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Bastion

Supergiant Games

2011•RPG•PEGI 12•About 9 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasyteenvehiclesfastunsavouryimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questcoming of agecomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashrescue/escape/jeopardytroubled leadsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, wide-ranging RPG, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

86 / 100

768 ratings

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About This Game

A hack-and-slash RPG featuring a reactive narrator, various unlockable weapons, weapon upgrades, practice mini-games and optional difficulty modifiers, set in an imaginary world in the aftermath of an uncertain apocalypse, in which the player embodies a teenager with a troubled past as he and the narrator work together to rebuild the world out of a persisting hub called the Bastion.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The game takes place in the aftermath of the Calamity, a catastrophic event that suddenly fractured the city of Caelondia as well as the surrounding areas of the game's world into many floating pieces, disrupting its ecology and reducing most of its people to ash. Players take control of the Kid, a silent protagonist who awakens on one of the few remaining pieces of the old world and sets off for the eponymous Bastion, where everyone was supposed to go in troubled times. The only survivor he meets there is an elderly man named Rucks, the game's narrator, who instructs him to collect the Cores...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyTeenVehiclesAll consuming questComing of ageComplex relationshipEmpowerment/personal growthFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashRescue/escape/jeopardyTroubled leadsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Post-apocalypticCraftingSkydivingTime manipulationReal-timeAction-adventureMultiple endingsApocalypse

Where to play

Details

Developer: Supergiant Games
Publishers: WB Games, Supergiant Games
Released: 20 July 2011
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 6h rushed, 9h normally, 15h complete
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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