Steam desperately needs a maybe recommendation. Banishers has some really great things going for it. Like the main story and the voice acting are great. Initially exploring is a lot of fun too, but then comes the drawbacks. Far too much is blocked behind abilities you don't yet have. I love Metroidvanias but what makes backtracking fun is the traversal and the rewards. Here, there is just far too much running forward and when you get the new trinket, they are usually worthless. Side quests are boring fetch quests, with the occasional interesting story but there are more repeating themes than there should be. Combat is incredibly button mashy and dull with maybe 7 different enemy types so yet another nail in the backtrack coffin. I think Dontnod has the ability to make a solid action-rpg, with this and Vampyr starting to scratch the surface. I really hope they nail the formula next time.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a third person Role Playing Game about Red MacRaith and Antea Duarte, a married couple who hunt ghosts in late 1600s North America.

When Antea is killed by a powerful nightmare which haunts an entire town, Red must find a way to banish the nightmare with the help of Antea’s ghost. But this also gives Red a difficult choice to make. Will he help Antea ascend to the afterlife, or will he consume the souls of living people in order to resurrect his wife?


• The player can control both characters, and you’re able to switch between them at any time. While both characters can use melee attacks, Red has a rifle for ranged attacks, and Antea can use three magic abilities. Dash lets you instantly jump across long distances towards an enemy, outburst damages all enemies around you, while ensnare roots an enemy in place for a few seconds. These attacks and skills can be upgraded with bonus effects when levelling up.

• Combat feels slightly repetitive because there’s not much enemy variety, with just a few different ghosts who have melee or ranged attacks, the occasional pack of wolves, and a couple of unique bosses.

• While normal difficulty isn’t too challenging, at times I felt like some of the enemies have too much health, which makes the fights drag on a bit too long. Ghosts can possess dead bodies, which means you often have to defeat them twice to finish them off properly, and of course many fights will spawn extra waves of additional enemies.

• You can equip new weapons, armour, and other items which provide boosts to different stats, and can be improved further by crafting upgrades. While you can compare items in your inventory to see which is better, I couldn’t see how to compare items in shops to see if a new item is better than what I already own. This makes buying new items more difficult than it should be.

• Your journey will take you through small villages, forests, snowy mountains, and underground caves. Some areas have been corrupted by the nightmare, with ruined buildings covered in strange plant growths, and large areas shrouded in fog.

• The world map has a similar design to Metroidvania games, as some paths are blocked until you acquire the relevant skill to remove or bypass the barrier. Its worth exploring to find hidden items, passive upgrades, and elite enemies who reward you with rare crafting materials. Antea can see hidden objects in the spirit realm, which is also used in light puzzle solving.


• Story is well written and features many interesting characters, some of whom are hiding dark secrets. It takes place in roughly the same location and time period as the Salem witch trials, and the dialogue has an appropriately old timey feeling.

• Side quests feature detailed, unique stories involving ghosts haunting the citizens of New Eden. Talk to the living and the dead, search the area for clues, discover the cause of the ghost’s death, and learn what unfinished business is preventing them from moving on. Then you’ll need to decide whether to banish or ascend the ghost, or blame the living, which kills them. These moral choices are further complicated by the fact that your decisions will determine Antea’s fate.

• Voice acting is excellent, especially for Red and Antea.


• It took me 43 hours to complete the main story and all of the side quests.

• I didn’t have any problems with framerate, with most settings maxed at 1440p. (RTX 3080, i7-12700K, 32GB DDR4).

• The game crashed twice, but I think this is acceptable stability for the number of hours played.

• Controls are fully rebindable and work well with mouse and keyboard.

• I would advise disabling film grain, because its very distracting during cutscenes, and everything looks significantly better without it. However, there’s no option in the game menu, so you’ll need to search the forum for instructions.


Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a very enjoyable RPG. While the combat feels a bit repetitive, the story is excellent. This is easily Dontnod’s best game since the original Life is Strange, and you should consider buying it on a small sale.

看預告片感覺還不錯...
不過當下玩的角色運鏡和移動方式
就覺得不太順暢
打鬥動作也顯得挺呆板的
畫面跟建模我覺得也沒有太細緻
劇情方面因為只玩開頭沒多久就選擇
退款了 所以就不論述整體劇情了
倒是剛開始遊戲並沒有用很強烈的
開門見山法給玩家很深的印象
勸退我的應是劇情以外的遊戲設定吧