IGN Reviews - Bastion Game Review

IGN gives its video review of the new DLC game Bastion. Does the beautiful looking RPG Bastion start Summer of Arcade with a bang or a bust?

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[chris]

"The story is just kind of there"

Bitch please. 

[SollowP]

"Weak story"

You can't spell ignorance without IGN.

[adamheeley]

Finally played this game. Even 9 years later it holds up. Art direction, gameplay, story are top tier. Timeless game. Supergiant really created something special.

[FancyTophatDude]

Weak story? How? The characters and world are amazing, just because they didn't serve every little plot point on a silver platter doesn't make it bad - quite the opposite in fact

[sleven]

The story is like the best part of the game together with the music.. what..

[nrishiee]

'Weak story' shows just about how much of the game youve played. Dont get me wrong, im not hating or saying that the story was a revolution in gaming. Of course there are better indie titles with better plotlines than bastion, like hollow knight. HOWEVER. calling the deep intricate painting that which is bastions storyline is doing it injustice, and i heavily object. Also, WEAK STORY MATE?
Keep in mind the damn game is an indie title. It was mindblowing how much they made me care about the characters and the plot. Bastion remains one of my favourite games

[ixishadesixi]

Just picked this up on Switch for $3! Never played it, but have heard great things. Very excited to play it tonight.

[Armando]

This game is awesome. I love how it narrates everything you do, the art style is awesome, and I love the RPG/Adventure mix

[judasmcswell]

the story for this game is beautiful! wtf are you on???? when I first got this game I couldn't put it down due to all the different modes and things to collect. I haven't played it in about three years since and fogot some bits but on replaying it you can't help but be totally drawn into the story. it's not spoon fed to you and you don't have to go looking for it either. it's teaching you the lore and take of the game as you play it and you come out of it just knowing the world you're surrounded by and the history of it more so than you might know earth's.

[insertname]

finally i found this game after 9 years

[nickwick]

One of the best games I've ever had the chance to play. Please just buy it

[thoorie]

the guy explicitly mentioned that "at the first few hours" the story seems kinda meh with a few touching moments, BUT when you go on, then it becomes more deep and a rather huge or bigger weapon options are available and also the plot thickens. when he mentioned "weak story" in the end, it was just to give the game some negative since it is almost nonsensical to give a game a 10/10. it was given a 9.0 which is a pretty darn good review so i think this review was pretty good, maybe just change the way of saying "weak story" with something more appropriate would be nice.

[Jifster]

Weak story? Are you kidding me? Maybe if you guys stop getting a hard on for a grown mans voice and actually follow the story. Maybe you can see that the story is touching and amazing.

[MystisNykoto]

Weak story? This has an AMAZING story. It's not complex, but its just works so well as you uncover layer after layer of how everything built up to the calamity. And if you weren't blown away by the ending, you aren't human

[JayTohab]

The only problem I really had with the story is the way the ending choices were handled, making the player feel like their decisions really didn't matter much. Guild Wars 2 did something similar, but it was more a matter of "which plot line interests you more?" rather than "the plot lines are so similar you barely notice the difference, so it doesn't matter either way".

[grimechoa]

the story was perfect wtf are you talking about

[UncleJaken]

"Weak Story"
The literal fuck.

[TheLorderrr]

I agree with you, i just finished the game in one sitting, i just couldn't stop playing till i see the end.The art design is beautifull, the soundtrack is amazing, the combat is solid fun and the story is simple, but well done that makes you care about the characters, and the narrator is just AWESOME.One of the best games i played.

[hatebush]

i did both endings. carried/left zulf(btw carrying zulf through the ura made me tear up) and restoring/evac. this game is beautiful

[progamerteim]

i finished the whole game in one sitting, was very proud. i didn't really go through the dream scenes but i did finish one without any idols revoked lmao. still a pretty good game and has some sort of replay value to it (mostly for achievements)