Banishers feels like its constantly at odds with itself. It's trying really hard to be God of War 2018, but the combat is iffy and the world traversal is a bit boring. The story is phenomenal and the side missions all fit cohesively with the core themes, however all the great side-missions are followed up by these like side-epilogues that for the most part boil down to fetch quests or other menial tasks. What's weird is the major bits needed for the different endings are in the main side missions, so the after-missions really just feel like completionist filler.

In summary Banishers should've tried to trim off some of the fat, if not dropped the open world completely in favor of a more linear game.

Also throughout my game I kept running into a glitch where the music would just cut out or restart abruptly. Offputting but never game ruining, that is until halfway through the final cutscene the music stopped and I sat watching what probably would've been a lot more effective with some good score.