What makes for a great rounded game? It has to have a good story, with good gameplay and narratives, and the graphics and sound must be brilliant. Enough to inspire the gamer to play on, despite the difficulties he may encounter in the game. If any of this is missing or bad, the gamer is likely to give up and abandon the game. Bastion has none of these. The graphics are average, the music does not seem to fit the game all that well, and the narrative is a guy who talks in short, straight forward sentences. His voice is rough and uncultured. You will hate listening to it. He talks continually, with no pause, telling you what to do, where to go, advising you, and then you realize if he wasn't there, you would be lost. So eventually you depend on him, lean on him and he becomes your guardian angel and your mentor. Without him, you would surely lose the game.
The game is long. It may take you two solid days to play to the end. The storyline goes like this. The world has almost ended. You play the hero who comes to the rescue. Your task is to find some rocks and bring them back to the Bastion. Caelondia has to be rebuilt and only you can do it.
There are plenty of enemy combatants you will encounter on your journey. Fortunately, you have a range of weapons to protect yourself. Bows, arrows, pikes, shields, knives, guns, and some other surprises that will keep the game very addictive. You will really enjoy using these weapons to pound your enemies into submission. There are many different obstacles and enemies to overcome.
The developer, known as Supergiant, wanted to make a game that required the gamer to think all the time. They didn't want him or her to lazily play through the game, half asleep, so they made it that you have to concentrate on what you are doing all the time. If you relax your guard for one second, you will surely die. There are so many bad encounters awaiting an unsuspecting gamer, you will learn early in the game you can't let your guard down for an instant.
You must listen intently to the narrative, so that you know what you have to do, and stay focused on your goal. This game is filled with action, from start to finish. It gets more difficult and complicated as you progress from one level to the next. Each level is filled with new challenges and obstacles. Nothing seems to stay the same. There are no repetitive movements and fighting scenes that become boring after a while. You are pushed from one extreme to the next. Piece by piece you unravel the mysterious that surround you.
This game becomes intoxicating and you will delve deeper and deeper into its mysterious puzzles as you venture along. If you like role playing, then this is your dream come true. Bastion is after all a well rounded game, but you only realize that at the end. So keep playing and it will all come together.
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