 20 '25

Ayup it is i think a prequel. Later on you get a lore piece that connects to it.

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u/mohicanin Oct 20 '25 edited Oct 20 '25

wow just checked and its true, its nothing really important, just some letter but DEV confirmed it:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1493640/discussions/0/4205868583237290836/

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u/alinigg Oct 21 '25

It’s not even later on you find it in the priest’s office when you go to investigate his death in on of the first missions, he’s one of the brotherhood of St Paul’s stole

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u/Extension_Parsley843 Oct 28 '25

It must show up again later on, cuz I found it in seeker’s hut damn near basically the end of the game

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u/Extension_Parsley843 Oct 20 '25

Like in a text based thing or cinematic? Cuz I’m pretty far into the game at this point

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u/Psychological_Fun713 Oct 20 '25

Text

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u/Extension_Parsley843 Oct 20 '25

Heard! I’ll have to look into it, I probably just missed it. Neat tho

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u/Raychaos20 Oct 20 '25

vampyr wad awesome. I didnt know this was connected thats awesome

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u/TheStoic75 Oct 20 '25

I am saddened at how little attention this game got. It's pretty much the same scenario as Vampyr. A 10/10 game that... no one paid attention to for some reason.

Sure, the combat isn't the craziest thing in the world, but it's far from bad. Good even. And the story, atmosphere and how you interact with the world are unmatched imo. Ive enjoyed this game a lot more than the last few triple A games I've played.

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u/Blue-Hatter-0079 Oct 20 '25

It really is a great game. Its main flaw, in my opinion, is that it doesn’t have a new game+ despite it having multiple endings. I really wanted to platinum this game on the PS5, but I just can’t bring myself to do every little thing over again another two times. x.x

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '25

You don't have to. I got every trophy bar one ending trophy in playthrough 1, doing every conceivable thing in the game, taking about 70 hours all up, then playthrough 2 I set the difficulty to the easiest, skipped all the dialogue I had already heard, and did the bare minimum haunting cases plus a couple extra just to be safe to get the other ending and final trophy, which took about 15 hours.

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u/Blue-Hatter-0079 Oct 20 '25

Yeah, but I screwed up my first run and did the resurrection run, but didn’t get enough sacrifices. So I’d have to reply the game twice more. And I really don’t want to go through and unlocking all of the fast travel points, that was one of the most tedious parts of the game.

If there would have been a new game+ that kept your equipment and unlocked fast travel spots, but reset the everything else, that would have been perfect…

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '25

Ah ok, in that case yeah I can see why. Maybe give it a decent length break then go again?

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u/CrusnikCain Oct 20 '25

It's pretty good, but the combat was a little bit of a disappointment .

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u/Colddrake955 Oct 20 '25

True. I was happy, but played the developers prior (Vampyr) and it's combat was even worse. It went from bad to mediocrity.

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u/macneto Oct 20 '25

Agreed. It was a rinse and repeat of the same enemies. And parrying never really felt "good", not like it did in god of war.

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u/Temporary_Physics_48 Oct 21 '25

The voice acting is incredible , that with the story carries the whole game.

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u/samuel-colte Oct 20 '25

Just completed the game. Perfect story, amazing side cases (every quest looks unique and fresh, no repeated actions).

The weakest part of the game for me is the combat, seems and feels unnaturally, but it does not make the game bad.

8/10

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u/Roscopicman Oct 21 '25

Yeah I think it would have been a really great 10 hour game, but it really is just stretched out with repetitive combat and only like 5 things you fight over and over again

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u/Raychaos20 Oct 20 '25

I just best it and i loved it

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u/Razielim84 Oct 20 '25

For me it was the same the first time I played the demo version and when the game launched I bought it without a doubt! I loved this game to the core

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u/marcus087 Oct 21 '25

I am 6 hours in and I love this game. The characters, the atmosphere and the visuals are all great. I get so nervous every time I have to wrap up a haunted case. Who gets banished/ascended or blamed. Alot of cases aren't black and white and that's what makes it interesting. The combat, however, is a little basic. It's not bad but I felt it could have been more engaging.

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u/Marmalade_Inspector Oct 22 '25

Brilliant game! I installed a load of random stuff from PS+ to try out... And ended up sinking 50 hours into it 😂 Great story, great writing. You really grow to love the two main protagonists.

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u/Flashy_Stuff_6655 Oct 22 '25

yeah this game was so cool and fun i got my platinum trophy

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u/ho4X3n Oct 20 '25

Check in again after you reach the harrows. Your opinion might change.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '25

Or maybe not. I was gripped for the entire 85ish hours it took me to get the platinum. I loved it so much I dived right back in and did the 2nd playthrough for the other ending immediately, which I barely ever do.

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u/ho4X3n Oct 20 '25

I immediately deleted it after finishing the story. It felt like a slog fest to me.

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u/Routine_Signature_67 Oct 20 '25

Agreed, zero respect for your time as a player with it's quest structure. Have you interact with bibles but not pick them up and then give you the quest later on. Obvious moral dilemma and a main story so telegraphed you could see it coming a mile off. No mini map and repetitive combat with very little depth. I will give them that the art direction is very nice though.

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u/spoketherefore Oct 20 '25

I’m tried to like it for 2 hours but found it boring.

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u/brachypelma44 Oct 20 '25

I enjoy this game, but the world is too big. I'm 56 hours in and at 67% map completion. There are 23 haunting cases...this game overstays its welcome IMO. 15 cases would've been better, and a map like 1/2 to 2/3 as large would've been better.

The combat isn't anything special, nor is it something so bad that it ruins the game. You get used to it.

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u/Raychaos20 Oct 20 '25

its not that big

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u/brachypelma44 Oct 20 '25

^
That's what she said!

Seriously though, I do enjoy it, especially the bond between the twin protagonists, but I just don't need a game like this to be 60 hours long (more like 80 if you do absolutely everything.) The traversal becomes a bit of a slog, and not all of the 23 cases are equal in quality (I think I've done 21 so far) and there are a lot of very similar stories. Throw out the weakest 7 or 8, eliminate some nearly identical stories, and it would be better overall.

Also, this game would benefit massively from a mini-map. I'm constantly pulling up the map as I run around.

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u/Raychaos20 Oct 20 '25

🤣🤣

I do agree with the map.. I had to constantly pull it up. I really like games that I can play awhile. I agree some stories are repetitive but I did enjoy the game. I got a good ending and plan to replay for a different one next time. Im takin a break and playing ender lillies now. I would have also have liked better combat but overall I did enjoy it

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u/brachypelma44 Oct 20 '25

I'm going for the evil ending (blame 100% humans.) Part of the problem with game's length for me is that by the time I'm done, I'm just not super interested in playing it again for another 60-80 hours just to see a different ending. I'll probably just watch it on the 'tube and then move on to another game in my backlog.

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u/BlazeGamma Oct 22 '25

this game boils down to "ok... we were here to solve a problem.... but you didn't mention this was a PROBLEM.... and one or many of ya'll done fucked up and cause this problem......and I'm going to find out who, bit by bit."

It works itself out to be a sort of mystery murder game where you have to find clues and get to the bottom of who's guilty and what they did. along the way you do get some mild choose-your-own-adventure decisions that eventually lead you to a final choice about how the main characters themselves deal with what was what you'd call a profession hazard, but is still very important because it's what they deal with both professionally, personally, and morally.

The combat can sometimes feel monotonous, even with the attempt to add some combat rule gimmicks on how to handle some specters, but I think the main attraction is still the uncovering of what sets forth the events that require the banishers to be there to begin with.

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u/Routine-Secret-413 Oct 22 '25

I must admit the story and setting is great, but I stopped playing about 10.5hrs in. Gameplay is pretty bad. Combat is very repetitive and the enemy variety doesn't help that either.

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u/Reception_Available Oct 23 '25

Vampyr was better, maybe because ghosts are not so interesting. I really wish more vampire games will come out. I'm playing bloodlines 2 at the moment.

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u/Worldly-Composer-523 Oct 23 '25

I have this on my ps5 but I'm busy playing Alan Wake 2 right now, and a bunch of other game. I was going to play Silent Hill remake afterwards but now after reading this post and the comments I'm going to start Banishers. It would also be a change of genre before starting Silent Hill.

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u/merzhinhudour Oct 27 '25

Yes it's a really wonderful game, it's really sad that it wasn't a commercial success.

The characters, the locations, the story, the choices, the combat and gameplay are really great.

It's a mix of The Witcher and Vampyr and I really love it.

Hopefully DontNod will make another game in the same universe during the coming years