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Bastion: The First Trailer And More Screens

Can't make it to PAX this year? Here's one of the games you'll miss.

As I promised back on Sunday, here are some more screenshots and the first trailer for Bastion, a new action-RPG from Supergiant Games. It's currently set for a 2011 release on PC and consoles. 

  

   
 
It's the narration--which plays a pretty significant role in the actual game, by the way--that initially made this game stand out to me. Here's the first batch of screenshots to go with the video. 

  


 
There's a real responsiveness to the action in Bastion that you wouldn't initially expect when you hear the term "action-RPG." On Thursday we'll have a chunk of in-game footage from the version that'll be on display at PAX this weekend and I'll talk a bit more about how it all handles. Oh, and speaking of PAX, the guys from Supergiant Games printed up some Bastion postcards that they'll be handing out during the show. Consider that your "free stuff alert" for this weekend.
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meteora

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I'm digging the colourful artstyle.

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Looks weirdly similar to Super Mario RPG. I'm into it.

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Action RPG's are always fun.  
Style is perhaps a little too similar to Torchlight though.

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Looks kind of neat for sure. Pretty pixels.

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Narration was really appealing, gameplay, not so much.

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Ok, I'm interested. 

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i'll be following this one. 2011 seems like a long way into the future tho. hovercar/jet pack future.

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looks pretty cool, interested in learning more and finding what this is going to be coming out on.

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This video takes a game I would have ignored and puts it on my Radar.  I'll read future reviews of it.  I agree that the narration sells me on it, for the presentation more than the content.

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@Fram said:
" That first guitar chord sent me all the way back to Tristram... "

I got the chill. I got the chill man. 

Still, looks pretty cool. 

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@Beforet said:
" Was that the "war never changes" guy? "
It definitely sounded like Ron Perlman, but I'm not too sure. Maybe they'll confirm at PAX?
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getting Dufus vibe.

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interesting

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I like when companies put a focus on cool visuals, as long as it isn't the primary focus.  
 
P.S. This is the first time I saw the Brad commercial.  Awesome.

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thats a pretty damn good trailer if i might say so.

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art is amazing

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That looks very cool.

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Very curious about this one. Really like the graphical style so hope it has gameplay at least half as interesting. 

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@Metalideth: That's what I was thinking.
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My personal "Game of Show" for PAX. Really sharp look, the narration is great and everything is so colorful and vibrant. That and its coming from Greg Kasavin, whose opinion I've trusted for the better part of a decade. Can't wait.

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I'm from Germany and I beg you to pretty, pretty please release it over here including the original narrator. Fuck bad dubs!