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

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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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@Metalideth: That's what I was thinking.
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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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That looks very cool.

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art is amazing

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

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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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interesting

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getting Dufus vibe.

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

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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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Ok, I'm interested. 

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Narration was really appealing, gameplay, not so much.

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Looks kind of neat for sure. Pretty pixels.

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Edited By WinterSnowblind

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

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

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I'm digging the colourful artstyle.

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I like the art style.

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I had an idea of what this game might play like, and I'm about 95% wrong.
 
Reminds me of Diablo mixed with Actraiser, and that gives me a boner.

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@Metalideth said:
"Looks very Legends of mana-ey "

That's the first thing that poped into my head as well seeing this trailer.  
 
Love the water colour look to the whole thing. Hope it comes out for PC but I also hope it comes out far away from Torchlight 2's release so it has a chance to garner sales
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It looks interesting so far

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Looks really cool.

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I was not expecting the folk singer narration. Nice way to make the same old save the world adventure plot sound fresh.

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This is on my radar now. I look forward to gameplay video coming from PAX.

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I'm in. If 'action RPG' means Diablo, I'm really in.

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Fucking a, I love pax but then I have to wait 10 months to play all the cool games from it.

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Nice graphics. Mechanically it looks kind of like Lunar Knights though, and that game was horrible. Not saying this will be, but I do know that Western indie games generally suck, so I'm not going to get my hopes up.

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I really love the art-style.

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It actually looks pretty interesting. Looking forward to more GB coverage of the game!

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 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.  

Interesting.  Trailer's narration is pretty cool. Interested in finding out how it fits into the game.
 
This recent Action-RPG boom is very exciting. Can't wait to learn more about this game!
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This looks like it might just turn out to be a video game.

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After just watching the screenshots I totally wasn't expecting this game to have that kind of dark tone. The trailer definitely made me interested in this game.

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@Underwhelmed said:
Reminds me a lot of Soulblazer.
I got a strong Terranigma vibe, too, especially with the brief snippet of combat they showed.
 
Looks like it might have potential!
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I got a weird Discworld vibe from this game.. 

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@MattBodega: You probably like it because it's an awesome line.
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Looks good. Gamers went from an ARPG drought to a steady rain. I like.

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Leave it to the indie developers to try something new. Looks great btw.

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There's a really interesting tone to that trailer that I really like and makes the game seem more weighty than just seeing the art assets would suggest.  If the game is worthy of that tone ten I'm interested.
 
Also, that jingle (for want of a better word) when the logo for Supergiant games flashes up at the beginning of the trailer is super familiar.  Anyone else notice that and can work out where it comes from?

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All isometric RPGs are Diablo 2 clones,
just like all class based team shooters are team fortress 2 clones,
and all Indie side-scrolling exploration shooters are Cavestory ripoffs. 
Lot of parrots around these days.
 
Reminds me a lot of Soulblazer.

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This looks awesome. Love the music. Nice voice work too.

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Can't wait until Thursday to see some actual gameplay video, because right now it's just giving me a Torchlight vibe, and I'm not sure I need another with TL2 on the way and D3 (probably) out next year.

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Ted's mind reading promo is really good.

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Was that the "war never changes" guy?

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Great. Another company that will end up with my money in 2011.

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Other "Indie" games just don't look like Bastion.  This trailer gives Bastion a sense of professionalism alongside it's wild style, 
 
Also, for whatever reason, I really like that last line of the trailer.
 
"You ain't in this alone. That's a promise."