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Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
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A party-based RPG/visual novel/sports game hybrid wherein the player, dubbed the Reader for their literacy by the group of scavengers who discovers them, is sent in exile to a lawless wasteland called the Downside and has to lead their ever-growing party of misfits to locations wherein many similar parties compete in Rites in order to attain freedom and be absolved of their crimes.
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Richly built, formally daring, meticulous and overwhelming.
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EurogamerCassandra KhawJul 2017Dazzling and mysterious, this ambitious party-based RPG is a masterpiece.
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Game RevolutionJames KozanitisJul 20175/5 starsThe truth is that Pyre does exactly what it set out to do, with no caveats or qualifiers. It created a truly original core game mode and backed it up with solid RPG mechanics that extend the game's already impressive longevity for a $20 game.
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IGNT.J. HaferJul 20179.7/10From the art to the music to the story to the tactical gameplay, and even to how they're all woven together so artfully, Pyre is an adventure that excels in every area of its design other than limiting its multiplayer to local only. It's an epic journey that made me feel thrilled, devastated, and awed, and its tense moments had me tugging my collar both in and out of its fast-paced mystical sports arenas. With an emotionally charged ending that saw so much I'd striven for come to fruition, but was still tinged with tragedy and melancholy even when I did almost everything right, I won't be able to get Pyre out of my head for a long time. This is Supergiant's best work to date, and that's saying something.
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Paste MagazineJeremy WinslowJul 20175.5/10In Pyre, you'll see yourself making it through to the end only to realize that you're trying to extinguish an already diminishing flame.
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PCWorldHayden DingmanJul 20173/5 starsPyre, the latest from Bastion and Transistor developer Supergiant, is as gorgeous and creative as anything the studio's done—but repetitive.
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IGDB rating 8.4/10 from 149 ratings.
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