Supergiant Games have already made a name for
themselves with Bastion and Transistor, but their next project, Pyre, looks like nothing they've created before.
Supergiant Games amazed lots of people
with Bastion a few years ago, delivering an isometric brawler with an emphasis on the dynamic narrator, who offered live commentary on the actions of the player, no matter how wacky they were.
So what's wrong
with Bastion?
Back in 2010 when the game was announced, the developers said «Our goal
with Bastion is to hit players» emotional chords in unexpected ways, in addition to delivering highly responsive gameplay that rewards finesse and experimentation».
Can't say I'm having any issues
with Bastion (framerate and all)
Yeah, but Zelda was tied
with Bastion, and that game was epic with a capital e. I don't know if any of you guys played it, but if you have a PC, XBox, or an iPhone / iPod / Touch / iPad (they made an Apple version five months ago) you should.
Nearly 20 titles were named in the voting for the best Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation Network game in 2011, and only three (Bastion, Outland and Stacking) appeared more than once
with Bastion getting the nod by a single point over Outland.
I had dabbled
with Bastion on the PS4 a little bit, but didn't truly dive into the game again until the Vita version was released a few months back.
Ray and Nelli made the trip from Lubbock, Texas
with Bastion.
As an Austinite (the liberal, free thinking, live and let live — even you conservatives we all don't agree
with bastion of the state), I am queasy just reading this.
Not exact matches
Vietnam, one of the world's last remaining
bastions of communism (along
with China, North Korea, and Cuba) has gone gaga over Apple, one of the world's biggest symbols of free market capitalism and the Western lifestyle.
«In a sea of global political uncertainty,» says David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist
with Gluskin Sheff in Toronto, «Canada stands out as a
bastion of stability.»
We are pathetic in the streams of biased fundamentalists and egocentric magnanomists
with a big heaping of serventile
bastions!
Religion along
with rehab are truly the last
bastions of refuge for a scoundrel in modern times.
Faced
with dwindling numbers and an ageing infrastructure, especially in the traditionally strong Catholic
bastions of the nation's largest cities, painful decisions must be made about how best to continue the mission of proclaiming the Gospel in a dramatically different cultural setting.
In the Reagan era, extreme free - enterprise ideology, which has always been popular
with entrepreneurs and small business people, is staging a takeover of the more exalted
bastions of American finance.
To my surprise, this dean of one of, America's educational
bastions of capitalism replied sharply
with a moralist's simplicity: «There's.
A
bastion of calm across the street from Brooklyn's invariably teeming Trader Joe's, this sunny storefront in Cobble Hill offers schmaltz - fried potato pancakes (also available in vegetarian and gluten free), as well as latkes made
with sweet potatoes and celery root.
«
With so many changes happening around things like driverless vehicles and electric vehicles, the
bastion of selling petrol and hoping people will buy something else is a thing of the past,» Mr Rogut told The Australian Financial Review.
A few of the cooks from
Bastion started out doing Whole30
with me, so we had some staff meals together.
MENU & CHEF TEAM: Under the inspired direction of Urban Kitchen Group's Executive Chef Joe Magnanelli — a natural culinary savant whose Italian heritage and experience in both classic
bastions of East Coast luxury (Lespinasse, Bistro Lepic) and small, family - owned eateries — the menu combines the flavors of Italy
with the organic freshness of California.
Coincidentally, a guest came in to
Bastion recently
with Whole30 as a dietary restriction, so I looked into it and was actually surprised how much food on our menu could fit into it.
The crash at Tie Siding has propelled people in Laramie, only 16 miles to the north, and beyond into a frenzy of self - examination,
with both the state's image as a
bastion of macho self - reliance and its conservative political establishment coming under fire.
Live, televised sporting events represent the last
bastion of programming where a captive audience actually watches in real time, eyes glued to the screen, rather than via DVR where ads can be skipped over
with the simple push of a button.
The Senate is the last
bastion of relevance for the ailing Republicans and they will be happy to do business again
with Klein, a transactional moderate who shares Cuomo's elite donors and passion for Machiavellian intrigue.
Yet, it was this seeming
bastion of conservatism — not to talk of reaction — that kept faith
with MKO's memory and supreme sacrifice, by declaring the next day work - free, after June 12 fell on a Sunday.
One answer to Quinn's question: Progressives believe (
with some cause) that Cuomo has abetted GOP control of the State Senate by coddling the turncoat Democrats of the IDC and approving gerrymandered district maps that aid upstate Republicans — and (
with indisputable cause) that Albany is a
bastion of corruption where well - heeled interests (most conspicuously, New York City developers) can purchase favors at bargain prices.
Sarah Palin, famously a
bastion of wisdom, branded Wikileaks founder Julian Assange an «anti-American operative
with blood on his hands».
The county nursing home in Kingston,
with its 300 union members, was once a
bastion of CSEA strength.
The capital of Britain and a diverse three way battleground, in the South West are affluent battlegrounds between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, inner London has both exclusive Tory
bastions and safe Labour strongholds, the northern and south - eastern suburbs are packed
with Labour vs Conservative marginals.
In general though Leeds has been a
bastion of the Labour Right,
with figures such as Alice Bacon, Denis Healey, Hugh Gaitskell & Merlyn Rees coming to mind.
The paper, which began the decade as just another local daily
with little national prominence, concluded it as an important
bastion of investigative journalism.
I had never bothered much
with ARPG genre apart from
bastion and a brief rampage through Titan Quest
with my friends in which we some how managed to screw up the entire questing system.
Bastion is ingenious, fresh and fun, but the way the story is evolving, and its inability to create emotional bonding
with the player, is depriving Supergiant's first game of the opportunity to gain a place among the best modern «indie» creations.
The creators behind
Bastion and Transistor created another intricate world
with layers upon layers of backstory; a deeply rich
& rdquo; This might bring to mind games like Diablo, but
Bastion is designed
with nearly the opposite kind of approach.
GameSpot hooks up
with Games Done Quick and Speedrunner Vulajin attempts to beat
Bastion in under 20 minutes.
Transistor is, by all outward appearances, a third - person action game
with a story told primarily through narration (performed once again by Logan Cunningham)
with a painterly art style reminiscent of
Bastion.
The
bastion of modern satire, The Simpsons, was ahead of its time when it dealt
with a similar situation as the new film Mr. Deeds.
So I was just nodding along, waiting for the stupid scene to end, when, covered now
with water and blood,
Bastion does the dog shake and winds up splattering slow - mo blood all over Gary's already - creepy shrine to Debbie.
Once you've gathered enough keys, you can free whoever's imprisoned inside — which,
with no explanation whatsoever, could very well be The Kid from
Bastion.
A sickly twist on nuclear morals and unadulterated, thoroughly punitive obsession, National Lampoon's Vacation etched a dark twist on small town American dreams, couching the woes of extended family, the thirst for adventure and the troubles of enclosed spaces in
with themes of adultery, abuse, abandonment and totally warped family values;
with a corporate theme park ironically standing in as a last
bastion of joy.
Meanwhile,
Bastion and Transistor composer Darren Korb cooks up another killer soundtrack, combining fantasy tropes
with electronic beats and the occasional grungy guitar hook.
Embedded within Japanese mythology, Toukiden charts the ongoing war between the demonic hordes of Oni and slayers — humans charged
with protected the last remaining
bastions.
Visually the game is beautiful and
with multiple endings, gamers will be playing
Bastion for a good while.
There's even a nefarious, God - like narrator who provides story prompts between missions, just like a twisted, meddlesome version of the one in
Bastion, albeit voiced by the same chap as in Battleblock Theater — still
with me?
The filmmaker continues to be a
bastion for finding young comedic voices and giving them a huge stage to work on — this time
with stand - up and sketch comedian Schumer, who wrote the sole writing credit on the film (think about how rare that is for comedies these days).
Last generation's PSP was a
bastion of great music games
with titles like Lumines and Project Diva — in addition to re-releases of classics like PaRappa the Rapper and Gitaroo Man.
Every site has those «you should buy it» lists where games like Limbo, Braid, Castle Crashers,
Bastion, and Trials HD sit, but sometimes
with other games you're still not convinced.
Xbox 360 Ultimate Games Sale continues
with hefty markdowns; other deals include
Bastion for $ 3.74 and Ninja Gaiden II for $ 5.09.