Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Reviews

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is ranked in the 83rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
77 / 100
Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden tells a compelling, emotionally charged story that's supported by a layered cast of characters and great performances. It does stumble a bit when it comes to combat and encounter design and the awful lip-syncing does undermine the otherwise stellar voice acting. But if you're someone used to AA experiences, the pros far outweigh the cons. For $49.99, you're getting a well-written, lengthy single-player campaign with a slew of engaging side content that may take you anywhere from 25-50 hours to knock off.

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76 / 100
Feb 25, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden will hook you with its emotionally charged story where tough choices and their lasting consequences take centre stage. While the combat might not be its strongest aspect, the game still delivers a memorable experience with top-notch voice acting, stunning visuals, and deep character development.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is underwhelming as an action RPG, but is a must-play thanks to solid character drama and challenging moral decisions.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 13, 2024

Banishers Ghosts of New Eden's rough edges are easily compensated by its charm. I had a ball meeting the inhabitants of New Eden and making judgements accordingly.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 13, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a great example of less being more. What it does well, it does very well, but those elements are bogged down in a needlessly large, open world that's been padded out with thin gameplay. When you reach the meat of the game, it's usually worth the effort, but there's so much dilution that it has difficulty shining through. The poor performance also makes the tedious elements feel more so. Like its main characters, Banishers is stuck in limbo between excellence and blandness, and I can only hope that any sequel will focus on quality over quantity.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 24, 2024

Banishers isn't without its challenges, but it's a cleverly put together adventure that doesn't mind the time spent.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 13, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden represents Don’t Nod’s latest attempt to try and make the whole action thing work. This time out, though, they’ve taken the novel approach of trying to play to their strengths, by creating a narrative-heavy action game with a heartfelt story and multiple endings that depend on your choices. Does it work? I can definitively state: kinda, sorta, depending on how you look at it.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is an enjoyable adventure, with a strong narrative focused on emotions and personal grief, and combat that is both fun to play and customizable to your liking. Sadly, an unstable frame rate and issues in both pacing and choice impact, do take away a bit from that shine.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 26, 2024

While possessing an intriguing story and appealing main protagonists with a great dynamic, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden suffers a bit with its world presentation and somewhat lackluster skill tree that can't quite match up to its narrative.

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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 23, 2024

Banishers: Ghost of New Eden is a not too difficult game with a very strong story. It has several roads and dilemmas for which you can make the decision. It looks reasonable and plays almost obvious.

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PC Gamer
Top Critic
74 / 100
Feb 12, 2024

This ghost story is stretched a little thin, but still well worth exploring.

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71 / 100
Feb 12, 2024

Melancholic adventure with strong stories and good ideas, but which often gets in its own way.

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Travis Northup
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden’s memorable story and inspired investigative cases help carry it across its rougher patches.

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7 / 10
Feb 12, 2024

A sprawling action RPG with a poignant love affair at its heart, whose enjoyable combat and supernatural detective work is all in pursuit of a morally ambiguous goal of your own choosing.

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7 / 10
Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a love story about loss and sacrifice, propelling its choice-driven narrative forward amidst middling combat.

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Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is in the spirit of high-quality AA games that should not go unnoticed.

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RPG Site
Top Critic
7 / 10
Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghost of New Eden's excellent characters and storytelling are diminished by its mundane world structure and repetitive combat.

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7 / 10.0
Feb 13, 2024

When it comes down to that final eulogy, I have way more fond memories of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden than I do regrets.

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7 / 10.0
Feb 12, 2024

Perhaps the optimal approach to grasping Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is to view it as a high-investment endeavor. Initially, progress may feel sluggish, and the narrative might seem disjointed. However, with increased time and effort, the experience undergoes a marked improvement. Admittedly, transitioning from a lackluster encounter to a satisfactory expertise may not represent the most favorable exchange. Nevertheless, enthusiasts of ghosts, the occult, or dialogue-rich adventures are likely to discover it worthwhile.

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7 / 10.0
Feb 12, 2024

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden was able to distinguished itself with the way it achieved things and presented a good story, and it would have been excellent had it not been for the overlapping of all the stories with each other, in addition to interesting characters. It failed to provide a good visual level and a stable technical performance with frustrating repetition in the enemies and in the design of some areas, making the game in a lower position than Was expected of her.

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