If you give Bastion the chance, you WILL walk away having had a moving interactive media experience. Put on headphones, sit in a dark room without interruptions, and allow yourself to be transported to the Bastion. But truly - there is no other way to express what Bastion has to offer than to just say you MUST play this game, if you ever play any game at all. The combat is slightly repetitive after a while, and the weapons seem to do increasingly less damage as the enemies do frustratingly more. The player is led carefully along through little thoughts and single sentences delivered at timely intervals by the narrator and the story is very carefully woven around you as you play. The voice acting is sublime, and the music perfectly captures the mystery of the story. In this case, the music and the unique narrator delivered story telling combine to create an immersive experience that is usually not attained in an overhead action RPG. It is one of those few games that contain elements that transcend what most people think of as a game. It is one of those few games that contain elements that transcend what most people think of Bastion is simply more than a sum of its parts. Bastion is simply more than a sum of its parts.
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