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[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 36 points 6 days ago (5 children)

bastion

Unironically a great indie game

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Supergiant has a damn good track record.

I still want Transistor 2.

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[–] RustySharp@programming.dev 8 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Personally I felt Pyre was a little meh. But even their weakest game is still a hell of a lot better than many AAA.

And Darren Korb is one hell of a composer.

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[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 4 points 6 days ago

True, but they made up for it with Hades.

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[–] yamper@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

pyre was a wild swing and i love it for that. there's no other game like it. wizard basketball visual novel that tries to convey the bittersweetness of letting go and moving on?? incredible stuff

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

I think that's the general consensus. Pyre was clearly a transitional game for them from shorter narrative focused games towards the long roguelikes where narrative unfolds over repeated playthroughs that Hades 1 & 2 are, but Pyre just a) didn't have a great gameplay loop, and b) didn't leave you really feeling like it was worth keeping going and freeing your entire party. I did play through to the end once and just don't think I'll go back and do it again. Meanwhile every several years I go back for Bastion and Transistor.

I hope their next game is back in one of their original settings though. I love both Hades games, but their other games did a great job of leaving me wanting to understand the world better and just wanting more.

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