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Bastion

Supergiant Games · Aug 30, 2012

PC · PS4 · Xbox One · Switch · iOS · Xbox 360 · Vita

Teen

About

The game takes place in the aftermath of the Calamity, a catastrophic event that suddenly fractured the city of Caelondia as well as the surrounding areas of the game's world into many floating pieces, disrupting its ecology and reducing most of its people to ash. Players take control of the Kid, a silent protagonist who awakens on one of the few remaining pieces of the old world and sets off for the titular Bastion, where everyone was supposed to go in troubled times. The only survivor he meets there is an elderly man named Rucks, the game's narrator, who instructs him to collect the Cores that once powered Caelondia.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 8.9 (7 critics) · Gamer 9.4

8.6

PlayStation 4

Critic 8.5 (6 critics) · Gamer 9.3

8.5

Xbox One

Critic 8.3 (3 critics) · Gamer 9.5

8.3

Nintendo Switch

Critic 9.1 (7 critics) · Gamer 7.7

8.1

iOS

Critic 9.6 (5 critics) · Gamer 8.8

8.9

Xbox 360

Critic 8.5 (24 critics) · Gamer 8.6

8.4

PS Vita

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 9.4

Critic reviews

  • Nintendo Insider

    Ryan Janes · Jan 13, 2019

    9.0
    It’s great to finally see Supergiant Games bring some of their great work over to a Nintendo platform and Bastion easily ranks among the best. From its eye-catching presentation to the mysterious story to the challenging but satisfying combat Bastion is an emotionally fascinating journey from start to finish and one well worth venturing.
  • NintendoLife

    Mitch Vogel · Sep 11, 2018

    9.0
    Bastion is an unforgettable and enjoyable piece of software that stands as a strong example of how games can also be perceived as art. A charismatic narrator, beautiful visuals, intense action gameplay and heavy character customization make this a fairytale that you’ll want to dive into again and again, and while the isometric view sometimes gets in the way of the gameplay, the other aspects of Bastion more than make up for this slight misstep.

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Gamer reviews

  • Deleted User

    May 3, 2021 · Switch

    8.5

    Soundtrack and the narrative makes Bastion special and amazing on his own genre.

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