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Banishers: Ghosts Of New Edenis a new action RPG game that follows the story of two lovers who are Banishers. They explore New Eden to lift a curse that has befallen the town. As you play, you will unravel the unfortunate fate of these two lovers in New Eden Town, where Antea is mortally wounded and transforms into one of the spirits that she despises.
The game has a complex storyline where you will play as two characters, Antea Duarte and Red Mac Raith. You will traverse through the world of New Eden where you’ll encounter various characters and engage with their storylines. Additionally, you’ll be faced with pivotal decisions that will influence the narrative, ultimately shaping Antea’s fate.
Understand How Red And Antea Work Together
After completing the tutorial area in New Eden Town, you will eventually reunite with Antea, who will become a playable character alongside Red.
Both characters haveseparate health meters, withRed’s health bar indicated by whiteandAntea’s spirit bar indicated by green.
Additionally,Red has an orange meter that you can fill by attacking enemies, which allows you toperform a powerful Banish attack.
You canswitch between the two characters as you wish, and each character fights differently.Antea deals more damage to possessed corpses, but every time she attacks or gets attacked,it consumes her Spirit meter.Red’s attacks can fill this Spirit meter, allowing you to switch between the characters during combat.
Using aDecoctionwillheal both Red and Antea.
As you progress through the story, Antea will gainnew Manifestations,which arepowerful skills that can be used both in combat and in the open world. These skills can help Redreach certain locations that are locked behind specific Manifestations.
If you come across a location that requires a Manifestation you don’t have,it will be marked on your mapso you can return later when you have the required skill.
Glowing Rings Mean Nearby Attention Needed
Speaking of Red and Antea, both of them can handle different aspects of the game. Many times,the rings on your right hand will glow and produce a sound cue, indicating which character you can use or interact with a nearby item.
If theglow is red, there is usuallya ritual site nearby or an item for the Cursed Chests that you need to pick up using Red. On the other hand, if itglows green, there is eithera hidden item that only Antea can revealoran area that requires a Manifestation in order to progress.
These cues can be helpful to keep an eye on, as they might guide you to something you might have missed.
Choices Do Matter
In the game, you’ll encountermany choices, and while some may have smaller impacts,the most crucial ones occur after completing a Haunting Case or during a main story quest.
Upon finishing a Haunting Case, Red and Antea face important choices thatsignificantly impact the story and, ultimately, Antea’s fate towards the end of the game. These choices are madeat the Closure of a Haunting Case or a specific main storyline, offering three options:
These are the most important choices that will significantly influence the story and Antea’s fate,so choose carefully.
Haunting Cases Are Important
Think of Haunting Cases as side quests in this game,and they aredisplayed on the map with a green color. After completing the first one in the first few hours of the game, you will come across many more. These Haunting Cases involveinvestigating a haunted settler to bring closure. Each Haunting Case is unique in its way of telling the story of the people related to it, but completing them is what matters the most.
Completing a Haunting Caseinvolves making one of the choices mentioned earlier which will affect the story. Not only that, you also geta good amount of XPafter finishing them andan Essence point.
These Essence pointsare required to unlock Antea’s new skills from the Evolution menu, which acts as the skill tree in the game. Antea’s skills are usually powerful, as she embraces her spectral nature, andthey come in handy when it comes to combat.
After some time from completing a Haunting Case, you will usually receivea follow-up short side activitythat you must complete in order tomark the case as Solvedin the Haunting Cases menu.
Don’t Worry Too Much About Skills
Speaking of combat, in the Evolution menu, you will havetwo types of skillsthat you can unlock for both Red and Antea.Red gains skill points from leveling up, andAntea gets essence after completing a Haunting Case. With these two resources, you will be able to unlock skills according to your preference. For example,Red’s skills are marked in red, andAntea’s skills are marked in green.
The game encourages you to enjoy the story without worrying too much about picking the perfect skills, as all of them are viable. It allows you toreset your skills whenever you want. Whileeach branch of the skill tree can only have two active skills that are connected, you are free to switch between them in any order you want.
If you click on a skill that is already active, you will getrefunded for that point, allowing you to use it in a different section of the skill tree.
Although the Evolution menu starts small, as you progress in the game,you will unlock more of it. So don’t worry if you pick the wrong skills or don’t like a specific one,feel free to experiment with all of themuntil you find the ones that suit your playstyle the most.
Understand Your Rituals Banisher
As you progress through the game or a Haunting Case, you’ll come acrossdifferent rituals that you’ll need to perform. There are mainly three rituals that you’ll perform constantly at the beginning of the game, and later on, two more will be added, making ita total of five rituals. These rituals are:
All these rituals require resources, and performing the wrong ritualwill still cost the necessary materials.
Therefore, it’s important to understand how all of them work to avoid wasting resources.
Each ritual site in the game, whether it’s aNest, Elite, Scourge,orVoid Breach, will havea Spectral Malevolence, which can be seen at the bottom of the screen in the menu for choosing which ritual to perform. These arecombat modifier rules that will push you to use the specific rule they apply if you want to deal more damage to the enemies.
So verify you read that one out anddo what it says if you want to survive; otherwise, you’ll do so little damage that you’ll barely harm the spectral enemies.
Gather All The Resources You See
In addition to using resources for rituals,you’ll need them to upgrade your gear in the game. Fortunately,all the resources in the game have a shimmer or glow, making it easy to identify their locations and gather them. Therefore,verify to collect all the resources you come across, as you’ll need a substantial amount for upgrading all your equipment and performing the three main rituals in the game.
Besides the world resources, you’ll encountermany chests as you explore New Eden, and these often contain valuable resources.Enemies also drop their own spectral resources, so be sure to gather those as well.
A useful tip we have discovered is that you canattack or roll over the wooden barrels and boxesthat are scattered throughout the game. Doing so will usually yield additional resources and currency.
Additionally, you will encountermany hanged corpses. Once youobtain your rifle as part of the story,be sure to shoot the yellow glowing spotin order to drop them and obtain the items they carry.Sometimes, they may even have a key to a locked chest nearby.
Don’t Upgrade Your Equipment Too Soon
In the early stages of the game, you may find it difficult to combat specters and enemies. You may be tempted to upgrade your items quickly, butwe advise against it. If you take your time and explore the map,you will find a lot of new gear and equipmentthatcome witha passive skillthat adds an ability to both Red and Antea.
If you come across a gear that you like, and its passive suits your playstyle, you can upgrade it. However,upgrading low-level gear requires more materials than upgrading high-level gear. Therefore, it is important to give it some thought before you make a decision to upgrade your gear, especially in the early stages of the game.
Keep in mind thatspecific regions contain certain resources, and upgrading too quickly may lock you out from further upgrades.
The materials that you will need might only be available in another region of the game that you haven’t reached yet.
Exploration Is Very Rewarding
The New Eden map is vast;the more you explore it, the more secrets youuncover. Your goal should be toexplore the question marks on the mapas they usually have useful items and gear. Many of them containLocked Chests, for which you need tofind the key nearby.
You may also come across multiple ritual sites where youcan gain XP and useful items after fighting some enemies. And then there areCursed Chestswhich require you tofind three items nearby to unbind it and get new equipment,andmany more locations to find.
It is important to explore and enjoy the different regions of New Eden, not just focus on the main story, as this will help you find useful items to fight the Nightmare and lift the curse,Banisher.
