Oi, spoiler!

But you're missing out on a lot of unlocks & that's what RPG is all about.

Just you wait, I'm gonna spend my available time on it once I'm back home!

I've been looping Zia's theme non-stop since I completed the first playthrough. It's eerily addictive & at the same time, gave me a weird feeling of melancholy that I can't seem to shake off especially with the Restoration ending.


This post has been edited by talexeh: Aug 29 2011, 02:29 PM

Remember the Plush Pyth you encounter in the game? Here's a refresher:


Someone actually gave Pyth a physical form in our very own world:

Source: http://www.annathered.com/2011/07/28/stuff...h-from-bastion/

This post has been edited by talexeh: Aug 31 2011, 09:59 AM

While there is no exactly a "correct" ending, I hope you chose the right one so that the plot will flow seamlessly when you start the New Game +.

My first play-through took around 14 hours, perhaps due to me immersing myself with the beautiful art, great music & fantastic narration. I'm currently on my 2nd play-through.

And platform jumpings are kept to the minimum, not even half as frequent as you'll see in a Super Mario game.

You can try it out by downloading the demo here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/

I don't know how to reply you since your post is pretty ambiguous. Half of me would like to encourage you to get the game but another half told me that you intend to pirate it.

Supergiant Games is a new company & to have 7 dedicated souls bringing us such an awesome game, I sincerely would like to support them as much as I can, with the hope that they'll be able to churn out another game as good as - if not better than - Bastion.

This post has been edited by talexeh: Sep 3 2011, 10:55 AM

Why are you foregoing New Game+? It's one of the features that is meant to increase the game's replayability value. And yeah, the new Special Attack is pretty beautiful where some white liquid got splattered all over the ground before a blue ring appeared & that certain white machinery pops out.

Initially I thought that Zia's theme is the only nice song but after listening to the ending them (Setting Sail Coming Home) a couple times, I grew attached to it so much.

For the Proving Grounds, yup, completed them in all my play-throughs.

But but... I'm not sure if it's just me but in the past I don't mind throwing a game away once I completed them since they were pirated. But now that I've switched to original game, I can't help squeezing out all the lil' juice it has until they're totally dry. While I agree that the Narrator is the one of the attraction, not everyone seem to think so. Some of them think that his voice is a nuisance.

For the challenges, if you're interested, let me know which one & I can share my method.

The dream actually scared me the first time it occurred since I was pretty much limbo'ing.

To be honest, most of the Proving Grounds will be easier in New Game+ since your weapons would have been upgraded by then.

Don't worry, you'll just have to try again. I can assure that it's _NOT_ impossible to get first prize in all the Proving Grounds on your first play-through. Perhaps if you find it too time-consuming, you can try again later when you've upgraded your weapons a bit.

On the other hand, I've finally managed to get all the achievements unlocked WOO HOO!

Now, it's time to get my dinner at 3.23am.

Hmm... but that still doesn't explain what the Outhouse & Mailbox do. Supergiant Games is keeping mum on them too.

This post has been edited by talexeh: Sep 6 2011, 08:53 AM

A minor correction in bold there.

Those are 2 of the structures in Bastion that you can interact with but don't seem to play any role. Kinda weird to have them around.

OMG OMG OMG! That's 1 helluva job at carving the pumpkin!







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I can't be 100% sure but I think it's not. GamersGate is selling it DRM-free but if I were to check the Steam Store's Bastion, it has a lot of Steamworks features enabled.

Erm... this might be a lil' spoiler but there's a place in the game where you can play all the songs. Perhaps that will help you in finalizing your decision?

I think there is no better time to hold this promotion since the hype has kinda died down, though I must say that it was a pretty good run right from the day the game was released.

I've read a lot of reviews on how gamepad helped a lot on the coordination but being a keyboard+mouse user myself, I don't see any issue at all. In fact, the developer has made an extra effort by releasing a patch which re-aligned the Kid's movement on keyboard.

Too slow? Then activate all the 10 shrines & you'll feel slow no more.

Nope... what I was trying to say is that you're gonna appreciate the current speed when you activated all 10 shrines later since things are going to get even more hectic.

One thing you can try though; use the Space Bar a lot more. That should make things a lil' bit faster for you.

My first playthrough took more than 10 hours IIRC. If you're not farming for the weapon levels & stopping by once in a while to marvel at the fabulous artwork, then a few hours should suffice. I don't want to reveal too much so I'll just say that the game requires more than a single playthrough.

Glad to read that.