Bastion

Bastion is a classic indie game experience whose somewhat-jank combat is carried by a compelling world and a fantastic soundtrack. The story is told entirely through narration, which is very well acted. I'd recommend it.

After the monumental achievement that is Hades, it's cool to come back and look at Supergiant's roots. Honestly, up until the ending, I thought the game was a bit overrated. The soundtrack and art style is p good but nowhere near compares to Supergiant's recent works, I'm not a fan of the portrayal of the Ura considering what happens to them in the story (though they are redeemed by one of the ending choices imo), and the combat is mostly fun (with a huge variety of weapons and difficulty) but just unpolished enough at times to be a bit infuriating. However, the ending kinda recontextualised the whole experience as more than the sum of it's parts. I'd describe the story as a mix of fallout and undertale (though not the meta narrative part) about the power of friendship and letting go of the past. I think it tries to investigate the best method by which to rebuild, but I'm writing this after literally just beating the story, so I'm not totally sure. Anyway, great starting game for a studio as great as Supergiant, and, having bought it for a pound, it's more than worth the price on the merit of the ending alone.

menino arretado

Quaint little game - 5-6 hrs to complete feels like a real achievement in 2026's live-service obsession. The gameplay is great, the narrative enticing and the storytelling is fantastically unique and the main reason i kept playing. I love the storytelling from the perspective of The Watcher (from marvel's what-if). I think the game is locked to 60fps, which is ashame, but it is a 2011 game and my typical 120-200 fps meant it was 60fps with very low 1% lows, so a great game. My ONLY critique - there's a lot of screen shake at times. But you get used to it. I'm not going to play game-plus, i was here for the story, completion and experience.

So fun to play after Hades 1 and 2.

narrator in the game is the best

great story