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At the end of most levels, the player collects an item called a core or a shard occasionally, the level begins to disintegrate once the Kid takes the item, forcing him to hastily retreat. Levels contain many different environment types, including cities, forests, and bogs. Like black tonics, the Kid can only carry a certain number of health tonics at a time, and can replenish them by finding more in the levels. The Kid's health is represented by a health bar, which can be replenished with 'health tonics'. This maximum number of uses can be increased in the Distillery. Special attacks may be used a total of three times. There are a limited number of special attacks that the player can perform at any time, represented by 'black tonics' that can be found in the levels or dropped from enemies. Weapons and special attacks must be acquired before they can be used. The Kid also has the ability to perform a special attack. The Kid carries two weapons, which may be selected from the choices available to the player at specific locations called arsenals. They are filled with enemies of various types, which attempt to harm the Kid. Levels consist of a single plane, and are viewed isometrically. The player character, 'the Kid', moves through floating, fantasy-themed environments that form paths as the player approaches the edge. The interface shows the player's health, experience, collected fragments, selected weapons and special skill, and number of health and black tonics.īastion is an action role-playing game with a level structure. The Kid fights in a floating, grassy ruin, aiming a bow at a monster. Bastion has won many nominations and awards since its release, including several for best downloadable game and best music, from review outlets such as IGN and Game Informer as well as from the Spike Video Game Awards, the Game Developers Conference, and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Opinions were mixed on the depth of the gameplay, though the variety of options in the combat system was praised. The game was widely praised by reviewers, primarily for its story, art direction, narration, and music. It sold over three million copies across all platforms by January 2015. Bastion 's soundtrack was produced and composed by Darren Korb, and a soundtrack album was made available for sale in August 2011.ĭuring 2011, the game sold more than 500,000 copies, 200,000 of which were for the Xbox Live Arcade.

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It was released for Mac OS X and iOS in 2012, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2015, for Xbox One in 2016, and Nintendo Switch in 2018. Supergiant Games made it available as a browser game for Google Chrome in December 2011.

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Bastion was published in July 2011 for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade, and in August 2011 through digital distribution for Microsoft Windows on Steam. They debuted the game at the September 2010 Penny Arcade Expo, and it went on to be nominated for awards at the 2011 Independent Games Festival and win awards at the Electronic Entertainment Expo prior to release.

The game was built over the course of two years by a team of seven people split between San Jose and New York City. Bastion 's story follows the Kid as he collects special shards of rock to power a structure, the Bastion, in the wake of an apocalyptic Calamity. It features a dynamic voiceover from a narrator (Logan Cunningham), and is presented as a two-dimensional game with an isometric camera and a hand-painted, colorful art style. In the game, the player controls 'the Kid' as he moves through floating, fantasy-themed environments and fights enemies of various types. Bastion is an action role-playing video game developed by independent developer Supergiant Games and originally published in 2011 by Warner Bros.

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