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4/5
There's a way to put 'er back together...
Jonzor - wrote on 03/31/2013
Bastion is about watching a story being told. It does this literally, and also metaphorically. The game narrates itself... there’s your literal story-telling. As you walk through a level, the narrator tells the story of the game. It’ll also react to your actions; fall off of a cliff too much and the narrator will mention how clumsy you are, leave town with a certain set of weapons and the narrator will remember a certain group of soldiers that preferred that loadout.
Metaphorically, you watch the story be told as you watch the levels literally build themselves. The game is a top-down action/adventure, but in true Melted Joystick fashion I’ll refrain from calling it an actual action-RPG. Upon entering a level, you find yourself essentially floating above a bottomless pit on …
