Bastion is an exceptional Action/Adventure that raises the bar for the genre.
93
Verdict
95%
Steam
90
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (95% positive from 38K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (90/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
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.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 4d ago
... it doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. the first story about war i ever paid attention to, though i didn't know it was about that when i was 11. another example of ripping down the only world we have to turn it into the world it once was, borrowing life to rescue history from its fate. funny thing about history, though...
Huge indie game for its time, art direction is phenomenal, holds up very well today as well. Not an essential game, but good to add to the library for sure.
I think this is one of those relic games of the past that people have high nostalgia for. I played Bastion about 15 years after the hype died. I didn't really care for it, but I can understand how this game led the way for other Supergiant games. It's a bit clunky but if you want to play through a piece of video game history, then I would buy this on sale.
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