Review: Bastion
Posted in Games, Reviews, Xbox 360 on April 18th, 2012 by roblundI found Bastion after hitting a game boredom wall with my selection of titles. I was actually planning on trying out Trine 2 (still haven’t played it) after watching some of the Hatventures videos, but I ended up at Bastion after a
couple days of looking around. In part because of the Totally Rad Show reviews of it from last year.
Overall, it’s a pretty cool game. I classify it as a hacky-slashy-burny-isometric-platformer (I don’t know the official genre). Battles are fun! There are a bunch of different weapons to try out and each one seems cool in its own way. Some of the weapons are centered around a certain type enemy. For example, in order to fend off these nasty beasts called Anklegators you use this long sharp pike that allow you to poke them right in the nose.
The narration is one of my favorite parts of the game. It reacts with you as you go along. If you are just smashing boxes to see what is in them, you get something like “Kid just rages for a while.” If you are just running past enemies as fast as you can, he’ll say “Kid makes a break for it.” It works really well, especially with the gruff voice of the narrator.
The game starts off at a decent pace and progressively gets harder as you go along. I have had to retry a couple levels because I died so many times, but I haven’t got frustrated at the game. Use your shield! I’m actually surprised at its size considering it is a $15 XBLA game.
It put a smile on my face – Recommended
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