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Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Action
OpenCritic88IGDB90Metacritic
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.
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Plot-driven, richly built, meticulous and epic.
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Digital SpyMatthew ReynoldsJul 20115/5 starsBastion's only visible flaw is that it takes a little while to show its true colours. While it's not at all slow or plodding in its opening stages, its most powerful assets - the many imaginative and useful array of weapons, its challenging side activities, and a story far more interesting and thought-provoking than what first appears - aren't obvious from the outset. A demo might not reveal these strengths, but give Bastion a chance - it's a whip smart action title that's satisfying through and through, and gets the Summer of Arcade off to an absolutely rollicking start.
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We Got This CoveredShaan JoshiApr 20155/5 starsBastion stood out as one of the best titles when it first released years ago, and it stands just as tall this time around.
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TwinfiniteIshmael RomeroApr 20155/5All in all, Bastion manages to maintain its shine. The game is still stunning in both its art direction and writing.
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DestructoidJames Stephanie SterlingJul 20116.5/10Is the game worth playing? Certainly. It's a decent little adventure that will provide enough solid gameplay to be worth the money. Just make sure one expects no more than that, and it'll be a most worthy purchase. Bastion is fun enough for what it is, but it does not transcend to the levels that it would like you to believe it does.
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Metro GameCentralDec 20167/10The combat might never feel as clever as the visuals and narration but this is still an engrossing and distinctive action role-player.
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IGDB rating 8.6/10 from 765 ratings.
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