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    Bastion

    Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Jul 20, 2011

    Bastion is a story about a Kid, his hammer, and a world gone all kinds of wrong.

    Should Giantbomb do a bastion review

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    #1  Edited By TorMasturba

    I was thinking whilst watching the most recent happy hour, that maybe due to the friendship between the main Giantbomb crew and Greg Kasavin and the fact that they've done heavy coverage of Bastion with; "Building the Bastion" would their perspectives be coloured too positively?

     

    I mean I trust every review that goes up on Giantbomb implicity, both for the original reason with Jeff that we all know about, but is way too old news and boring to talk about, and the fact that we know what the Bombsquad is all about through constant examples of their time spent on work, having fun, giving us entertainment, all on and off the camera.

     

    I just think that if Bastion got a bad review that maybe Greg would be slightly annoyed. I've seen examples that he can take a step back for perspective in these situations but...

     

    Anyway, I would love to hear what you guys have to say on this matter. And maybe, possibly, get a word in from the Bombsquad themselves.

    (Sorry for the cheesy bobmsquad phrase, it's just easier than typing all of their names over and over.)

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    #2  Edited By yoshimitz707

    They already said they weren't going to review it.

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    #3  Edited By KarlPilkington
    @yoshimitz707 said:
    " They already said they weren't going to review it. "
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    #4  Edited By luce

    They said something about it being a Conflict of Interest so no    

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    #6  Edited By TorMasturba

    Aargh! Sorry about that...

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    #7  Edited By TorMasturba
    @yoshimitz707 said:
    "

                          "I should also state here, up front, before we get going, that due to
    the way we've decided to create ongoing programming based on Bastion and
    its developers--one of whom was a close coworker of ours for a lot of
    years--we're opting to not review Bastion when it's released."
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                    "

    Quick fetch Yoshimitz707! Thanks for that, I was on holiday when this article went up so I definitely missed this, I'll go read it now.
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    #8  Edited By LiquidPrince

    The bombsquad are all adults and I'm fairly sure Greg would totally get it if they had chosen to review the game and it did have criticisms.

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    #9  Edited By Kyle

    There's really no way that reviewing Bastion would make sense for them.

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    #10  Edited By phrosnite

    Dunno... I think the game will be OK.

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    #11  Edited By KaosAngel
    @phrosnite said:
    " Dunno... I think the game will be OK. "
    That game is coming out the same year as Torchlight 2 and Diablo III.  It's going to go up against the game that reinvented that genre and the game that created the genre...art style alone won't save it.  
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    #12  Edited By phrosnite
    @KaosAngel said:
    " @phrosnite said:
    " Dunno... I think the game will be OK. "
    That game is coming out the same year as Torchlight 2 and Diablo III.  It's going to go up against the game that reinvented that genre and the game that created the genre...art style alone won't save it.   "
    You aren't convincing me by mentioning those mindless dungeon crawlers... Still, Bastion will be an OK game.
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    #13  Edited By Vexxan

    I was actually a bit worried about them reviewing the game...good that they won't.

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    #14  Edited By natetodamax
    @KaosAngel said:
    " @phrosnite said:
    " Dunno... I think the game will be OK. "
    That game is coming out the same year as Torchlight 2 and Diablo III.  It's going to go up against the game that reinvented that genre and the game that created the genre...art style alone won't save it.   "
    That's a ridiculous thing to say. Have you played it? It's an arcade game, of course it's not going to seriously compete against something like Diablo III. I'm pretty sure that's not their intention anyway.

    Seriously, everything you say just blows my mind in a brand new way.
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    #15  Edited By metal_mills
    @KaosAngel said:
    " @phrosnite said:
    " Dunno... I think the game will be OK. "
    That game is coming out the same year as Torchlight 2 and Diablo III.  It's going to go up against the game that reinvented that genre and the game that created the genre...art style alone won't save it.   "
    Diablo 3 isn't coming out this year.
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    #16  Edited By Hailinel
    @KaosAngel said:
    " @phrosnite said:
    " Dunno... I think the game will be OK. "
    That game is coming out the same year as Torchlight 2 and Diablo III.  It's going to go up against the game that reinvented that genre and the game that created the genre...art style alone won't save it.   "
    It's also being produced by a much smaller team at a much lower budget.  They won't need to sell Diablo numbers in order to make a profit.  It's a small indie game, not a blockbuster.
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    #17  Edited By LordAndrew
    @Metal_Mills said:
    " Diablo 3 isn't coming out this year. "
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