Pyre

There is a reason why I'm kinda miffed at the success of Hades even though I'm a big fan (100% both games not to flex hehe) and that reason is PYRE! Pyre is an wonderfully creative game by Supergiant, a dev team that never fails to completely knock it out of the park. More than being a cool game, Pyre is an incredibly rich game as an art piece, and I'm referring to more than just its visuals being fantastic. The world of Pyre is incredibly rich and deep in fascinating bits of lore, the characters that push the campaign forward are all incredibly lively and unique, and they have tons upon tons of beautiful interactions with both each other as well as the player character. Pyre weaves a tapestry of creative ideas, a narrative that is both incredibly emotional and well-thought out, but also leaves a surprising amount of room for each playthrough to be unique. Without going into to spoiler-y details, the events of each player's playthrough can differ extraordinarily, not to mention the enormous ways that the ending can be quite different. Honestly, Pyre does so many cool things as an experience and a story, that the gameplay itself is almost an afterthought, not to say that it's bad but only that everything around it is so extraordinary. The gameplay, beyond just clicking through dialogue, is definitely very unique. Other than describing it as a unique kind of fantasy sport, I often have difficult when people ask me what kind of game it is. Sure, it's an RPG in some aspects, but a what kind? It's hard to explain, so you should just play it yourself!

i think pyre is one of my favourite supergiant games. at first i was sceptical about the game loop as i didnt think id enjoy the basketball-esque rites, nevertheless, i was proved wrong (will be returning to vs mode). every new character introduced a new approach to the rites even though i didnt expect that for some reason. not to mention the fantastic characters, style, music and the story. we are whimsy-maxxing with this one!!!!!!

A somewhat underlooked gem for supergiant games! The atmosphere of this strange and mysterious story is delightfully unique!